Example sentences of "[conj] a [noun sg] [vb pp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This can be an estimate or a calculation based on the actual workload of the Offline System , displayed by option 9.8.0 . |
| 2 | The figure can be an estimate or a calculation based on the specification of the media unit ; it is used to balance the workload between units operating at different speeds . |
| 3 | This figure can be an estimate or a calculation based on the specification of the media unit . |
| 4 | What he produced was a gen-u-ine statement of skin ; a document to be placed alongside other such documents , delivered with the same How's-your-father flourish as a graffiti slogan on a council estate wall or a boot planted through an Asian 's shop window or a gallon of petrol poured through the letterbox of a Bengali family 's home . |
| 5 | What is the monetary value of a Saxon church or a life saved from a preventable road accident ? |
| 6 | An option is , typically , a contract , a deed or a provision made by a testator in his will by which one party grants to the other the right to buy property , from him or his estate , at a future date . |
| 7 | ‘ foreign lawyer ’ means a person who is not a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales or a barrister called to the English Bar but who is a member , and entitled to practise as such , of a legal profession regulated within a jurisdiction outside England and Wales ; |
| 8 | You could be described as being no more than a brain on wheels or a brain stuck in a chair . |
| 9 | A divided Church , adding to the divisions in a divided land ; or a Church led by a band of brothers ( and sisters ) as a healing force ? |
| 10 | If the offeror is a subsidiary , or a company controlled by a consortium , the offeror should normally expect the Panel to look through the corporation and require disclosure of the ultimate holding company or members of the consortium . |
| 11 | The insurance is normally placed with a well known national insurance company or a company approved by the landlord . |
| 12 | Exercise is allowed in the event of an amalgamation , reconstruction or take-over of the Company ; alternatively , options may , with the agreement of the acquiring company , be exchanged for options over shares in the acquiring company or a company associated with the acquiring company . |
| 13 | Employees may , for example , receive flat-rate payments , allowances based on a percentage of their salary , or a payment based on a number of weeks ' salary . |
| 14 | Nothing could have been more controlled or correct , as if he did not know that his father had been driven out of the principality like a half-drowned rat , or a hound caught in a thunderstorm , and running for shelter with its tail between its legs . |
| 15 | The asset sale may need the prior approval of shareholders of a relevant company if the vendor is a director or a person connected ( as defined in CA 1985 , s346 ) with a director of the purchaser or its holding company or the purchaser is a director or a person connected with a director of the vendor or its holding company ( see CA 1985 , s320 ) . |
| 16 | Section 4 of the Torts ( Interference with Goods ) Act 1977 adds a new and more important form of interlocutory relief , available in the county court and High Court , whereby goods the subject of present or future proceedings for wrongful interference may be ordered to be delivered up to the claimant , or a person appointed by the court , on such terms and conditions as may be specified . |
| 17 | ( 5 ) The turnover rent shall be determined by a qualified accountant ( acting as an expert ) and whose decision shall be final ( except so far as concerns matters of law ) to be appointed by the President for the time being of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales : ( a ) if the tenant fails to supply a certificate in accordance with paragraph 3 above ( in which case the landlord 's costs of the determination and the expert 's fee shall be borne by the tenant ) or ( b ) if there shall be any dispute between the parties as to the calculation of the turnover rent ( in which case the costs of the determination and the expert 's fee shall be borne as the expert directs ) ( 6 ) Until the determination of the turnover rent for any rental year the tenant shall continue to pay rent at the rate payable immediately before the beginning of the rental year in question and upon such determination there shall be due as arrears of rent or as the case may be refunded to the tenant the difference ( if any ) between the rent paid by the tenant for that year and the rent which ought to have been paid by him for that year plus ( if the turnover rent is determined by an expert ) such amount of interest as may be directed by the expert ( 7 ) If the turnover rent for any rental year falls below £ the landlord may by notice in writing served on the tenant not more than one month after the determination of the turnover rent for that year ( time not being of the essence ) require that there be substituted for the basic rent and the turnover rent for that year the amount for which the demised property might reasonably be expected to be let on the open market at the beginning of the year in question for a term equal to the residue of this lease then unexpired and on the same terms as this lease ( save as to rent but on the assumption that the rent may be revised every five years ) there being disregarded the matters set out in section 34 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 ( as amended ) and in default of agreement the said amount shall be determined by an independent surveyor ( acting as an expert not as an arbitrator ) to be appointed by the President for the time being of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors whose decision shall be final and whose fee shall be borne as he directs Example 4:5 Turnover rent for theatre or cinema based on box office receipts1 ( 1 ) In this schedule : ( a ) " box office receipts " means the gross amount of all moneys payable to the tenant or any group company on the sale of tickets for theatrical cinematic or other performances in the demised property or the right to stage productions or hold conferences or other events ( whether public or private ) in the demised property and any moneys payable on the sale of programmes souvenirs or similar items ; ( i ) treating any sale by credit card as having been a sale in consideration of the net amount recoverable by the tenant from the credit card company ( ii ) treating any amount which the tenant is entitled to receive by way of grant gift or sponsorship as part of the box office receipts and ( iii ) deducting any value added tax payable by the tenant to HM Customs and Excise ( b ) " bar receipts " means the gross amount of all moneys payable to the tenant or any group company for the supply of food and drink in the demised property : ( i ) treating any sale by credit card as having been a sale in consideration of the net amount recoverable by the tenant from the credit card company ( ii ) allowing the tenant a reduction of two per cent for wastage ( 2 ) The rent payable by the tenant shall be the aggregate of : ( a ) £ … per annum ( b ) 5 per cent of the first 60 per cent of the box office receipts for any year ( c ) 10 per cent of the remainder of the box office receipts ( d ) 7.5 per cent of the bar receipts payable annually in arrear on 31 December in each year ( 3 ) The tenant shall pay on account of the rent on 1 January 1 April 1 July and 1 October : ( a ) in the first year of the term £ … by four equal instalments ( b ) in the second and every subsequent year of the term payments at the rate of the rent payable for the last preceding year of the term by four equal instalments and as soon as possible after the end of the second and each subsequent year the amounts payable for that year under paragraph 2 above shall be agreed or otherwise determined and all necessary adjustments ( whether by way further payment by the tenant or credit given by the landlord ) shall be made ( 4 ) The tenant shall : ( a ) keep full and accurate books or records of account ( b ) permit the landlord ( or a person nominated by the landlord ) to inspect the books or records of account ( but not more often than once every three months ) and if so required to provide the books or records in a readily legible form ( 5 ) ( a ) at the end of each year of the term either the landlord or the tenant may require an audit of the tenant 's books and records by an independent auditor ( acting as an expert ) to be appointed ( in default of agreement ) by the President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales ( b ) the auditor shall certify the amount of the box office receipts and the bar receipts for the year in question and his certificate shall be binding on the parties ( except in so far as concerns matters of law ) ( c ) the auditor has power to determine how his costs and the costs of any representations to him shall be borne |
| 18 | When matters of race are located and called attention to in American literature , critical response has tended to be on the order of a humanistic nostrum — or a dismissal mandated by the label ‘ political ’ . |
| 19 | But his bravery was called into question in 1967 when an ex-tory MP queried whether the MC was genuine or a fiction invented by the publisher . |
| 20 | The ancient city was compact as a walnut , or a ship pitched like an ark on the saddle of the mountain-top . |
| 21 | But if I speak of a stone that turneth all to gold , or a treasure hidden in the menstruum of whores , then the imagination is set to work . |
| 22 | Forester could visualise the postman frowning at the interference with his sack , looking around angrily , seeing scuff-marks in the moss of the wall where Forester had stumbled over , the broken twigs and an undiscovered shoe or a sleeve glimpsed through the leaves ; he did n't dare even raise his head . |
| 23 | Astronomers believe ( Nature Vol 31 No 6329 ) that it is either a massive galaxy in the process of formation or a quasar buried within a dust cloud . |
| 24 | In order to obtain such vital things as a ration card or a job , it was necessary to be able to provide evidence of loyalty to the regime , by means of an official certificate or a letter signed by a person who was , in turn , accredited as " approved " by the regime . |
| 25 | It might be a recovery shot from deep rough with a minute margin for error ; or a pitch shot from a bare lie over a bunker to a flag in a very tight position ; or simply a six-foot putt to save par . |
| 26 | A new energy tax , either a sales tax or a tax based on the heat content of fuels . |
| 27 | A plaintiff or a defendant sued in a representative capacity may apply for the appointment of one defendant to represent all , or all those named , and a plaintiff suing in a representative capacity may apply to be similarly appointed ( Ord 5 , r 2 ) . |
| 28 | There was this picture , I do n't know whether it was a man or a woman taken from the |
| 29 | Grandparents can be of special help to a child who feels — mistakenly or not — that he or she is the odd one out or a failure compared to the others in the family . |
| 30 | Good lighting , a picture or two or a rug fixed to the end wall will give a whole new lease of life to what could have been a boring dead end . |