Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [conj] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Where an officer of government in the exercise of his office obtains payment of moneys as and for a charge which the law enables him to demand and enforce , such moneys may be recovered back from him if it should afterwards turn out that they were not legally payable even though no protest was made or question raised at the time of payment . |
| 2 | The exercise is principally an informational one : it ensures not only that the minister is informed of local views for and against a proposal but also that those views are tested in the inspector 's enquiry , and fully considered in the subsequent report by the inspector to the minister . |
| 3 | The marble block was then set into the wall of the family tomb , so the occupants appeared to be gazing at passers-by as if from a window . |
| 4 | She accepted the farewells of her parents and brothers as if in a dream : her real self seemed to hold aloof from the tearful embraces of her mother , the kisses of her brothers , and her father 's last loving hug before she stepped into the boat to be rowed out across the harbour . |
| 5 | This applies in particular to such features of English High Court procedure as mutual discovery of documents by the parties with or without a court order ; orders for the service on other parties of proofs of oral evidence intended to be led at the trial ; and certain orders which may be made even before the commencement of proceedings ( disclosure of documents by potential parties to an action in respect of personal injuries or death , and orders for the inspection , preservation or testing of property which may become the subject-matter of proceedings ) . |
| 6 | We should like to call the attention of your readers , if we may , to the Forms of Prayer to be Used at Sea in the Book of Common Prayer — still the standard authorised prayer book for the Church of England , which include prayers before or during a storm and thanksgiving for safety and deliverance , as well as the very beautiful collect which begins ‘ Prevent us , O Lord , in all our doings ’ , in which the word ‘ prevent ’ is used in its original sense of ‘ go before us ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ … the invitation is made or the information is given by or on behalf of a body corporate , a single individual , or a group of connected individuals for the purposes of or with a view to the acquisition or disposal of shares in a body corporate other than an open ended investment company between parties each of whom is a body corporate , a single individual , or a group of connected individuals , being shares which — |
| 8 | Article 5(2) provides that the FSA , s57 does not apply to an investment advertisement if the invitation is made , or the information is given , by or on behalf of a body corporate , a partnership , a single individual or a group of connected individuals for the purposes of or with a view to the acquisition or disposal of shares in a company ( including a private company ) other than an open-ended investment company between parties each of whom is a body corporate , a partnership , a single individual or a group of connected individuals . |
| 9 | Robert Brown , the great botanist who had studied the distribution of Australian plants on and after a voyage with Matthew Flinders , was the leading light there , with George Children as Keeper of Zoology ; but the Museum never fulfilled the role of the Parisian natural history museum , with its lectures and research school . |
| 10 | That way , by walking between the long tables as if on a tour of inspection , they could view the prospects without embarrassment . |
| 11 | Where a firm deals with or for a customer it must take all reasonable steps to deal on the terms which are the best available for the customer in the circumstances . |
| 12 | The arguments for and against a government regional policy in industry are old and well-rehearsed . |
| 13 | The term " discuss " invites debate , where debate means reasoned presentation of arguments for and against a proposition , with a conclusion — no matter how qualified or tentative — reached at the end . |
| 14 | It revolves around arguments for and against a reform of the electoral system . |
| 15 | This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of four newly introduced commercial tests ( Pyloriset , Latex ; Helico-G ; Bolab Malakit ; and Bio-Rad GAP Test IgG ) in diagnosing H pylori in patients with or without a history of chronic NSAID intake . |
| 16 | Sometimes a limited number of people will be allowed to address the councillors for or against a proposal at the meeting . |
| 17 | Neurophysiological recording from the sites of cellular change should detect altered electrical responses from the neurons during and/or as a consequence of memory formation . |
| 18 | It has five arches with pedimented niches between and with a parapet above . |
| 19 | As I write , I can think of a couple of billboard posters that make no attempt to conceal their debt to the Belgian fantasist : a Silk Cut advertisement , which discards the regular purple silk motif in favour of a neutral cream back ground on which are set the letters P U R P L and E , snipped from some newspaper 's headlines as if by a poison pen writer ; and another whose legend , ‘ I did n't know that Air France had more flights to Paris than any other airline company ’ , is illustrated by the portrait of a man whose face is obscured by a fried egg . |
| 20 | Provided that the sea has been eroding for a sufficient length of time a negative movement of base level results in a raised beach , consisting as a rule of an eroded platform of solid rocks with or without a covering of beach deposits . |
| 21 | The son of another Superintendent has told how he and his mother often had to remove the leggings and gaiters from his father when he arrived home soaking wet and utterly stiff and weary after cycling several miles to and from a meeting on a winter night . |