Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [vb pp] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In spite of his breakdowns , Hoccleve achieved a position of seniority and in due course retired with a pension . |
| 2 | The solid bark parted like a mist , closed like a clam . |
| 3 | I would therefore hold that money paid by a citizen to a public authority in the form of taxes or other levies paid pursuant to an ultra vires demand by the authority is prima facie recoverable by the citizen as of right . |
| 4 | VOLUNTEERS at an historic fort were yesterday assessing the cost of extensive damage caused during a burglary . |
| 5 | A narrow majority voted for a ban in parks and open spaces … but moves to make tenants conform to the ban as well were defeated by three votes . |
| 6 | A traditional critic may be a practising artist ; if so , there is an excellent chance that any technical assessment included in a piece of criticism will be thorough . |
| 7 | The backdrop of rural discontent kept at a minimum the government 's tolerance level for criticism and signs of independent organization in the cities . |
| 8 | They show how important it is to consider the objectively quantifiable support provided within a relationship during a crisis . |
| 9 | In that case , the plaintiff was a professional footballer registered with a league club , Newcastle United . |
| 10 | Grundy , a commentator known for his bilious disposition , had that afternoon returned from a lunch at Punch magazine and was himself feeling no pain . |
| 11 | However , the environment of professional standard-setting changed as a result of the inception of the Accounting Standards Committee ( ASC ) . |
| 12 | Broad gold ; gold network , fastened with ribbon of gold ; blue enamel medallions , each with a small bouquet of brilliants ; a broad gold chain , each link separated with a ruby ; aquamarines with twisted gold . |
| 13 | Gavoty knew Honegger and had discussed with him this astonishing work — ‘ a drama in three acts , a formless prayer articulated by a world in turmoil' — which Honegger had written in the winter of 1945–6 . |
| 14 | Angry telephone calls followed and a strong case made for a review of Japanese regulations . |
| 15 | The second exception was established in Tuberville v. Stamp where it was held that liability extended to a fire originating in a field as much as to one beginning in a house , but if the defendant kindles it at a proper time and place and the violence of the wind carry it to his neighbour 's land , that is fit to be given in evidence . |
| 16 | Graydon tested out this system by producing a list of some hundreds of UK buyers for the credit insurer with each buyer measured with a risk score ranging from low risk to high risk . |
| 17 | In the case of an indemnifier who is not a consumer , the question to be asked is whether , in the absence of the indemnity , the indemnitee would have been obliged at common law to compensate the indemnifier for the economic loss suffered as a result of having to pay out on the third party claim . |
| 18 | The situation is otherwise where there is an underlying liability owed by the indemnitee to the indemnifier , so that in the absence of the indemnity the indemnitee would be legally obliged to compensate the indemnifier for the economic loss suffered as a result of the third party claim . |
| 19 | Able to call upon the financial and military resources of his whole empire , the new Duke was a political bulldozer possessed of a weight which could flatten opponents and their castles . |
| 20 | A board for keys hung beside the door , each key labelled with a metal tag . |
| 21 | Each enemy hit by a net can not attack back that turn assuming he has not already done so . |
| 22 | An applicant seeking an interim injunction is normally required to give an undertaking to compensate the respondent for irreparable monetary loss suffered as a result of compliance with the injunction in case the respondent wins at the hearing and the injunction is not made permanent but is discharged . |
| 23 | There is a very useful collection of 111 vessels of the first half of the first century under ‘ Belgic Verulamium ’ ; a group of 18 vessels from the filling of an unfinished well-shaft dated by a coin of Pius ( 145 — 161 ) ‘ lost in fair condition ’ , and a stamp of the samian potter GERMINVS who is also found on the Antonine Wall ( 142 — 163 ) ; a pit group ( Pit 6 , Insula V ) of 14 vessels with a coin of Pius ( 154 — 155 ) ; 9 vessels from Triangular Temple , from the filling between two floors of the courtyard ; there follows 9 more vessels , from different places , and 15 predating the S.E. gate , and finally , there are 7 from Pit 5 in building IV , considered as late fourth and possibly fifth century . |
| 24 | Classic rock born of a love supreme . |
| 25 | Classic rock born of a love supreme . |
| 26 | He envisaged this as a well-balanced wheel driven by a lead weight suspended from its axle so that it would make one revolution between sunrise and sunset . |
| 27 | The glen is deeply enclosed by lofty mountain ranges , each side formed of a succession of peaks linked by ridges . |
| 28 | While the Georgian delegation called for a return to military positions occupied prior to Oct. 1 , the Abkhazians insisted on a complete withdrawal of Georgian troops from their territory . |
| 29 | The man , about 25 , 5ft 10ins , with short brown hair tied in a pony tail , and wearing a dark jacket , faded blue jeans and a white T-shirt , escaped in a white Sherpatype van . |
| 30 | He could n't dismiss the images , he could n't stay Time 's hand as it turned page after page of that memory-album until tears flooded his eyes at the scenes recalled : his mother , her brown hair screwed into a bun at the back of her head , taking him to see a house at Edgeworthstown where she said a famous woman writer had lived ; he had n't paid much attention , not being interested in books then , but when he grew older he read Maria Edgeworth 's novels and went again for himself to gaze at her home . |