Example sentences of "a [noun] [vb -s] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The procedure originated to deal with circumstances where parties wish to set up machinery for determining a price without negotiations , often where the obligation to make a payment arises in the future , as with options . |
| 2 | A base acts as an installation supporting the operations of a military force and serves as its point of origin . |
| 3 | But for many having a racehorse belongs to the world of rolls royces and luxury yachts … |
| 4 | Such a case emerges from the diary of my great-grandfather , James Taylor , who was a doctor as well as an Evangelical . |
| 5 | Where a case falls outside the section the common law rule will apply . |
| 6 | What principle determines whether a case falls within the category where adequacy of consideration is relevant ? |
| 7 | Indeed , the higher a case proceeds in the organization , the more officials rely for their knowledge of ‘ the problem ’ upon a version constructed by field staff and substantially transmitted by the written word ( cf. |
| 8 | Escheat has been abolished , and all property in such a case devolves on the Crown as bona vacantia . |
| 9 | A branch falls from a tree , letting fungal decay into the heart of the trunk , and there is a home for owls and flying squirrels , lemurs , parrots and toucans . |
| 10 | In fact , their necks are so mobile that they can keep their heads in the same position while a branch sways in the breeze underneath them . |
| 11 | ‘ I am hopeful of a good time but there are a lot of factors which influence the outcome of a marathon including the weather and , most importantly , how a runner feels on the day . |
| 12 | It seems to be fairly common practice if a taxpayer dies for a deed of family arrangement or deed of variation to be entered into under which , for instance , the children receive £150,000 ( this is the nil-rate band for inheritance tax purposes effective from 10 March 1992 ) and for the balance of the assets to be left to the surviving spouse . |
| 13 | If a driver drives on a highway without due care for other users it is foreseeable that some of the other users of the highway will be pregnant women and that a child en ventre sa mère may be injured . |
| 14 | Thus a LECTURER gives a number of MODULES and a COURSE consists of a number of MODULES . |
| 15 | In writing , given the existence of punctuation and capitalisation , it is usually not too difficult to see where a sentence comes to an end . |
| 16 | The process by which a text participates in the textuality of history is , as Montrose acknowledges , a process of effacement as well as preservation . |
| 17 | A trail leads above the fall , and we follow it back into a narrow gorge , proceeding carefully — at times it is only a foot wide , and 50 feet above the creek . |
| 18 | A university depends on the community of which it is a part . |
| 19 | This is because the shearing force on a building depends on the building 's mass multiplied by its horizontal acceleration during a quake ; vertical acceleration is usually much less in quakes , and buildings are built to resist vertical forces anyway . |
| 20 | ‘ We know how a building works on a shake table . |
| 21 | Learning is considered to be a consequence of either primary or secondary reinforcement , but the strength of a response depends on the level of drive ( or drives ) which is operating at that particular moment . |
| 22 | After the initial stimulus , which is usually an intention to commence the action , the completion of a response acts as the stimulus for subsequent responses , so that the chain becomes a smooth action . |
| 23 | The value ( faith ) placed on a cheque depends on the depositor 's creditworthiness and on the standing of the bank on which the cheque has been drawn . |
| 24 | A farmer bearing a sack toils in the field , his martyred face half blocked by his cap , a sedentary cow in his tow . |
| 25 | A tea-bag stays in the cup longer . |
| 26 | A chariot moves at the speed of the creatures pulling it . |
| 27 | These up and down movements as the tip scans over the surface provide topographical information which a computer reassembles into an image of the sample . |
| 28 | For Kuhn , whether a field qualifies as a science or not depends on whether or not it conforms to the account of science offered in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions . |
| 29 | The effect of a contract depends on the intention of the parties , but that intention is assessed objectively and is derived primarily from the words of the contract itself . |
| 30 | Cricket : Benson and Hedges Tournament : ‘ We get a number of inquiries asking when a contract comes to an end . |