Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] [noun] [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again no smell except for chrism where the priest had anointed the dead man . |
| 2 | Mixing is greater for nitrogen than for oxygen because the gap between 2s and 2p is smaller . |
| 3 | What is medically certain is that she died of coronary thrombosis : there is no question of any foul play , except of course if the heart attack was brought on by the shock of finding someone in her room stealing the jewel she had come all the way from America to hand over to the Ashmolean Museum , or more specifically to Dr Theodore Kemp on behalf of the Museum . |
| 4 | But Mr Bond was vague on details , because the rules of the race are that once a boat has started , it may not make contact except with officials until the event is over . |
| 5 | Economy Minister Robert Atkins says the prospect is that Belfast International will be ‘ even more profitable ’ than at present once the airport is in private hands . |
| 6 | Not because of Beatty as the studio publicity suggests , or the fact that cast and crew have 68 Oscar nominations between them , nor even because Al Pacino and Dustin Hoffman have uncredited , subordinate roles in the movie . |
| 7 | Company lawyers are not keen on this very good scheme because where damage or loss is suffered by a third party , as for instance where a brake failure results in damage to an airport building , the dissemination of details of the circumstances in which it happened outside the company could prejudice the defence they are going to put up for their airline when the airport puts in a claim for damages . |
| 8 | Those words apply , no doubt , to suspensions which are inflicted by way of punishment : as for instance when a member of the Bar is suspended from practice for six months , or when a solicitor is suspended from practice . |
| 9 | However , quite apart from the fact that such a statement does not accommodate cases of emergency — cases where the defendant 's unlawful conduct could , unless restrained , cause serious and irreparable harm before trial , as for example where the defendant threatens to cut down a tree in breach of a tree preservation order — in other cases it is usually not so much the flagrancy of the breach as the fact that the defendant intends to persist in offending unless restrained by an injunction , which justifies the invocation of that form of relief : see City of London Corporation v. Bovis Construction Ltd . |
| 10 | Instruction should be given at a point of high motivation , as for example when the student wants to obtain information in connection with a particular project . |
| 11 | The menacing threat of critical doubt is empty , though of course if the victim thinks that the pistol is loaded , the threat is real enough for him . |
| 12 | We usually only have access to such details from oral testimony and written accounts which is why the apparent disappearance of Edis 's long-preserved diary of the trip is such a loss — though of course as a visitor being escorted round military sites by officials , there might be a limit to the unofficial stories she could have glimpsed . |
| 13 | In the present case , if the Court of Appeal had upheld the decision of Robertson J. on the first part , it would have been unfair to deny the respondents a right of appeal to the Privy Council on the compromise issue or the cancellation issue while accepting the petitioner could appeal to the Privy Council as of right if the petitioner failed on the misconduct issue . |
| 14 | Answer guide : There is no ‘ right ’ answer to this problem as in effect until the yacht charter business was purchased there is no separate business entity . |
| 15 | ( 7 ) It must be a condition of any offer for voting equity share capital which could result in more than 50 per cent of the voting rights being obtained that the offer may not become unconditional as to acceptances unless the offeror has acquired or agreed to acquire more than 50 per cent ( Rule 10 ) . |