Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] a [noun] [noun] [Wh det] " in BNC.
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1 | This could be demonstrated explicitly or via an audit report which was exception-based , i.e. it reported on any instances where the law was contravened . |
2 | The provisions of s739 ( and s740 ) apply to situations where there is a transfer to a UK company which thereafter becomes resident outside the United Kingdom or to a UK trust which thereafter becomes resident outside the United Kingdom . |
3 | Listening can be done in a classroom-type situation where you listen to a live language helper or to a tape recording which can be played over and over again . |
4 | The definition of non-equity shares is widely drawn , so that any right to a dividend or to a redemption payment which is for a limited amount will have the effect that the shares will be considered non-equity shares , irrespective of the other rights they may enjoy . |
5 | Shaped like straw mushrooms , they are completely clear except for a gossamer veil which makes up their body . |
6 | The international economy consists of relations between these national entities and is shaped by them rather than by a world system which dominates and determines national conditions . |
7 | The medium-to long-term outlook is optimistic ; the success of the Modular Course educationally , academically , and as a management system which has maintained high morale among staff during difficult times , makes it a hard example to ignore . |
8 | James Scott in his Railway Romance and Other Essays observed : ‘ It is mainly the human interest to be found in and about a railway station which is the secret of its fascination . ’ |
9 | He said that he hoped that legislation would be approved by June for the establishment of a transitional executive council and of an election committee whose aims would be to create the conditions for free and fair elections . |
10 | The RTC had been set up in August 1989 [ see p. 36843 ] as a new arm of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ( FDIC ) , to be supervised by William Seidman , the FDIC chairman , and with an oversight board which decided policy and funding . |
11 | There was a split second of violent clattering as cannon shells hit the machine and then I was clear , and in a 270° turn which took me back across my flight path and into the safety of that wonderful cloud . |
12 | ‘ We have also been given assurances that there will be a cordon of police both inside and outside a perimeter fence which surrounds the playing area . ’ |
13 | For the Nov. 16 poll against Democrat Edwin Edwards , Duke 's campaign emphasized the themes that had promoted his rapid political rise : opposition to affirmative action , to high taxes , to crime , and to a welfare system which , he said , encouraged mothers to have more babies just to increase their benefits . |
14 | ‘ The hills of Sintra mean that even in the height of summer the town has a freshness , which is why the rich people used to build their country houses here to escape the heat of Lisbon , ’ Ashley said , resolutely switching her thoughts away from her host and to a guide book which she had been reading . |
15 | Thus a gold or purple-leaved shrub is best used not as an alternative to green foliage , but as a specimen highlight whose beauty depends on the contrast with its green neighbours . |
16 | THE troops ' intervention in the ambulance strike is not being authorised under the Emergency Powers Act , but under a Whitehall arrangement which enables one department to request ‘ military aid to the civil ministries ’ from the Ministry of Defence and pay the bill afterwards . |
17 | But with a lodestone compass which was er magnetic iron oxide hung up on the ship , you could actually then work out that you go straight across from there to there no problems . |
18 | These include certain chemicals and temperatures , but in a laboratory sense which is completely divorced from any cultural meaning . |
19 | The gift presented should be one of value and usefulness for setting up home ( so that she is not disappointed ) , perhaps with a memento of her bachelor days , such as a cassette by her favourite pop singers , but inside a container gift which is a joke , e.g. a silver cake slice , or selection of kitchen implements , or telephone address book , plus cassettes in the bottom of a pair of large man 's football socks ( the correct size to fit her husband to be ) , or a pair of pillowcases embroidered ‘ his ’ and ‘ hers ’ . |
20 | An unfortunate incident ; but on a rescue mission which was undertaken against the advice of the Imperial Adjudicator , no one will be suspicious . ’ |
21 | Despite the new evidence , the Virginia judiciary had refused to order a retrial of the case , partly because Coleman 's lawyer filed an appeal document one day too late , and partly because of a state law which forbade the consideration of new evidence discovered more than 21 days after the date of the original conviction . |
22 | It is in a complicated building , and WHS had to close the shop soon after opening because of a planning dispute which included fears of excess noise from the airconditioning system . |
23 | Following the find , the centre was evacuated again because of a bomb scare which police believe was a hoax . |
24 | Sometimes it is difficult to do more because of an instruction manual which is hard to understand . |
25 | It is possible here that his claims ( if any ) against the manufacturer for misrepresentation or negligence will fail because of an exemption clause which satisfies the requirement of reasonableness ( imposed by sections 8 and 2 of the Unfair Contract Terms Act ) . |
26 | Apart from Gatting , who is seen as a near-certainty for England 's winder tour of India , others who may come back into the international reckoning are Chris Broad , Alan Wells , Matthew Maynard and John Emburey , while Neil Foster ( another South African tourist ) might have been considered for the winter tour but for a knee injury which kept him out of the Essex side for the last part of the season . |