Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adj] [subord] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further , it has been argued that there is no ‘ Asiatic mode of production ’ , so that the distinctive history of the Orient has to be explained in terms of influences other than a specific mode of production ; for instance , by the character and development of political or religious institutions . |
| 2 | Concrete , the standard high-speed track surface , is about a hundred times stiffer than a human runner . |
| 3 | ( i ) Trusts could be charged on persons other than a testamentary heir ; on anyone in fact who received a benefit under succession to the deceased . |
| 4 | The cell had no features other than a low shelf bearing a thin vinyl mattress . |
| 5 | For a rating scale , the number of classes varies from 3 or 5 to perhaps 10 ; it is usually difficult to make distinctions finer than a 10-point scale requires . |
| 6 | Instead of one strand as thick as string , there were dozens of fibres three times thinner than a human hair . |
| 7 | But even in the case of such an Act , if there are superadded provisions which attach to non-payment consequences other than a bare liability to be sued , there can be no justification for refusing to have regard to those consequences and to consider whether the existence of the provisions creating them has placed the payer under such pressure that the payments have not in truth been voluntary . |
| 8 | His reference to the respondents having no alternative but to continue to pay and to Great Western Railway Co. v. Sutton suggests that he was referring to payments made to avoid unpleasant consequences other than a simple action of payment . |
| 9 | And indeed er the Association of er Chartered er er the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants wrote to me recently er asking exactly what the position is and I quote from the letter , they say firms of accountants are quite likely to be engaged by the same client to perform services other than a statutory audit and then they go on to list financial planning and so on . |
| 10 | Such a check should uncover facts such as a past prison sentence or a person 's credit status . |