Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] [verb] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Early or semi-retired people or housewives looking for a break often welcome a different four walls and a fresh interest . |
| 2 | He knew the would just love to arrange a little " accident " with some spanner or brick falling from a building , or , more plausibly still , from some scaffolding . |
| 3 | This includes the cost of a monster or chariot ridden by a character . |
| 4 | This may well be so , but a presiding officer who , without good cause , interferes or attempts to interfere with a voter when recording his vote commits an offence ( 1983 Act , s.63 and 66(3Xa) ) and he would need , therefore , to be sure of his ground . |
| 5 | ‘ ( 1 ) A person shall not be excused , by reason that to do so may incriminate that person or the wife or husband of that person of an offence under this Act — ( a ) from answering any question put to that person in proceedings for the recovery or administration of any property , for the execution of any trust or for an account of any property or dealings with property ; or ( b ) from complying with any order made in any such proceedings ; but no statement or admission made by a person in answering a question put or complying with an order made as aforesaid shall , in proceedings for an offence under this Act , be admissible in evidence against that person or ( unless they married after the making of the statement or admission ) against the wife or husband of that person . |
| 6 | By section 72(3) no statement or admission made by a person pursuant to that section shall , in proceedings for any related offence , be admissible in evidence against that person or against the spouse of that person but any statement or admission may be admitted in evidence in proceedings for perjury or contempt of court . |
| 7 | ‘ ( 1 ) A person shall not be excused , by reason that to do so may incriminate that person or the wife or husband of that person of an offence under this Act — ( a ) from answering any question put to that person in proceedings for the recovery or administration of any property , for the execution of any trust or for an account of any property or dealings with property ; or ( b ) from complying with any order made in any such proceedings ; but no statement or admission made by a person in answering a question put or complying with an order made as aforesaid shall , in proceedings for an offence under this Act , be admissible in evidence against that person or ( unless they married after the making of the statement or admission ) against the wife or husband of that person . |
| 8 | Certificate under section 1(2) of the Administration of Justice Act 1960 that point of law of general public importance involved in decision namely , ‘ In criminal proceedings under the Theft Act 1968 , is a statement or admission made by a defendant in bankruptcy proceedings admissible against the defendant ? ’ |
| 9 | CAD can , in theory , enable shapes or text shown on a screen to be altered by hand . |
| 10 | Re-usable code is written in blocks , so that tasks can be divided between individuals or groups dealing with a development project . |
| 11 | Obviously , having two amps means you 'll hear yourself better on stage , but I would have thought that a performer would prefer actual monitoring or foldback to come from a PA source ( ie. what the audience is hearing ) rather than a backline source . |
| 12 | In this sense the committee chairman who attempts to hide behind the lack of a definition of pain will , to be consistent , need to be sceptical of the noisy contortions of a cow or sheep crushed by a tractor . |
| 13 | A pie chart can help the retailer or business-person see at a glance exactly where the money goes . |
| 14 | In addition to placing the baby on its back or side to sleep under a cot blanket , parents are advised to avoid duvets and sheepskins . |
| 15 | Experience has shown that increases in the cost of newspapers , magazines or books leads to a reduction in sales . |
| 16 | The Act also stipulates that a manufacturer 's guarantee can not exclude liability for damage caused or loss suffered as a result of the manufacturer 's negligence . |
| 17 | ‘ ( 2 ) A person secures access to any program or data held in a computer if by causing a computer to perform any function he — ( a ) alters or erases the program or data ; ( b ) copies or moves it to any storage medium other than that in which it is held or to a different location in the storage medium in which it is held ; ( c ) uses it ; or ( d ) has it output from the computer in which it is held ( whether by having it displayed or in any other manner ) ; and references to access to a program or data ( and to an intent to secure such access ) shall be read accordingly . |
| 18 | Mechanical methods are also an obvious possibility , making use of the force or torque exerted by a flow on an obstacle . |
| 19 | ‘ Sensible pastas ’ include spaghetti , fettucine or linguini served with a sauce napoletana ( with tomato , onion , basil and garlic ) , marinara ( with seafood , tomato and garlic ) , vongole ( with white wine , tomatoes and clams ) , or al tonno ( with wine and tuna ) . |
| 20 | If the builder is employed by an architect or contractor working for a client ( known as a supervised contract ) the upper limit for cover is being increased to £125,000 . |
| 21 | ( 3 ) Unless a licence is transferred to another employee or agent within eight weeks from the time when the employee or agent named in a licence ceases to be responsible for the day to day running of the premises to which the licence relates , the licence shall cease to have effect . |
| 22 | When etching has been satisfactorily completed , the etch-resist ink can be removed from the board with an abrasive Polyfix block , or Isopropanol or acetone dabbed onto a cotton wool pad will dissolve the ink effectively . |
| 23 | Using the gold frame and choosing either a rectangular or oval shape , you could then use a mid-brown mount with a gold line drawn around the aperture , and choose a plain cream or light beige silk or satin backing with a combination of flowers in various autumnal shades with some darker brown or green leaves , to help show off the flowers to their best advantage . |
| 24 | A mix of peppercorns , mustard and ginger spiced up a fillet of beef — it 's wonderful served hot , or cold mixed in a Christmas salad of broccoli and cherry tomatoes . |
| 25 | An early cancer — that is , Dukes 's A or B found as a result of the programme represents a success . |
| 26 | ADAM & EVE draws on a database of 3000 sentences to allow you to create exercises that will give your students experience and practice with these different meanings . |
| 27 | The boots , Mayhew tells us , were an object of special pride , often ‘ tastily ornamented … with a heart or thistle surrounded by a wreath of roses , worked below the instep ’ . |
| 28 | A conversation is built from pairs of transactions , each pair being a statement or question followed by a response to it . |
| 29 | Any solicitor acting for the debtor must , in his bill of costs , give credit for any sum or security received as a deposit on account of the costs to be incurred ( r 7.37 ) . |
| 30 | There is a distinction , originating in Freud and developed by Lacan , between ‘ need ’ , ‘ demand ’ and ‘ desire ’ in which needs can be satisfied by the adequate object ( food ) , demands , while aimed at an object , are addressed to others ( the demand for love or attention disguised as a need for food ) , while desires have no real object , relate only to fantasy , and can not be satisfied ( the desire for unity and plenitude ) . |