Example sentences of "[det] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He hit the accelerator so hard that for an appalling moment the wheels spun on the asphalt and the car did n't move . |
| 2 | The church took its name from that of an older church a little way off that was demolished to make way for the ramparts of the Porta Romana in 1532 . |
| 3 | We are all to a great extent the product of our culture . |
| 4 | We are all to a considerable degree the authors of our moral world . |
| 5 | These two types of choice are known respectively as " closed " and " open " ; the range of possibilities in a closed choice is called technically a " system " ; that in an open choice a " set " . |
| 6 | Semantically , the less of a notional component the verb has , the more naturally it goes with the theme as a foundation-laying element . |
| 7 | For those with a young family the inevitable taxi duties and watching our children take part in their school and club activities become more important than lying on the settee recovering from the morning session . |
| 8 | The city had tried ameliorating its appalling traffic congestion by restricting entry to the city : card whose registration plates ended in an even number were permitted to enter one day and those in an odd number the next . |
| 9 | Held , allowing the appeal , that the absence from the Children Act 1989 of any express provision that applications be made either inter partes or ex parte connoted the availability of either course in appropriate circumstances ; that on a true construction the court 's powers conferred by the Act of 1989 had not been abrogated by the Family Proceedings Rules 1991 so that rule 4.4(4) did not preclude the making of an ex parte application for a residence order , although normally applications should be made inter partes ; that the judge therefore had jurisdiction to make such an order and , under section 11(7) of the Act , to attach such directions as might be appropriate ; and that , accordingly , in the exceptional circumstances , the court would make an interim residence order to which directions would be attached for the return of the child to the former matrimonial home and for all the children to remain in the father 's care until the inter partes hearing of the father 's applications ( post , pp. 116B , D–E , F , G–H , 117A–E , F–H ) . |
| 10 | ‘ If the creditor takes adequate steps to inform her and reasonably supposes that she has an adequate comprehension of the obligations she is undertaking and an understanding of the effect of the transaction , the fact that she failed to grasp some material part of the document , or , indeed , the significance of what she was doing , can not , I think , in itself give her an equity to set aside , notwithstanding that at an earlier stage the creditor relied upon her husband to obtain her consent to enter into the obligation of surety . |
| 11 | Making the most of a vital resource The profession has decided to do something positive about women |