Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [vb -s] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover the interpreter of a text has to make a decision on the relative importance of the different elements in a work , and he has to find a way of relating these elements to one another . |
| 2 | Unlike a factory which depends for its efficiency on changing technology , the investment of labour , materials and energy represented in a building continues to yield a return even centuries after its construction . |
| 3 | If a writer has produced a song he or she thinks is a must for Cliff Richard , a major publisher is most likely to get that song where it needs to be in order to interest Cliff . |
| 4 | Unless a writer chooses to manipulate a narrative for particular effects , such as using flashbacks , the progression of events in a narrative text is dictated by the progression of events in the imagined world of the story . |
| 5 | Also until such time as a creditor has lodged a proof of debt , he can not vote at meetings of creditors . |
| 6 | When a retailer has placed an order with a manufacturer , he enters it on to a stock record card . |
| 7 | W.J.J. Gordon wrote in his book on Synectics about hedonic response being the joy and ecstasy of the creative process , and he mentioned a factor in the joy of creativity is the release of tension that builds up as a scientist strives to solve a problem and I would further add the pleasure and relief of self-fulfilment which is a fundamental human need . |
| 8 | A scientist has designed a bank cashpoint machine that you can talk to . |
| 9 | When a haemophiliac wants to become a butcher it makes sense to discourage him . |
| 10 | But in Nephila and many other spiders , the value of b will be low as once a male has located a female 's web , he stays there . |
| 11 | If , for clinical reasons , a GP wishes to refer a patient to a hospital that is not contracted to provide a service to the GP 's district , the GP must be able to do so . ’ |
| 12 | The supplementation of the grammar information from the corpus with that from the dictionary alleviates this problem since a dictionary aims to provide a list of all of the possible parts of speech ( although a dictionary does not indicate the likelihood of a word behaving in that manner ) . |
| 13 | Ian Balding , the winning trainer who sent out Mill Reef to win the Arc in 1971 , said : ‘ If ever a horse deserves to win a Group One race it is Silver Fling . |
| 14 | A Monastery has won a tourist award for providing some of the best accomodation for holiday makers . |
| 15 | of like cos a maisonette 's got an upstairs has n't it , and his |
| 16 | To satisfy its taste for diversity , a hare tries to pick an area where it has access to half a dozen fields . |
| 17 | ( a ) Once a shareholder has incurred a debt or liability to the company , it has an equitable charge on the shares of that shareholder to secure payment which ranks in priority to later equitable interests and , it seems to earlier ones of which the company had no notice when its lien became effective ; and ( b ) in determining whether the company had notice , section 360 has no application ; if the company knows of the earlier equitable interest ( because , for example , a transfer of the shares has been lodged for registration even if that is refused ) it can not improve its own position to the detriment of the holder of that known equitable interest . |
| 18 | Once a chemical has entered a pond and caused widespread damage , it is essential to take everything out and scrub the entire pool several times , emptying and refilling with clean water before restocking with fish and plants . |
| 19 | But the absence of a ceremony does leave a gap , and is disappointing for many grandparents . |
| 20 | Sometimes a parent has suffered an illness that has caused mental change or changes in personality , and the family has already gone through much of the bereavement process beforehand . |
| 21 | In assessing whether a child has satisfied a statement , teachers are asked to record attainments as ‘ emerging ’ or ‘ mastered ’ . |
| 22 | To be disobedient , a child has to break a rule . |
| 23 | If a child has committed an offence and the parents are not providing adequate care , protection and guidance , or the offence indicates the child is beyond parental control , then they can be brought before the court as in need of care , protection and control . |
| 24 | ( vi ) Conveyance or transfer by husband to wife , not within s83 , with element of gift — no monetary consideration Although hardly within the circumstances mentioned in this book , such a conveyance does avoid a charge to stamp duty by virtue of the Regulations and provided that it is a conveyance or transfer of property operating as a voluntary disposition inter vivos for no consideration in money or money 's worth nor any consideration referred to in s57 of the Stamp Act 1891 ( conveyance in consideration of a debt etc ) . |
| 25 | A DAIRY has launched a £1.5m campaign to halt a decline in doorstep milk deliveries . |
| 26 | Suppose that a fraudster has persuaded a victim to part with his house : the fraudster is not guilty of theft of the land since section 4(2) provides that you can not steal land . |
| 27 | Following concerns expressed by the Visiting Group , a consultant has made a report on environmental conditions in the Library . |
| 28 | They 're very good with each other 's babies too , you can come in and not know which baby belongs to who , or a girl 's got an exam coming up and they 'll all muck in and change the baby for her . |
| 29 | If a nonresident wishes to make a tax effective gift out of UK source income he should use a Deed of Covenant . |
| 30 | If it were n't that a judge has to decide a case , quite a few of Edward 's legal opinions would probably end in a question mark . ’ |