Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though a foul is not intended , the referee will nevertheless regard the technique as an attack on the opponent 's joint and the competitor may face a penalty . |
| 2 | There was no quantitative work and later ecologists dismissed this whole technique as an example of exactly what they were trying to avoid . |
| 3 | By taking the prints to Japan , Sotheby 's was selling to rich Japanese collectors without a retailer as an intermediary and the retailer 's mark-up was subsumed into the auction price . |
| 4 | In the vestibule was a niche with a small bench-altar to support a piece of stalactite as an idol . |
| 5 | YAKOVLEV Design Bureau ( OKB ) are creating a number of Yak-3 replicas for an order from the USA , confirms Chief Designer , Sergey Yakovlev . |
| 6 | The use of strong colour contrast as an aid to orientation is shown graphically in the Welsh Office Package ( 1984 ) . |
| 7 | As part of Richard MacCormac 's drive to develop the building as an architecture centre , the exhibition programme at 66 Portland Place expanded considerably . |
| 8 | European conference venues suffer from chronic diseases : small doors , narrow stairs , no lifts at all or tiny lifts added to the building as an afterthought , poor electrics , low ceilings , ‘ miles away ’ kitchens , staff curfews , meaningless rules and no ramps . |
| 9 | The employer who has obtained patent protection for an invention which is undergoing refinement may agree to supply customers with one of his own non patented substitute products until the development work has reached its conclusion . |
| 10 | In the United Kingdom , the question of copyright protection for an instruction set was considered in Microsense Systems Ltd. v Control Systems Technology Ltd. ( 1991 ) . |
| 11 | A ‘ tougher ‘ form of protection for an area containing many buildings of historic interest , perhaps with particular features typical of the locality , comes when a local authority ( with confirmation from the Department of the Environment ) makes an Article 4 Direction . |
| 12 | But this tip for reasons beyond my knowledge has gone so there 's nothing to be done about it and erm er the last test I had the guy who conducted it said , You 've already got the heart off an average sixty year old who has n't had a heart attack . |
| 13 | The second item is the loss of grant for an archaeology assistant three thousand eight hundred pounds , this is one of these things where we 've had English Heritage at our grant and has tapered to fade out . |
| 14 | There is no explicit provision in the specific grant for an increase in that . |
| 15 | However , this conflict between preparation for an invasion and the immediate raiding of the enemy coasts was never clearly resolved ; and a force of Royal Marines and Commandos was held on the Clyde forever preparing for landings against the possible need to capture an Atlantic island base should Gibraltar fall . |
| 16 | The Khmers Rouges had claimed meanwhile that a " group of Soviet technicians " was repairing " electronic equipment in Soviet-made tanks " in preparation for an attack on Battambang by the State of Cambodia forces . |
| 17 | Agence France-Presse ( AFP ) on March 18 cited reports that Sudanese troops had been gathering , in preparation for an attack on the rebels in Sudan , at the town of Gambella , on the Ethiopian side of the border . |
| 18 | Although there has been some improvement , comprehensive preparation for an adult life , which includes employment , is not readily available to all who might need it . |
| 19 | Preparation for an information collecting exercise |
| 20 | For the past week I had been learning lines in preparation for an appearance in a new play due to start rehearsing later that month , and I loathed interruptions . |
| 21 | The sandwich was a good preparation for an evening 's drinking as food , especially things rich in proteins and fats , such as cheese , eggs , milk , yoghurt and meat , slow down the effect of alcohol and help prevent an upset stomach . |
| 22 | If the reader or his partner(s) are members of the Faculty of Taxation of the Institute , it is recommended that an approach is made to tax counsel for an opinion under the special terms available before hearing by the Commissioners . |
| 23 | At first the thought of going back to work made me shudder because I could n't stand the thought of leaving Danielle for an hour let alone a whole day , but once my husband Dave and I had left Danielle with a babysitter a couple of times , I realised that she would still be there when I came back and that she would be fine . |
| 24 | Hewlett-Packard Co is well ahead of the pack in fitting out its Unix machines with the kind of operations management systems that mainframe users expect , but Sun Microsystems Computer Corp is galloping off down the same path and has gone to Legent Corp for an agreement under which Legent will convert Legent 's system management tools to run on Sparcsystems under Solaris Unix . |
| 25 | The desktop , or client , versions of Windows NT will be priced at £400 — $500 — on a per-unit basis , or £250 as an upgrade from Windows 3.1 or OS/2 . |
| 26 | The desktop , or client , versions of Windows NT will be priced at £400 — $500 — on a per-unit basis , or £250 as an upgrade from Windows 3.1 or OS/2 . |
| 27 | undertake a range of non-chronological writing which includes , for pupils working towards level 2 , some at least of lists , captions , labels , invitations , greeting cards , notices , posters and , for pupils working towards level 3 , plans and diagrams , descriptions , eg of a person or place , and notes for an activity , eg in science or designing and making ; |
| 28 | Given that many futures exchanges are closely regulated either under the FSA or applicable foreign legislation , on-exchange transactions ( which includes matching back-to-back contracts between an exchange member and its client ) are less regulated than off-exchange contracts . |
| 29 | It can be argued ( though I do not have space to do it here ) , that there is an incoherence in a view of the subject which regards all notions of unity as an illusion . |
| 30 | Georg Mautner Markhof , 65 , a leading industrialist , had announced his resignation as an FPÖ vice-president on Feb. 27 . |