Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] [conj] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Currently , over 6,000 students worldwide have registered for the Distance Learning MBA , either by dealing with Henley direct or through a Network of Associate Institutions in countries around the world . |
| 2 | A typical house church is marked by the exercise of some or all of the gifts of the Spirit listed in 1 Corinthians 12 and by a belief that scriptural prophecy is being fulfilled today . |
| 3 | He was then expelled from the party on June 30 but readmitted on July 4 and at a party congress on July 7 was re-elected as party leader by 373 votes to 179 . |
| 4 | It has been established by the judgment of this court given on 3 February 1992 that by a letter to the mother , dated 23 September 1991 , the father expressed his acquiescence in the removal . |
| 5 | For such cases a field repair is soon effected with adhesive-backed sail repair tape , usually 50mm wide and in a heavyweight ripstop that might even be located in a matching colour ! |
| 6 | Financial circumstances other than as a result of redundancy under the terms of the Employment Protection ( Consolidation ) Act 1978 ( notice of which is received after the issue of the Booking Confirmation ) , disinclination to travel or weather conditions . |
| 7 | Another son and the youngest daughter predeceased Haslam , who died at the St Pancras Hotel , London , 13 January 1927 whilst on a business trip . |
| 8 | January 1990 because of a flu epidemic … in the three months from November to January this year … officials denied today 's action was due to a shortage of funds , , |
| 9 | ( c ) Connected company A company is connected with the settlement if it falls within TA 1988 , s681(5). ( d ) " Capital sum " The expression " capital sum " has the same meaning as that given in s677 and any question whether a capital sum has been paid to the settlor by a body corporate or to a body corporate by the trustees shall be determined in the same way as any question under that section whether a capital sum has been paid to the settlor by the trustees ( s678(5) ) . |
| 10 | I felt really good a few pounds lighter and with a tan , and I wanted to stay like that and surprise everyone when I got back , especially my boyfriend , who might have been wishing I was thinner . |
| 11 | When it is complete , the slender glass and steel tube , standing well over a quarter of a mile high and with a base diameter of only 43 metres , will soar above and keep watch over the garden of fin de siècle delights at La Défense . |
| 12 | The centre-right coalition led by Jan P. Syse , in power for just over a year [ see pp. 36984-85 ] , had collapsed on Oct. 29 because of a deadlock over Norway 's policy towards European integration and the question of eventual membership of the European Communities ( EC ) . |
| 13 | Ultimately , the role of planning is limited by the restricted powers available and by a lack of co-ordination with other public and quasi-public agencies . |
| 14 | The card is available only to home-owners earning more than Pounds 15,000 and with a telephone . |
| 15 | As Joan de Warenne , she had no place at court other than as a servant — should privileges such as befitted her true station be accorded her , unwelcome suspicion would be aroused . |
| 16 | In a broadcast on the US ABC television network on Feb. 24 and in a speech to the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva on Feb. 27 , Aristide claimed that as a " common criminal " , the amnesty did not apply to Cédras . |
| 17 | The daily Clarín reported on March 3 that under a decree signed by Menem on Feb. 26 , 1990 ( expanding an earlier decree of March 10 , 1989 , introduced after the La Tablada attack — see p. 36394 and below ) , the armed forces were entitled to intervene in the event of " a state of internal disturbance " serious enough to endanger the life , liberty , property or security of the country 's inhabitants ; with this in mind the National Security Council [ see p. 36613 ] was to draw up plans for possible joint actions by the police , the security forces and the armed forces . |
| 18 | Whether employed as a part-time sales assistant or as a manager , all staff are offered the opportunity to develop their careers within Thresher . |
| 19 | These results confirm the notion that , under the reaction conditions applied , Dcm is methylated by SAM to a significant extent either directly at its active residue Cys 177 or in a reaction requiring Cys 177 for catalysis . |
| 20 | The government announced on Nov. 26 that over a period of three years it intended to cut 122,000 government jobs — approximately one fifth of state employees — at an estimated saving to the state of the equivalent of US$1,500 million . |
| 21 | The hospital staff have the skills to care for these patients such that after a month or two their behaviour improves and they become suitable for private care . |
| 22 | Claiming that Panic was sacrificing Serbian interests , the Minister without Portfolio , Radmila Milentijevic , resigned on Nov. 28 , followed by Economy Minister Nikola Sainovic on Nov. 29 and by a Deputy Prime Minister , Oskar Kovac , on Nov. 30 . |
| 23 | Ardnamurchan is a long peninsula thrusting far into the Atlantic , having a coastline fretted with bays and coves and a hilly hinterland uncultivated except for a scattering of crofts . |
| 24 | He lifted one palm uppermost and for a moment seemed half swayed , but his scepticism reasserted itself and he gave an aggressive jerk of his head . |
| 25 | Most businesses will place , or take , orders by telephone , or as a result of face to face dealing , for instance as a result of a representative 's visit or , less formally , at a trade fair or over a business lunch . |
| 26 | A statement read : ‘ We now believe that the decision to employ John Birt other than as a staff member was a mistake and we deeply regret the dismay it has caused to the public and to BBC staff . |
| 27 | It seems at first sight strange that in a disposition essentially formless so much time should be spent by the jurists on questions of wording . |
| 28 | A man who was in all probability married and with a family . |
| 29 | Each dock measured approximately 230 metres long by 90 metres wide and they were entered by a lock 46 metres long , 11 metres wide and with a depth on the sill of 5.20 metres at high water spring tide . |
| 30 | A tiny creature who was muffled in a tunic with the collar upturned and with a scarf across her mouth and a forage cap whose peak was pulled down over her eyes . |