Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though a foul is not intended , the referee will nevertheless regard the technique as an attack on the opponent 's joint and the competitor may face a penalty . |
| 2 | There was no quantitative work and later ecologists dismissed this whole technique as an example of exactly what they were trying to avoid . |
| 3 | By taking the prints to Japan , Sotheby 's was selling to rich Japanese collectors without a retailer as an intermediary and the retailer 's mark-up was subsumed into the auction price . |
| 4 | In the vestibule was a niche with a small bench-altar to support a piece of stalactite as an idol . |
| 5 | YAKOVLEV Design Bureau ( OKB ) are creating a number of Yak-3 replicas for an order from the USA , confirms Chief Designer , Sergey Yakovlev . |
| 6 | Our message is that have a think about an alternative possibility , about being much more high-key , much more pro-active rather than reactive . |
| 7 | The use of strong colour contrast as an aid to orientation is shown graphically in the Welsh Office Package ( 1984 ) . |
| 8 | With the increase in public transport costs , road tax and insurance , more and more people are changing to the humble bike as an alternative form of transport . |
| 9 | Day at leisure , or hire a bike for an extra day . |
| 10 | ‘ … is would be helpful if the Listing Division of the Department of the Environment could revise their own guidelines in order that certain pubs could receive more protection as an integral whole . |
| 11 | The owner of ‘ The Hollybush ’ at Elstree proposed to infill an original coach arch in the pub 's facade and to demolish the timber framed side walls of the passageway behind in order to form a larger and open interior , even though it was this feature that distinguished the building as an historic inn . |
| 12 | European conference venues suffer from chronic diseases : small doors , narrow stairs , no lifts at all or tiny lifts added to the building as an afterthought , poor electrics , low ceilings , ‘ miles away ’ kitchens , staff curfews , meaningless rules and no ramps . |
| 13 | As part of Richard MacCormac 's drive to develop the building as an architecture centre , the exhibition programme at 66 Portland Place expanded considerably . |
| 14 | A ‘ tougher ‘ form of protection for an area containing many buildings of historic interest , perhaps with particular features typical of the locality , comes when a local authority ( with confirmation from the Department of the Environment ) makes an Article 4 Direction . |
| 15 | The employer who has obtained patent protection for an invention which is undergoing refinement may agree to supply customers with one of his own non patented substitute products until the development work has reached its conclusion . |
| 16 | In the United Kingdom , the question of copyright protection for an instruction set was considered in Microsense Systems Ltd. v Control Systems Technology Ltd. ( 1991 ) . |
| 17 | But this tip for reasons beyond my knowledge has gone so there 's nothing to be done about it and erm er the last test I had the guy who conducted it said , You 've already got the heart off an average sixty year old who has n't had a heart attack . |
| 18 | Which may account for Minister Peter Walker 's recent description of agriculture as an ‘ outstanding success ’ . |
| 19 | A leaseholder ( unless prohibited by his own lease ) can himself grant a lease for any term less than that which he holds ; a grant for an equal or greater term would be merely a transfer of his own interest . |
| 20 | ‘ I wo n't get a grant for an extra year and I do n't suppose you 'll pay up . ’ |
| 21 | This submission would make a nonsense of the rule that a grant for an uncertain term does not create a lease and would make nonsense of the concept of a tenancy from year to year because it is of the essence of a tenancy from year to year that both the landlord and the tenant shall be entitled to give notice determining the tenancy . |
| 22 | A grant for an uncertain term does not create a lease . |
| 23 | A grant for an uncertain term which takes the form of a yearly tenancy which can not be determined by the landlord does not create a lease . |
| 24 | The University 's strategy of expansion over the past few years has been aimed to take full advantage of the UFC 's new policy of rewarding those universities that have demonstrated their willingness and ability to expand by retrospectively awarding full grant for an increased number of so-called fully funded students . |
| 25 | A disabled constituent of mine was short changed by more than £2 in his community care grant for an orthopaedic bed . |
| 26 | There is no explicit provision in the specific grant for an increase in that . |
| 27 | The second item is the loss of grant for an archaeology assistant three thousand eight hundred pounds , this is one of these things where we 've had English Heritage at our grant and has tapered to fade out . |
| 28 | To put the matter in a slightly different way , reading art criticism is a preparation for an aesthetic event . |
| 29 | The sandwich was a good preparation for an evening 's drinking as food , especially things rich in proteins and fats , such as cheese , eggs , milk , yoghurt and meat , slow down the effect of alcohol and help prevent an upset stomach . |
| 30 | However , this conflict between preparation for an invasion and the immediate raiding of the enemy coasts was never clearly resolved ; and a force of Royal Marines and Commandos was held on the Clyde forever preparing for landings against the possible need to capture an Atlantic island base should Gibraltar fall . |