Example sentences of "[conj] a [noun sg] [prep] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jacob Bernays was the first to notice , in 1866 , that a fragment of Theophrastus ' book On Piety concerning the Jews was quoted by Porphyry in his treatise On Abstinence ( 2.26 ) . |
| 2 | Its author , perhaps a canon of St Florent , wrote after the death of Supplicius II , castellan of Amboise , to warn later generations of the family that a repetition of Supplicius ' acts of disloyalty towards his overlords might ruin the family . |
| 3 | What many need is to be told that they can achieve something more constructive than a profit from others ' financial predicament . |
| 4 | While some contributions amount to little more than a description of manufacturers ' software , others delve into the concepts and methodologies . |
| 5 | He could n't have had more than a couple of hours ' sleep . |
| 6 | The transformation of what was little more than a set of lawyers ' chambers to a fully fledged government department is a story worth telling , with portents still to come . |
| 7 | Alex Miller 's team asked no questions of a drastically altered Ibrox side containing more than a smattering of Rangers ' impressive reserve strength . |
| 8 | It is wholly inappropriate and a slur on parents ' intelligence to imply , as your correspondent does , that coercion and possibly intimidation have played a part in achieving the present levels of support for change . |
| 9 | The study reckons this factor accounts for between a quarter and a half of IPOs ' underperformance . |
| 10 | Pisistratus had made Eleusis a symbol of the unity of Attica ; for the fifth-century Athenians it was that , and a symbol of Athens ' rule over a united Aegean as well . |
| 11 | He was tall and thin , with a pink , peeling nose and a couple of days ' stubble . |
| 12 | It starts as a struggle for power , and a challenge to Moses ' authority . |
| 13 | It was important to get there and a lift in Miles ' odious yellow Cortina was as good a way as any other . |
| 14 | She was a governor of University College London , the London School of Medicine , and a number of girls ' schools . |
| 15 | The majority supported the basic idea of the OFR : that company directors should provide with the reports and accounts a commentary on the operating results , a review of financial needs and resources and a commentary on shareholders ' return and value . |
| 16 | She 'd read Shakespeare , Pete had n't ; not unless you counted Julius Caesar at school , which he 'd managed to get through with a lot of patience and a set of Coles ' Notes . |
| 17 | This is composed of 50 per cent scientists and a leavening of employers ' and employees ' representatives . |
| 18 | The balance sheet should show the total amount of shareholders ' funds and an analysis of shareholders ' funds between the amount attributable to equity interests and the amount attributable to non-equity interests . |
| 19 | Librarians see advantages in tel ms of increased use of resources , increased interest and involvement of pupils and teachers in the library , a chance to identify accurately information needs and an enhancement of pupils ' abilities to locate and use pertinent information sources . |
| 20 | He will probably announce the scrapping of residential segregation , and an end to blacks ' exclusion from most South African land . |
| 21 | But a bit like Harris ' execution , whose ugliness prompted calls for decent ‘ lethal injection ’ , it did n't work like that . |
| 22 | But a search of wine-makers ' chateaux in the Lyon area have produced no link . |
| 23 | But a search of wine-makers ' chateaux in the Lyon area have produced no link . |
| 24 | After a couple of years ' use the charger 's output may fall slightly . |
| 25 | This makes it difficult to tell whether HP and other retail credit , as a part of consumers ' overall spending , is now increasing or declining . |