Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] [verb] [pron] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The basic argument was that traditional conservatism should re-establish itself by an uncompromising opposition to liberalism and socialism and by combating the supposed international Jewish conspiracy whose sole purpose was the undermining of the British Empire . |
| 2 | If the amendment is seconded by another person who has not spoken on the original motion , the Chairman must accept it as a new motion , subject to the provisos that the amendment is not a simple negative of the motion ; is relevant ; does not cover ground that has been dealt with under a previous amendment ; and is not frivolous nor illegal . |
| 3 | Horses have a very good memory , and an intelligent horse may learn something from a single incident . |
| 4 | For example , being born in a neighbourhood may entitle you to a higher place in the queue for housing provided by that local authority . |
| 5 | In certain extreme circumstances , Her Majesty may find herself in a position in which she is called on to use her discretion in making a political decision . |
| 6 | That is why I believe the time has come when Labour should commit itself to a Bill of Rights based on the European Convention of Human Rights . |
| 7 | The 200 units under her command should brace themselves for a forthright style . |
| 8 | Home Office officials are keen to watch the progress of these schemes and in future could include them as a qualification for senior police posts . |
| 9 | 1 Breakfast in bed tends to be a luxury indulged in only on birthdays or when feeling ill , but our tray could turn it into a daily ritual . |
| 10 | The org the organist used to carry it for a long way . |
| 11 | That had been some encounter ! she admitted as , regaining the sanctuary of the street , she drew in a deep breath of refreshing air before turning into the road which she remembered from her map-reading would lead her into a series of narrow streets closed to traffic , and known familiarly to the local inhabitants as Strøget . |
| 12 | The car would do it for a minute or two . |
| 13 | Gyggle would store me in a spare room of the hospital and keep me under twenty-four-hour observation while I was unconscious . |
| 14 | And the priest shall offer one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering ; and the priest shall make atonement for her before the Lord for her unclean discharge . |
| 15 | If you let it , fear will hurl you into a sick , cold terror . |
| 16 | Eight ‘ first ’ books for under one pound will strike you as a remarkable offer right now . |
| 17 | Labour will punish them with a vengeance . ’ |
| 18 | Many physiologists believe that an exhaustive study of the types of stimuli that increase or decrease the discharge rates of different types of sensory system cell will provide us with a description of how that system works . |
| 19 | You can use a stronger line which is less likely to be cut ; but , inevitably its extra weight and drag will put you at a disadvantage in terms of manoeuvrability . |
| 20 | Next year another cut will bring them to a mere £182m . |
| 21 | That fundamental divide will put them at a permanent disadvantage in endeavours to provide quality services to the citizen . |
| 22 | So said Freud , it 's no wonder that people believe in religion , because religion can provide you with a lot , with a lot of gratification , but the fundamental psychological explanation for this , says Freud , is that these feelings that religion gratifies in adult life , are transferences of feelings that we all had in infancy . |
| 23 | If , however , this is not the case , the specialist may put you on a long course of low dose antibiotics . |
| 24 | After last night 's frost , the ice should hide it for a while . ’ |
| 25 | The jail could become university college rooms , or its owners the county council might sell it for a hotel . |
| 26 | No expert could tell me of a product to cure the problem . |
| 27 | I do n't like to blow my own trumpet but My Better Half could eat it to a band playing . |
| 28 | It might seem that a simple complement of the analysis offered above for acquired equivalence would supply us with a mechanism for acquired distinctiveness . |
| 29 | Further and/or alternatively , the judge said that under the provisions of article 13 of the Convention he considered that there was a grave risk that the return of the child would place him in an intolerable situation , and said that on that ground also he would have declined to order the return of the child . |
| 30 | A more charitable and interpretive transliteration would render it as a ( i.e. ‘ unhatted ’ a with a long backstroke ( a . |