Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [vb pp] [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor is such a provision invalidated because the method of communicating the offer differs from that prescribed by section 90 ; but the procedure laid down by that section supersedes that provided in the memorandum or articles . |
| 2 | I think they 're just a bit shortstaffed because the girl that 's usually in there has n't been in there for weeks , Josie . |
| 3 | As it 's possible to be backward compatible but not forward compatible , you ca n't blame the program for being unable to correctly identify a processor introduced after the program was written . |
| 4 | ‘ It is a principle of construction of United Kingdom statutes , now too well established to call for citation of authority , that the words of a statute passed after the Treaty has been signed and dealing with the subject matter of the international obligation of the United Kingdom , are to be construed , if they are reasonably capable of bearing such a meaning , as intended to carry out the obligation , and not to be inconsistent with it . |
| 5 | An owl-hoot startled them all and a soldier cursed as the bird sailed low over their heads , plunging in the grass to seize some little creature which squirmed in its death agonies . |
| 6 | A confrontation followed when the government announced the annulment of congress decisions and replacement of the elected leadership ; a general strike was called for Sept. 14 , causing serious disruption for three days . |
| 7 | The difference between those spending all and those spending some of the last twelve months in a home persisted when the analysis is confined to those for whom relatives responded . |
| 8 | I 'd got a fumbling schoolboy with no more idea of what a girl needed than the man in the moon . |
| 9 | and really always has been , erm , the idea of a centre is , is simply because you consider how much it costs to have a point wired when the house is , is built , er several people nowadays is ha well they buy an old house , they erm , say well we 'll take out the centre light and put us in some wall lights instead you see . |
| 10 | They were standing around in frozen postures like a group caught when the music stops in a game of Statues . |
| 11 | This Act lays down the matters to be stated , and reports to be set out , in a prospectus issued when an offer or invitation is being made to the public . |
| 12 | The current minimum requirements on disclosure in a prospectus issued when an offer or invitation is being made to the public are contained in Schedule 3 of the Companies Act 1985 . |
| 13 | In contrast , any misfortune which might happen to a person accused before a spirit might be attributed to sorcery . |
| 14 | There also tended to be a strong presumption that a person brought before the court was guilty . |
| 15 | For example , a sample of naturalistic speech , on a tape recorded in the child 's home , is probably not directly comparable with a sample taken while the child is in a school or clinic . |
| 16 | A communiqué issued as the summit closed on March 11 confined itself to expressing " deep pain over the tragic developments " in the Gulf , and calling for UN sanctions against Iraq to be lifted and for post-war reconstruction to begin . |
| 17 | Faraday showed to his satisfaction that the muscles of those pressing upon a table in a seance moved before the table did rather than in response to its motions ; he considered further investigation a waste of time . |
| 18 | Hence the fact that although Thorpe J. gave judgment on 12 May , more than a month elapsed before the appeal hearing began . |
| 19 | They would never get more than a phrase completed before an argument would break out as to the merit of either the words or the music . |
| 20 | AN INQUEST was opened yesterday into the death of a man killed when a car rolled down an embankment and hit a tree . |
| 21 | I once had to have a leg replaced when a couple of Hunters tore mine off . |
| 22 | A hiatus followed until the development of Sayre 's static system ( Sayre , 1973 ) re-kindled interest in the problem and numerous systems followed ( e.g. ( Tappert , 1984 ) , ( Brown & Granapathy , 1980 ) , ( Higgins & Whitrow , 1984 ) ) . |
| 23 | Ought the criticism of her to be a thought subdued before the book comes out ? |
| 24 | Of course they would , she thought bracingly , and , feeling more cheerful suddenly , she turned into the driveway of her apartment block — and saw a Jaguar parked where no Jaguar was normally parked ! |
| 25 | On Feb. 16 one person was killed and a number injured when a train , part of a military convoy carrying supplies to the NATO base at Malatya , was derailed near Pazarcik . |
| 26 | Thus a tenancy granted until the land was required for road widening was void for uncertainty ( Prudential Assurance Co v London Residuary Body [ 1992 ] 3 All ER 504 ) . |
| 27 | Serious Koi-keepers should have such a system installed as a matter of course , for if a fish falls sick in winter it will need to be gradually warmed up until its immune system again begins to function , and until the water temperature is high enough for medication to be effective . |
| 28 | A conviction ensued where the supervisor had been drinking with the driver who was seen to swerve from side to side ( Crampton v Fish ( 1969 ) , 113 SJ 1003 ) . |
| 29 | A poll taken after the debate showed that his performance had converted about 1m previously undecided voters — 4% of the electorate and enough , perhaps , to swing the election his way in a close race . |
| 30 | Lord Francis had earlier made the first ascent of the Wellenkuppe , but dismissed the ridge linking to the Ober Gabelhorn as impracticable , a view held until the traverse was made in 1890 by L. Norman Neruda , a Swede , and guide Christian Klucker . |