Example sentences of "[conj] [conj] [adv] a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | One possibility is for the purchaser to provide that part of the purchase price will be reduced and repaid to the purchaser if certain material consents are not received or if only a proportion of material consents are received . |
| 2 | Moving on to extended reproduction , all previous assumptions hold except that now a portion of the surplus-value will be accumulated in the form of constant and variable capital , that is , as c or v. |
| 3 | Surveys had shown that X-ray doses vary by a factor of 20 or 30 between different hospitals , and that about a quarter of all hospitals had been giving patients unnecessarily high doses . |
| 4 | Relations with Austen Chamberlain were never quite the same and although only a handful of MPs refused to sign the memorial they included personal friends of Law like Amery and Aitken . |
| 5 | This is because chemists ' experiments last for years not thousands of millions of years , and because only a handful of chemists , not thousands of millions of chemists , are engaged in doing these experiments . |
| 6 | Despite such setbacks , the Germans continued their infantry frontal attacks with supporting parachute infantry outflanking Allied positions , and after nearly a month of confused fighting the Independent Companies were withdrawn through Bodö along with elements of the 24th Guards Brigade and Norwegian troops . |
| 7 | In fact they needed little breaking in and after only a couple of long walks they were very comfortable indeed . |
| 8 | ‘ But then the team suffered a run of injuries and after only a handful of matches I was back on the field . ’ |
| 9 | Gradually they gained the upper hand and after almost a week of savage fighting the Germans began to fall back . |
| 10 | It is difficult to say whether or not a transfer of a house by the husband to the wife in , for instance , a " clean break " is " less in money or money 's worth than the value in money or money 's worth of the consideration provided " ( s339(3) ( c ) ) so there is always a risk that a conveyance or transfer following the court order or agreement may be attacked by a husband 's trustee in bankruptcy and the wife can not be absolutely safe until the five year period has expired . |
| 11 | However this time , whether or not a change of ownership makes any difference to that permission , I intend to lodge an official complaint . |
| 12 | An action purporting to have been commenced against a person who is dead at its commencement is treated as if it had been commenced against his estate , whether or not a grant of representation had been issued at its commencement ( Ord 5 , r 8(3) ) . |
| 13 | Each member country agrees that any tariff concession or trade advantage granted to one country , whether or not a member of GATT , shall be granted to all member countries . |
| 14 | Having looked at assessment and verification and the people involved it is appropriate to consider whether or not a process of approval ( sometimes called ‘ validation ’ ) should be developed and applied to organisations wishing to offer particular types of provision . |
| 15 | In two respects , it is open to the courts to insist that the constable 's decision must be a reasonable one ; there must first be reasonable grounds on which the constable is entitled to rely in deciding in the first place whether or not a breach of the peace is likely to occur . |
| 16 | What factors may the policeman take into account in deciding whether or not a breach of the peace is likely ? |
| 17 | Furthermore , any act which falls within the express or implied powers of the vendor contained in its memorandum of association , whether or not a breach of duty on the part of the vendor 's directors , will be binding on the vendor if it is approved or subsequently ratified by the shareholders . |
| 18 | The European study asked a slightly different question : whether or not a policy of immediate angioplasty was preferable to a non-invasive strategy ? " 367 patients with acute MI were treated with rt-PA thrombolytic therapy ( Table 3 ) . |
| 19 | Whether or not a reform of this kind will lead , as Sir Keith Joseph maintained , to a general raising of standards of achievement , it has been interpreted as a further encroachment on the part of central government into what is taught and learned in schools . |
| 20 | He knew she had not because the press conference had finished only an hour before and not a drop of alcohol had passed Blanche 's lips . |
| 21 | Having a factory bike can put a lot of pressure on you but when after just a couple of races you discover you can compete at the highest level , everything gets easier . |