Example sentences of "an [noun] [vb -s] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem with the conclusions in both sets of experiments is that they are based on the assumption that we can infer when an experience occurs from a subject 's verbal report . |
| 2 | In that society the rightness or wrongness of an action does in a sense simply follow from the facts of the case , but only because its language incorporates values which the attitudinist will see as rationally detachable from beliefs of a genuinely factual nature . |
| 3 | When an applicant comes into a priority category or reaches the head of a queue and is offered housing , he or she then has to decide whether to accept the offer if it does not accord with the original preference . |
| 4 | An arrangement where an agent works on a commission with a consignment stock , is obviously not an agreement for the sale of goods , but is a contract under or in pursuance of which possession of goods passes ( UCTA , s 26(3) ( a ) ) . |
| 5 | When an electron collides with a positron the two particles disappear , or annihilate , to create a high-energy photon . |
| 6 | For Doyle , such an attitude leads to a posture of cultural submissiveness , a fear of radical political change . |
| 7 | If an error occurs within a procedure or function , the value of any PRIVATE variables will be the last value they were set to within the procedure or function which gave rise to the error . |
| 8 | If an error occurs in a procedure or function call , ERL will return the number of the calling line , not the number of the line in which the procedure/function is defined . |
| 9 | Let me now briefly recall what an inductance does in a circuit . |
| 10 | Indeed , when an article focuses on a problem in the play , anyone who has an understanding of any other trick taking card game should be able fully to comprehend the problem , and indeed to appreciate the beauty of the solution . |
| 11 | Since I started as an engineer , and have ended as a biologist , I am struck by the similarities between the two ways of thinking , although there is the difference that an engineer starts with a function to be performed , and designs a structure to perform it , whereas a biologist often starts with a structure , and has to work out the function it is performing . |
| 12 | If an accident happens as a result of driving which deviates from the proper standard , then that may well be a case of negligence even if the driver had never thought of the risk in that particular case , because the driver is presumed to know the Highway Code . |
| 13 | Used strictly whether in reference to a household , a corporation or a government , an economy consists of a set of activities by which scarce means are allocated to specific ends . |
| 14 | ‘ We ’ may be used in a number of status-embedded ways , as when a doctor addresses a patient with ‘ How are we feeling ? ’ or an adult says to a child ‘ Have we lost our voice , then ? ’ . |
| 15 | For example , if an adult asks of a two-year-old 's toy bear , Is that your toy ? , a typical response is No , it 's a bear . |
| 16 | Do n't forget to ask how much energy an appliance uses in a year and do your own comparison with similar appliances |
| 17 | On a small parch of green at the south end of the village , the small figure of an airman stands atop a plinth of Cornish granite . |
| 18 | If an SSR refers to a number of modules but will only be applicable to some of them after approval , then a new SSR should be created referencing only those modules to which the report still applies . |
| 19 | Unless an individual commits to a performance then the release of energy ( E ) may not occur . |
| 20 | The test of a skill description is : does it indicate how an individual goes about a task , does it allow for individual differences such as those between a highly skilled operator and a mediocre one ? |
| 21 | Just as words represent concrete things in the world and the relationship between words in an utterance refers to a relationship between concrete things , so cultural artefacts refer back to the history of culture . |