Example sentences of "a [noun] [vb -s] [verb] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the moment , the establishment of a branch tends to require less documentation , formality and cost , while a subsidiary has the advantage of being a separate legal personality , with the result that disclosure requirements may not apply to the parent , and the subsidiary 's debts will not necessarily become obligations of its parent in the event of insolvency . |
| 2 | If such a creditor wishes to appoint another person to attend a meeting on his behalf , he too must give the person attending his proxy . |
| 3 | For myself , I can see no relevant distinction between a case where a statute has conferred such final and conclusive jurisdiction and the case where the common law has for 300 years recognised that the visitor 's decision on questions of fact and law are final and conclusive and are not to be reviewed by the courts . |
| 4 | ( Not that it 's anybody 's business , but even a dybbuk needs to have some downtime . |
| 5 | a lady 's bid this time at thirty pounds . |
| 6 | Until a child has achieved that understanding , a numeral is just a shape with no real meaning . |
| 7 | Imagine that a child has expressed some meaning with an innovative term , a , and that this meaning is identical to the one expressed by term b , the term conventionally used for that meaning by adults — e.g. , plant-man versus gardener . |
| 8 | A mill has occupied this site since the 16th century , initially for cloth manufacture and later for flock and shoddy production . |
| 9 | A member of a council ceases to hold that office in the following circumstances : |
| 10 | A judge has ruled that TV cameras will be allowed to film every detail . |
| 11 | If we look at each of the consonants just mentioned and see which of the features each one has , we get a table like this , where + means that a phoneme does possess that feature and — means that it does not : |
| 12 | While a franchise means forfeiting some independence , the franchisee does receive the protection and active support of a sound and profitable business organization . |
| 13 | This is the second time a court has ruled that press coverage of a controversial case has prevented a fair trial . |
| 14 | If a composer remembers to keep this audience entertained , think what he can say to them all at the same time . |
| 15 | But a state does act that way when it accepts a Solomonic checkerboard solution ; it is inconsistency in principle among the acts of the state personified that integrity condemns . |
| 16 | ‘ Ah , well , a man has to have some fun . ’ |
| 17 | It will lead to renewed demands that the judge should fix the amount of damages if a jury has decided that defamation has been proved or at least be given power to lay down minimum and maximum limits for juries . |
| 18 | The critical reader of a poem needs to have some idea of what a poem is , which need not be a theoretically sophisticated idea , and some acquaintance with poetry already . |
| 19 | From the loan 's spread a bank endeavours to make some return on its capital resources ( approximately 4 per cent ) used in funding each loan , provide for any subsequent bad debts and meet administrative costs of the lending department . |
| 20 | I often have to time how long a program takes to complete some task . |
| 21 | ‘ I suppose a relative has checked this stuff ? ’ |
| 22 | A report has recommended that logging in the ancient forests of the Pacific Northwest region of the USA be cut by more than half as a means of sustaining them in the long term and protecting their wildlife [ see EDs passim ] . |
| 23 | If a patient has lost much weight and particularly if underweight , then a good case can be made for commencing insulin . |
| 24 | AI believes this may be the first time a poll has shown such opposition . |
| 25 | Such a view tends to place less emphasis on the war between two countries and more on the internal conflict between the king of France and the duke of Aquitaine , a struggle between two blocks of territory and two rather different legal traditions : the ‘ Angevin empire ’ , once ruled by the English , representing the area of customary law and local independence , the other part of France the more centralising tradition based on Roman law . |