Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] [conj] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The forced march through Siberia becomes increasingly desperate and hallucinatory ( in fact Ypsilanti is , from the outset , clear in his own mind that they will never find the emperor ) : when the regiment comes to cross the tajga in July 1918 , the forest takes on the appearance both of a paradise regained and of a place of horror , endless in extent , haunted by marauding tigers and ghostly tribes . |
| 2 | The doctor , for instance , stated : ‘ I use the World Health Organisation classification of impairment , disability and handicap , and handicap is the social effect of the disadvantage suffered because of a person having disability which means a loss or an alteration of function due to impairment . ’ |
| 3 | The engine stopped and for a moment there was the silence that can only exist in a forest . |
| 4 | John Toole says he ca n't get enough work done because of a lack of resources and no-one disagrees ! |
| 5 | Yellow Wolf told how he found one tipi containing two women shot dead , one still clasping her newborn baby with its head smashed as by a gun breech or boot heel . |
| 6 | … The principle which I deduce from the authorities I have cited and the other relevant authorities which I have considered , is that if the cause or matter is one which , if carried to its conclusion , might result in the conviction of the person charged and in a sentence of some punishment , such as imprisonment or fine , it is a ‘ criminal cause or matter . ’ |
| 7 | After consultations in chambers , the court determined that on a technicality , it was not competent to hear the case . |
| 8 | Imagination and reality fused and for a second the sense of foreboding intensified . |
| 9 | Agriculture would be the biggest loser , with the volume of production cut by 10.7 per cent and employment reduced because of a drop in the number of livestock . |
| 10 | The seminar work derived either from a student 's account of a lesson observed or of a lesson taught . |
| 11 | Economic growth declined and for a while even became negative . |
| 12 | A programme of restoration back to full working order followed and over a period of 18 months , it was stripped , restored and rebuilt to its present immaculate condition . |
| 13 | If cells are to have their position specified as in a coordinate system then it is essential to have a boundary region or origin , from which position is measured . |
| 14 | If cells have their position specified as in a coordinate system and also have rules for interpreting the positional information , then it is possible , with the appropriate rules for interpretation , to generate any pattern that is required , from faces — even the Mona Lisa — to limbs . |