Example sentences of "a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , rather than realising a £17m loss , Tootal 's figures show a £3.4m profit , with most of the difference written off earlier through the balance sheet . |
| 2 | This Company was not only the largest of the four groups , it was actually the largest railway system with the exception of state systems in the whole world , with a route mileage of 7,790 , ( excluding Irish Lines ) . |
| 3 | Happily her supervisor has guided more than one student through topics about Michelangelo , and has a route map prepared , including introductory and background books , but also passages from longer scholarly works . |
| 4 | During their second attempt , Saunders and Sustad completed most of the difficulties on a route parallel to the spur . |
| 5 | I think the general feeling of the panel is that if you are committed to a route north of Knaresborough , then we think it 's sufficiently a enough a strategic matter for us to continue the discussion on on it . |
| 6 | A company obtaining a route franchise might well invest in new station building ; a bus company franchise might well establish seamless interchange facilities . |
| 7 | Would follow a route east of the existing road , bypassing local communities and leaving A701 as a quiet access road . |
| 8 | The new boards showed about five points with a route number in small figures at each end ( the only place where route numbers were ever shown on South Metropolitan cars ) . |
| 9 | The two side lamps on the dash were removed and replaced by a single side/tail lamp holder , with provision for a route number stencil , fixed to the underside of the stair landing . |
| 10 | In those days they did n't use mileometers , what they did was they took any particular route number and the number of journeys they did , because in those days a bus kept on a route which applied , say between Witton and Rushmere Heath all day , did n't run around like they do nowadays and erm when the schedules were prepared , each bus had got a route number or was placed on a route number , say one Witton , two Witton , three Witton and a copy of its schedule was recorded on another sheet and the mileage , having known what the mileage was and we 'd used to obtain that from the Borough Surveyor 's Department , er I think it was about nine point one four miles a return trip Witton and Rushmere Heath , er you 'd work out how many journeys they did there and say well that bus was due to run a hundred and twenty six miles during the day . |
| 11 | In those days they did n't use mileometers , what they did was they took any particular route number and the number of journeys they did , because in those days a bus kept on a route which applied , say between Witton and Rushmere Heath all day , did n't run around like they do nowadays and erm when the schedules were prepared , each bus had got a route number or was placed on a route number , say one Witton , two Witton , three Witton and a copy of its schedule was recorded on another sheet and the mileage , having known what the mileage was and we 'd used to obtain that from the Borough Surveyor 's Department , er I think it was about nine point one four miles a return trip Witton and Rushmere Heath , er you 'd work out how many journeys they did there and say well that bus was due to run a hundred and twenty six miles during the day . |
| 12 | When we actually went to competitive tender , which was for a route improvement down near Leicester , they undercut us . |
| 13 | If the client is confident that he 's getting the best deal from us , he will say , alright Birmingham ar are cheaper than York on a route improvement say , but I 've had one of their cheap jobs before . |
| 14 | ‘ He 's a projects co-ordinator ; been working for a big building company for years . |
| 15 | The receipt a person of a share of the profits of a business is prima facie evidence that he is a partner in the business but the receipt of such a share , or of a payment contingent on or varying with the profits of a business , does not of itself make him a partner in the business . |
| 16 | That women was not offered a contract of employment or a payment slip , and does not know whether she is an employee or self-employed . |
| 17 | For costing and accounting purposes it is usual for payments to be supported by a payment certificate or a standard format . |
| 18 | Thus the supplier may issue a fee note ( sometimes known as a payment request note or a pro forma invoice ) rather than an invoice containing all the requirements of a tax invoice ( as specified in reg 13(1) ) . |
| 19 | Under the charter-party , payment was to be in ‘ cash ’ into a London bank by a Sunday , but the charterer 's London bank did not deliver a payment order to the owner 's bank until the Monday . |
| 20 | The installation of pre-payment meters is one reason why the number of disconnections has fallen , but more important is the fact that the regional electricity companies , under the terms of their licence , have to approve a code of conduct with the Office of Electricity Regulation and must offer customers who are in genuine difficulties a payment plan so that debt can be paid off over a period . |
| 21 | If customers agree a payment plan , they will not be disconnected . |
| 22 | So the service offers a payment system and a management information system rolled into one . |
| 23 | Most will arrange a payment holiday , reduced payments for a specified period or devise a special scheme for you . |
| 24 | Countertrade [ compensation trade or barter ] in its simplest form is a payment method which is useful where currency restrictions in a buyer 's country prevent the remittance of ‘ hard currency ’ abroad . |
| 25 | Where warranted , take the opportunity of adding a payment reminder note to your statement . |
| 26 | If you do not submit the relevant Direct Debit mandate a payment booklet will be issued . |
| 27 | Everyone with shares should have had a payment notice saying how much they owe . |
| 28 | You can avoid disconnection or be reconnected by entering into a payment arrangement that is reasonable in all the circumstances . |
| 29 | They duly processed the information and despatched warning letters stating that offenders had five days to make a payment arrangement — with a 10 per cent surcharge — before a court order , a summary warrant , was activated . |
| 30 | The Vicar 's wife , who had parked on a yellow line while her gay husband went into the shop to get a treacle tart , got such a shock when Wayne stuck his big , hairy white face in through the window that she jumped out and ran away . |