Example sentences of "[noun sg] of a [adj] [noun] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the general confusion of a heady battle the German F3 champion demoted Schlesser to third . |
| 2 | The removal of the Barre regime may be the end of a tyranny ; it could also be the begining of a tribal war the horrors of which we have so far only glimpsed . |
| 3 | The only way to reach the bottom rung is to jump from the roof of a wooden hut the builders occasionally use for storing things . |
| 4 | However , to fall within the category of a public company the company must satisfy the following criteria : |
| 5 | As part of a larger system the interface between the other modules is also of importance . |
| 6 | Er as we know round about July August time , the remaining nine P C's will be er turned into civilians wave of a magic wand the biggest problem there is the total loss of our skills base overnight effectively , the second thing is it 'll take a long long time to get them trained particularly in relation to A L O work . |
| 7 | By advocating the building of a national coalition the Communists were able to attract sections of the Socialist Party . |
| 8 | In affording to them immunity from suit if they have acted in good faith in compliance with a legal or moral duty or in protection of a legitimate interest the law must take them as it finds them . |
| 9 | Whilst under the protection of a sympathetic government the balance of power had unquestionably shifted perceptibly towards the lower classes , landlords and employers remained sufficiently strong and confident to be poised for a counter-attack should the political climate change . |
| 10 | And in the course of a few hours the softly spoken , silver-haired woman had made her feel as though they had always been friends . |
| 11 | Myxomatosis first shows as a swelling of eyes , ears and vent , and in the course of a few days the eyes fill with pus and the rabbit loses its sight . |
| 12 | In the course of a short time the farmer was sufficiently restored to relate his own story , as already recited , and in gratitude for his miraculous escape ordered a silver collar to be made for his friendly protector , as a perpetual remembrance of the transaction . |
| 13 | In the course of a 24-hour drama the kidnapper , Orlando Ordoñez Betancourt , successfully demanded that they be flown with him to Honduras , where after an airport siege he was granted safe passage to Mexico . |
| 14 | From a leafless high branch of a dead tree the huddled heap of a kite regarded them thoughtfully . |
| 15 | ( b ) If the death takes place after 12/11/74 and before the passing of the Finance Act , 1975 , any estate duty is to be claimed under the said Section 2 ( 1 ) ( b ) ( i ) or ( ii ) , but the duty is payable at CTT rates , any agricultural relief is given on full estate duty terms , there is no timber relief but taper relief can be claimed , and in the case of a surviving spouse the exempting provisions of Section 5 ( 2 ) of the Finance Act , 1894 , can apply ; and the persons accountable for the duty in terms of Section 44 of the Finance Act , 1950 , can pay such as relates to qualifying property by instalments . |
| 16 | In the case of a floating charge the relevant date for quantifying the preferential debts is the date of the appointment of the receiver by the debentureholders . |
| 17 | In the case of a salaried partner the position may be rather less clear . |
| 18 | Otherwise there shall be an election in the House of Commons beginning within twenty-eight days of the opening of each new session of Parliament , except that in the case of a new Parliament the election shall be held not earlier than three months nor later than six months from the date of assembly of that Parliament . |
| 19 | It may well happen , however , that the users of a hierarchy ( in the case of a lexical hierarchy the speakers of the language ) have positive intuitions concerning which items belong together at a given level ; and these intuitions may conflict with the level assignations according to technical criteria . |
| 20 | In the case of a written contract the sale will be by sample only if that is included in the writing . |
| 21 | In the case of a bridal couple the ideology is that during the initiatory phase of their marriage the groom and his bride are playing out the roles of a god and a goddess ; when they resume their life as ordinary mortals their dangerous divinity must be removed . ) |
| 22 | In the case of a contested bid the offeror can expect little co-operation from the target or its directors . |
| 23 | Answer guide : In the case of a retail firm the main emphasis of the budget will be on consumer sales and in particular the changing pattern of sales . |
| 24 | But the register with which we are presently concerned is of little help ; in the case of a listed company the majority of the shares will probably be registered in the names of nominees . |
| 25 | In case of a one-man company the founder exercises the rights of the members ' meeting . |
| 26 | A Labour Council was elected in 1933 , and under the political influence of a left-wing cleric the city council adopted different policies from the previous Conservative administration . |
| 27 | The better sorted the sediment of a given calibre the steeper the beach : again it is a question of permeability , the possible volume of voids and hence the permeability being greater in well-sorted sediments . |
| 28 | On receipt of a formal complaint the Inspectorate is required to investigate the problem and direct their inspector to take such proceedings ‘ as they think fit and just ’ . |
| 29 | On the basis of a large response the Bureaux Services Committee decided to substitute Mesher for the ‘ Yellow Book ’ which had previously been supplied on supplementary benefit and family income supplement . |
| 30 | At the point of a successful match the worker is described in terms of the kinds of job he could do and the job is described in terms of the kind of worker needed to do it , Table 2.7 . |