Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] an [noun] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In explaining how he managed to escape active military service during the war by signing on for an officers ' programme , Mr Clinton apparently omitted to mention that he had already received his call-up notice when he sought to join the Reserve Officers ' Training Corps . |
| 2 | In homes across the States millions of Americans were switching on for an evening 's viewing . |
| 3 | I see it rather as an actor 's bag of tricks , and not a very apposite one for the role . |
| 4 | It is specifically designed to evolve current Sparc-based applications to System V.4 and acknowledges Sun 's Solaris operating system only as an System V.4 subset . |
| 5 | In the old days before the distracting influences of radio and television , the fixed routine of the adult inhabitants after the day 's work was done was to settle down for an evening 's knitting , a craft both men and women practised assiduously , on the outside galleries in summer and by candlelight in front of a peat fire in winter . |
| 6 | If not in priority need , particularly if considered for the purposes of the Act to have become ‘ intentionally homeless ’ , persons may receive only advice and ‘ appropriate assistance ’ , leaving much to an authority 's discretion . |
| 7 | Two Jewish daughters left alone with babysitters after a lifetime of copious kisses is psychic pain enough — but when mother has the gall to start a sex life then it 's time to lie down on an analyst 's couch . |
| 8 | The terms of the contract are not usually negotiable and offers are made subject only to an accountant 's report . |
| 9 | Such effects could take place at a number of different levels within the political system : an individual 's relationship to another could change as a result of the media just as an individual 's relationship to an institution could change as an outcome of media work , and so on . |
| 10 | If the usual cap is not put on , the following is made for a man : it is of flannel , cut exactly like an infant 's foundling cap . |
| 11 | Officers in the field did on occasion have to struggle to get through to an official 's home number . |
| 12 | The term , then , refers not to an enterprise 's size or age , but to a certain kind of activity . |
| 13 | On the contrary , ‘ few things are regarded so cheaply as an animal 's life … |
| 14 | Since 1975 , pension schemes have been required by law to give equal access to men and women , but not equal benefits ; and the regulations of the scheme must not discriminate directly against an employee 's age or length of service needed to qualify for joining . |
| 15 | It has forged an adventurous contemporary acquisitions policy which it intends to build on , purchasing works early in an artist 's career before prices fall outside the scope of the gallery 's low acquisitions budget which remains frozen despite the Council 's largesse . |
| 16 | Although these initial estimates are somewhat crude , either way the available results strongly suggest that use of a valid selection test can contribute susbstantially to an organisation 's profitability . |
| 17 | Yvonne wakes me up after an hour 's sleep and tells me I have to leave . |
| 18 | You may not end up with an athlete 's heart through aerobic walking , but you will have gone a long way to improving its strength and efficiency , thus ensuring a longer and healthier life . |
| 19 | No one should be allowed to deduct trade union fees automatically from an employee 's pay without written authorisation . |
| 20 | I was wrapped up in an officer 's uniform ; you could n't see me for fur and leather . |
| 21 | No doubt the Virgin Isles will crop up in an Airtours ' brochure before long . |
| 22 | The cathedral cities of York and Lincoln are both within an hour 's drive . |
| 23 | An architect on holiday in the Scottish Highlands was out for an afternoon 's hill walking . |
| 24 | She looked as if she could have stepped straight out of an urchin 's game on the street of a Northern Italian village or off the front cover of Vogue . |
| 25 | The case which is the subject of this note provides a useful insight into the analysis of an unfair dismissal claim which arises out of an employee 's refusal to accept new terms and either resignation followed by a constructive dismissal claim or dismissal consequent upon that refusal . |
| 26 | The dhāmi , possessed by the god , had exorcized its sickness , stroking its head and back with an eagle 's wing , then sprinkling rice grains while muttering a blessing . |
| 27 | That 's a tricky corner too turns it back in an Agnew 's header and Speedy has turned it in . |
| 28 | ‘ He told them who he was and where he 'd come from , and they told him : ‘ Come back in an hour 's time and we 'll see . ’ |
| 29 | Right well that 's no problem er when your wife comes back in an hour 's time |
| 30 | A wide knowledge of printing and typography is needed , since good typography adds immeasurably to an advertisement 's impact , readability and style , and it is the art director who will choose the type face . |