Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Working Together , para 5.15.3 states that an initial child protection conference should take place within eight days of referral unless there are special reasons for delay when a maximum of 15 days may elapse .
2 Reform might come from Parliament simply taking the calculation of damages out of the hands of juries , and allowing judges to develop reasonably predictable scales for assessment after the jury has indicated whether damages in the particular case should be substantial , moderate , nominal or contemptuous .
3 The effect is likely to be to accelerate the requests for redundancy before the boom falls on June 30 .
4 Asked whether he shared Vera 's doubts about progress since the collapse of the communist regime , Ladislav lights another cigarette and settles himself at the table : ‘ A lot of the intellectuals are unhappy that the so-called ‘ transition' ’ is taking so long .
5 She was on her way to the shops during rioting when the incident happened .
6 Fair Isle : Probably the option that is used most frequently to draw designs for fabric where the pattern is made with two or more colours .
7 His cries became screams of pain when the branch whipped against his face , causing blood to spurt from his nose , staining his shirt with crimson raindrops .
8 It was hesitant about its role , and indeed divided within itself over doctrinal issues like the significance of the Resurrection , and over such indicators of change as the ordination of women .
9 He clenched his teeth fighting waves of nausea as the vehicle jostled its way up the ramps to the MID checkpoint .
10 There is no virtue in several injections of insulin if the patient is well controlled on a single injection each day , but this state of affairs is unlikely to be the case in a patient who has had diabetes for a number of years and has little residual β-cell function .
11 Such applications must be served within two months of issue unless the period is extended .
12 Secondly , in some circumstances , it is morally justifiable to use non-human animals in research where the use of humans would not be justifiable .
13 Now it seems we are back to normal , with catchy weather frustrating attempts to get on where crops are fit , and further kicking of heels in prospect once the winter barleys have been cleared .
14 For those conveyances on sale where the consideration ( including any mortgage debt assumed ) is less than £60,000 , a certificate of value will be required ( see Chapter 2 ) .
15 Police were still evacuating hotel guests and residents , including many pensioners , from nearby homes to safety when the detonator went off .
16 1.48 Discovery in personal injury cases in the High Court , or at least in running-down cases , is an exception to the general rule for mutual discovery by both parties without order since the defendant in such cases is specifically relieved of any obligation to make discovery unless he is ordered to do so .
17 Nevertheless , there is a clear — and perhaps valid — message behind these Soviet critiques : a safer bet maintaining order through Leninist norms than putting brakes on reform once the ball is rolling .
18 He stopped the taxi at a shop and they bought tights at speed while the meter ticked .
19 He was allowed forty minutes of peace before the patient made herself heard again .
20 He reckoned he had done well to get away with two cups of tea and forty minutes of reminiscence before an opening arose to thrust in a question .
21 She had never indulged in this sort of banter , never tasted the heady joys of teasing until the teasing had to stop when passion broke through to the surface .
22 It also comes in handy in cases of defiance when the child digs its heels in and says ‘ No ! ’ or ‘ Wo n't ! ’
23 Many practitioners these days combine both schools of thought , using repeated doses of low potencies for pathological prescribing : for example , Rhustoxicodendron 6X twice a day for a period of several weeks in cases of arthritis where the condition is aggravated by damp weather and rest ; and giving , at the same time , a single dose of a high potency prescribed on constitutional grounds — that is , the whole symptom complex of the patient .
24 The UCTA 1977 restricts the use of certain terms in contracts of supply ; in particular , it prevents exclusion of the statutory implied terms relating to the goods supplied under contracts of supply where the buyer is a " consumer " as defined in the Act .
25 The use of certain exclusion clauses is made a criminal offence : the Consumer Transactions ( Restriction on Statements ) Order ( SI 1976 No 1813 ) makes it a criminal offence to seek to exclude or limit liability for breach of the implied terms in contracts of sale where the buyer deals as a consumer a defined in the UCTA 1977 .
26 Teachers who enter with new contracts of employment after the Act expires will not , however , be covered .
27 Graham the guitarist is still dry to the point of death , only showing signs of life when a football appears .
28 Here , the mare is clearly showing signs of irritation while the youngster is mouthing in a gesture of submission .
29 With full-back Ian Hunter not appearing Cumbria were in doubt about their line-up until a few minutes before kick-off , but showed no signs of uncertainty when the action began , winning a penalty from their first attack .
30 It is likely in any organisation that individuals will have different opinions , there will be personality clashes and there may well be conflicts of interest where an individual is required to pursue a particular course of action that they can not , in all conscience , perform .
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