Example sentences of "a [noun] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Isle of Man Coastal Path or Raad ny Foillan ( Way of the Gull ) is a route that does n't get half the publicity it deserves . |
| 2 | Our results show that the causal agent exits the wounded cotyledon when phloem translocation is blocked , so the systemic effect must either arise from a chemical signal travelling through a route that does not involve the transport of photosynthate , or a physical signal . |
| 3 | That meant I was travelling a route that stretched from Darwin in northern Australia to Invercargill in southern New Zealand . |
| 4 | Mr MacKinlay told the Commons yesterday : ‘ It is a route that has been chosen to protect the Conservative Party . ’ |
| 5 | There is no need to walk up to the summit of Cairn Gorm underneath the chairlift , since there is a route that runs west from the car park , and takes you up on to the Fiacaill ridge , a world away from the frightful clanking kingdom of the ski-tows . |
| 6 | Walkers on the Three Peaks marathon usually start from Horton in Ribblesdale and do the journey anti-clockwise , visiting Penyghent , Whernside and Ingleborough in that order and returning to Horton from the last named by a route that approximates to a beeline . |
| 7 | Yet the highest of them all , Elbrus , has a route that would be accessible to many a mountaineer with only one of two alpine seasons behind him ; a route that demands no real technical expertise , but an ability to adapt to altitude , and a fair degree of stamina . |
| 8 | This suggestion was greeted with howls of laughter at the idea of anyone bothering to take a route that included Little Weirwold . |
| 9 | The term fee is usually used to mean a payment that covers the full cost of the service provided . |
| 10 | ‘ An act done before the giving of a promise to make a payment or to confer some other benefit can sometimes be consideration for the promise . |
| 11 | Is it strictly true to say that ‘ An act done before the giving of a promise to make a payment or to confer some benefit can sometimes be consideration for the promise ’ ? |
| 12 | In many cases , as where the persons entitled are not of age , or not yet in existence , or not to be found , an executor or administrator will have to retain the property in his hands for a considerable time , though he may sometimes relieve himself by a payment or transfer into court , and in any case he can obtain the direction of the courts when doubts arise as to the proper course which he should take . |
| 13 | If we fail , you may write and claim a payment as follows : |
| 14 | Wiltshire Police have settled out of court , making a payment and accepting civil responsibility . |
| 15 | On 1 November , the Germans again attacked the salient 's belly , but this time at night , a ruse that enabled them to capture the Messines Ridge . |
| 16 | Wexford pushed aside the willows that hung like a pelmet and came to the rubbish pocket , where he knelt down . |
| 17 | It got blown against a thatch-stone and got killed . |
| 18 | Sefa-Dedeh is looking at the hydration properties of legumes with the idea of developing a variety that takes less time . |
| 19 | Use a variety and put it in more than one spot , if you have space , to allow more birds to feed at one time . |
| 20 | On uneven ground use a base and peg it down or use stones to steady it . |
| 21 | A parents and toddlers group , toy library , bulk buy groups , senior citizens clubs , adult learning classes , bingo , whist drives and all sorts of fund raising activities can use the room as a base and add to the income of the school . |
| 22 | If one finds , as one sometimes does , that an Act contains a provision that does not make sense , it is only too easy to assume that it is the draftsman who has made an error . |
| 23 | Furthermore , two-earner couples enjoy greater allowances ( 2.6SA ) than single-earner couples ( 1.6SA ) , a provision that dates from the Second World War when there was a policy to encourage married women to work . |
| 24 | ‘ In ninety-three legislative words , ’ he said , ‘ the safeguards gained after centuries of constitutional struggle , even bloody civil wars , were swept aside by a provision that said simply that hereafter anything enacted by the EEC automatically became British law , annulling any laws which were inconsistent without debate . |
| 25 | To firm up their security against subsequent security interests created by the company and which would otherwise have priority , floating charges almost invariably contain a provision that restricts the right of the company to create charges that have priority to or rank equally with the floating charge ( called a negative pledge clause ) . |
| 26 | The principal difficulty I have on this aspect of the case is that in Mr. Lester 's submission reference to Parliamentary material as an aid to interpretation of a statutory provision should be allowed only with leave of the court and where the court is satisfied that such a reference is justifiable : ( a ) to confirm the meaning of a provision as conveyed by the text , its object and purpose ; ( b ) to determine a meaning where the provision is ambiguous or obscure ; or ( c ) to determine the meaning where the ordinary meaning is manifestly absurd or unreasonable . |
| 27 | However such a chart is one of the options provided in the chart gallery and you can apply a gallery style to a chart that has already been created . |
| 28 | Appendix 3 has a chart that includes some detailed evaluation comments from participants . |
| 29 | Personally , by the time I had cycled up the hill in the dark , battling against high winds and rain , wearing my rain cape in a futile attempts to keep dry , I felt more like flopping into bed than sitting up all night making silly marks on a chart and plunging outside every sixty minutes to see if it was still raining . |
| 30 | Whether you want a printing or drawing package , if you intend to spend around £150 or more , your first port of call should be the big integrated graphics bundles , quite simply because of their outstanding value for money . |