Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [pron] [noun] [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | A cardinal error had obviously been made , as the paper had made huge efforts beforehand to consult pressure groups about tackling their subject in an approved fashion . |
| 2 | Over coffee in the study Miss Danziger thanked the guests individually for their concern , apologised for interrupting their enjoyment of an excellent meal , and explained that so long as she came out of the spasm in less than a minute and a half it was not dangerous and left no ill-effects . |
| 3 | GLOUCESTERSHIRE and England fast bowler David Lawrence faces a battle to regain fitness after breaking his kneecap in an horrific incident in the closing stages of the third Test at Wellington . |
| 4 | Mr Buckley , 30 , underwent surgery to remove a blood clot on his brain at the Royal Hallamshire hospital , Sheffield , after fracturing his skull in an accidental clash of heads with Plymouth defender Gary Poole in the fifth minute of the game at Rotherham , which ended 2–2 . |
| 5 | Whilst some very local cult developed quickly , it spread only in the mid-fifteenth century , from which time come all the extant depictions of him ( complete with diabolical captive ) , in groups from Norfolk ( Cawston , Suffield , Gateley ) , Suffolk ( St Gregory 's , Sudbury , and possibly Bury St Edmunds Abbey ) and Devon ( Hennock , Alphington , and Wolborough ) ; two texts of a lengthy invocation to him ; and the prosecution ( in 1448 ) of the then vicar of North Marston for counterfeiting his head from an exhumed skull . |
| 6 | From the point of view of the copyright libraries including ourselves , the case of the Ordnance Survey is also related to the thorny question of maintaining our collections in an era when digital publication is beginning to replace the printed page . |
| 7 | If your child is self-conscious , she may be afraid of revealing her thoughts in an essay . |
| 8 | The prime advantage of a form of alternative dispute resolution such as family mediation or conciliation is that the parties are in charge of resolving their dispute in an atmosphere conducive to avoiding domination by one party or another . |
| 9 | He tried asking her about herself , but she had a knack of averting his questions with an apparently bashful stammer , looking at him with kohl-lined eyes that rolled around like the globules in a bricklayer 's balance . |
| 10 | If I could show you a way of keeping your premiums at an affordable level but still obtaining the li , the level of life cover that you need to be of to your wife and your family , would , would that be of interest to you ? |
| 11 | As the visit also presented an ideal opportunity of providing our guests with an in-depth view of JMSA 's diverse activities , an exhibition was set up in which autocatalysts and products of our Metal Joining , Noble Metals and Colour and Print businesses were incorporated . |
| 12 | This profession , which most members had come to brimming with conviction that they had found a way of linking their idealism to an honourable way of earning a living , has been devastated by continuous attack from the media . |
| 13 | There is no rigid rule of English law which renders a minor incapable of giving his consent to an operation but there seems to be no direct judicial authority establishing that the consent of such a person is valid . |
| 14 | Erm , what 's the advantage of having your inputs in an separate area from the view of testing ? |
| 15 | This principle was extended to civil servants who had the alternative remedy of taking their complaints to an industrial tribunal . |
| 16 | This section looks at those you are most likely to have access to and suggests ways of assessing their suitability as an aid to language learning . |
| 17 | The spitting cobras of Africa are capable of shooting their venom at an enemy from a distance of 6 feet , causing eye damage and severe pain . |
| 18 | In the present proceedings , as counsel has pointed out , the respondent 's chances of purging his contempt at an early stage were not high , even if he had been properly informed of his right to make the attempt , but that is to confuse the existence of a right with its strength . |
| 19 | But she suffered a setback when a bout of glandular fever looked like bringing her season to an abrupt halt . |
| 20 | Cut out some administration today and put more time into leading your people to an even more profitable contribution . |
| 21 | He was not so much concerned , as the tribal sculptor was , with conveying his idea about an object , but rather with recording it or interpreting it in pictorial terms . |
| 22 | He therefore experimented with diluting his remedies in an attempt to find that dose which would still be curative but would not produce unwanted side-effects . |
| 23 | Candidates who come to grief in exams often lack practice in structuring their thoughts into an effective exam answer . |
| 24 | . Whatever opinions may be entertained concerning Mosley and his movement , there could be no graver stigma on the so-called freedom of expression said to prevail in Britain than that a body of Englishmen should be prevented from expressing their views by an Oriental confectioner . |
| 25 | You could then bring in Regional Authorities with less power for the North West , the North East and to Yorkshire and Humberside and I do hope you 'll actually join me in supporting our motion for an independent . |
| 26 | Owen was not alone in treating his escapades as an adventure , half funny and half thrilling . |
| 27 | Secondly , even if implemented , the question would arise as to whether adequate checks existed to prevent the reconstituted board from exercising its powers in an arbitrary fashion . |
| 28 | As with the Kabbaras in Rome , Jafaar 's involvement in Polar Cap for the DEA masked a deeper CIA interest in hiding its role as an arms supplier to Iraq . |
| 29 | Rating scales exploit the consensus among human observers in judging which aspects of an interaction are ‘ surface noise ’ , and which carry ‘ the tune ’ . |
| 30 | Parents have a crucial role to play in preparing their children for an independent adult life but may in practice unwittingly inhibit that progress . |