Example sentences of "an [noun sg] [vb mod] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hincmar of Rheims wrote to give orders to a neighbouring count who just happened to be his kinsman : it is not hard to see how an archbishop might refer to the local counts collectively as " his " , or the draftsman of a capitulary write in general terms of " archbishops and their counts " . |
| 2 | An acquirer should concentrate on the discounted value of the acquired bank 's cash flow . |
| 3 | These inspections were at the ‘ invitation ’ of the university department , but failure to allow an inspection would result in a course not being approved . |
| 4 | As we shall see later the basic premise underlying an inspection will vary with the circumstances of the inspectors . |
| 5 | The recommendation following upon an assessment might result in a child with a hearing disability being placed in a local primary school rather than in a special unit for children who are deaf or partially hearing . |
| 6 | However , to suggest to a parent that an assessment should start at the same point in time as the children are prepared for removal to a long-term placement , does not enable an open and honest working relationship . |
| 7 | On a smaller scale , the electrical forces that cause the electrons to orbit round the nucleus in an atom would behave in the same way as gravitational forces . |
| 8 | As for the circumstances in which an auditor might come under a duty to report , the banking act as well as the financial services act and the insurance companies act , uses , use the phrase in his capacity as auditor , here again we have no powers to clarify this on the face of the regulations . |
| 9 | For example in thinking about the consequences of a change taxes an economist would point to the relationship between price and quantity sold . |
| 10 | Secondly , an effect may arise in the recording of gross receipts to the EC budget . |
| 11 | It dominates the town from any direction , looking across the river and seeming to peer cautiously at the last limb of the Jura mountains in the distance , a reminder of the days when an enemy might appear in the valley below . |
| 12 | ( 10 ) An applicant may appeal to the sheriff against a decision of a licensing board to refuse to affirm a licence under subsection ( 2 ) above or to refuse to declare a provisional grant of a licence final under subsection ( 4 ) above . |
| 13 | Such effects could take place at a number of different levels within the political system : an individual 's relationship to another could change as a result of the media just as an individual 's relationship to an institution could change as an outcome of media work , and so on . |
| 14 | If an employee should retransfer to an area of lower housing costs , payment of the allowance will be reviewed . |
| 15 | Gradually in this way an association will develop between the word ‘ calm ’ and the feelings of deep muscle relaxation in your body , so that eventually just closing your eyes and thinking the word ‘ calm ’ can induce these feelings . |
| 16 | ( 4 ) An order made under this section by the sheriff in respect of an club shall expire on the date on which the certificate of registration which is in force in respect of the club expires . |
| 17 | The final say in such an administration would rest with the President who is obliged , within the framework of a fourth mandate , to call upon all three party leaders to sink their differences and create a tri-party administration . |
| 18 | The idea that an industry could leave behind a polluting aftermath for longer than civilization has been in existence has made the waste issue one of the strongest strands in the antinuclear case . |
| 19 | His Etonian vowels give him a peculiar aural resemblance to Brian Johnston of Test Match Special ( imagine Johnners talking about what an axe can do to the flesh and you will have some idea of just how disorienting this is ) . |
| 20 | Taken to extremes , what begins as an anxiety may develop into a full-blown phobia , crippling the life of the sufferer . |
| 21 | The omission of these words from the definition of theft lends some support to the argument that an act may amount to an appropriation although it is done with the consent of the owner . |
| 22 | It could well be that an Australian will win for the first time . |
| 23 | You can not guarantee that an editor will read to the end of a press release . |
| 24 | An icon should appear in the current program group . |
| 25 | At regular , but otherwise apparently arbitrary points during the service an acolyte would emerge from a recess , face the congregation and clash the cymbals violently together . |
| 26 | Halfway through , I started to worry that an airplane would crash into the preview theatre . |
| 27 | Currently , an author may go on a major promotional tour only to have sold 800 books when it is over . |
| 28 | The notion that an enzyme might exist in a number of forms decided purely on probability is anathema to many scientists . |
| 29 | Sometimes an investigation can grind to a halt after five minutes because there is a flaw in the statement of the problem . |
| 30 | In fact quite small changes in an apparatus can lead to an unexpected switch to a different route . |