Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Talking in small groups about anything without the supervising presence of a teacher is educational because it is heuristic : it helps children to set up possibilities , and to knock them down , and to set up new ones . |
| 2 | I see the novelist at the stem rail of a cross-Channel ferry , throwing bits of gristle from his sandwich to the hovering gulls . |
| 3 | I knew that the altar was only an old chest freezer with a sheet thrown over the top … but … there could be something inside it . |
| 4 | Though both are still being briefed , there are indications that they would like to use the shock of the Tiananmen massacre as a negotiating tool with which to recover some of the concessions made by their predecessors in respect of Hong Kong . |
| 5 | Oddly shaped tanks may not hold as much water as you may think , which is important when you consider that the stocking level for a mixed fish/invest system is 1″ of fish per six gallons of water . |
| 6 | Mix the oil , soy sauce , ginger and five spice powder in a shallow dish . |
| 7 | What he produced was a gen-u-ine statement of skin ; a document to be placed alongside other such documents , delivered with the same How's-your-father flourish as a graffiti slogan on a council estate wall or a boot planted through an Asian 's shop window or a gallon of petrol poured through the letterbox of a Bengali family 's home . |
| 8 | He got up and dressed as though in a trance , and set off for the Castle with the hangdog look of a condemned man . |
| 9 | I 'll fetch what we 're going to have for pudding cos it 's a bit bit of a cha er it |
| 10 | This concern is expressed at field level in a much more cautious approach : ‘ You take extra care where pollution could be visible — parks , lakes etc. — to the public . |
| 11 | This conception views conservatism as a historically specific movement associated with feudalism and the landed interest and opposed to industrialism , democracy , and individualism . |
| 12 | FIG. 3 Fertilization calcium wave in a sea urchin egg observed by confocal microscopy using the fluorescent-indicator fluo-3 . |
| 13 | Minutes later the Wolves struck again , with the amazing Steve Bull scoring his 31st goal of the season , not one of the better ones though with the Hereford defence in a tangle . |
| 14 | The Company shall not pay the purchase money to a Defaulting Member until he shall in respect of the shares being the subject of the Compulsory Sale Notice have delivered his share certificates or a suitable indemnity and the necessary transfers to the Company . |
| 15 | Rather ignominiously , it was used as part payment of a bad debt to a coachbuilder , Robert Jeffrey of Grays Inn Road , with whom it remained neglected and almost forgotten until purchased by Madame Tussaud in 1842 for the princely sum of £52 . |
| 16 | Note that Lord Blackburn was convinced that prompt part payment of a debt is in fact a benefit to the creditor but he abandoned the opinion that it is for that reason consideration for the creditor 's promise not to claim the balance . |
| 17 | This is a practical knitting course with a minimal amount of theory . |
| 18 | It would be expected that if there was no right field advantage for a stimulus then the RFA would be aproximately 0.5 as the values for the left and right visual field would be about the same . |
| 19 | For a social worker negotiating admission to a residential home for a dementia sufferer , it is particularly important to work out a contract , using a relative or friend if necessary to sign the contract and become the advocate on behalf of the client . |
| 20 | If you want to transform your quick and easy daytime look into a bold , creative effect for evening , then you need new Finesse Spritz . |
| 21 | Head as chief teacher , believing , and demonstrating , that the teaching function of a school is pre-eminent and that the head must play the leading part , by action and example , in advancing it . |
| 22 | As sweetners to gain planning permission they 've also proposed part funding for a sailing centre and to pay forimprovements to the area around the lake . |
| 23 | They should also be run in a special armoured cable ( or PVC cable in a conduit ) and buried at least 450 mm ( 18 in ) underground . |
| 24 | Director Interlocks Between the Banking Division of a Conglomerate and Other Non-financial Firms |
| 25 | It has been developed in response to customer demand and requests from Branch Banking Division for a more streamlined system . |
| 26 | He gave the example of a two-year Community Skills course in a local college that drew its recruits from the special schools . |
| 27 | Create a natural woodland look with a carpet of hardy cyclamen |
| 28 | This judgement , which is typical of how Community law should be applied , is the second occasion in the Greek legal system upon which Community equality law has been overtly applied by the SCC ( two previous judgements , Nos 657 and 658 of the same year , applied Article 119 of the Treaty in a sex discrimination case concerning a family allowance paid by the employer and also interpreted the equal pay principle of the Greek Constitution in the light of Article 119 ) . |
| 29 | The third number , ‘ Felines In Motion ’ , is reminiscent of a James Bond soundtrack , especially with Lisa performing in a black satiny bodysuit . |
| 30 | The AV8000–8 is a pack aged version of the AV6280 , incorporating the processor board plus a RAID disk subsystem . |