Example sentences of "and the [noun sg] [prep] a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | At this time the Personnel Information System Department was formed within the Personnel Directorate and the evolution of a Personnel Information System began . |
2 | Likewise both business and government must have more than good intentions in order to turn the well meaning idealism into practical support , funding and long term dialogue , and the publication of a Charities Bill , in trying to increase public confidence in the sector , is a step in the right direction . |
3 | This is very much the way in which the law approaches the extraction of the truth , and it is different both from the vivid imprecision of ordinary life and the intimacy of a police interrogation . |
4 | This decision is to be left to the governors of the school , but the Department of Education and Science is recommending as wide a definition as possible , to include legal guardians , foster parents and the head of a children 's home when the child is in care . |
5 | In School A , this took the form of a plan to relocate the library , but in other project schools plans focused on such things as the development of a video network , the creation of display areas and the development of a careers room as part of the library complex . |
6 | Tina Howe 's Painting Churches shows her in full flight , as the wife of a distinguished Boston poet and the mother of a women painter who has come to do their portrait . |
7 | The successful creation of the European Coal and Steel Community in 1951 was followed by formation of the European Economic Community and Euratom in 1957 , and the introduction of a customs union and the Common Agricultural Policy in 1968 . |
8 | But with exceptionally short overhangs at front and rear , it combines this ‘ big car stability ’ with the predictable handling and the nimbleness of a supermini . |
9 | It may also be true that ‘ ease of use ’ can influence the quality of work done and the effectiveness of a GIS as a decision support system . |
10 | A significant number were aimed at positive prevention and these included altering the time allowed for lesson changeover to reduce crowd chaos , a decision to involve all staff in corridor supervision , a move to set up mutual support pairs amongst staff and the creation of a rewards system following the realization that for non-academic pupils the school offered little or no incentives . |