Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun pl] [noun sg] and the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The use of limit pricing can lead to considerable differences between the settlement price of a futures contract and the underlying equilibrium price . |
| 2 | Strategy 2 involves the purchase of a futures contract and the investment of a sum of money equal to the value of the cash index purchased under strategy 1 ( i.e. P s ) at the money market rate of interest . |
| 3 | The successful creation of the European Coal and Steel Community in 1951 was followed by formation of the European Economic Community and Euratom in 1957 , and the introduction of a customs union and the Common Agricultural Policy in 1968 . |
| 4 | In January 1988 Leeds crown court excluded statements by the accused with the result that he was acquitted of the murder of a police sergeant and the attempted murder of a constable . |
| 5 | For a major chemicals company aiming to be an all-rounder , the sheer size of a petrochemicals operation and the cash it can generate is needed to complement the higher-value but far lower-tonnage manufacture of such products as pharmaceuticals . |
| 6 | This was never likely to offer a basis for a wages agreement and the employers issued notices giving the reduced wage rates on 30 April and 1 May 1926 , when the subsidy ran out . |
| 7 | Even after the £383m the bank got from selling a 14.9% stake in itself to the Hongkong Bank and the £1.1 billion it raised from a rights issue and the sale of its Scottish and Irish banks , Midland still struggles to keep its third-world debt provisions up to the level of its rivals . |
| 8 | One minute I was in Holland working as a clerk in a police station and the next I was zooming all around the world . |
| 9 | The bus driver had given chase , had managed to signal to a police car and the chase had gone on through Kirkintilloch and Milton of Campsie before Cook lost control in Birdston Road . |
| 10 | Last Tuesday , at the first Diesel in Action day at Millbrook Proving Ground , near Bedford , fleet buyers were able to test the cars , ranging from the 205 super-mini to executive 605 , on a hills-and-bends circuit and the renowned high-speed bowl . |
| 11 | A being on a telecommunications base and the actual software associated with that as well . |
| 12 | These are decided on a points system and the judgements of the commissaires ( referees ) who guide the race in conjunction with its parent body , the Société du Tour de France . |
| 13 | Violent incidents included stone-throwing and attacks on a police station and the Buddhist Association offices . |