Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Answer guide : A creditor represents an amount owing by an enterprise to a third party . |
| 2 | ‘ Foundationalism ’ means that an external set of phenomena imposes an order on , or serves as a ‘ foundation , for , a given cultural practice . |
| 3 | Westwood offers an account of how the structures of gender , ethnicity and class fit together for a specific group of women workers . |
| 4 | Each of the other fundamental rights reveals an aspect of the value of private autonomy , whereas , in contrast , a right to enforce a contract involves an assertion of the justice of commandeering state power to curtail economic liberty and restrict autonomy . |
| 5 | The accusation that the adventure story offers an escape for adult readers implies that the escape is into a kind of second childhood or , at the least , suggests a limited expectation of a novel 's purpose . |
| 6 | Any such decision involves an attempt to equate the incommensurable . |
| 7 | MAS 's performance at this stage and at subsequent meetings represents an opportunity to raise the profile of MAS which , if we impress sufficiently , may provide future work for MAS and KPMG in general . |
| 8 | The criteria for selection for reporting are that the case involves an issue of legal principle and contributes to the orderly development of the law . |
| 9 | The case involves an attack on PC Bob Holt in Cheltenham in January . |
| 10 | The case involves an attack on PC Bob Holt in January . |
| 11 | Thus the heat expelled by the computer 's cooling fan means that when a computer records an item in memory , the total amount of disorder in the universe still goes up . |
| 12 | The possibility that relative antral hypoacidity induced by regular smoking produces an increase in parietal cell mass via a feedback mechanism mediated by gastrin is discussed : such a mechanism would explain the previously reported positive correlation between maximal gastric secretion of acid and the total dose of cigarettes . |
| 13 | If , as Kobena Mercer suggests , white , middle-class sexual politics is over-preoccupied with the ‘ self ’ , and psychotherapy and psychology as its corollary ( Mercer and Julien , ‘ A Dossier ’ , 123 ) , Fanon offers an alternative whereby the existential dimension is rendered inextricably social , and on virtually every page . |
| 14 | When the retailer receives an answer to his enquiry , giving the information he requested , he may decide to write to the manufacturer again , asking for a quotation for a large quantity of the product . |
| 15 | This course offers an MSc in surgical science , and those with a primary motivation towards an academic career will be able to proceed to PhD registration . |
| 16 | ‘ Teaching offers an escape route for the more fortunate members of the working classes . ’ |
| 17 | The National Curriculum offers an opportunity for a school to engage in critical thinking about practice . |
| 18 | The theory of ideology offers an account of the role of knowledge in society that enables its analyses to operate as critique . |
| 19 | In practice this is unlikely , however , because changing the state of a cell is likely to involve energy consumption irrespective of whether the change involves an increase or decrease in activity . |
| 20 | Tesco 's exciting range of low alcohol and alcohol-free products offers an adult alternative to soft drinks . |
| 21 | This building has an entrance opening directly into the farmyard and many of the farm 's activities , such as manure collection , would have been concentrated in this area . |
| 22 | That is , if unc then T contains an element t such that unc for any other z ε T. |
| 23 | UniTree , used primarily in the scientific world — Convex Computer Corp has an implementation and Floating Point Systems Inc picked it up before it turned up its toes — is an implementation of the IEEE Mass Storage Reference Model and automatically migrates files among disk and tape libraries . |
| 24 | And there is the factor that there is a need to diversify the economy of York generally erm and also erm to ensure that the new settlement has an employment component . |
| 25 | The Christian has an obligation to try to persuade the sinner to give up his or her sin but he has no right to prevent the determined sinner from following his chosen course . |
| 26 | The harmonization of laws affecting domestic transactions in member States has an effect on international transactions in that within the field covered by the harmonizing measures these obviate the need to resort to conflict of laws rules and thus achieve one of the objectives of a Convention regulating international transactions . |
| 27 | Bourjois ' Cil 18 Heures Mascara , £3.79 , for instance contains an ingredient called a hydrophobic polymer which improves the mascara 's resistance to water , whilst Lancôme 's Definicil Mascara , £12 , has a brush made of a substance called Rislan designed to be extra gentle on your lashes . |
| 28 | Like Ali 's mom , Lonnie is light-skinned , splashed with a galaxy of freckles ; her hair has an aura of redness to it , and she is roundish and tall and strong . |
| 29 | In Malaysian electronics , this ‘ has sometimes led to the ridiculous situation whereby a company based near a factory producing ICs places an order with the manufacturer 's parent company or regional marketing office . |
| 30 | CPRW has an image of being mainly composed of people from one social group and one age group ; a point made by our President in the summer edition of Rural Wales . |