Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 2 ) Where , in pursuance of the contract , the seller delivers the goods to the buyer or to a carrier or other bailee or custodier ( whether named by the buyer or not ) for the purpose of transmission to the buyer , and does not reserve the right to disposal , he is taken to have unconditionally appropriated the goods to the contract . ’ |
| 2 | She was a woman of fine physical strength , ready to go out on foot or in a canoe when called for . |
| 3 | The job is made easier if the bending machine is mounted on its own stand or in a vice and if some light oil is used on the formers . |
| 4 | Duress that invalidates consent consists either of a credible threat to take substantial action against the agent or against a person or a cause that he values if he does not consent or in the taking of such actions against him or against persons or causes that he values with an offer to restore the situation if he does consent . |
| 5 | There are some reprieved murderers whom it is right to release on licence after very short periods of imprisonment ( for example , a mother who kills an imbecile child from merciful motives ) , and it would be undesirable in such cases for a court publicly to pass a sentence of imprisonment for a few months or for a year or two , and thereby to create the impression that the taking of human life may in certain circumstances be no graver a crime than theft . |
| 6 | One party would be returned to office with an overall majority and implement its manifesto program , a program neither known nor supported by most electors and one drawn up on the basis more of party dogma than of a dispassionate and well-informed analysis of Britain 's problems . |
| 7 | Innocent 's reply to Philip of Swabia 's supporters , addressed to Duke Berthold of Zähringen , declared that Guido of Preneste had acted neither as an elector nor as a judge but merely as a reporter ( denunciator ) on the qualities of Philip as a person unworthy . |
| 8 | We therefore conclude that an element important for neuronal-specific expression has been lost by this deletion and as a consequence that the transgene is more sensitive to position-effects . |
| 9 | John McIlwraith , Balig , Ayr , chairman of the BSS UK , says the Beltex is the terminal sire that can deliver the right type of lamb at the right weight and with a conformation that is accepted in Europe as second to none . |
| 10 | Buckley probably does do it differently , working towards less confrontation and for a solution that will last . |
| 11 | The EC Foreign Ministers ' meeting on May 2 [ see above ] concluded that the EC was " willing to recognize Macedonia as a sovereign and independent state within its existing borders and under a name that can be accepted by all parties concerned " . |
| 12 | We may be handling a horse and get a feeling that we are in tune with the horse and that it is accepting and even anticipating whatever we want to do : we are in rapport with the horse , and are communicating with the horse but in a way that is not through the other senses . |
| 13 | One of the more important of these was the quota sample , an attempt to approximate to random sampling methods but in a way that minimised the practical difficulties often involved in selecting and contacting respondents , so offering considerable advantages in cost and convenience . |
| 14 | They did work in er two worked in two different quarries but within a week or a fortnight that young lad approached one of our members and said he 's sorry that he 'd ever gone back and I said to him well come back and join us and forget it all . |
| 15 | Theodora was compelled , caught up in the intensity of the ritual as with a liturgy or a ballet . |
| 16 | However , it should be noted that s6 itself does not render an exemption clause void as against a consumer unless the clause , as a matter of interpretation , purports to exclude or limit liability under ss13-15 of SGA 1979 ( see Hughes v Hall [ 1981 ] RTR 430 ) . |
| 17 | Earthworms are easily collected by turning over the garden soil with a hand trowel or with a spade or fork . |
| 18 | an accident occurred whereby injury was caused to another person ( or damage was caused to another vehicle or to an animal or to property ) |
| 19 | ‘ an accident occurred whereby injury was caused to another person ( or damage was caused to another vehicle or to an animal or to property ) ’ |
| 20 | ‘ an accident occurred whereby injury was caused to another person ( or damage was caused to another vehicle or to an animal or to property ) ’ . |
| 21 | At least where a right to trial by jury exists , the courts are reluctant ( in cases where national security is not involved ) to allow the Attorney-General to side-step it by approaching the High Court for an injunction to stop the publication or for a declaration that the publication is unlawful : The Voluntary Euthanasia Society published a booklet entitled " A Guide to Self-Deliverance " which discussed the pros and cons of committing suicide and described in detail a number of efficacious methods for so doing . |
| 22 | To the far right are two output jacks offering Pre-Fade input ( for connecting other preamps into the D12 's power amp ) and Post-Fade output ( for hooking up to other power amps or to a desk or mixer ) . |
| 23 | You may include Gorfang Rotgut in your army as an Orc Big Boss or as a Warlord if you wish , but if you take him your army must include at least one unit of Orcs . |
| 24 | In fact , it appears to have been due less to a plot than to a calculation that she could not win in a second ballot . |
| 25 | Today , 30 years after his death , Lewis is remembered more as the author of such enchanting children 's stories as The Lion , the Witch and the Wardrobe than as a writer and broadcaster on ethical and religious questions , but it is one of those BBC sermons which he delivers at the beginning of this play . |
| 26 | The proponents of unitary authorities in the Royal Commission on Local Government in England accepted a need for a wider authority for some services in the metropolitan areas and for an authority that could prepare a strategic plan for conurbations . |
| 27 | The Antares 130 is no exception , with a six-cylinder unit of exactly 6,000cc in capacity and with a bore and stroke of 1005 and 115.5mm . |
| 28 | There would be even more noise when the navvies moved to their next camp closer to Swinbrook and beside a stream that flowed through the village and on to the river Windrush . |
| 29 | Getting to her feet , she followed him across the hall and into a room that seemed dark , and faintly depressing , formal . |
| 30 | I nodded , told Emil I 'd be back , and followed Zak down the Great Hall and round a comer or two and came to a buzzing gathering of people in an area like an airport departure lounge . |