Example sentences of "a [noun] [prep] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With its dramatic Alpine backdrop Munich is a fabulous city in which to either enjoy a GTF City Break , or to use as a base for exploring the surrounding beauty of Bavaria . |
| 2 | This general doctrine applied particularly to the Middle East because : ( 1 ) it lay on the route of any Soviet expansion into Africa ; ( 2 ) it could provide bases for a Soviet role in Africa ; ( 3 ) it formed a forward position for the defence of South Africa and India ; ( 4 ) it was a base for bombing the Soviet Union ; and ( 5 ) it was an area crucial for its oil resources . |
| 3 | Also here are some onscreen messages and a provision for resetting the saved ‘ good ’ reference values if the number of accumulated bad readings exceeds a predetermined level . |
| 4 | As this oesophageal motor activity is non-peristaltic in nature , it probably doies not have a function in clearing the oesophageal lumen from residual contents or refluxed materials . |
| 5 | This answer exhibits a common defect : it cites a case without explaining the legal principle involved in it , i.e. the legal ground on which the case was decided . |
| 6 | Well I 've read a few of the , it 's just a case of remembering the precise details . |
| 7 | Overall , though , it 's a case of spreading a good idea a little too thinly this time around . |
| 8 | It was a case of using a magnifying glass and working it out from there.We asked experts for advice , but they did n't agree . |
| 9 | For some , it was simply a case of combining the orthodox grammar-school curriculum with the much less precise curriculum of the secondary modern school , and hoping for the best . |
| 10 | It 's a case of balancing the short-term costs to the long-term benefits that we 'll see to our soil in this country . |
| 11 | It was simply a case of striking a better balance between work and play , and taking more of an interest in the social side of life . |
| 12 | It is more a case of striking a fair balance between the landlord and the tenant . |
| 13 | Really it is a case of keeping a careful watch on the tank and making the right choices . |
| 14 | It is a case of keeping an open mind to see if they are connected . |
| 15 | As you can see , it is a case of finding a happy balance between being too authoritarian and too easy-going . |
| 16 | It is really a case of finding the right shade of ‘ sepia ’ to suit your requirements , as there can be huge differences in appearance ! |
| 17 | But when it comes to the Social Charter there may well be a case for slowing the grandiose Delors ideas . |
| 18 | This being so , there is a case for casting a backward glance at attitudes of men and women of an earlier generation , whose lives had a limited span — like ours . |
| 19 | The Opposition may not like it , but does my right hon. Friend believe that there is a case for allowing a small part of parliamentary time for the Leader of the Opposition to be questioned ? |
| 20 | First , there may be a case for shifting the evidential burden of establishing consent on to the shoulders of the defence in certain cases , such as where there is evidence of injury inflicted by the defendant , where weapons are used or where sexual intercourse takes place in the context of the commission of another grave offence . |
| 21 | Second , part and parcel of the internal debates about the constitution of the Labour Party are larger debates about the limits and problems of the British constitution and these spill over into a case for reconstructing the British constitution itself in order to fashion a different kind of democracy and a third road to socialism . |
| 22 | He said there was clearly a case for considering a new body whose sole responsibility would be banking supervision . |
| 23 | Can we conclude that despite our reservations about Hick 's presupposition that all religions believe in the same God , there is a case for seeing a common theistic structure among many of the world 's religious traditions ( or at least those that have any idea of God at all ) ? |
| 24 | The purpose of this paper is to put forward a case for developing the online catalogue 's potential as an interactive retrieval tool for the library user . |
| 25 | Is not there a case for introducing a statutory bank holiday between the August bank holiday and Christmas , which is a long period ? |
| 26 | Yet with eight sendings-off in all that day there was a case for ending the old year by taking a stand on players ' behaviour in time for the new . |
| 27 | If ever there was a case for respecting the discretionary decision of the judge who had heard the witnesses , including W. , this was it . |
| 28 | ‘ Might there not be a case for putting the initial interview in the hands of an educational psychologist skilled in eliciting a history without being committed to what the social workers revealingly call ‘ disclosure ’ ? ' , he suggested . |
| 29 | Erm Gordon Brown is giving in , is he not to pressure from the traditionalists , when it comes to soaking the rich , or soaking the middle class , he 's now saying , well maybe there will be a bit of soaking the rich , or soaking the middle class , whereas he wanted to say , and you wanted him to say , no we 're not going to do that , we moved away from that . |
| 30 | Oh I was on about sewing cos I said I 'd let them , you know , they were all doing a bit of sewing the other weekend , they all had a go like erm ooh , you know , I was saying he that Scott can cook and that , you know , we 've had a note he 's having one on , supposed to be all all of them to be independent , you know ? |