Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [noun] [adj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Card fraud is costing the industry £165 million a year and now the battle against it is taking a hi tec turn . |
2 | By section 291 of the Insolvency Act 1986 a bankrupt must deliver up all his books , papers and records and give to the official receiver such information of his estate and such other information as the official receiver may reasonably require . |
3 | According to the Partnership Act 1890 a partnership is an association of persons carrying on a business in common with a view to profit . |
4 | Similarly , a number of Morrissey 's former acquaintances ( again , those who were left behind ) told tales of how the singer downs many a bottle of wine despite his public image as the complete celibate with a teetotal lifestyle . |
5 | ‘ Oh shit , ’ she said , surreptitiously pushing the access hatch open a crack and thrusting her fingers through , hoping nobody would notice . |
6 | Even if the matter were still proceeding before the justices ' court , either for the purposes of committal for trial or for trial of an information , it would be my opinion that neither section 5(1) nor section 10(1) of the Act of 1980 would apply to give the justice hearing a proceeding under section 7(5) of the Bail Act 1976 a power to adjourn that proceeding . |
7 | The reduction in the tax credit on dividends from 25 per cent to 20 will reduce the amounts they and other non-taxpayers can reclaim from the Inland Revenue , saving the Government £1 billion a year . |
8 | The tower mill half a mile south-west of the church is the only windmill left on the island . |
9 | As a disincentive to landlords wishing to rid themselves of " sitting tenants " , Parliament inserted into the Housing Act 1988 a strengthening of harassment remedies . |
10 | In his report as a Poor Law Commissioner , Chadwick estimated that inadequate sanitation leading to excessively high death rates was costing the country £14 million a year in lost production , apart from the social costs in terms of crime , delinquency , and the like . |
11 | The Confederation of British Industry estimates that congestion costs its members in commerce and industry in London and the south-east £10 billion a year . |
12 | TWO pensioners who met at a wedding ceremony half a century ago have become close friends after being reunited by the Daily Post . |
13 | TWO pensioners who met at a wedding ceremony half a century ago have become close friends after being reunited by the Daily Post . |
14 | He located two great beams of good timber lying on a waste lot half a mile away , but could not lift them . |
15 | In 1917 Duke had ridden a Kalahuewehe wave half a mile till it died in front of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel , where now the ASP annual banquet is held . |
16 | He led them to a dugout canoe half a mile downstream , and they poled slowly across to the other bank . |