Example sentences of "an [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That this was a matter of interest and concern in Northumbria in the early 730s is clear from Bede 's letter to Ecgberht in 734 in which Bede expounded at length on the necessity for more bishops and a proper organization of the Northumbrian Church under an archbishop at York . |
| 2 | Thus a Dean of Durham , and an ex-Bishop of Durham , and a complicated patronage secretary who popped out of holes like a rabbit , and a doctrine of apostolic authority , and an Archbishop of York , and a desire to follow the calling of God even if it looked unlikely , winkled a professor out of a career to which he seemed to have been born . |
| 3 | Fisher objected that an Archbishop of York ought not to encourage illegality by being present at the requiem ; and , painfully for himself , felt under a duty of conscience not to attend the memorial service . |
| 4 | He asked the Queen to appoint an Archbishop of York without first asking the Archbishop of Canterbury . |
| 5 | Ramsey was sure that this was a first in history ; the settlement of the choice of an Archbishop of Canterbury by telephone . |
| 6 | All too briefly , until his untimely death in 1944 , there was an Archbishop of Canterbury who was not only a learned philosopher and theologian but was also able , in such writings as his Readings in St John 's Gospel to speak to people at a simple devotional level . |
| 7 | But to show how ecumenical they were , they also once burnt an Archbishop of Canterbury ; several Prime Ministers ; Enoch Powell ; Richard Nixon ; Stalin ; all sorts of people , even poor Mr Heath , not so much because he was a villain but because it is so easy to make a guy in the semblance of Mr Heath . |
| 8 | As leader of the Church Edward the Confessor played his part , though not perhaps very adequately , since he left on his death an archbishop of Canterbury who was not recognized as such by the pope . |
| 9 | Which building did an Archbishop of Canterbury tell MPs would ‘ cast the blight of gritty soot and sulphurous fumes on London 's parks and noblest buildings ’ ? |
| 10 | This was the first time that an archbishop of Canterbury had taken disciplinary action against a Welsh bishop . |
| 11 | The latter seemed to hold the view that , if there had to be an Archbishop of Canterbury at all , it were best that he should be a socialist . |
| 12 | This is not invariable however ; the case of the distracted driver or that of my seeing an Archbishop in ignorance of such phenomena are both problematical . |
| 13 | Although some of the residences have electric razor sockets in the rooms , conference guests are advised to bring with them an adaptor for use in a light bulb socket . |
| 14 | Hence , repression by CytR relies on contacts to both the DNA and the cAMP-CRP complex , and cAMP-CRP may be regarded as an adaptor for CytR . |
| 15 | And of course people who had metals would have an advantage over groups who did not know how to produce metal . |
| 16 | They do have an extra point of initiative instead , which puts them on a par with Men and gives them an advantage over Dwarfs . |
| 17 | They did , however , give England an advantage over Flanders , where windmills were more common than water-mills . |
| 18 | This rude fellow in the green jacket had an advantage over Lieutenant Stapleton … he seemed able to get closer to Louise without discomfort than he could himself , no doubt because he stank worse than she did . |
| 19 | It is most commonly woven into textured or pile fabrics and it has an advantage over wool in that when washed correctly ( without too much heat ) it will retain its shape , drip dry and need little ironing . |
| 20 | It gives an advantage over competitors because it provides a flexible , forward-looking framework on which to base activities . |
| 21 | Many accept that consumer confidence is good for business and have sought to give their members an advantage over competitors by drawing up a series of consumer protection measures , such as codes of practice , arbitration procedures and bonding schemes . |
| 22 | Customers can purchase a wide range of goods under one roof — an advantage for families , in particular |
| 23 | I also wagered itd be an advantage for corners to get several players sticking to each other in steps to get a 10ft player . |
| 24 | Another trial in 97 patients showed an advantage for surgery over radiotherapy in forestalling the appearance of distant metastases over five years . |
| 25 | B. The managers consider that the ports are an advantage for transport . |
| 26 | Dichotic listening thus appeared to offer a comparatively simple , non-invasive technique for determining the speech dominant hemisphere in neurologically intact subjects as well as in neurosurgical patients , since the side of speech dominance shows up as an advantage for digits presented to the contralateral ear . |
| 27 | BEING unemployed could be an advantage for people who want to start their own business , according to National Westminster Bank . |
| 28 | There is no doubt that Philip had an advantage on occasions like this since he alone represented France while the Angevins were represented by two princes whose interests diverged somewhat and whose differences could be , and were , skilfully exploited by the Capetian King . |
| 29 | An advantage to night city scenes is that darkness cloaks these elements which give a location its regional quality . |
| 30 | An advantage to night city scenes is that darkness cloaks these elements which give a location its regional quality . |