Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun] [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ for the purpose other than a purpose prescribed under section 16 ( 2 ) , Vehicles ( Registration and Licensing ) Regulations 1971 . ’ |
| 2 | However , it has surely been to the mutual advantage of the people of Scotland and England that we have had that union for the past two and a half centuries . |
| 3 | She has been a member of the Finance Committee for the past two and a half years and has taken a great interest in the Society 's financial affairs . |
| 4 | She is 24 and has been in prison or special hospital for the past five and a half years . |
| 5 | For she 'd literally been shaken to her roots when the clothing firm she 'd worked for for the past six and a half years had collapsed , making the entire work-force redundant . |
| 6 | After saving up my hard-earned wages for the past four and a half years I managed to scrape the 1750 or so quid together and bought myself the most stunning quilted maple P.R.S. Custom you ever saw . |
| 7 | For the past 11 and a half years , Michelle Howard has been paralysed from the chest down ; the result , she claims , of a routine jaw operation she underwent at Poole General Hospital in 1982 . |
| 8 | There ought to be a space or an empty page or maybe even a change of typography to show that I have been for the past three and a half hours out in the streets or sitting full of thought on that gilded and trembling bridge over these lazy waters . |
| 9 | The princess has been calling on the skills of an astrologer in the region for the past three and a half years . |
| 10 | This article will look at the work of the Commissioner during the past four and a half years , the problems which she has faced , and will conclude that she provides a model for other areas of dispute resolution . |
| 11 | It was also during the period 1924–35 that a forging of closer relationships between the WEA and the Trade Union movement was attempted . |
| 12 | Asbestos pellets and waste brake pads were strewn about the site unburied and a large waste bin left on the site was covered with substantial quantities of asbestos dust ’ . |
| 13 | Gourlay opened the second set with a double , but two ends later found himself two sets down after a maximum 4 and a 3 gave Corsie the set 7-2 . |
| 14 | In computing values for cumulative distributions it is normal to consider values in terms of the percentage coarser than a given grain size . |
| 15 | But other things took people unawares : the set devoted to the music of the Second Viennese School , the Mahler Sixth , and in the fullness of time the great recordings of the Mahler Ninth and a fine Nielsen Fourth . |
| 16 | This figure was exceeded in the first quarter of the year alone when a Rbs31,000 million deficit was recorded . |
| 17 | The scholar who completes such a work thus has an edge on other writers , so a preface can be read with the respect due to a first-hand account of the works concerned and a considered piece of reflective criticism . |
| 18 | As well as the mixed delights of the Glasgow Fair and a wee burst of the cholera mixed in with bread riots , the 1850s saw giant strides in the techniques of battleship-building , and the amount of noise that could be generated in the interests of progress . |
| 19 | The examination requires an essay on one of the themes of the period concerned and a commentary on a piece of text . |
| 20 | The back door of the Mercedes opened and a tall , craggy-faced man climbed out . |
| 21 | For from her mirror she saw the driver 's door of the Mercedes open and a tall , aristocratic man step out . |
| 22 | Lymphocytes can be activated using a combination of a phorbol ester or a permeant DAG analogue to activate PKC and an ionophore to mimic the calcium-mobilizing action of InsP 3 . |
| 23 | Earlier , on April 1 , Governor George A. Sinner of North Dakota vetoed an anti-abortion bill similar to — though somewhat more restrictive than — that passed in Utah , which provided penalties of a $1,000 fine and a year in prison . |
| 24 | Graham McClintoch of ‘ the indefensible ginger-coloured suit ’ has returned , and there are commemorative mentions of a ginger this and a ginger that . |
| 25 | According to ns.62A(1) : ‘ No action in respect of a contravention to which section 62 above applies shall lie at the suit of a person other than a private investor , except in such circumstances as may be specified by regulations made by the Secretary of State ’ ( emphasis added ) . |
| 26 | The appropriate regulation for our purposes is SI 1991 No 489 , regulation 3 of which outlines the circumstances where an action may be brought at the suit of a person other than a private investor . |
| 27 | ( 4 ) If the provision of a specimen other than a specimen of breath may be required in pursuance of this section the question whether it is to be a specimen of blood or a specimen of urine shall be decided by the constable making the requirement , but if a medical practitioner is of the opinion that for medical reasons a specimen of blood can not or should not be taken the specimen shall be a specimen of urine . |
| 28 | it 's like a foot bigger than a ni erm about four inches |
| 29 | But for me it 's the smaller scale works that really succeed : Harle 's enjoyable arrangement of Ellington/Mills 's Caravan for example is more like an Intercity 125 than a rolling camel train , while the exoticism of Isfahan ( from the ‘ Far East Suite ’ — available on RCA Bluebird , by the way ) is all but drowned in the sweet smell of strings ; compare to Ellington 's original spicy reeds ! |
| 30 | Or what 's the difference in this activity for a level two or a level three child ? |