Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] the [noun sg] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly her attention was caught by the sight of a light utility truck parked on the roadside a short distance ahead — and as she drew nearer a man stepped from behind it and held up his hand . |
| 2 | Last June 's vote led to the creationof a 17-strong block called the European Right , consisting of members of Jean-Marie Le Pen 's National Front from France , the Republicans from West Germany ( led by a former Waffen-SS officer , Franz Schonhuber ) , and a Belgian from the wilder shores of Flemish nationalism . |
| 3 | An engagement of sympathy on the side of the character who seems superficially to be the target figure constructs for the reader an unusual angle of vision on the events and characters of this fabliau . |
| 4 | Either search affords to the purchaser a priority period during which either the transfer of registered land must be completed and an application made to HM Land Registry for its registration or the conveyance of unregistered land must be completed . |
| 5 | Mass production together with the mechanisation of labour impose on the worker a return to infantile living conditions , and |
| 6 | Loretta regarded the room as a refuge from the outside world and , in spite of her discoveries , she was fast asleep next morning when the buzzer on the entryphone sounded in the hall a floor below . |
| 7 | During a seminar on recent advances in reproductive technology , a gynaecologist presenting his latest research put on the screen a slide of a woman 's uterus and said : ‘ This , gentlemen , is the battle ground . ’ |
| 8 | The only provision of Order 11 under which leave might be given was that dealing with the case where ‘ in the action begun by the writ an injunction is sought ordering the defendant to do or refrain from doing anything within the jurisdiction … |
| 9 | It is conceded , however , that liability may follow some omissions , when there is a relationship between the victim and the defendant imposing on the defendant a duty to act . |
| 10 | By virtue of section 65(2) , that decision imposed on the council a duty to secure that accommodation became available for the occupation of the plaintiff and his family . |
| 11 | Section 27 of the SGA imposes upon the seller a duty to deliver the goods and upon the buyer to accept the goods in both cases in accordance with the terms of the contract . |
| 12 | The challenge in 1992/93 has been to do more with less ; we lost 8% of our establishment when the Council suffered with the profession a substantial reduction in its planned revenues . |
| 13 | It is the generally accepted method of succession in our family , but , ’ the corpse sighed , or at least a sigh came from the air a few feet above it , ‘ it soon became obvious that none of my three children is sufficiently powerful to wrest the lordship of the Wyrmberg from the other two . |
| 14 | If you break down in the tunnel and you require assistance , the fireman takes from the driver a Wrong Line Order , colour green , and walks to the signal box , putting down three detonators as a guide when he pilots the Break Down on the wrong line to the train . |
| 15 | This immense work requires from the performer a breadth of vision and sense of construction to unify its disparate parts together with a consummate technique . |
| 16 | Where the peace is threatened , the law confers upon the constable a very wide range of powers to take preventive action . |
| 17 | The queen sent with the delegation an illuminated Psalter and the king , Louis IX , sent a Breviary and a Bible to be given as presents . |
| 18 | However , one admiral arrived on the scene a little too early for a round of golf . |
| 19 | This and other studies revealed that shifts of posture , head movements and changing facial expression all have a part to play in the way a conversation moves from one person to another in a group . |
| 20 | ‘ ( 1 ) Where the seller delivers to the buyer a quantity of goods less than he contracted to sell , the buyer may reject them , but if the buyer accepts the goods so delivered he must pay for them at the contract rate . |
| 21 | ( 2 ) Where the seller delivers to the buyer a quantity of goods larger than he contracted to sell , the buyer may accept the goods included in the contract and reject the rest , or he may reject the whole . |
| 22 | ( 3 ) Where the seller delivers to the buyer a quantity of goods larger than he contracted to sell and the buyer accepts the whole of the goods so delivered he must pay for them at the contract rate . |
| 23 | Later vehicles have a braided earth lead running to the body a few inches from the motor . |
| 24 | The husband negotiated from the bank an overdraft facility for his company . |
| 25 | There might have been a rug and a sheet missing from the bedroom a picture gone from the wall an incomplete rack of spice jars . |
| 26 | Where such a notice has been served , then unless the court receives from the defendant a defence , admission or counterclaim , the plaintiff will have to satisfy the court that the defendant received the summons in " sufficient time " ( Ord 7 , r 18(2) . |
| 27 | ‘ It may of course be perfectly proper for the court to put on the Act an interpretation different from that intended by the framers of it . |
| 28 | at the time of entering into the Contract with the Carrier the Trader declares to the Carrier a special interest in delivery in the case of loss or damage or of an agreed time limit being exceeded and agrees to pay a surcharge calculated on the amount of that interest , and |
| 29 | 1.16 " Possession date " means the date on which the Architect serves on the Tenant a notice in accordance with clause 3.2 of this agreement |
| 30 | ‘ I want to make it absolutely clear , ’ said Angalo slowly , as a great feathery head nabbled in the water a few inches away , ‘ that if you 're suggesting that we ride on a geese — ‘ |