Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] the [noun sg] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | These inherent limits to voluntary or charitable giving apply most directly to basic , mainline social service provision where the state accepts a clear residual responsibility . |
| 2 | There is no real bargaining if one side or the other holds a total or overwhelming position . |
| 3 | There is no doubt in de Man 's mind that the image plays a central role in Proust 's thematic opposition , but when one follows " Proust 's own injunction " to submit the image to the " test of truth " , the function of the image is subverted : " statements or strategies that tended to remain unnoticed become apparent and undo what the figure seemed to have accomplished " . |
| 4 | Indeed in the Future of the Profession Report of 1970 , the text preceding a recommendation that the Institution have a structure of three chapters , stated , inter alia , that ‘ there is an historical nexus between land agency , general practice and building surveying which still validates the view that they are different applications of the same basic skills . ’ |
| 5 | It is clear from all those in the industry that the recession has a devastating impact on emloyment and on the ability to train . |
| 6 | The matter was raised in the meeting of the Land and Properties Sub-Committee 14 January 1992 ( LP 4 ) where it was resolved to offer the land for sale by open tender on condition that the purchaser submits a detailed planning application for one detached dwelling based on plans already drawn up and agreed by the planning officer as acceptable . |
| 7 | Most important is the implied condition that the seller has a right to sell the goods . |
| 8 | Thornton was eventually smoothed down and persuaded to stay on condition that the paper find a Chairman at once — a reputable businessman whose name could be used instead of his . |
| 9 | It was as if there was a wave of water and the wave turned a wheel and the wheel turned a cog and the cog turned a piston and the piston punched out a wave , bigger and more overwhelming than the first wave , turning a bigger wheel , a bigger cog , a bigger piston and then finally a wave that seemed enough to swallow everything in its path . |
| 10 | Heavier plate ensured attachment to the fuselage and the team created a crude cradle for their baby . |
| 11 | At Exeter , the bishop 's palace was used as a bakery and the cathedral became a centre for preaching , a wall being built to divide the building in two so that Presbyterians and Independents could worship separately . |
| 12 | Jump on the channel switch and the Atlantis drops a gear and transmutes into the meanest , screamiest Rick you 've ever heard . |
| 13 | In addition , the School of Geography and the University offer a wide range of seminars and visiting lectures which students are encouraged to attend . |
| 14 | On the death of its German commander , Col Anatoly Rogozhin , a former member of the Imperial Russian Bodyguard , succeeded to the command and the unit made a fighting withdrawal to Ljubljana , the capital of Slovenia . |
| 15 | He climbed the stairs and knocked on the door to Alison 's flat , but there was no reply and the sound had a hollow ring which said nobody home . |
| 16 | He had to write a tiny snippet insisting that it was irony and the editor printed a token letter by a woman who had pointed out that if only young girls were left — and not enough of them to go round — only rich old men would have any chance of sex . |
| 17 | To do so requires a flexible mind and a strong will , but to carry the mind and the will requires a strong and fluid body . |
| 18 | Electronic mail and the facility to send a fax from any terminal are available options . |
| 19 | The fire was discovered at 3 a.m. by a master working late , and together with two boys — one of whom climbed a waterspout to get to the juniors ' bedroom via the roof and the other operated a hand-pump in dense smoke — managed to raise the alarm . |
| 20 | ( 6 ) In particular , where a shareholder of the target indicates his support for the target 's board against an offer , the Panel is likely to consider that that shareholder and the board form a concert party for the purposes of Rule 9. ( 7 ) A difficult problem is the so-called " fan club " . |
| 21 | In this way the energy pattern of a cancer-causing agent can transfer itself via the field to impinge upon the cell if the cell exhibits a vulnerability or an attractiveness to the agent . |
| 22 | on your interview she said I want you tell us because at the end of the , your interview she said , it 'll help us to do the others , so they told us , giving me different situations , she 's took a patient out to a cafe and the patient pinched a cake and eaten it , what would you do ? |
| 23 | Playgroups were originally set up to fill the gap until the Government started a network of nurseries countrywide . |
| 24 | Well they have four cars they have this wee car for , to tow the caravan to the caravan sites on holiday and then he has his new car and the father has a Jaguar and then they 've some other wee car just to get them about you know . |
| 25 | The doctors of the college and the hospital practised a highly sophisticated offshoot of classical Greek medicine that would have been immediately recognizable to Hippocrates or Galen ; it was known , after its Greek origins , as Unani ( Ionian ) Tibbia . |
| 26 | It was as if there was a wave of water and the wave turned a wheel and the wheel turned a cog and the cog turned a piston and the piston punched out a wave , bigger and more overwhelming than the first wave , turning a bigger wheel , a bigger cog , a bigger piston and then finally a wave that seemed enough to swallow everything in its path . |
| 27 | The nurses turned me on my side and the doctor put a needle into a vein behind my knuckle to make me relax . |
| 28 | It was , it was very nice except that Fred had a piece and left the last couple of slices in the tin on the side and the dog took a shine to it so it was in a tin and then in the dog . |
| 29 | base manager for WGOL who is also vice-chairman of the East Anglian branch of the Institute , commented : ‘ The agreement was reached because Trinity House was looking for a professional body to fill the void and the Institute has a good reputation and a presence in the majority of UK ports ’ . |
| 30 | The miners used rock drills and compressed air to drive through hard rock and the level had a hydraulic engine , worked by water from the dam at Sun Hush , which had such a head of water that it developed up to fifty horsepower and worked both the water pumps to drain the deep levels and the winding gear . |