Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] a [noun] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under a microscope or with a side light we can see where the paint 's been lost . |
| 2 | From the House of Lords and the National Union he became a thorn in the flesh of the party leaders , where in a party government it would have been inconceivable that such a man , at the height of his powers and with powerful connections . |
| 3 | angle of lead When intercepting a track to or from a radio beacon you must allow for the turn onto track from the intercepting heading . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Shaped like straw mushrooms , they are completely clear except for a gossamer veil which makes up their body . |
| 8 | The final point which needs to be made about ethnicity is that as a speaker variable it can not usually be isolated from social class . |
| 9 | On Feb. 27 Spegelj reportedly sent a letter reminding the prosecutor that as a government member he enjoyed immunity from prosecution . |
| 10 | Decision : the aggravating features of the offence were the age of the victim ( 61 ) , the fact that as a taxi driver he was vulnerable and an easy target ; the isolated location in which the offence was committed ; the degree of violence and the fact that it continued after the theft had been completed ; the fact that the victim had been left , so far as the offenders were aware , unconscious , and the fact that two men were involved , and an implement may have been used . |
| 11 | Roger , Lord North , admitted that as a subsidy commissioner he had let men off lightly in Cambridgeshire : everyone was known to be worth ten times his assessment in goods and six times in land ; some were worth twenty or thirty times their assessments . |
| 12 | The problem here is that as a $4,300 box it 's fitted with only 207Mb external disk and 16Mb internal memory , barely enough to handle the Solaris 2.1 operating system that eats up 200Mb of disk space and prefers 24Mb minimum . |
| 13 | Some soup or little homemade cakes , convinced that as a grass widower he could n't cope . |
| 14 | ‘ I believe that as a trustee port they have a responsibility to all port users and that includes my members . |
| 15 | Now whether they 'll deliver on a Friday and not count that as a delivery day I do n't know . |
| 16 | Small wonder therefore that as a drama critic he grasped the significance of R. C. Sherriff 's famous play , Journey 's End , in 1929 . |
| 17 | To Wishart , Minton said that in a hangover state he sometimes felt as if his eyeballs had been pulled out , tied in a very complicated knot and pushed back with the knots intact . |
| 18 | The book encourages a healthy fear of crevasses mixed with cautious confidence , based on the fundamental principle that in a crevasse accident there is self-rescue or no rescue . |
| 19 | Already in October 1953 the British defence chiefs had warned that in a world war they expected the main and first Soviet nuclear assault to be directed against the British Isles . |
| 20 | The other crucial difference between the types of memory test is that in a recognition test there is generally a relatively well defined set of distractor items . |
| 21 | Given the likelihood that in a CSW team there is both a tendency to keep files open to reflect the ‘ streetwork ’ and informal contact that is maintained , and a probability that intervention will occur prior to demands for day or residential care , the strategy adopted may have identified only a minority of the cases actually dealt with . |
| 22 | There are so many needs that without a priority structure we would not know where to begin or when to say ‘ no ’ . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | After six years as Chairman , he knew all the important party figures and he became a dangerous foe ; in the National Union he combined with Selborne to mount a campaign against coalition and as a Birmingham MP he threatened even- Austen Chamberlain 's home base . |
| 26 | And as a television sport it 's also hard because all you see is a ball flying through the air and you have no sense of scale or depth . |
| 27 | 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 . ’ |
| 28 | So , for a card magic party you could have ‘ pick a card ’ , for a football party you could have ‘ score a goal ’ or ‘ touchdown ’ , and for a cowboy party you could have ‘ home on the range ’ . |
| 29 | He looked up at the house and through a dormer window he could make out the outline of a figure , seated and immobile , facing the sea . |
| 30 | But no warning could check Arthur Conway 's fury , and with a lightning leap he managed to grip the young man 's throat , and so fiercely that he forced him backwards , only the next moment to have his arms snapped downwards , when he would have fallen on his back if he had n't come up against the coalhouse wall and , unfortunately , a shovel that was propped there . |