Example sentences of "[prep] an [noun sg] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it emerged after an emergency meeting last night that parliament and government might stave off the crisis by agreeing a compromise to leave the economic reform programme intact . |
| 2 | As required by the Road Traffic Acts , we will pay for emergency medical treatment that is needed after an accident involving any vehicle which this policy insures . |
| 3 | As required by the Road Traffic Acts , we will pay for emergency medical treatment that is needed after an accident involving any vehicle which this policy insures . |
| 4 | As required by the Road Traffic Acts , we will pay for emergency medical treatment that is needed after an accident involving any vehicle which this policy insures . |
| 5 | As required by the Road Traffic Acts , we will pay for emergency medical treatment that is needed after an accident involving any vehicle which this policy insures . |
| 6 | He noticed that , after an action requiring extra tension ( a cat leaping onto a table , for example ) , a set of ‘ righting ’ reflexes comes into play , restoring the body to its normal composed posture . |
| 7 | NEIGHBOURS stars Gillian and Gayle Blakeney will be topping the bill at the Liverpool Empire this Christmas despite an attempt to ban Australian soap stars from the British stage . |
| 8 | In spite of impersonalised relationships , there is a propensity amongst members of an organisation to defend each other against outside pressures . |
| 9 | The region of Conques suffered especially at this time from the breakdown of public authority and the rise of an aristocracy exercising local power from newly built castles . |
| 10 | Here is an example of an objective set this way . |
| 11 | The Director will not intervene lightly , since it was the intention of the statute to preserve the right of an individual to have some recourse . |
| 12 | Mr Peter Briggs , foundation executive officer , said the charity was busy drawing up plans for the launch of an appeal to raise much-needed cash . |
| 13 | There is evidence in the WFS statistics that the probability of an infant surviving early childhood is greater if both parents are literate than if one or both is illiterate . |
| 14 | The current commissioner , Luis Cancel , disputes that version of events , and pledges to place the arts ' economic role at the center of an effort to secure more funding or at least resist further budget cuts . |
| 15 | It follows from this that the failure of an employee to exercise reasonable skill and care in making his basic valuation is faulty and therefore maladministration . |
| 16 | A classical physicist can decide at the beginning of an experiment to call that electron over there A and this one over here B. Subsequently they may interact and go through all sorts of complicated convolutions , but because he can in principle follow the motion the classical physicist 's labels have an abiding significance . |
| 17 | The design of an experiment involves careful attention to the requirements of dynamical similarity . |
| 18 | ST Mary 's sixth form college , Middlesbrough was the scene of an action packed sporting contest . |
| 19 | We showed previously that preservation of the entire anal canal in the course of restorative proctocolectomy by means of an end to end stapled anastomosis 1–2 cm above the dentate line resulted in higher sphincter pressures , better anal sensation , and significantly better clinical results than we found after mucosal stripping and endocanal , ileoanal anastomosis . |
| 20 | It was something of an anticlimax to wake next morning to pale dawn light after a night of sleep unbroken by nightmares or dreams of any kind . |
| 21 | By this I mean the potential of an item to generate further learning . |
| 22 | Protocol Systems Inc saw first quarter net profit up 55.2% at $799,066 , after $100,000 gains from the cumulative effect of an accounting change this time and $8,000 tax credits last time , on turnover up 24% to $8m . |
| 23 | Century Telephone Enterprise Inc has reported fourth quarter net profits down 63.3% at $4.5m , after $2m gains from the sale of assets and properties and $15.7m charges from the cumulative effect of an accounting change this time , on turnover up 34.5% at $100.6m ; net profit for the year to December 31 was up 18.4% at $44.3m , after $2.6m gains from the sale of assets and properties , on turnover that rose 27% to $356.8m . |
| 24 | Evans & Sutherland Company Inc has reported first quarter net profit up 231.3% at $858,000 , after $2.3m gains from the cumulative effect of an accounting change this time and $289,000 gains from the re-purchase of debentures last time , on turnover down 2.9% to $29.9m . |
| 25 | Telematics International Inc has reported first quarter net profit up 112.9% at $1.9m , after $887,000 gains from the cumulative effect of an accounting change this time and $435,000 tax credits last time , on turnover that rose 5.7% to $16.1m . |
| 26 | Martin Marietta Corp has turned in first quarter net losses of $335.6m , after charges of $412m from the cumulative effect of an accounting change this time , against profits of $74.6m last time , on turnover that fell by 14.8% to $1,168.6m . |
| 27 | PictureTel Corp has reported first quarter net profit up 30.3% at $3.7m , struck after $1m gains due from the cumulative effect of an accounting change this time and against a period that included $933,000 in tax credits , on turnover that rose 55.2% to $44m . |
| 28 | Cincinnati Milacron Inc saw first quarter net losses of $47.9m against profits of $1.3m last time , after 452.1m gains due to the cumulative effect of an accounting change this time and $200,000 tax credits last time , on turnover up 38.1% to $221m . |
| 29 | Southern New England Telecommunications Inc has reported first quarter net losses of $183.7m against profits of $40.1m last time , after $220.2m charges due to the cumulative effect of an accounting change this time and $1m gains from discontinued operations last time , on turnover that rose 1% to $402.3m . |
| 30 | ALC Communications Corp saw first quarter net up 558.2% at $21.5m , after $13.5m gains from the cumulative effect of an accounting change this time and $1.3m tax credits last time , on sales up 10.6% to $101.8m . |