Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] [prep] an [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to this model , deviance is a property which is created and sustained by a community 's response to an act as deviant . |
| 2 | On the same day he told the defendants that he was interested in making an offer for Caliban and asked the first defendant to sound out what would be the plaintiff 's response to an offer in the range of $2m. to $2.5m. gross i.e. the plaintiff to bear the agent 's commission . |
| 3 | The net result of Honderich 's weakness as an historian of ideas is that his book slips into confusion . |
| 4 | Anderson met the demands of an expanding workload , chronic understaffing , and excessive travelling on her inspectors by moving the women 's branch towards an approximation of the organization of the men 's branch — though always under her own control . |
| 5 | The decretal letter " Solite " , addressed to Alexis , the emperor of Constantinople , outlined the pope 's function as an adviser of monarchs . |
| 6 | It was a move from a concern with the intrinsic character of the student 's experience to an interest in what the student knew and could do at the end of the course . |
| 7 | 3.2 THE HOTELIER 'S LIABILITY AS AN OCCUPIER OF PREMISES |
| 8 | If so , it makes little sense to speak of ‘ authenticity ’ , though feminists might wish to celebrate women 's talk as an aspect of their resistance to oppression , a demonstration of skill and creativity with the limited materials at hand . |
| 9 | Alternatively , Stalin organised Kirov 's murder as an excuse for the widespread purges . |
| 10 | I then wonder why some enterprising manufacturer has n't made a cheap engineer 's lathe as an alternative to the old-fashioned wood lathe . |
| 11 | On Dec. 20 , 1989 , President Venkataraman outlined the new government 's programme in an address to a joint session of both houses of Parliament . |
| 12 | Part of the Institute 's reply to an enquiry from an Environmental |
| 13 | In his article he boasts that Britain today offers a choice of five quality newspapers : would he , and you , offer Ms Roberts 's piece as an example of that quality ? |
| 14 | Most lay people see the profession 's scepticism as an insult to their integrity . |
| 15 | At issue is one small , but key part of the European Commission 's plan for an alignment of Value Added Tax ( VAT ) and Excise rates in the 12 member states , which it considers essential if frontier checks on traders are to be abolished after 1992 . |
| 16 | I had been badgering the tour 's publicist for an interview with Scotty , who had apparently arrived toting his original Ray Butts amplifier with built-in tape echo , but things were n't looking too hopeful . |
| 17 | While mayor of Hull in 1795 he presented in person the congratulatory addresses from the Hull Corporation and Trinity House to George III , following the king 's escape from an attack by the London mob protesting against the French wars and the price of bread . |
| 18 | We consider the rationale and the manner of the legal profession 's projection of an image of altruism and focus upon one legal service , the duty solicitor scheme , which was set up ostensibly to serve the community . |
| 19 | I take my hon. Friend 's question as an expression of support for our policy of increasing the amount of profit that is left with companies for them to retain or distribute as they think proper . |
| 20 | Both the taxpayer and the Crown expressed dissatisfaction with the Special Commissioner 's determination of an assessment for 1985/86 in a reduced amount . |
| 21 | In 1989 , porn produced by and for lesbians in Britain appeared above ground with Sheba 's publication of an anthology of ‘ lesbian erotic stories and poetry ’ , Serious Pleasure . |
| 22 | The author has also included new research on Kandinsky 's early collectors who include the Chicago Lawyer Arthur Jerome Eddy and the important English patron Michael Sadeler , Vice-Chancellor of Leeds University , who first saw the artist 's work at an exhibition in the Albert Hall , London , in 1911 . |
| 23 | Also surprising , given Bourdieu 's work as an ethnographer in Algeria , is the lack of consideration for the nature of mass consumption as an historical phenomena . |
| 24 | Cynthia Chase s tightly argued and richly suggestive ‘ Primary Narcissism and the Giving of Figure ’ repays close attention , for in it she makes a case for the significance of Kristeva 's work to an understanding of post-structuralist notions of the ‘ uncertain agency ’ of language , not as it is often misunderstood , as cavalier irresponsibility , but as the indication of the ‘ imperative of linking an ethical or political project with a critical epistemology ’ ( p. 135 ) . |
| 25 | Despite recognizing the need for theory to explain market-type control mechanisms within real-world firms , this chapter accepts that some use of direct , non-delegated authority is the necessary , defining feature of a firm , and turns to Williamson 's work for an explanation of the circumstances in which it has a comparative advantage over other control mechanisms . |
| 26 | Indeed , Anselm 's greatness as an influence in the Christian world must rest almost entirely on his Prayers and Meditations , on his Monologion , Proslogion , and Cur Deus Homo , and on the sanctity which pervaded his whole life after his conversion in 1059–1063 . |
| 27 | The government condemned the opposition 's move as an obstacle to economic modernization , given the dependence of increased foreign investment and multilateral loans on privatization and deregulation . |
| 28 | While we are on the subject of money , it is interesting to note that Freud 's fee for an hour of his time was nearly four times the fee for a day in ‘ a first rate sanatorium ’ . |
| 29 | The tenant , however , will wish to make certain that the landlord 's consent for an application for planning permission can not be unreasonably withheld at least for certain specified matters , having regard to the nature and situation of the premises . |
| 30 | ( The collusion of the two communist powers was formalised by Moscow 's conclusion of an alliance with the newly victorious Chinese communists in late 1949 . ) |