Example sentences of "[det] [prep] a [noun sg] [coord] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This makes no biological sense , of course , but it has a certain psychological validity , in that the significance to most members of our society of the difference between , say , a thrush and a blackbird is roughly comparable to that between a collie and a spaniel . |
| 2 | But one does feel sometimes — is a film entitled to sweep you so compellingly into someone else 's life so completely that for an hour and a half you are them — is it then entitled to drop you just when this character is in a perfectly hopeless situation ? |
| 3 | Players score one point for a win , half for a draw and the first player to reach five and a half points wins the match . |
| 4 | Some people came to us for a week , some for a month and a few wanted to be taught the essentials of the job in two or three days . |
| 5 | He does this with a modesty and a delight in enquiry which has lost none of its adventure in thirty years . |
| 6 | One may imagine the river cascading over this in a waterfall or a series of rapids ( Fig. 9. 1OA ) . |
| 7 | On the other hand , you do n't produce something like this in a week and the time taken would deter all but the most committed workshop man . |
| 8 | A married woman 's position before the law was approximately that of a child or an incompetent . |
| 9 | The results suggest that its intelligence lies somewhere between that of a chimpanzee and a dog . |
| 10 | Your attitude can be that of a winner or a loser . |
| 11 | But to fill a material role such as that of a steelworker or a lawyer , an individual must have been subjected to numerous other ISAs . |
| 12 | However , they also play an important part in other types of political system — that of a tribe or a city-state — so that it is necessary , secondly , to enquire into the more specific conditions in which nation states emerge . |
| 13 | This rhythm , though muscular , is not aggressive ; it is not that of a march but a working rhythm that has joy in it . |
| 14 | Where the interest is that of a shareholder and the total nominal value of the shares does not exceed £1,000 or one-hundredth part of the total nominal value of the issue share capital ( whichever is the less ) , the interest must still be disclosed , but the prohibition on taking part in the discussion and voting does not apply . |
| 15 | It is sonar ‘ visibility ’ , the term to use is difficult to find , because of our own personal human associations , and because our human language relates to our mental and sensory experiences , not to that of a bat or a whale . |
| 16 | Even if Tommy had been right on both counts and Charlie voiced those opinions , it would only be his word against that of an officer and a gentleman . |
| 17 | In the case of contracts creating continuing or recurrent liabilities incident to the disposition or holding of property , such as a settlement or a leasehold tenancy , the infant , on attaining full age , becomes bound unless within a reasonable time he takes steps to repudiate liability . |
| 18 | The EPA says it was obliged to approve the pueblo 's standards : " If an entity such as a state or a pueblo wishes to adopt standards that are stricter than national standards , we can not stop them . " |
| 19 | Capital expenditure creates an asset that provides a lasting benefit such as a school or a house . |
| 20 | Partitioning is often of great use , both in analytical manipulation of matrices and in numerical cases , especially when submatrices can be chosen having simple forms , such as a unit or a null submatrix . |
| 21 | Strains in glass — as in most other transparent solids — become visible in polarized light and sunlight is partially polarized especially when it is reflected from non-metallic surfaces such as a road or the paintwork of a car . |
| 22 | any deposited material , such as a sediment or a precipitate that has settled out of solution . |
| 23 | These are sometimes designed to take place for a period of time such as a day or a week . |
| 24 | Although one may talk of the ‘ total or partial destruction ’ of an object such as a building or a railway yard which may be a military objective , it is quite different , and unacceptable , to speak of the destruction of an area of land . |
| 25 | Most of them were named after mythological characters , though there were also a few everyday objects such as a Triangle and an Altar . |
| 26 | You have more of the ‘ good times ’ and less of the routine day to day jobs when your child can get bored and irritable — I think it does a child good to get to know and trust somebody different , such as a childminder or a nanny , rather than depending on his or her mother entirely for everything . |
| 27 | The alternative ( and now much more common ) free format mode requires separators such as a space or a comma to appear between items of data ; this slows down data entry for a skilled keypuncher but is probably preferable for the non-expert since problems of field misalignment can not occur . |
| 28 | She then tested his creativity by asking him to write down all the things he could do with various objects such as a brick or a shoe , and all the things that would happen if certain events suddenly occurred , such as everyone in the world losing their sight or having to walk on all fours . |
| 29 | In 303 a Christian named Copres from the Nile valley , engaged in a lawsuit over property , went to Alexandria to present his case and was disconcerted to discover that he would be required to participate in some act of idolatry , such as a sacrifice or an oath by the emperor 's genius , as a condition of litigation . |
| 30 | But , in the contemporary study of an institution such as a factory or a college , it may be necessary to analyse hundreds of questionnaires or interview schedules , and this will only be done successfully and without trouble if the research worker knew in advance what was wanted and how the data could be analysed before it was collected . |