Example sentences of "a [noun] [verb] [prep] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , a payment made on the same basis as that in the case of Adams v G K N Sankey Ltd mentioned in Chapter 16 would probably also fall within the second category . |
| 2 | He was angry , but a bit pleased at the same time . |
| 3 | In a referendum held at the same time as the elections , 78 per cent of voters supported a new Constitution which provided for a directly elected President to appoint a Prime Minister who would in turn appoint a Cabinet , with all appointments requiring parliamentary approval . |
| 4 | The outcome was a decision to continue with the same dosage , because what is the use of physical strength without the brain to direct it ? |
| 5 | If there 's a rise compared with the same quarter last year , could there be a good reason , perhaps a new baby or a recently retired person spending more time at home ? |
| 6 | On the beach a speck moved in the same direction as they did . |
| 7 | The system also manages to incorporate a handrail running at the same speed as the walkway — an advance compared with most single speed systems . |
| 8 | Despite popular mythology concerning ‘ evil ’ and vicious species that track down their victims ruthlessly and mercilessly , the reality is that no venom , no poison , no bite , no sting , is ever administered except under extreme provocation or simply by accident , unless the victim is either a potential prey or a rival belonging to the same species . |
| 9 | To allow the horses and their appended jockeys through , all points of the tape must rise by about 1 metre in the time it takes a horse to travel about the same distance from rest , perhaps much less than 0.1 seconds . |
| 10 | In other words , in an oligopolistic framework , the non-equivalence between an optimal tariff and a quota arises since the latter changes the behaviour of the competing firms . |
| 11 | ( b ) Express terms negative implied terms An express term in a lease generally excludes the possibility of the implication of a term dealing with the same subject matter as the implied term . |
| 12 | There may be more scope for a GIS approach in the latter than in the former situations . |
| 13 | The embodiment of light is masculine , that of the dark is feminine , and thus a religion based on the former will tend to be served by priests , and one based on the latter by priestesses . |
| 14 | It is always a pleasure to speak in the same debate as the hon. Member for Beaconsfield ( Mr. Smith ) . |
| 15 | ‘ It was a pleasure to play in the same side as a true football genius . |
| 16 | In the World , marioc is a luxury enjoyed by the few . |
| 17 | Arlott 's son Tim read two poems written by his father , and the congregation sang God Whose Farm is All Creation , a hymn written by the former broadcaster . |
| 18 | Once you have worked out how many hits your first shot has caused you may , if you wish , fire a second shot at the same target , then a third , and so on . |
| 19 | All items in a column come from the same domain — there are circumstances where the contents from two or more columns come from the same domain . |
| 20 | They say that once having used miscue analysis , they internalise its approach , and never listen to a child read in the same way again . |
| 21 | Its appeal to the visitor lies in its indefinable atmosphere of a home cherished by the same family for over four centuries . |
| 22 | As we noted , anaphora concerns the use of ( usually ) a pronoun to refer to the same referent as some prior term , as in : ( 90 ) Harry 's a sweetheart ; he 's so considerate where Harry and he can be said to be co-referential , i.e. pick out the same referent . |
| 23 | Nevertheless , in principle the distinction is clear : where a pronoun refers to a linguistic expression ( or chunk of discourse ) itself , it is discourse-deictic ; where a pronoun refers to the same entity as a prior linguistic expression refers to , it is anaphoric . |
| 24 | to pass ahead of the foremost part of another moving motor vehicle , being a vehicle proceeding in the same direction wholly or partly within that area , or |
| 25 | ‘ to pass ahead of the foremost part of another moving motor vehicle , being a vehicle proceeding in the same direction wholly or partly within that area ’ This phrase means that the offending vehicle or part of it must pass ahead of a slower moving motor vehicle travelling in the same direction . |
| 26 | A boy comes to the same house the next day and because one arm is injured , they think he must be the robber . |
| 27 | Now , for the first time in the history of medical science , a substance has been isolated about which it is possible to say : ‘ If you base your slimming diet on this food you should shed weight more quickly and easily than on a diet based on the same quantity of any other foods . ’ |
| 28 | A counter-demonstration planned on the same day by the FLN was postponed . |
| 29 | Carp are not a true shoal fish like most other coarse fish , vet you may see several fish in a group feeding over the same area . |
| 30 | A warrant issued on the same day makes it clear that Buckingham 's authority extended over the duchy of York lordship of Ludlow , not specifically mentioned elsewhere . |