Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [prep] a [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result , however , is that because of the free- riding element the bid may fail , and hence a substantial gap may arise between a company 's actual and potential earnings without an inefficient management being ousted by take- over . |
| 2 | Information on employees may exist on a company 's mini or mainframe computer but is stored in a form not usually usable or accessible by the personnel department , and mainframe information does not lend itself to interrogation on a real time basis . |
| 3 | He recognizes this , and indicates the contradiction that must exist between a man 's ideals and his practice , or between his beliefs and his actions . |
| 4 | If anything should happen to a diver 's umbilical , mask or helmet , this air supply can be used , either through a demand valve , a hose connected by a quick connect , or a hose end fed up through the neck dam of the helmet . |
| 5 | I do n't think you should go to a writer 's life through the life ; I think you should go through the work . ’ |
| 6 | Perhaps next year we shall discuss flagship problems and decide that each boat must belong to a producers ' or other organisation , which is then allocated a quota from the United Kingdom TAC . |
| 7 | However , a liquidation of this importance should operate with a creditors ' committee to represent them . |
| 8 | They will not be allocated a seat on the aircraft and must sit on a parent 's lap unless there is an unoccupied seat available . |
| 9 | It is possible that the settlor may benefit under a beneficiary 's will . |
| 10 | As with depression , a range of factors may contribute to a person 's vulnerability to the disorder , and other factors may act to precipitate its appearance . |
| 11 | But in his theoretical essays he gives some interesting indications of the ways in which they may contribute to a poem 's effect . |
| 12 | The terrorist is normally a person who , as such , risks death either by his own weapons or in the commission of his act , and is at least as likely to court what he might regard as a martyr 's or patriot 's death as to be deterred by it . |
| 13 | Mr Major was pressed on the BBC 's Election Call programme yesterday on how the Tories might vote on a Queen 's Speech put forward by a minority Labour government . |
| 14 | Perhaps , for instance , a case could be made for discouraging risks that might lead to a person 's loss of employment , if their chances of gaining another job were remote . |
| 15 | However , a bright lady from one of the northern co-ops came up to me later with the simple answer : they were looking at the prices and making their choice on that basis in much the same manner as they might go into a butcher 's shop with a price tag for the weekend shopping firmly implanted in their minds . |
| 16 | What a saving of money and energy this might represent in a person 's life ! |
| 17 | So that kind of thing made analysts think that they could go on more than just free associations , they could look at a person 's character , as it were . |
| 18 | In 1921 Bowley estimated that only 41 per cent of working class families could depend on a man 's wage and of the families drawing public assistance during the 1930s fewer than one half depended on only one wage earner . |
| 19 | He was very fond of her but it strained imagination to see how she could fit into a policeman 's life . |
| 20 | Engelberger talked about what he called the Unimate , a mechanical arm controlled electronically so it could move like a human 's . |
| 21 | On April 16th the Philippine Supreme Court decided that the three Cojuangcos could vote at a shareholders ' meeting on April 19th , although the shares themselves remain sequestered . |
| 22 | When it mattered , Leonard was a learner ; he could sit at a man 's feet and absorb completely . |
| 23 | For the police may apply to a magistrates ' court which can issue a ‘ warrant of further detention ’ if it reasonably believes this course of action to be justified . |
| 24 | And I have a sister-in-law who used to play for a women 's football team so she 's very interested and a as soon as there 's a big game on , on the satellite they all come round and it 's sort of into the kitchen you can make the the half time |
| 25 | ( 4 ) The fact that a broker 's insolvency may lead to a customer 's position being closed out without his consent . |
| 26 | The second cycle would consist of a year 's professional studies followed by a year as a ‘ licensed ’ teacher ( replacing the existing probationary year ) , after which students would be awarded a BA ( Ed ) . |
| 27 | A colobus weighs less than half a chimpanzee , so they can venture out on to branches that would break under a chimpanzee 's weight . |
| 28 | Midsummer Night 's Dream , I. ii , ‘ a proper man as one shall see in a summer 's day ’ , DS 18 . |
| 29 | While the official party line remains that the Liberal Democrats would vote against a Queen 's Speech that did not contain a commitment to introduce proportional representation at Westminster , party strategists have not ruled out the option of abstaining . |
| 30 | While in almost all cases the Liberal Democrats would vote against a Queen 's Speech which did not offer stability , factors such as the threat of war against Libya or an economic crisis with the pound ‘ dropping like a stone ’ would change the situation . |