Example sentences of "a [noun] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Make sure that you do not get a link-wire in the wrong place so that it short circuits a secondary winding . |
| 2 | it was not relevant that the insurer was prepared to make a payment in the event that they did provide insurance cover . |
| 3 | But its opposition also had a base in the property-owning , rural peasantry , and middle-classes , who had in the nineteenth century paid a heavy price for their liberation from oppression and whose status became rooted in their property , land , and livestock . |
| 4 | On Braeriach , Andy Cunningham and I climbed Phoenix Edge ( IV/V ) on a long day visit on skis , while Brian Davison and I climbed Didgeridoo ( V/VI ) from a base in the bothy . |
| 5 | There is evidence that the present east gable is a replacement , made very soon , for another , likewise with a battle , which seems then to have been set up on a base in the sanctuary , its centre akroterion also . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , companies trading in domiciliary care are now beginning to multiply — some from a base in the residential sector . |
| 7 | The consensus is that working from a base in the area being covered has advantages that outweigh the inconvenience of being unable to just pop in to the sales centre . |
| 8 | On the other hand this was also the year when the British government had reluctantly bowed to American pressure and agreed to the establishment of a base in the Holy Loch in the west of Scotland for American Polaris submarines . |
| 9 | This was the first of the famous ’ tiger squadrons ’ — an association of airforce squadrons throughoput NATO powers — the newest recruit is a base in the new Czech republic — formerly regarded as the enemy . |
| 10 | The police maintained a constant presence in the village setting up a base in the village hall right next door to Mr Eggleton 's house . |
| 11 | The House of Commons saw fit to incorporate a provision in the recent Nullity of Marriage Act to deal with the problems raised . |
| 12 | For them , there is a provision in the byelaws that in all appropriate cases the Institute should attempt to resolve complaints by conciliation , arbitration or otherwise . |
| 13 | The Minister for Information and Tourism , Hasnu Makame , said that there was a need for a provision in the law for the president to ban a newspaper should this be necessary . |
| 14 | One notable exception was a provision in the Criminal Justice Act 1967 compelling courts to suspend all sentences of imprisonment of up to six months . |
| 15 | In In re A Debtor ( No. 1 of 1987 ) [ 1989 ] 1 W.L.R. 271 , the Court of Appeal was concerned with the construction of a provision in the Insolvency Rules 1986 ( S.I . |
| 16 | The judge erred in law in holding that in mortgage proceedings if a mortgagee failed to seek an order for costs then the mortgagor could apply for the costs to be taxed on an appropriate basis ; if no order was made the mortgagor could require that the costs of the mortgage proceedings be referred by the master taking the account to the taxing master for taxation pursuant to R.S.C. , Ord. 62 , r. 24 ; ( 3 ) that a provision in the mortgage deed providing expressly or by implication the basis on which costs were to be taxed was not then binding on the court and the judge also erred when he held that in mortgage proceedings a provision entitling the mortgagee to an indemnity against all costs , charges and expenses was void so far as it purports to exclude the jurisdiction of the court under section 51 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 . |
| 17 | It is now permissible to look at the report to find the mischief and at the draft Bill to see that a provision in the draft was not included in the legislation enacted : see the Factortame case [ 1990 ] 2 A.C. 85 . |
| 18 | A contract was a matter for agreement between the respective parents , although the participants were consulted and there was a provision in the Yasa which prevented particularly women from being married off without their consent . |
| 19 | Under section 91 , the need to offer pre-emptive rights may be excluded by a provision in the memorandum or articles of a private company — either wholly or in relation to allotments of a particular description . |
| 20 | A further complication dealt with in the sections relates to the effect on sections 89 to 96 when there are different classes of equity shares and a provision in the memorandum or articles that pre-emptive offers of shares of each class shall be made to members of that class . |
| 21 | Where the appointment is pursuant to a provision in the debenture then it must be clear that the conditions justifying the appointment have arisen otherwise the receiver will be a trespasser and also liable for conversion . |
| 22 | However , a provision in the contract to the effect the property does not pass until Y Ltd. has paid the price , will not entirely meet X 's needs . |
| 23 | Any accounting provision arising as a result of SSAP 24 will be included as a provision in the completion balance sheet . |
| 24 | A provision in the agreement allowed for matters of disagreement to be placed before a conciliation commission . |
| 25 | Despite its being an election year , Aquino had also vetoed a provision in the 1992 budget to limit payments on the country 's US$29,000 million foreign debt ( currently 30 per cent of export earnings ) to 10 per cent of 1990 export revenue . |
| 26 | The House of Lords held that a provision in the Betting and Lotteries Act 1934 that required track owners to provide available space for bookmakers on the track , was passed for the benefit of the race-going public rather than bookmakers ( Cutler v Wandsworth Stadium [ 1949 ] AC 398 ) . |
| 27 | It is also noteworthy that there is a provision in the 1980 Local Government , Planning and Land Act for the secretary of state to direct a local authority to ‘ make an assessment of land which is in its area and which is in its opinion available and suitable for development for residential purposes ’ . |
| 28 | The US administration is planning to weaken a provision in the clean air laws designed to preserve air quality in unpolluted areas . |
| 29 | The campaign relies on a provision in the Water Resources Act 1991 , under which company directors are deemed guilty of an offence if their company causes pollution with their " consent or connivance " or if it is " attributable to any neglect " on their part . |
| 30 | A provision in the IBA code not to be found in the CCBE version draws attention to the need , when in the client 's interest , to endeavour to reach a solution to disputes by out of court settlement rather than by starting proceedings and adds : " lawyers should never stir up litigation " . |