Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 2 ) Where , in pursuance of the contract , the seller delivers the goods to the buyer or to a carrier or other bailee or custodier ( whether named by the buyer or not ) for the purpose of transmission to the buyer , and does not reserve the right to disposal , he is taken to have unconditionally appropriated the goods to the contract . ’ |
| 2 | She was a woman of fine physical strength , ready to go out on foot or in a canoe when called for . |
| 3 | The job is made easier if the bending machine is mounted on its own stand or in a vice and if some light oil is used on the formers . |
| 4 | Duress that invalidates consent consists either of a credible threat to take substantial action against the agent or against a person or a cause that he values if he does not consent or in the taking of such actions against him or against persons or causes that he values with an offer to restore the situation if he does consent . |
| 5 | One party would be returned to office with an overall majority and implement its manifesto program , a program neither known nor supported by most electors and one drawn up on the basis more of party dogma than of a dispassionate and well-informed analysis of Britain 's problems . |
| 6 | Innocent 's reply to Philip of Swabia 's supporters , addressed to Duke Berthold of Zähringen , declared that Guido of Preneste had acted neither as an elector nor as a judge but merely as a reporter ( denunciator ) on the qualities of Philip as a person unworthy . |
| 7 | We therefore conclude that an element important for neuronal-specific expression has been lost by this deletion and as a consequence that the transgene is more sensitive to position-effects . |
| 8 | John McIlwraith , Balig , Ayr , chairman of the BSS UK , says the Beltex is the terminal sire that can deliver the right type of lamb at the right weight and with a conformation that is accepted in Europe as second to none . |
| 9 | Buckley probably does do it differently , working towards less confrontation and for a solution that will last . |
| 10 | We may be handling a horse and get a feeling that we are in tune with the horse and that it is accepting and even anticipating whatever we want to do : we are in rapport with the horse , and are communicating with the horse but in a way that is not through the other senses . |
| 11 | Theodora was compelled , caught up in the intensity of the ritual as with a liturgy or a ballet . |
| 12 | However , it should be noted that s6 itself does not render an exemption clause void as against a consumer unless the clause , as a matter of interpretation , purports to exclude or limit liability under ss13-15 of SGA 1979 ( see Hughes v Hall [ 1981 ] RTR 430 ) . |
| 13 | Earthworms are easily collected by turning over the garden soil with a hand trowel or with a spade or fork . |
| 14 | an accident occurred whereby injury was caused to another person ( or damage was caused to another vehicle or to an animal or to property ) |
| 15 | ‘ an accident occurred whereby injury was caused to another person ( or damage was caused to another vehicle or to an animal or to property ) ’ |
| 16 | ‘ an accident occurred whereby injury was caused to another person ( or damage was caused to another vehicle or to an animal or to property ) ’ . |
| 17 | At least where a right to trial by jury exists , the courts are reluctant ( in cases where national security is not involved ) to allow the Attorney-General to side-step it by approaching the High Court for an injunction to stop the publication or for a declaration that the publication is unlawful : The Voluntary Euthanasia Society published a booklet entitled " A Guide to Self-Deliverance " which discussed the pros and cons of committing suicide and described in detail a number of efficacious methods for so doing . |
| 18 | You may include Gorfang Rotgut in your army as an Orc Big Boss or as a Warlord if you wish , but if you take him your army must include at least one unit of Orcs . |
| 19 | In fact , it appears to have been due less to a plot than to a calculation that she could not win in a second ballot . |
| 20 | Today , 30 years after his death , Lewis is remembered more as the author of such enchanting children 's stories as The Lion , the Witch and the Wardrobe than as a writer and broadcaster on ethical and religious questions , but it is one of those BBC sermons which he delivers at the beginning of this play . |
| 21 | The Antares 130 is no exception , with a six-cylinder unit of exactly 6,000cc in capacity and with a bore and stroke of 1005 and 115.5mm . |
| 22 | Getting to her feet , she followed him across the hall and into a room that seemed dark , and faintly depressing , formal . |
| 23 | I nodded , told Emil I 'd be back , and followed Zak down the Great Hall and round a comer or two and came to a buzzing gathering of people in an area like an airport departure lounge . |
| 24 | Well it ai n't going to work because for a part that have slammed V A T on domestic fuels and in fact if all of the cuts of the conservative government , all the tax increases you have quoted cuts . |
| 25 | She spoke Galactic with an exotic accent and in a voice that was strong , melodious and full of authority . |
| 26 | Grandeur was impossible without national unity and without an army that was totally loyal to the state . |
| 27 | There is a bench-lined sanctuary opening out of the west side of the Central Court , but without a throne and without an antechamber or en suite lustral basin . |
| 28 | Alan Fountain was deeply involved in independent film culture throughout the 1970's , at East Midlands Art , on the BFI Production Board and as a writer and director . |
| 29 | Her lot had not been a happy one : the husband whom she had only ever seen for a few precious weeks in all since their marriage had now left her a widow , without support and with a child and step-children to fend for . |
| 30 | He failed as a writer and as an actor but then discovered that the easily acquired skills of movie-making would enable him to become the artist and prophet for which his background had prepared him and for which Progressive America was so eagerly waiting . |