Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun sg] [subord] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He then went on to consider whether the further proceedings would be against the children 's interests under four heads : ( 1 ) the disturbing effects on the children of further investigation ; ( 2 ) the fact that , under section 91(1) , if in respect of any child a residence order were made in favour of the foster mother , the existing care order to the local authority would be discharged ; ( 3 ) the shared parental responsibility between the foster mother and the mother which would result from section 12(2) conferring parental responsibility upon the foster mother if a residence order were to be made in her favour ; ( 4 ) the time that would be likely to elapse before any substantive order could be made . |
| 2 | It is advisable that the social worker should have at least a knowledge of the laws of various churches on sexual and marital affairs which enables him or her to seek advice from the right source if a client might be affected . |
| 3 | She had sprinted over the drive and was halfway across the stone-flagged terrace when a figure appeared around the corner of the house . |
| 4 | This suggests that there is a tendency to return to the parental home when a marriage ends , through whatever means , and this is confirmed in the case of separation and divorce by Sullivan 's ( 1986 ) analysis of data from the period 1976–81 . |
| 5 | This is also occasionally found after the passive voice , but the usual construction after a passive is one in which to is used . |
| 6 | Between 1909 and 1911 Hill attended evening classes at the Architectural Association while a pupil of William Flockhart . |
| 7 | But last week , I was informed , the point of my anecdote about the documentary Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe — in which the German film director fulfilled a promise to eat the aforementioned footwear if a friend of his raised the money to complete a long cherished project — was rather lost since ‘ shoe ’ appeared on the page twice as ‘ show ’ . |
| 8 | More of a knock at the back door than a storming of the castle gate perhaps , but something is going right for Jon Solly . |
| 9 | They walked through the garden to the back door when a voice called to them from behind . |
| 10 | Apart from this , children are out by going to the wrong side when a number is called out , if they unfreeze without being told or if they are the last one to do one of the organizer 's commands . |
| 11 | The framework would allow the Law Society to seek judicial review in the High Court if a judge refused to approve the rules . |
| 12 | His muscular prose — at its best it has the insistent rhythm if a middleweight boxer pounding the heavy bag — with its imaginative flourishes , was perfectly suited to the age which brought us the utterly modern talents of George Best , Rod Laver , Jack Niklaus , Jim Clark , Pele and Jackie Stewart . |
| 13 | Under Objective 1 , the question of ‘ additionality ’ — top-up cash which must be added by the British Government before a project can proceed — becomes less potentially stultifying . |
| 14 | The Japanese are confident they can muster the necessary 25 per cent minority to block the French proposal if a vote is called . |
| 15 | The lesson , I think , there is to pick a course that will create the sort of environment in which performance can be maximised , rather than to pick something which appeared to have more vocational use , but may not be as good for the individual student as a course that he or she will enjoy . |
| 16 | The Taxing fee when a bill has been taxed is 5p for each £ or part thereof of the total bill including disbursements and VAT . |
| 17 | She , 17 years his senior , was ebullient , romantic and far too impatient to spend even a minute searching for the perfect phrase when a cliché would do . |
| 18 | We can now apply this condition to equation ( 25 ) and obtain the following condition if a reaction is to occur spontaneously : In both of the cases above , one of the products and one of the reactants are elements . |
| 19 | In essence it becomes a matrix of connected businesses that normally have much weaker direction from the corporate centre than a Stage 2 company . |
| 20 | What is the role of the National Secretary when a colleague is off ill , on an overseas trip , a holiday or when there is a vacancy ? |
| 21 | Note that a sale of debt which shortens the maturity structure is sometimes known as ‘ unfunding ’ the National Debt while a sale which lengthens its maturity structure is sometimes referred to as ‘ funding ’ . |
| 22 | At the event the desktop publisher was basking in the reflected glory when a lady sitting next to him suddenly said ‘ Oh dear , it 's all been done on a computer . ’ |
| 23 | The last reverberations of the gong were still vibrating on the still air when a door down the corridor burst open and young girl raced out onto the landing , heading for the stairs . |
| 24 | That too is a problem , but I must say that we were much better prepared for the Inter-Continental Cup than a couple of other tournaments — that only makes our failure to qualify more disappointing . |
| 25 | The laibon now talks about the famous incident when a district officer was killed . |
| 26 | The present procedure when a judge is about to pass a life sentence for murder is for him to invite defending counsel to make submissions on what advice the judge should give to the Secretary of State on the appropriate tariff . |
| 27 | The Completion Confirmed on Date space on all the forms should be completed with the current date before a form is returned to the lexicographers . |
| 28 | Certainly experience helps children in the formation and shaping of concepts but unguarded free activity is likely to be as unrewarding in the long term as a learning programme which never departs from a prepared text book . |
| 29 | Anxiety here was generated by the fact that William was a Calvinist , hardly more attractive as head of the Anglican Church than a Catholic . |
| 30 | The issue rarely surfaced in the showery south-east until a string of droughts in the 1980s . |