Example sentences of "[subord] an [noun sg] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A member of a distinguished cricket family , Lillywhite died from cholera on Aug 21 , 1854 and was buried in Highgate Cemetery , where an obelisk marks the grave |
| 2 | Where an innkeeper exercises the right of lien over the property of a guest , the innkeeper owes to the guest whose property the innkeeper is retaining a duty to take reasonable care of the property in question . |
| 3 | Similarly , where an agreement specifies the time for doing three things ( eg , taking procedural steps towards a rent review ) and two of the three are stated to have a time limit which is of the essence of the contract and the other one does not , then it follows that , in all probability , where it is not stated to be of the essence , it is not intended to be of the essence . |
| 4 | In Woodrow , it was held that affray is a continuing offence , so that where an indictment charged the defendants with a single offence and particularised several incidents that had occurred at different places and over a period of several hours , the indictment was not bad for duplicity . |
| 5 | Held , dismissing the appeals , that failure to observe the proper procedures for service was not necessarily fatal to the lawfulness of a committal order ; that the court , in exercising its discretion under section 13(3) of the Administration of Justice Act 1960 , had to take into account the interests not only of the contemnor but also of those affected by the contempt and the need to maintain its authority , and that where an irregularity caused the contemnor no injustice the committal order should not be set aside ; that since , in the first appeal , there was no requirement for personal service of a committal order so that the only irregularity was that the court , rather than the local authority had served a copy of the order on the contemnor 's solicitors , the contemnor had suffered no injustice and the order would stand ; and that , in the second appeal , since the husband was fully aware of the findings of contempt and had not sought to challenge them or the sentence imposed , he had suffered no injustice and it was appropriate in the circumstances to affirm the order despite the irregularities which had occurred ( post , pp. 822B–C , F — 823B , 823C–E , 824B–D , F , 825C–D , 826D–F ) . |
| 6 | The western rising was prompted largely by religious conservatism , although an attempt to limit the number of servants a gentleman might have had social overtones ( 73 , p.61 , 69 , 136 , 142–4 ) . |
| 7 | Examining the examination system Candidates sitting the Institute 's exams need more than an ability to memorise the syllabus |
| 8 | These considerations were to bear heavily upon the drive after the war to improve the housing of rural workers by , for the first time , explicitly introducing the criterion of housing need rather than an ability to pay the rent . |
| 9 | It took more than an hour to control the blaze at the former Langham Hotel . |
| 10 | Police and firefighters took more than an hour to free the bodies from the wreckage . |
| 11 | At Liben railway station in the northern outskirts of Prague , East Germans queued cheerfully in drizzle for more than an hour to enter the departure hall . |
| 12 | Six firemen took more than an hour to bring the fire under control . |
| 13 | TOO MUCH SUPPLY , TOO LITTLE DEMAND It will take more than an upturn to cheer the developers up — there will be little for them to do until tenants move into the large areas of commercial space that have yet to be let |
| 14 | Realising that Macleod had perceived him clearly , Boswell introduces a short apologia pro vita sua , ‘ a short defence of that propensity in my disposition ’ , in which he justifies his pursuit of the great and famous as ‘ nothing more than an eagerness to share the society of men distinguished either by their rank or talents ’ , and calls it a search for knowledge . |
| 15 | Political analysts said Tuesday 's outspoken comments by Mr Chirac — like Mr Giscard d'Estaing a candidate for the presidency — seemed to be a tactic to dissuade Mr Mitterrand from offering him the premiership rather than an attempt to force the president out immediately . |
| 16 | It is difficult to see that as anything other than an attempt to intimidate the BBC . |
| 17 | Retiring players will not be penalised if their failure to retire 10 metres is due to the rapidity with which the kick has been taken , but they may not stop retiring and enter the game until an opponent carrying the ball has run five metres ’ . |
| 18 | But as a precaution it has suspended all its funds , until an investigation pinpoints the root of the problem . |
| 19 | The more sceptical and critical attitude towards nationalism which appeared to develop in the postwar period , and the fresh attempts to create ( even within a limited area ) supranational organizations , or at the other end of the spectrum to revive local and regional communities , provided an opportunity to redirect the sense of belonging , at least to some extent , upon political units other than the nation state . |
| 20 | If an error occurs the user will be given another two opportunities to correct the situation ; if the third attempt is also unsuccessful , the user will be returned immediately to VMS . |
| 21 | But if an entrepreneur perceives the possibility of gaining profit by offering to buy at a price attractive to sellers and by offering to sell at a price attractive to buyers , the opportunities he thus offers to the market can in principle be made available by anyone . |
| 22 | If an employee refuses the offer of another identical job he loses redundancy entitlement . |
| 23 | If an employee leaves the company for any reason whatsoever , the mortgage allowance will cease immediately . |
| 24 | Some employers insist that if an employee leaves the job for any reason within a specified time limit after moving overseas , all or part of the relocation expenses must be repaid . |
| 25 | The Conservative party has not understood that in Wales , Scotland and the north of England , it is the opposition , even if an opposition wielding the powers of the state . |
| 26 | If an employer infringes the law , resulting in an employee being sued for this infringement , the employee can require the employer to pay any damages . |
| 27 | If an agency has the power or duty to foster ties with Europe pursuant to 1992 , and has the power to award licences or grants , would a refusal to renew such a licence or award a grant to a firm with anti-European sympathies be an infringement of the principle of legal certainty ? |
| 28 | Its body colour is exactly that of its food plant , but if an intruder shakes the branch and alarms it , the caterpillar suddenly lifts its head from its meal , exposing a scarlet face . |
| 29 | Previously , if an applicant preferred the services of his own solicitor to those of his Union 's solicitors , then he had freedom of choice . |
| 30 | But behaviours are only consistently followed by predictable outcomes under certain conditions — for example , the child 's request for a drink is followed by a drink only if an adult hears the child 's request . |