Example sentences of "[num ord] [noun] [vb -s] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A depth-first traversal goes from a node to one of the nodes directly connected to it and then immediately continues by visiting a node that is connected to the last visited node ( see Figure 12 ) . |
| 2 | The second category relates to a transaction whereby a private person disposes of goods to a businessman . |
| 3 | 11.24 : The second bomb explodes in a waste bin in Cavendish Square , outside the back door of the John Lewis store . |
| 4 | So in other words we can write the general scheme , a stimulus leads to an increase in the se level of the second messenger , and that increase in the level of the second messenger leads to a response . |
| 5 | It is clear from the context of such pairs that in every case where the second speaker responds to a proposition of the first speaker with " you know what I mean ! " or " you know ! " , the second speaker is in fact agreeing with the first . |
| 6 | The second gate leads to a road , which you cross to another road opposite leading to Far Arnside Caravan Park . |
| 7 | The first part concludes with a rationale and plea for teachers to adopt the action research approach , stressing the distinction between the teacher as technician and as reflective practitioner . |
| 8 | You get one video and what at first glance looks like a child 's painting book . |
| 9 | example An essay pointing out that Shakespeare 's first sonnet ends with a comma in the first printed edition and arguing that this is because it is the first part of a larger poem including also the second sonnet . |
| 10 | My fifth question arises from a conversation that I had yesterday with Tony Godden , the head of the West Lothian college , who has severe reservations about the time scale leading to incorporation and how colleges like his — Bathgate and Livingston — can undertake the services previously carried out by the regional council . |
| 11 | Our first example comes from a cemetery complex in Humberside dating from the Iron Age . |
| 12 | THE SECRET HISTORY Donna Tartt Already a US best-seller , this brilliant first novel starts with a murder then backtracks to explain why five Greek classics students at an exclusive college kill their classmate . |
| 13 | The attractive village of Biddestone , for example , which at first sight consists of a village green , church and sixteenth-to seventeenth-century buildings — almost the classic village — can be shown on analysis to consist of two elements , each with a manor and church , between which the green developed . |
| 14 | The first school thinks of a wall as a means to an end , a support , a mere background . |
| 15 | This dilemma lies at the heart of the ethical choices facing every society as the 20th century draws to a close . ’ |
| 16 | In any case , this type of speculation is a complete waste of time and anyone who seriously thinks that all is quiet on the western front as the twentieth century draws to a close must be dozing in his dug-out . |
| 17 | By examining the response to these and similar issues over the coming years , this series will provide a unique means of monitoring the changes in society as the twentieth century draws to a close . |
| 18 | The next extract refers to a period in Salisbury when Philip Parrish works eight hours a day in preparation for his Civil Service examination without too many lapses into dreaming . |
| 19 | Thus it is quite possible for a finance company to insist that some third person acts as a safeguard against the finance company making a loss on the transaction . |
| 20 | Mid-rehearsal , the third assistant brings across a note from the production office : will Mr Schlesinger kindly consent to such and such an interview with Herr So and so . |
| 21 | Perhaps the last word belongs to a letter written with panache and tongue in the cheek by Arthur Dimmock , the BDA 's most distinguished and prolific deaf journalist and a future member of its executive : So the offensive word " dumb " has at length been dropped from the title of this country 's major organisation . |
| 22 | Our opinions meaning nothing as the next government sets on a course of action which people directly have little to do with , although indirectly may adversely affect their lives . |
| 23 | According to T-G analysis , it is a sentence ( S ) that consists of a noun phrase ( NP ) followed by a verb phrase ( VP ) ; in turn , the NP consists of a determiner ( T ) and a noun ( N ) ; the VP consists of a transitive verb ( Vt ) and a noun phrase ( NP ) and this last NP consists of a determiner and a noun . |
| 24 | The result , reported last summer corresponds to a lifetime of about 10 31 years , once the observing time and total number of protons are taken into account . |
| 25 | This denouement in Somalia , following the debacle in Egypt , further discouraged the Soviet Union from seeking and constructing substantial military and naval facilities or bases in Third World states with a record of instability . |
| 26 | The next recipe comes from a work compiled by two eighteenth-century London publicans . |