Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [noun] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE Government faces another ambush over the Maastricht bill after a Labour attempt to resurrect the controversial debate on the social chapter . |
| 2 | After a three-year investigation involving the Police Complaints Authority , it was announced that a number of police officers were to be admonished or advised about their conduct and were to face disciplinary charges . |
| 3 | The level of ambulance coverage in Teesdale has been questioned after a 7-hour delay following the collapse of an elderly man . |
| 4 | January 's sharp improvement was mainly a result of rising output in the metals sector after a long holiday break the previous month . |
| 5 | After a long campaign to set the record straight , including an investigation by a House of Lords committee , Salter was eventually vindicated in 1990 when the Department of Energy agreed to adjust the figures in its official literature . |
| 6 | THE future of a top sporting venue in the North-East is i n doubt again after a new offer to buy the land for a massive shopping development . |
| 7 | After a two day hearing the magistrates took 20 minutes to find Mr Gould not guilty , a verdict that disappointed Mr Hoad . |
| 8 | Doctors unveiled the £16,000 Electric Response Audiometer at Darlington Memorial Hospital this week after a four-year campaign to buy the equipment . |
| 9 | Bentley scored his second after a dazzling run to narrow the gap to 20-14 . |
| 10 | Diana is expected to leave Wood Farm after a few days to spend the rest of the Christmas holiday with her brother Earl Spencer . |
| 11 | After a hard day tramping the hills in pursuit of brown trout , or fruitless hours on the banks of the river , trying to persuade salmon to rise , it is a great pleasure to plunge into the hotel pool and swim toils and tribulations away . |
| 12 | I struck a few matches and searched round , and after a little while found the small brass end . |
| 13 | Or perhaps it could be the heart-stopping finale where they finally , sorry , break the ice , and after a quick peckeroo execute the near impossible Pamchenko manoeuvre ( basically he grabs her by the feet and spins her in increasing circles , and she prays he does n't let go ) . |
| 14 | This loss was predicted following a conscious decision to upgrade the course and clubhouse , which necessitated raising a further £3,000 worth of bonds , this time at 5% . |
| 15 | the legal costs of sale and purchase of property including solicitor 's fees and stamp duty , £3,750 ; estate agent 's commission , £750 ; bridging finance ( one month at 13% ) , £758 ; cost associated with mortgages , in particular the additional cost of a bigger mortgage to cover the greater cost of housing ( company loan over 3 years ) , £1,500 ; cost of removal and , if necessary , storage , including insurance , £500 ; hotel and travel expenses including visits by wife to area to see houses , ( 15 weeks away from home plus two visits by wife ) , £2,420 ; cost of alterations to carpets and curtains , re-installing appliances , connecting telephone etc , alterations to property , redecoration and refurbishment , school uniforms and other educational expenses , maintenance , etc. of vacant , unsold property and miscellaneous incidental costs including vet 's fees , kennels , etc. , £2,000 . |
| 16 | If the ribs ( sides ) are thinner , as suggested ( about 1.5mm ) hot bending will not be necessary and a better shape can be achieved by the use of a simple jig to hold the ribs while the glue dries . |
| 17 | The JCT suggest that the form is suitable where the proposed works are of a simple content involving the normally recognised basic trades and skills of the industry and are without any building service installations or other complex specialist work . |
| 18 | In the case of a simple transfer have the engrossment executed by the purchasers before sending it off . |
| 19 | And to argue , as some theorists have done , that the class has dissolved or been integrated into the bourgeoisie would be to abandon the hope of a proletarian revolution heralding the end of capitalism . |
| 20 | The fact that a patent has been granted by the Patent Office is not conclusive proof that the invention has satisfied all the requirements and the discovery of a prior publication disclosing the invention can result in the patent being revoked . |
| 21 | The creation of a pan-European Community deserves the most serious consideration by the Twelve . |
| 22 | The creation of a vast diaspora favoured the priestly class in Jerusalem , as it increased the number of those who paid tribute to the Temple . |
| 23 | After travelling halfway around the globe to one of the remotest spots on Earth , encasing oneself in goosedown against the cold , mounting a snowmobile and riding through the vastness , the glimpse of a dark object starts the heart pounding . |
| 24 | He follows the Downtown postings , up , round , through , and over ; one of a thousand particles circling the orbits of a complex molecule . |
| 25 | According to official Soviet sources , members of a paramilitary group called the Mkhedrioni , allied to the pro-Congress parties , on the evening of Sept. 18 kidnapped and assaulted Vazh Adamiya , a prominent figure in the rival Round Table coalition , and afterwards exchanged gunfire with Round Table supporters on Tbilisi 's main Rustaveli Prospekt . |
| 26 | For example , it is suggested that : " The rooms should be grouped in a simple manner , easy for patients and visitors to find their way around ; the whole building should be on one level and should look as far as is possible both externally and internally like a house not a hospital : there should be a clearly defined main entry/exit point for patients , staff , visitors and supplies which should have a ramped approach and in which the main door should be lockable : WC and washing compartment should be shared between pairs of single bed rooms and should be readily accessible to the sitting and dining rooms ; the bathroom should be readily accessible to both day and night areas ; the WC and the bathroom should be equipped for wheelchairs and standing users : the sitting and dining rooms and the external enclosure should be accessible by wheelchair : rooms should be differentiated in colour and finish while remaining domestic in scale and character : an informal , welcoming and comfortable reception/waiting area is required at the entrance to provide shelter and waiting spaces for visitors : the area between main entrance and sub-section entrances is likely to be an extensive area of circulation and will be the hub of the building but it could also be , spaciously , rather than an enlarged corridor , a positive amenity and focus if designed as a conservatory , for example , to contain plants or even birds and fish providing a stimulus to patients ' visitors and staff , and , finally : the safe external enclosure ( to which I referred earlier , ) should take the form of a walled garden matching the materials of parent buildings , suitably softened with appropriate planting . |
| 27 | The lack of a moral mandate threatens the regulatory agency 's legitimacy as an enforcement authority . |
| 28 | The applicants in the main proceedings considered that the extension of the nationality requirement to holders of a beneficial interest accentuated the restrictive nature of the requirements laid down . |
| 29 | Figure 5.16 The geometric correction of a remotely-sensed image involves the computation of equations which allow map coordinates to be converted to image coordinates , and vice-versa . |
| 30 | At Hallington ( the first station from Louth ) people heard sounds of a distant train approaching the village . |