Example sentences of "[conj] a [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 And so on to the shop — ‘ hey … they 're selling stuff here ! ’ — and the cafe , the Casablanca Club , where a second voice murmurs , as it may well have done in arts centre days but certainly wo n't when the family visitor attraction becomes reality , ‘ a cup of coffee ? … pastry ? … hashish ? ’
2 A ‘ Confirmed Credit ’ is one where a second bank ( usually one familiar to the exporter ) adds it name to the Credit and thereby assumes all the responsibilities of payment mentioned in Article 10 .
3 In the urban areas , where a third of Africa 's population will soon live , tribal loyalties will for the most part diminish , but will for many years exist in parallel with other loyalties .
4 This name has been more recently used to describe the children 's ball-throwing version , where a third party in the middle tries to intercept .
5 Even where a third party is able to determine the formal internal regulations of an organisation these may not necessarily be adequate .
6 ( 3 ) But where a third party impugns the title to the mortgage , or the enforcement or exercise of some right or power accruing to the mortgagee thereunder , the mortgagee 's costs of the proceedings , even though they be reasonably and properly incurred , are not allowable .
7 ( The presumption that the owner had control over items on the land would , however , be rebutted where a third party had hidden drugs or explosives on the land . )
8 Where a third party notice has been issued in a default action , judgment on admission or default can not be entered without a hearing ( Ord 12 , r 1(7) ) .
9 An individual shall be deemed to have received a capital sum or be entitled to receive such a sum where a third person receives the same or is entitled to receive the same at the direction of the individual or where the individual assigns his right ( by , for instance , a deed of assignment or an equitable assignment ) to receive the sum to such third person ( s739(5) ) .
10 I did n't care very much whether it was a half or a seventh .
11 Firstly , special schools should place greater emphasis on potential work skills in the last two-three years of education , and not assume that such skills will be forthcoming within a training centre or a first place of employment .
12 To be an international athlete , a top flight boxer or a first division footballer is to have access to a range of resources not available to the majority of the population .
13 Patient diagnosis ( KC60 code ) is collected in this survey and grouped into broad categories including acute sexually transmitted diseases ( such as gonorrhoea or a first attack of genital herpes ) .
14 A journalist , for example , or a first aid attendant , or a person acting as an ‘ observer ’ for an organisation such as the N.C.C.L. does not really take part in the event itself , although he may occasionally make the police task of keeping order more difficult .
15 Whether readers/hearers feel patronised by the reformulation in [ 9 ] ( repeated below ) will depend , for example , on whether they are John Searle or a first year student of pragmatics .
16 However , if a double page spread ( DPS ) is 75 per cent more expensive than a single page , or a 40-second TV spot is 33 per cent more expensive than a 30-second spot , is the resulting ad going to be 75 per cent or 33 per cent more effective ?
17 The note-groups are of four kinds : two adjacent semitones ; or semitones added to a tone , a minor 3rd , or a 4th .
18 It could buy this lolly … five chews … or a fifth of a Mars bar
19 In fact steel is exceptional in sometimes reaching strengths as high as a tenth of its calculated strength ; the great majority of common solids can show only a hundredth or a thousandth of what theory indicates .
20 I do n't have a yacht or a second home , ’ he points out .
21 And the outcome of the general election , due next year , would seem to be either a hopelessly splintered parliament or a second period of ‘ co-habitation ’ between a Socialist president and a conservative prime minister .
22 They may be forced to take medication ( mind altering drugs ) , although consent or a second opinion is required three months after the beginning of treatment ( section 58 ) .
23 It could be invested : in art , in antiques or a second home .
24 They may lead to the award of a masters ' degree , a postgraduate diploma or certificate , a post-experience diploma or certificate , or a second degree .
25 Errors made in the learning of a language , whether it is a first or a second one , are often indicative of the range and type of strategies used .
26 His hole card must be worse than a five for a goodish low , or a second ace for a well-concealed high .
27 The section concerning treatment requiring both consent and a second opinion refers primarily to psycho-surgery and hormone implantations ; that concerning treatment requiring either consent or a second opinion refers primarily to electro-convulsive therapy and to the use of medication after three months regular administration .
28 Ordinarily she would have relished the variety which the creators of Moloch had offered up for her pleasure without a qualm or a second thought , but this time something was getting to her , making her nervous .
29 You can use a remortgage for a variety of schemes — to start up your own business , to buy a car or a second home overseas .
30 Nothing dramatically urgent to season an apology with ; no startling new development , breathtaking chase , or a second murder .
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