Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , within a family , it is much less common for a woman to be listed as ratepayer than a man . |
| 2 | An appeal by the Chairman to chambers for extra pupillage places was undertaken during May after a questionnaire had been completed by all students of the Inns of Court School of Law regarding their pupillage position . |
| 3 | A Pipeslice cutter is designed for use where a pipe is close to a wall . |
| 4 | NOTTS SPORT ( ) produce four synthetic cricket pitches : the ‘ Envelope System ’ , the Notts base ‘ D ’ system ( which can be laid onto a prepared sand , soil or hard/porous base ) ; the ‘ W ’ system ( designed for use where a concrete or tarmac surface already exists ) , and the ‘ NCA Junior Pitch ’ , which has been jointly developed with the National Cricket Association to provide young cricketers with the opportunity to develop their skills safely . |
| 5 | The death penalty was retained for repeated murders , while a new defence of diminished responsibility , imported from Scotland , allowed a charge of manslaughter to be substituted for murder if a defendant ‘ was suffering from such abnormality of mind … as substantially impaired his mental responsibility for his acts … ‘ . |
| 6 | If the surgeon believes that they would benefit from an operation , their names are placed on the waiting list and they are asked to come into hospital when a bed is available . |
| 7 | CHILDREN fled in terror when a gala fireworks display went horribly wrong in Larne on Friday night . |
| 8 | A relational flagger may be added to flag when a developer is leaving the relational subset , but Beech believes there is no inconsistency between the two basic models . |
| 9 | In some cases subsidence damage will have come to light when a property is being sold and we may find ourselves under pressure to resolve the claim quickly to allow the sale to proceed . |
| 10 | Returning to work after a career break can pose problems for both women and men . |
| 11 | And we was walking down Street when a soldier was coming and he said er , You want to er you want to make haste home me lads the Zeppelins are about , you see . |
| 12 | He said : that would be like praying to Edison when a lightbulb burns out . ’ |
| 13 | Oonagh McDonald , the shadow treasury backbencher at the time , said : " Nobody should invest through FIMBRA until a compensation scheme is set up " This has thankfully now come about . |
| 14 | She is able to show that both women and men are much more likely to be living with relatives after a marriage has ended than during it . |
| 15 | It seems from this evidence that living with relatives when a marriage ends is considered in a rather similar way to living with relatives in other circumstances . |
| 16 | AN INTERNATIONALLY important wildfowl refuge is threatened with destruction if a bill now before parliament is passed . |
| 17 | Stirred into action when a Member of parliament , Mr Pilkington , was the victim of a garotting attack in Pall Mall while on his way to the Reform Club , a Security from Violence Bill was brought before the House of Commons to reinstate the penalty of flogging for robbery offences . |
| 18 | Jean Sparse , Toddington Drive , Norton , Stockton : I was 16 years old and working in my late father 's general dealers shop in Hartlepool when a customer came in and said the King had died . |
| 19 | Bubbly feeling:THE Marquess of Blandford , freed from jail after a judge admitted a mistake , toasted his liberty with champagne . |
| 20 | Research should focus on what happens to children when a parent infected with HIV dies and on the role of fostering and adoption services . |
| 21 | According to folklore if a traveller on horseback leaves a horse needing a new shoe together with a coin , the horse will have been shod when they return to the spot . |
| 22 | Mr Reid said the matter came to light after a pupil informed a teacher that he had been offered drugs by the suspended boy . |
| 23 | These came to light when a couple brought the album in for valuation without knowing the artist 's identity . |
| 24 | The case , coinciding with the treatment of the subject of serial killings in a number of recent films , came to light when a man told Milwaukee police on July 22 that he had been threatened by Dahmer but then escaped from his apartment , where police later found numerous dismembered bodies . |
| 25 | This is prevented by LIFESPAN since a DC must reference at least one module to be meaningful ( since it makes no sense to have a DC otherwise as a DC 's sole purpose is to allow modules to be updated ) . |
| 26 | Land may be offered for sale when a builder has gone into liquidation . |
| 27 | If I jump with surprise when a dog suddenly barks at me , my behaviour is no less expressive than if I shout at it to shut up . |
| 28 | Millionaire financier , Sir Jack Lyons has been spared going to prison after a court heard that a jail sentence could kill him ; the judge , Mr Justice Henry said he accepted the businessman was seriously ill . |
| 29 | Four people will appear in court today charged with smuggling 1.6 tonnes of cannabis resin valued at £4.8m after a yacht was boarded off Falmouth , Cornwall . |
| 30 | In Morgan 's a small collection of silver items including teaspoons , salts and vesta case sold at £600 while a Grandmother clock in mahogany case made £450 . |