Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] [conj] an [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Food-sharing , or trophallaxis , allied with the power of pheromones to trigger patterns of action , is the regulatory bond which gives the colony its aura of the miraculous and an account in these terms is wholly sufficient .
2 Short-term benefits derive from crime prevention amongst the young and an improvement in their perception of the police , which it is hoped will have residual effects in the long term when they are adults , but the wider community in Easton is only addressed secondarily as parents or guardians , which limits the short-term effects the programme might have on improving its perception of the police .
3 This coupling between group modes of the same symmetry should not be confused with Fermi resonance between a fundamental and an overtone or combination of the same symmetry [ see Section 5.8.6 above ] ; in the case of coupling between fundamental group modes there is no violation of the vibrational selection rule .
4 After the sheriff 's judgment , there was an indication from the fiscal that an appeal would be lodged .
5 Reference to the appropriate data track The timing here depends on whether the record in question is stored on a prime or an overflow track .
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