Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the Euro-sceptics got support from an unexpected source on Monday evening . |
| 2 | sort of got kind of an odd relationship between the friends |
| 3 | Indeed the importance of the correct citing of an author 's spelling is regularly marked by the insertion of sic into a citation by a second author who wishes to disclaim responsibility for an aberrant spelling . |
| 4 | Education became part of an act of political will . |
| 5 | The Royal Commission 's proposals for the conurbations survived the Conservative government 's different attitude towards unitary local authorities and became part of an overall two-tier system . |
| 6 | The earliest date at which these four could have formed part of an ‘ organised backlash ’ would have been at least eighteen months after what Hall et al. |
| 7 | When parents have implicitly forbidden their otherwise relatively mature children to be fully sexual creatures , there can be enormous value in being given permission by an authoritative therapist to have and enjoy sex . |
| 8 | In 1773 a London eccentric , James Cox , a goldsmith with premises off Fleet Street , was given permission by an Act of Parliament to disperse a collection of curiosities which formed a small museum he ran . |
| 9 | Advertising is a potent force in maintaining smoking as an apparently socially acceptable habit : it swamps the health education message , reinforces the habit for those already hooked and recruits new smokers , the great majority of whom start as children . |
| 10 | Minister of Science William Waldegrave , may have released the first major UK government White Paper on science and technology for over 10 years yesterday , but information technology professionals need n't hold their breath : while Waldegrave seems to think we should count ourselves lucky because we 've got our own research council for the first time , it would be more truthful to say we 've been stuffed into the miscellaneous section of the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council , along with the electronic , electrical and communications industries ; our body , together with the Particle Physics and Sciences Research Council , will replace the Science and Engineering Research Council ; as a result , we will benefit ‘ from the same building of bridges between research bodies and industry ’ as the rest of the reorganised bodies and should experience interaction at an earlier stage — on the Japanese and German model . |
| 11 | Expressed in another way , in attributing existence to an entity one is not saying anything about that entity that has not already been said by naming it . |
| 12 | I have just completed part of an Extra Mural Study course in Art History and Modern Art . |
| 13 | He rejected the goals and policies of the German socialists and regarded communism as an unattainable Utopia . |
| 14 | These are objects for which the compact object is normally thought to be a neutron star ; the most popular model for the QPOs involves interaction between an accretion flow and the magnetosphere of the neutron star . |
| 15 | The limpet , like Neopilina , produces shell at an equal rate right round the circumference of the mantle and so builds a simple pyramid . |
| 16 | If you want to borrow money on an overdraft , ask your branch before doing so . |
| 17 | Erm we 've made a provision for interest payable on the loan on the assumption that we may have to borrow money on an overdraft basis . |
| 18 | The start of this session was one of the very few occasions when we specifically told the pupils how to conduct part of an activity . |
| 19 | Penson gave David Davies the job of preparing the foundations , embankment and approach road for the iron bridge over the Severn in the ‘ top sawyer 's ’ home town of Llandinam and was so pleased with his work that he recommended payment of an additional £15 over and above the contract price agreed . |
| 20 | The key point remains , however : research is seldom driven by curricular considerations , but is normally given direction by an interest structure based on academic careers and the public use of knowledge . |
| 21 | The socio-economic problems in West Germany as elsewhere have given rise to an inevitable resurgence of hostility towards ethnic and other minorities , and have put some pressure on the political system itself ( reflected in the emergence of the part ecological , part anti-nuclear , part general social protest ‘ Green Party ’ ) . |
| 22 | This humiliation has given rise to an array of bitter jokes , reversing the official slogans from the Maoist past . |
| 23 | I could afford the naked women but not the naked scepticism , the carping and sniping and the public washing of dirty linen which represents freedom to an English editor . |
| 24 | People living and working near a food factory are demanding action over an appalling smell emanating from the plant . |
| 25 | PETER SCUDAMORE , who breaks records as easily as a psychotic disc jockey , was at it again yesterday , shattering his own mark for the fastest 50 winners by a National Hunt jockey when he rode In-Keeping to an easy victory at Wincanton . |
| 26 | By accepting that there is a market and career structure for the Administrative Assistant as well as the Shorthand Secretary , it is possible to treat Shorthand as an optional subject rather than as a major core element . |
| 27 | As you are using gravel from an already established undergravel filter it will begin to function immediately . |
| 28 | Thus , a statutory provision allowing recourse to an alternative remedy will not readily be interpreted as requiring the alternative redress to be sought at the expense of an application to a court . |
| 29 | It is the only personal fellowship in Scottish history backed by industry and provides an excellent opportunity to support research in an underfunded area . |
| 30 | The Greek Cypriots got wind of an idea by Mr Hurd to meet Rauf Denktash on his own and they say that would be an unfriendly act . |