Example sentences of "[prep] an [adj] [noun] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After an initial normalisation procedure which standardised the data , the data was segmented and coded to produce possible letters and letter strings . |
| 2 | In a small harbour below an empty summer house they were greeted by a seaman , who had been sitting warming his hands on the engine of a small black motorboat , incongruously called Shirley . |
| 3 | Once this oscillation amplitude is exceeded the motor torque causes the rotor to move towards an alternative step position which is a complete rotor tooth pitch from the expected position [ see Fig. 3.1(b) ] . |
| 4 | Here , the largest of the towns considered in this volume grew at the centre of an extensive pottery industry which came to supply widespread military and civilian markets . |
| 5 | It is currently being investigated in detail as part of an overall transport strategy which might include infrastructure provision and traffic management . |
| 6 | No details had yet been published of an economic recovery plan which the government had announced in January . |
| 7 | Speaking in the wake of an 86-hour bombing blitz which is expected to run to almost £30m — nearly a third of the total compensation bill for the past 12 months — he conceded the people of Northern Ireland had been through ‘ a harsh time ’ . |
| 8 | The draw of central London is still very considerable , and it is doubtful that the pull of an international rail terminal itself is sufficient to significantly alter patterns of business location The Rail Link would not be sufficient to achieve this change in the image of and prospects for the Lea Valley implied by the Gateways scenario : it may not even be necessary . |
| 9 | He believes that the way ahead lies in the establishment of an international food policy which concentrates on obtaining the very maximum from crops . |
| 10 | Rather than being an acronym for European Currency Unit , the name is a revival of an 11th-Century gold coin which sported a shield motif . |
| 11 | The ultimate in sophistication is achieved by the incorporation of video mixing which requires the use of an additional source VCR which must be gen-locked to the other source VCR , and video-sync control of the sound recorder , which permits the lift-off and lay-back of the original sound to allow it to be mixed with additional sound without loss of synchronisation . |
| 12 | In hard reality , therefore , many authorities consider that the sovereignty of parliament really means the sovereignty of an unrepresentative party boss who is then given a free constitutional rein to wreak unlimited havoc . |
| 13 | They have much less to do with the demands of competitiveness than with the perversities of an industrial relations law whose imbalance was over-corrected during the 1980s . |
| 14 | The NPV approach discounts future cash flows by use of an imputed discount factor which should reflect the opportunity cost of capital . |
| 15 | Priced at £8,700 , the company claims it is an incredible half the cost of an equivalent Sun box which retails at £16,300 . |
| 16 | The name of an existing LIFESPAN user you wish to copy the messages to . |
| 17 | The name of an existing LIFESPAN user you wish to send the message to . |
| 18 | In THE late 1850s Stamford was the centre of an extraordinary murder case which filled the national and international press . |
| 19 | This idea of an optimum arousal level which may easily be upset by under- or overstimulating conditions has also been put forward by Venables ( 1964 ) . |
| 20 | Reports from earlier in the month said that the electrified fence would be part of an early warning system which would include mines , automatic machine guns and searchlights . |
| 21 | The Helsinki process should be institutionalised straight away with the formation of an Environmental Security Council which should be given some legislative powers as soon as possible . |
| 22 | Indeed the Department of the Environment issued in 1976 a code of practice aimed at the prevention and abatement of smells from animal wastes which states that ‘ in any proceedings brought because of an alleged odour nuisance it may be a relevant consideration if the company has adhered to the code of practice to the best of its ability ’ . |
| 23 | The case which is the subject of this note provides a useful insight into the analysis of an unfair dismissal claim which arises out of an employee 's refusal to accept new terms and either resignation followed by a constructive dismissal claim or dismissal consequent upon that refusal . |
| 24 | Arrangements were further complicated by the arrival of an orthodox Bachad group who demanded a separate kosher kitchen all of their own , which they maintained right up to the time of their departure to Gwrych Castle at the outbreak of war . |
| 25 | An instruction then consists of an initial operator syllable which specifies the operation to be performed , perhaps followed by one or more further syllables specifying a store address or subsidiary information . |
| 26 | She was the sexual partner of an intravenous drug user who had HIV-1 infection and AIDS-related complex . |
| 27 | They were standing expectantly by the main gate of Wandsworth prison , a building which gave the impression of an Italian Renaissance fortress whose square towers and long cell blocks had been reconstructed in grimy industrial brick . |
| 28 | Evidence has already been quoted above of an educational management course which required participants to articulate the curriculum base from which management decisions should stem . |
| 29 | A new art gallery has been opened in memory of an eccentric antiques dealer who hoarded millions of pounds worth of paintings and other works of art . |
| 30 | There by the light of an adjoining street lamp he clearly saw the figure of a station master or porter wearing a flat-topped regulation hat apparently waiting for a train . |