Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] [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 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | But she suffered a setback when a bout of glandular fever looked like bringing her season to an abrupt halt . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Then Aggie turned and looked around her before making her way to an upturned box , saying , ‘ Oh , dear God ! |
| 17 | All good fun , and I do n't suppose it has anything to do with the fact that an All Black can now earn up to £45,000 a year without sacrificing his status as an amateur . |
| 18 | ON taking his case to an Industrial Tribunal , Mr Holdsworth was awarded the maximum compensation of £14,000 and had the satisfaction of hearing the Council 's case called ‘ laughable ’ . |
| 19 | He had his father 's gift for sensing what sort of an audience he was addressing , and adapting his matter accordingly . |
| 20 | A coach driver steered 27 elderly passengers to safety yesterday by crashing his vehicle into an empty house after its brakes failed on a steep hill in Paignton , Devon . |
| 21 | During conflict , baboons may seek assistance from others by soliciting their participation in an attack upon an opponent . |
| 22 | Thus we can examine any given sequence of events dramatically by seeing these events through different eyes , or we can look at the same events from a distance by framing our drama as an investigation or an enquiry : we , the participants in the drama , could be townspeople celebrating the history of our town , creating a pageant . |
| 23 | This could be developed further by defending your assertion against an alternative — a Dickens critic who says that Dickens had an accurate view of these matters — and showing that the alternative view is incorrect , or that the critic provides no supporting evidence ( and so that there is no reason to believe the alternative view ) . |
| 24 | BY PUTTING YOUR REFUSE IN AN APPROVED BIN OR TIED PLASTIC SACK |
| 25 | Tesco in Basingstoke , Hampshire , responded to the crowds by extending its opening by an extra three hours . |
| 26 | When the time came for Stalin to be removed from the atheist Pantheon as a heretic , it was done posthumously by transferring his corpse to an obscure place rather like a properly canonised saint having the procedure reversed . |