Example sentences of "[conj] [be] [vb pp] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she 's also shy and has thought about quitting acting several times when she 's had a lukewarm review or been rejected for a role . |
| 2 | But what is censored in this way in one state has often either found its way into the radio output of another or been reported by a newspaper . |
| 3 | However , the High Court of Justiciary considered the supply of excisable liquor outwith the permitted hours where an extension of the permitted hours had been granted for the sale or supply of alcoholic liquor to persons taking a table meal , and the liquor had been supplied to persons who had not requested or been provided with a meal . |
| 4 | A transfer of other real property , such as the holiday home to the wife , will give rise to a capital gains liability if at the time of the transfer , as is more than likely , the parties are separated in such circumstances as are likely to prove permanent or are separated under a court order ( see p16 ) ( see , for example , Aspden v Hildesley [ 1982 ] 1 WLR 264 where a transfer of property which had never been the husband 's main residence was made to the wife six years after the parties separated ) . |
| 5 | Sometimes they are told to demonstrate what new recruits ( and the field-worker ) can expect ; on other occasions they are told to illustrate the funny or the tragic sides of policing ; or are used as a vehicle for the story-teller to display some features about him or herself , such as his or her experience and skill and ability in handling all things , and that he or she is professional in being able to talk about horror in a cold and detached manner . |
| 6 | This is perhaps the most common format , where prospective purchasers are asked to make offers over a guide price , minimum sale price or are advised of a range of prices within which an offer may be acceptable . |
| 7 | Should many cyclists ignore this law or are hurt as a result , it 's always possible for lights to be removed if necessary . |
| 8 | Comparisons of the size of hands or feet often occur spontaneously , or are prompted by a visit to a shoe shop or making handprints in wet sand , wet footprints by the paddling pool and so on . |
| 9 | It can so easily look like a stunt or be represented as a desire wilfully to shape malleable material . |
| 10 | Reciprocal arrangements with another nurse or friend can work — so long as you are flexible and no money exchanges hands , but if you have a child under five and payment is involved then your ‘ childminder ’ will either have to register with the local authority ( that is if she cares for your child in the minder 's own home ) or be employed as a nanny in yours . |
| 11 | A contestant may withdraw , or be withdrawn from a competition through injury . |
| 12 | Eamonn McCann , the ‘ unofficial Labour ’ candidate in Londonderry , demanded that the Official Unionist , Robin Chichester-Clark , dismiss those members of his constituency party who had made a deal with the Protestant Unionists or be seen as a puppet on a Paisleyite string . |
| 13 | You can easily lose a job or be moved as a sort of back-handed discipline . |
| 14 | This means that industrial designs must either fall within the design right or be registered as a design to be protected unless they are copies of artistic works ; for example , sculptures . |
| 15 | Failing that , the case will be referred to the court by the commission , or by the Government , or be decided by a committee of ministers . |
| 16 | On a business sale the acquirer must insure or be joined as a beneficiary under the vendor 's insurance from the date of signing of the contract . |
| 17 | To join or be sent to a concentration camp . |
| 18 | Letters of Request must be in the language of the authority requested to execute it ( or be accompanied by a translation into that language ) ; or in English or French , unless a party has made a reservation under Article 33 excluding the use of English or French ; or in another language which a Contracting State has declared its readiness to accept . |
| 19 | Instead they are seen as a complementary qualification which can stand alone or be combined with a certificate and diploma or other building qualification to provide all round evidence of competence . |
| 20 | In some places this is quite formal , and you will need to hold a letter of authority or be issued with a licence . |
| 21 | It 's now been agreed that while modules with less demanding outcomes should exist in many areas of the catalogue , these modules should not be separately listed or be labelled in a way which implies restricted use . |
| 22 | The stags ' antlers are cast each year and are best left where found as they are nibbled and eaten to recycle the chemicals and nutrients needed for growing the next set , which is probably more useful than lying in the loft at home or being turned into a table lamp . |
| 23 | Half the class refused to go to the lessons , frightened of being set on fire or being thrown through a window , but Endill liked the suspense of waiting to see what each mixture did next . |
| 24 | He ought , whether he remains technically an employee or is treated as a partner or is classified as somewhere between the two ( eg taxed under Sched D on his " salary " ) , to be in a position to know enough about his firm to judge what amounts to a reasonable restriction and not to need the court 's protection if he should have agreed to covenants in stringent terms . |
| 25 | Other planning authorities prefer not to impose standard conditions but refer each application on its own merits , and whenever there is a likelihood of odour emission the matter is referred to the Director of Environmental Health and his advice either incorporated into the planning application or is covered by a condition . |
| 26 | This appears when a holiday firm either itself generates , or is absorbed into a sequence of activities parallel to its own business . |
| 27 | He remains Prime Minister until he chooses to resign or is defeated on a confidence motion in the House . |
| 28 | An application is not necessarily unreasonable because it is inconvenient for the addressee of the application or causes him considerable work or may make him vulnerable to future claims , or is addressed to a person who is not an officer or employee of or contractor with the company in administration , but all of these will be among the factors relevant to be taken into consideration ( post , pp. 862H — 863A , 864C ) . |
| 29 | An application is not necessarily unreasonable because it is inconvenient for the addressee of the application or causes him a lot of work or may make him vulnerable to future claims , or is addressed to a person who is not an officer or employee of or a contractor with the company in administration , but all these will be relevant factors , together no doubt with many others . |
| 30 | In those days they did n't use mileometers , what they did was they took any particular route number and the number of journeys they did , because in those days a bus kept on a route which applied , say between Witton and Rushmere Heath all day , did n't run around like they do nowadays and erm when the schedules were prepared , each bus had got a route number or was placed on a route number , say one Witton , two Witton , three Witton and a copy of its schedule was recorded on another sheet and the mileage , having known what the mileage was and we 'd used to obtain that from the Borough Surveyor 's Department , er I think it was about nine point one four miles a return trip Witton and Rushmere Heath , er you 'd work out how many journeys they did there and say well that bus was due to run a hundred and twenty six miles during the day . |