Example sentences of "an [noun sg] [to-vb] [pron] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They enjoyed teasing Liz about her pretensions , and rarely had an opportunity to tease her in the presence of Charles . |
| 2 | For the present it would be advisable not to report such allegations without giving the person defamed an opportunity to refute them in the same report . |
| 3 | For centuries therefore , statute has placed a limit on the time after which a claimant to an interest in land may bring an action to establish it in the face of the possession of another person holding under a later title … |
| 4 | In 1318 , after an attempt to poison him in the previous year , John XXII thanked Margaret for sending him ‘ a certain knife-handle in serpentine form ’ which was reputed to detect poison . |
| 5 | It is a fixed asset as there is an intention to use it in the business . |
| 6 | It is a fixed asset as there is an intention to use it in the business . |
| 7 | It is a fixed asset as there is an intention to use it in the business . |
| 8 | It is a fixed asset as there is an intention to use it in the business . |
| 9 | It is a fixed asset as there is an intention to use it in the business . |
| 10 | It is n't an offence to inhale solvents but it is an offence to sell them in the knowledge that they will be used for such a purpose . ’ |