Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun pl] [noun sg] [coord] [art] " 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 | A week later , when the NILP delegation was received , the Nationalists were able to achieve concrete results by having six important motions accepted , including acceptance of a points system and a committee for the allocation of houses . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Right , erm , what happens then , Philip , if the client says to you , and it 's unlikely with Covermaster , but it 's the same principle if you 're talking of a savings plan or a pension , erm , I do n't like the idea of my money being invested in a managed fund , I 've been reading the financial press , and I 'm very interested and excited at the thought of the Japanese market going up through the roof . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Think of the word ‘ game ’ associated with a sports stadium and a butcher 's shop ; the word ‘ eye ’ related to biology and to embroidery . |
| 10 | CUPID has its sights trained on shareholders ' bank accounts in an attempt to raise £1.9 million via a rights issue and a share subscription , the wedding dress maker said yesterday . |
| 11 | ‘ Offences under the Act will attract a fine of up to the maximum £2,000 on conviction before a Magistrates Court and an unlimited fine on conviction before a Crown Court , ’ he said . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Never before had there been as many as nine of his members in a Masters field and every one of them made the cut . |
| 14 | In all cases cuttings must be prepared with a razor blade or very sharp knife , and are rooted in a cuttings compost or a home-made mixture of equal parts peat and sharp sand . |
| 15 | One minute I was in Holland working as a clerk in a police station and the next I was zooming all around the world . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | A being on a telecommunications base and the actual software associated with that as well . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Violent incidents included stone-throwing and attacks on a police station and the Buddhist Association offices . |
| 21 | They had erected a little shelter , an old curtain spread across one corner of the balcony and held up by a clothes horse and a chair . |
| 22 | ‘ We 've got ta be the only band in history to be sued by a comics company and a clothing company , ’ says Eugene , wryly . |
| 23 | ‘ Uncontrolled ’ means not controlled by a police officer or a traffic warden . |