Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] a [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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1 | Some applications companies may also be enamoured by the possibility of using the NetWare Loadable Module to support demo licensing , which replaces ‘ cripple-ware ’ by a full copy of the application that will only run a limited number of times or for a limited length of time . |
2 | The LFS distinguishes between temporary workers who describe themselves as having " seasonal , temporary or casual jobs " and those with " jobs done under contract or for a fixed period of time " . |
3 | ( 1 ) If any applicant for the grant , renewal , or permanent transfer of a licence or for a regular extension of permitted hours , either by himself or by another person at the instigation of the applicant , attempts to influence a member of a licensing board to support his application at any time before its consideration by the board , he shall be guilty of an offence . |
4 | The section prohibits canvassing in the sense of the attempt of an applicant or of another person at his instigation to influence a member of a licensing board to support his application for a grant , renewal or permanent transfer of a licence , or for a regular extension of permitted hours before the application is considered by the board ( subs . |
5 | if either party is by any cause ( other than a cause directly attributable to the other party ) prevented from performing its obligations hereunder for a period of 3 ( three ) months or for a total period of 6 ( six ) months in any period of 12 ( twelve ) consecutive months . |
6 | Needs on occasion are identified which call for a sharp break with previous practice , or for a new genus of weapon altogether ( such as the ICBM , Galosh ABM , particle beam weapons ) . |
7 | In addition , even though a fifth of total income is derived from occupational pensions , the vast majority of pensioners rely on social security either for all or for a significant proportion of their income : two-thirds of them receive 80 per cent or more of their income from this source . |
8 | In such a case an adult might be held liable either for breach of his contract to use proper care or for a wrong independent of the contract ; an infant has been held not to be liable at all . |
9 | As alternatives to a dealer programme , a company may issue SCP direct to investors or through a tender panel of banks which are invited to bid competitively for the paper . |
10 | She wanted to be more than an outsider in ‘ La Felicità ’ , more than a vague summertime nuisance for whose sake the family had to go travelling , someone only to be communicated with by notes or as a new source of rent . |
11 | Thus when carnal and financial imagery in the tale finally merge in the puns taille and taillynge at the very end , it is an emblem of how much deeper the " " bretherhede " " and " " cosynage " " runs that the monk and the merchant imagine exists between them in the form of play , or as a polite figure of speech , and how concrete it is . |
12 | Pentobarbitone can be prepared from powder at 5 mg/ml in warm normal saline or as a 1/10 dilution of the commercial stock solution ( 60 mg/ml ) . |
13 | The nCube 2E series is designed to operate as a stand-alone system or as a networked extension of existing computing resources , integrating into environments of supercomputers , mainframes , minicomputers and workstations from multiple vendors . |
14 | By around two to four months the baby has learned to smile at strangers ( whether in pleasure or as a learned signal of interaction , or as a primitive placatory gesture , is debatable ) . |
15 | I would pick Rocastle to start and bring Strach on after an hour ( or earlier in emergency ) asa tactical substitution or as a fresh pair of legs : - ) . |
16 | We can read this assimilation of characters either as an irony beyond the Miller 's ken , confirming the limits of his churl 's intellect , or as a droll piece of self-examination and reflection on the character 's part : the Miller might , as he says in his prologue , be a cuckold as John is . |
17 | Third , more technocratic accounts do not regard federalism or decentralization in unitary states either as ideological façades or as a direct reflection of external elites ' organization . |
18 | Such skills and abilities are not the prerogative of a particular sort of teacher or of a particular style of teaching — nor are they to be found only in teachers who work with the youngest children in our primary schools . |
19 | The test would seem to be the likelihood or otherwise of the amenity of the objector 's property being adversely affected by the grant of any licence , or of a particular form of licence , in respect of the premises , or by the grant of a licence to a particular person . |
20 | From then onwards the transformation of the English landscape , or of a considerable part of it , went on at a revolutionary pace . |
21 | The therapist did not think that Tony was suffering from a psychiatric disorder , or that there was a risk of suicide , or of a further act of self-harm in the near future . |
22 | Now , however , four days later , having escaped into Austria himself , Loehr was making a final attempt to surrender his forces to the British , saying that he was not longer able to control the movement northwards into Austria either of his own German troops , or of a huge column of Croat troops and civilian refugees advancing from Zagreb on the frontier town of Dravograd , south-east of Klagenfurt . |
23 | MEDIAN AGE AT FIRST MARRIAGE ( or AT FIRST BIRTH ) — It relates to a central tendency in the age of first marriage ( or first birth ) of women ( or of a specified group of women ) . |
24 | If a beast is around or below a certain sum of money I buy . |
25 | In the same way , if your spouse pays income tax at the higher rate and you pay tax at only the ( lower ) basic rate , then in order to obtain Higher Rate Tax Relief , your spouse should enter into the covenant , or into a Joint Deed of Covenant with you , and he/she should actually make the covenant payments . |
26 | In most respects , Britain spent a smaller proportion of the annual budget on welfare than did continental European countries with a system financed from contributory sources or with a greater mix of public and private provision . |
27 | Then serve on its own , or with a nice dollop of cream , or ice cream . |
28 | It is such that nothing could get in the way of its operation save changes logically inconsistent with it or with its effect or with a causal sequence of which it and its effect are parts . |
29 | However , always remember that the sleeve can be knitted in stocking stitch or with a narrow band of pattern . |
30 | But , I am afraid to say that this month 's Ultimate Brandy Snap , filled with gooseberry fool ( page 124 ) , is best served either on its own , or with a small tot of brandy . |