Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was followed by a second resolution , proposed by Dent ( Newcastle upon Tyne ) and seconded by J Paul ( Ayrshire ) to the effect : That the matter of this Association be referred to a special committee consisting of the President of this Conference ( the Rev W B Sleight ) as Chairman , and twelve gentlemen ( six deaf and dumb and six hearing ) . |
| 2 | Style may crystallize into persona and persona be understood as a public presentation of a particular type of social being . |
| 3 | It is hard to imagine Greeks letting basic decisions about their future be taken by a European parliament that would be about 97% non-Greek . |
| 4 | Working with a different pianist each night provided an infinite variety of the best and worst musicians in the country , and among the best were the few who listened with a different ear , who could lose the rest of the world and let voice and instrument be controlled by a joint spirit . |
| 5 | Right , so where would the car be travelling in a southward direction ? |
| 6 | Once a control contract has been entered into , the dominant undertaking and the public company will in effect be treated as a single entity . |
| 7 | Whatever view he decides to take , he will in effect be indicating in a clear and unequivocal way the weight that should be attached to the objective of long term landscape protection which is so central to the purposes of National Park designation . |
| 8 | At what point after this panel finishes sitting then will the issue be discussed in a public forum of this type , or is Mr Wincup saying the County Council can of itself determine that issue without further public examination . |
| 9 | Political , cultural and labour organizations had reportedly demanded that the conflict between the executive and the legislature be settled by a national referendum . |
| 10 | Could fragrance be vibrating at a similar frequency to that of spirit ? |
| 11 | As an educational tool , simulation is not only an invaluable training aid for personnel who may one day be confronted with a real situation but is sometimes the only method for dealing with improbable but possible events . |
| 12 | The court can waive any requirement to serve a document or direct that service be effected in a particular manner ( FPCR , r4(8) ; FPR , r4.4(8) ) . |
| 13 | Scargill hoped for a ‘ domino effect ’ , to be promoted if necessary by the type of mass picketing which had been perfected a decade earlier , and the National Executive supported him ; only three members voted for a proposal that the demand for a national strike be put to a national ballot . |
| 14 | The Trust will on occasion be faced with a Wordsworthian dilemma over the degree to which it should promote some of its more sensitive properties , but the commitment to providing welcoming access for its members and visitors is an unwavering one . |
| 15 | How can all that knowledge be condensed into a fifty-minute lecture to students who know almost nothing about it ? |
| 16 | How can all that knowledge be condensed into a fifty-minute lecture to students who know almost nothing about it ? |
| 17 | Can the relationship be summarized as a straight line or will it need a curve ? |
| 18 | The following features of a statutory redundancy payment emerged : ( 1 ) The obligation was imposed on the employer ; ( 2 ) It only arose on dismissal and might never arise if an employee worked until retirement , whether voluntary — early retirement — or at an agreed date , each of which was based on contract ; ( 3 ) It only arose if certain preconditions were proved ; ( 4 ) It applied to all employees who had worked for at least two years with an employer ; ( 5 ) Certain classes of employee were excluded , eg redundant employees refusing suitable alternative employment ; employees under a fixed-term contract of two years or more , who had renounced their redundancy rights in writing ; ( 6 ) A voluntary redundancy could be under a contractual statutory scheme , and under such a contractual scheme it was often the equivalent of early retirement by agreement ; ( 7 ) In no way could a redundancy payment be described as a deferred emolument or pay ; it was a monetary compensation for the disappearance of a job . |
| 19 | Mr Lamont said : ‘ In controlling inflation , monetary policy must of course be supported by a sustainable fiscal policy . |
| 20 | The same can of course be said of a great novel , for if houses are like stories , stories are also like houses . |
| 21 | We have suggested a position close to the kitchen window and it could of course be converted to a raised bed or pool at a later date . |
| 22 | It is recommended that entries for this field be taken from a restricted set defined by the Project Manager ; e.g. an entry may be the computer , the operating system and the version of the operating system in use ( for example , VAX 11/785 VMS V5.2 ) . |
| 23 | In two test cases the Law Lords decided that house-buyers — at least at the cheap end of the market — were entitled to damages against valuers who failed to exercise reasonable skill and care — nor could this liability be excluded by a small-print disclaimer . |
| 24 | Not only because of the risk and the safety factor er of the gun going off , because of er a movement by that person on the floor , but so there 's no getting around it that , should a firearm be discharged against a solid object in as much as er the barrel is right up against an individual , and the trigger is pulled . |
| 25 | Both parties wish to enter into an agreement whereby category ‘ A ’ and ‘ B+ ’ paintings which include the most significant paintings of the Collection be loaned to a Spanish Foundation for their maintenance and public exhibition for a period of up to ten years . |
| 26 | In Marx 's critique we find an ethical conscience cutting through the ontological identification of truth with an ideal intelligibility and demanding that theory be converted into a concrete praxis of concern for the other . |
| 27 | Similarly , can the foreign harmonies of the bridge be dismissed as a pseudo-individual distortion of an expected D major ? |
| 28 | Would the new statutory definition be taken as a fresh start ? |
| 29 | If we set the poem 's rubric , which informs us that we shall be reading a fabliau , on one side for the moment , we could in the first stanza be looking at a tail-rhyme romance — a type familiar in English literature from the fourteenth century . |
| 30 | The source of this advice will be an indicator of the cultural shift in the NHS : will the advice be tendered by a single expert of directorial status on the Executive — a ‘ general management ’ culture — or collectively by an Authority in the traditional manner — a ‘ consensus ’ culture ? |