Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] [verb] [prep] a [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These results suggest that ( allowing for the differences in trading hours between markets ) , information from foreign stock markets is reflected in the Finnish index futures market within a few hours , but not in the underlying spot market . |
| 2 | In the case of Re C ( a Minor ) ( 1991 ) The Times , 18 November it was stated to be advisable , for example , for the Official Solicitor to continue to act as guardian in public law proceedings relating to a former ward of court where these are transferred up to the High Court . |
| 3 | Virginia like most of the mainland colonies consisted of a few ports with an extensive hinterland that was left untouched until the coastal sections had been fairly fully settled . |
| 4 | City teachers , even the most experienced , are so accustomed to mobility , access to transport and social competence in getting around that they are continually surprised to find that so many of the children they teach lead lives confined to a few streets . |
| 5 | Doubtless many iron workers put in a few days at a time on different sites ; until quite recently putting out much of the work to contract in small stints on a ‘ labour-only ’ basis was a regular practice in mineral extraction , so leading tax collectors to class earnings as profits rather than wages . |
| 6 | NATURAL oil compounds produced in a former fish drying plant on the Outer Hebrides will be unveiled today as a promising weapon in the fight against cancer . |
| 7 | They built hub-and-spoke route systems based on a few large airports , rather than a web of direct , non-stop flights . |
| 8 | It was left to Unix System Labs to step in a few weeks later and take the reins of ANDF by licensing the Ten15 technology from DRA , saying it would productise ANDF in a future release of its Unix SVR4.2 operating system ( UX No 390 ) , see front page . |
| 9 | All too often a patio is merely an area of plain paving slabs furnished with a few metal-framed sun loungers , which are functional but hardly attractive . |