Example sentences of "an [noun sg] [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet it is often the students who have failed an assessment who receive most attention . |
| 2 | The menopause is an experience which causes many women considerable anxiety . |
| 3 | It functions as a ‘ master metaphor ’ , the encapsulation of an ideology which structures all domains of thought : |
| 4 | And then for half an hour they make small talk . |
| 5 | In just over an hour he took five wickets , Ambrose chipped in with the other two , and England were all out for 93 . |
| 6 | Western society places the highest value on the most abstract , thus creating an elitism which means many people feel alienated from mathematics , and , apart from small groups , feel it has little to do with their lives . |
| 7 | This was not considered in the above example , and will increase the costs of arbitraging an index which contains many companies . |
| 8 | What we really want is an algorithm which learns improved conditions for a rule . |
| 9 | An algorithm which performs this trick before it starts searching is said to be goal directed , or a backwards searcher . |
| 10 | An instrument which mitigates this problem of interest rate risk is the FRN . |
| 11 | The overall effect is of something precisely imagined yet vaguely , almost mythically , placed in time and geography — an effect which gives this novel a resonance that remains vividly in the mind . |
| 12 | On this occasion as on others Edward persuaded the church to do his bidding by an action which commanded wide support , legal precedents , and political emotions . |
| 13 | The Yasukuni shrine issue had sparked fierce controversy in 1985 when Yasuhiro Nakasone became the first post-war Prime Minister to make an official visit [ see p. 34559 ] , an action which drew fierce criticism from neighbouring countries which had suffered during the Pacific War . |
| 14 | In fact , school is an institution which has little meaning for ‘ the lads ’ : it has merely to be ‘ got through ’ as enjoyably as possible — by ‘ having a laff ’ and rehearsing the loyalties and possibilities for defiance and resistance which will be carried over into work . |
| 15 | You may be in an institution which has video-viewing facilities in the library and a selection of English language programmes for learners to borrow . |
| 16 | 9.8 An employee who suffers personal injury for which compensation is not payable under the Regional Council 's approved schemes may be awarded an ex-gratia payment to compensate for any financial expenditure incurred . |
| 17 | 9.9 An employee who suffers personal injury as a result of an act of violence may be eligible to receive an award from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board . |
| 18 | 9.5 The various schemes of conditions of service require local authorities to make payments to an employee who suffers permanent disablement arising from a violent or criminal assault in the course , or as a consequence , of employment or , in the event of death , jointly to the dependents of the employee . |
| 19 | An episode which attracted particular concern was a strike that occurred at an obscure photo-processing plant in North London , the Grunwick works . |
| 20 | When the twelfth-century bard , Cynddelw , recalled ‘ the clash of Powys … with Oswald ’ , he was looking back on an episode which had considerable significance not only for the Welsh but also for the Mercians . |
| 21 | The death of Earl Patrick of Salisbury was still an episode which aroused harsh feelings on both sides . |
| 22 | ‘ As an optimist you take first prize , Aunt . ’ |
| 23 | The twenty-one defendants were accused of enormous wrongdoing before and during World War II in an indictment which took two days to read and 218 days to try before a tribunal composed of two judges from each of the four victorious countries . |
| 24 | So far they 've managed to isolate an ingredient which kills human sperm extremely quickly and efficiently . |
| 25 | Erm I was very , very interested in an interview I heard last weekend I think it was with Pete , when he made the comment that he was n't interested in back to basics because that was looking backwards a lot of people in the past lived pretty miserable lives . |
| 26 | The British Medical Journal ( June '90 ) reports that Miss Pauline Bousquet , an Obstetrician who supports natural childbirth at St. Thomas ' Hospital , London has won her 11 year battle to clear her name on charges of professional incompetence brought by male colleagues . |
| 27 | It does not appear to sit easily with an Act which requires local authorities to educate children with special educational needs in ordinary schools , provided that this is in the interests of the child , that it does not adversely affect the education of the other children and is compatible with the efficient use of resources . |
| 28 | Robert Goff J used this definition of the actus reus in Collins v Wilcock [ 1984 ] 1 WLR 1172 ( DC ) : " an act which causes another person to apprehend the infliction of immediate , unlawful force on his person " . |
| 29 | An act which has this characteristic is a prima facie duty . |
| 30 | VM+ is an ASIC which incorporates various facilities needed for manipulating full motion video such as filters , scaling and incremental zoom functions . |