Example sentences of "[adv] an [noun sg] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Proceedings begun in this way include summary proceedings for the recovery of land ( subject to the special rules in Ord 24 , rr 1 – 7 ) and those which , in the High Court , would ordinarily be commenced by originating summons , eg an application by a business tenant for a new tenancy under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 ( Ord 43 , r 2 ) . |
| 2 | In practice they are those cases in which the plaintiff seeks to enforce or protect some right vested in him ( eg , an injunction to restrain a breach of contract ) rather than those where he merely invites the court to exercise its powers to grant him some statutory relief ( eg an application by a debtor for a " time order " under Consumer Credit Act 1974 , s 129(1) ( b ) ) . |
| 3 | Commencement may be also by appeal from the order , decision or award of some other person , body or tribunal eg an appeal against a housing authority 's overcrowding notice under the Housing Act 1985 , s 362 . |
| 4 | However long an observer outside the radius r waits he will never receive any light emitted from a source inside the radius rO . |
| 5 | In principle a task description is not necessarily an activity of a person , the task might possibly be completed automatically . |
| 6 | The ratio of the consumption of wood to steel varies considerably between different countries but it is not necessarily an index of the degree of industrialization or of technological advancement . |
| 7 | It is necessary to look for concentrations of finds because a handful of finds could have got onto the land in any number of ways and is not necessarily an indication of the presence of a nearby archaeological site . |
| 8 | It is an expression of the child 's experience at several levels , especially an awareness of a love of nature . |
| 9 | Peasant conservatism is just as much an ideology to the planner as the greater public good is to the crofter If way of life is natural and familiar , ideology is contrived and foreign . |
| 10 | It is just as much an abuse of the process of the House for opposition to seek to talk out or filibuster , as it is for government to stifle opposition . |
| 11 | In any case , it is not appropriate to dwell to much on the past , as Highlander is very much an organisation of the present , and an institution which moves towards areas in which the controversial new issues are beginning to take place . |
| 12 | In the end it was n't so much an assassination as a massacre , with 6,121 of the 7,098 American apple varieties that blossomed last century now extinct . |
| 13 | The book is therefore very much an account of the movement 's influence in Britain . |
| 14 | The new phrases were not so much an indication of the desire to con firm that a revolution in our attitude to young children and their learning had happened , but an attempt to proclaim it . |
| 15 | If interpreted in this light , the argument becomes not so much an onslaught on the idea of identity as an attack on the idea of empirical things as basic particulars . |
| 16 | If the two pairs of projectors are in line , the intention is not usually a multi-image effect In fact , it s likely that the two projectors nearer to the camera will not contain so much an image as an image-blocker , ie a mask or matte that blocks out part of the image behind it Since the two mattes will normally be complementary , and the combined image can be seen by inspection through the camera 's viewfinder , any faults , such as overlaps or gaps , should be observed at the time and , if possible , corrected on a second , third or fourth take This is more economical and satisfactory than getting the results of multiple passes back from the lab and discovering that a whole day 's work has to be redone . |
| 17 | ONE man was killed and another seriously injured yesterday when their car skidded off the road and plunged down an embankment into a tree at a popular beauty spot . |
| 18 | POLICE yesterday named the man killed when a car plunged down an embankment into a tree at a popular beauty spot . |
| 19 | Or where do I — can I write down an address on a piece of paper and I will try to mail them from the hotel . |
| 20 | Then , after about three months , I had got it all out of my system I suppose , and I actually turned down an invitation to a party in favour of staying in and washing some clothes ! |
| 21 | Edging their way through the densely-packed throng they finally reached the organist who carried on playing , at the same time bending down an ear in the sergeant 's direction . |
| 22 | A television play or four weeks away in repertory was OK , but I finally lost my agent when I turned down an interview for a job in June , ‘ because I 'll be picking the gooseberries ’ . |
| 23 | Although in fact they accepted all three Beveridge ‘ assumptions ’ on behalf of the coalition government , the impression they gave was one of hesitancy and caution ; and the result was that the Parliamentary Labour Party , for the one and only time during the coalition years , decided to put down an amendment to the government motion and thus divide the House . |
| 24 | A request was received from a household asking for support to turn down an application for a garage but it was deemed not a function for the Association . |
| 25 | A request was received from a household asking for support to turn down an application for a garage but it was deemed not a function for the Association . |
| 26 | Teesdale District Council turned down an application for the sign on the ground of it contravening the town area local plan but the inspector said it was acceptable and allowed it for the next five years . |
| 27 | THE WORLD Health Organisation has once again turned down an application from the Council for Infant Formula Companies ( ICIFI ) to affiliate to the Geneva-based organisation . |
| 28 | The Precision bass , however , was designed to be tuned down an octave from a guitar 's lower four strings . |
| 29 | Perhaps an alliance with the East Angles was the cornerstone of Aethelbald 's ascendancy . |
| 30 | Let's suppose you have an important letter to write — perhaps an application for a job . |