Example sentences of "an [noun sg] [vb pp] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right so if you go er into squared and estimate the equation , right , it has actually estimated over the full sample period has it , no it has n't no alright it has n't estimated so that 's an equation estimated over the first sum , first sub sample , right , if you press the return key again right right , at the bottom in the table of diagnostic tests you 'll see Chow 's predictive failure test , right and also erm the Chow test . |
| 2 | Husayn could only contemplate this option with equanimity if most of the Palestine refugees moved out of his territory — presumably back to Palestine , an issue considered in the next chapter . |
| 3 | More specifically , in sentences such as those above , in which an event mentioned in the first clause is explained by a reason or cause stated in a following because clause , that world knowledge includes information about what Garvey & Caramazza ( 1974 ) call the implicit causality of the verb in the first clause . |
| 4 | East of the town there is Langney , on flat marshy land , an area developed in the last twenty-five years . |
| 5 | This fascinating German town has an abbey founded in the ninth century , several other medieval churches , well preserved guild-houses , and a fifteenth-century town hall . |
| 6 | If he is anything like I was when I played my first Masters ( of three ) in 1978 , this limited time will not have prevented him from dreaming of all possible scenarios , from an air shot on the first tee to outright victory by some 10 shots . |
| 7 | Aldridge , who had an effort blocked in the second minute , secured the dream start in the fourth . |
| 8 | If there is a clear pause ( silence ) between ‘ John ’ and ‘ is it you ’ , then according to the definition of an utterance given in the last chapter , there are two utterances ; however , it is quite likely that a speaker would say ‘ John is it you ’ with no pause , so that the four syllables would make up a single utterance . |
| 9 | Mr Sowerby worked for the Water Board and unfortunately was permanently affected by an injury sustained in the First World War . |
| 10 | The toxic protection mechanism dovetails with the fact that the pregnancy is three times more likely to miscarry if the mother does not feel sick , an observation supported by the second theory . |