Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun pl] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Discipline was very severe at that school , with the cane for the boys and the strap for the girls an everyday thing . |
| 2 | The prize list promises awards in excess of £1,000 , while for the locals an extensive sponsorship deal will ensure there are prizes all through the field . |
| 3 | During the talks an agreement was reached to withdraw all armed forces from both countries from disputed areas on the Lao-Thai border , namely the districts surrounding the village of Ban Rom Klao , the scene of heavy fighting in late 1987 and early 1988 [ see p. 36292 ] , and the three villages of Ban Mai , Ban Klang and Ban Sawang , the scene of fighting in 1984 [ see p. 33662 ] . |
| 4 | In fact in most of the experiments an infra-red filter was used and in this case only the tungsten source is relevant , as was explained earlier . |
| 5 | Loyal Norling praised the refereeing of the games ; but from where I was sitting in most of the games an unfit Norling with his flair and two good touch judges would have been preferable to most of the referees I saw . |
| 6 | For each of the areas an environmental traffic management strategy was formulated and ‘ before ’ studies on the existing traffic and environmental situation carried out . |
| 7 | It was during this period that savage Turkish reprisals against Balkan nationalist movements gave the last of the sultans an unsavoury reputation for religious persecution which has coloured the writings of some western historians in their assessment of the whole record of the Ottoman empire . |
| 8 | 15.1 This agreement is an executory agreement only and shall not operate or be deemed to operate as a demise of the Premises An executory agreement is an agreement to be followed by a lease , usually after various preliminary matters have been dealt with or some future act has been done , eg works have been completed . |
| 9 | ‘ There is in the political thought of the Germans an old tradition which allows consciousness to escape from complicated political circumstances into the promise of the pure idea ’ . |
| 10 | Aug 14–Oct 16 Golden Warriors of the Steppes An exhibition of gold antiquities from the National Museum of Ukraine . |
| 11 | Broadly speaking , one might say that , in monarchical law , punishment is a ceremonial of sovereignty ; it uses the ritual marks of the vengeance that it applies to the body of the condemned man ; and it deploys before the eyes of the spectators an effect of terror as intense as it is discontinuous , irregular and always above its own laws , the physical presence of the sovereign and of his power . |
| 12 | Many of the actions were symbolically linked with older rituals , often used in the past to give the demands of the participants an acceptable face . |
| 13 | Lastly , a reminder that the Jed-Forest v Melrose match at Riverside kicks-off at 2pm , with the others an hour later . |
| 14 | Other Rational Dissenters held back from Priestley 's particular arguments but shared with the Priestleyans an urgent commitment to influencing moral life through advocacy of ‘ great and universally allowed principles of religion and morality … in all their boundless and beneficent application to the concerns of public and private life , of national and individual conduct , of politics , literature , art , philosophy and the condition of society ’ ( W. J. Fox ) . |
| 15 | Its grandiose modernization plan of the early 1980s was presented as its contribution to the ‘ struggle against unemployment ’ ( RENFE 1982m : 9 ) , and when in 1981 it negotiated with the unions an increase in staff of 7,000 , the chairman defended the agreement as ‘ an appropriate response to [ RENFE 's ] public service task ’ ( quoted in El País , 12 December 1981 ) . |
| 16 | He pointed out that under the proposals an extra 42 places would be reserved for the disabled in Abbot 's Yard , near High Row and Skinnergate . |
| 17 | In 1326 Scotland and France had concluded a new alliance , the Treaty of Corbeil , under which the French , while not being required to take military action on behalf of the Scots in any future conflict with England , agreed to give them diplomatic support , while the French obtained from the Scots an agreement to attack England in the event of war between the French and the English . |
| 18 | Vassiliou told Cyprus ' National Council ( the senior Greek Cypriot advisory body , which included leaders of the four main parties ) on June 29 that Boutros-Ghali had used in the discussions an " informal map " , showing possible territorial allocations within a bizonal state . |
| 19 | In the mid-1970s an argument for the existence of a black hole at the Galactic Centre came from the discovery of a γ -ray line at 511keV ( ref. 78 ) attributed to the annihilation of electrons and positrons from the general direction of the nucleus . |
| 20 | Another local man added : ‘ People have been attacked in the streets an robbed . |
| 21 | Accordingly in the Rules an incorporated practice which has been so recognised is referred to as a ‘ recognised body ’ . |
| 22 | These arguments , which often became violent , implanted in the parents an entrenched bitterness that surfaced as hate to Andrew 's face . |
| 23 | Mohamed claimed that " the anti-tropical timber activists see in the Penans an opportunity to put a human face to their campaign for temperate timber . |
| 24 | In the Mercers an assessment of £100 , or even £200 , was appropriate for a liveryman ; in the Merchant Taylors , Haberdashers and ( perhaps ) Grocers , £40 ; for Drapers , Fishmongers , Goldsmiths and Skinners , approximately £20 ; and as little as £5 in the remaining three . |
| 25 | Chinese philsophers , gourmets and poets have produced over the centuries an extensive literature devoted to tea and its presumed effects upon the body and soul . |
| 26 | Over the years an archive of find spots has been collected and distribution maps can be drawn . |
| 27 | Burleigh itself had been founded — no , started — between the wars , had survived the Depression ( as the South of England middle classes in general had so signally managed to coast blithely through the Depression ) and had offered over the years an alternative to the Grammar , Secondary Modern and Technical Schools of the town of Cullbridge . |
| 28 | According to the reports an explosion caused by staff negligence had destroyed a nuclear waste dump , spreading radioactive particles downwind of the Kyshtym plant for over 100 km and necessitating the evacuation of more than 10,000 people . |
| 29 | This approach generates another duty for designers and ergonomists , to present to the users an array of possible options which will aid their discussions and choices . |
| 30 | Prior to the meetings an agreement had been signed in Moscow on Oct. 5 by Camdessus and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev establishing a special association between the Fund and the Soviet Union . |