Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] [prep] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The rain ceased as if a tap had been turned off .
2 The reality of such choice depended on whether a reader cared who owned the papers .
3 The sample selected should be properly established and of an appropriate size based on whether a misstatement of a particular size or frequency would affect the interpretation of data and any points of weakness identified during systems evaluation and compliance testing .
4 The same law and the same rules of construction apply both to clauses in agreements entered into before a dispute has arisen and subsequent agreements to refer entered into after a dispute has arisen .
5 His toe-nails looked as if a knife would blunt on them and could not have been cut for months , possibly years .
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