Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In any event , in due course a suitable solatium in the form of an apology was offered to Harold Wilson — or at lest a solatium which he regarded as suitable since he possesses the invaluable quality of being able to convince himself of the correctness of whatever he does — and the matter ended . |
| 2 | That the names have survived with little alteration to the present day suggests both a greater stability in continuity than before and a stronger cultural impact than the Romans had had on the local native population . |
| 3 | So this kind of erm interest in children and in whether a couple are able to have children or not is has obviously been lying at the back of his mind has n't he ? |
| 4 | All — his pride in his memory , his sense of the internationale of writers , painters , musicians , and the aristocrats , his study of form as technique ( no contours , no edges , intellectual concepts , but rounding , thrusting , as a splash of color , as Yeats described his aim in the Cantos … ) it is all a huge AESTHETICISM , ending in hate for Jews , Reds , change , the content and matter often of disaster , a loss of future , and in that a fatality as death-full as those for whom the atom bomb is Armageddon , not Apocalypse . |
| 5 | To do this the Commission must have regard to barriers to entry likely to deter new market entrants and to whether a result of the merger is likely to be a significant raising of those barriers . |
| 6 | Similar analysis establishes that when and since it follows that the third-order response exhibits maxima of unity at and at and a minimum of at . |
| 7 | Melissa touched her arm ; still she did not move but as if a tap had been opened , tears spilt from her eyes and began streaming down her face . |
| 8 | But the question must remain as to whether a Japanese giant with five times the turnover of the Virgin group will be content to stay a minority player in the long term . |
| 9 | Sir : Your Outlook Column ( 3 October ) ended with the statement : But the question must remain as to whether a Japanese giant with five times the turnover of the Virgin Group will be content to stay a minority player . |
| 10 | There is some doubt as to whether a latent inhibitor can produce this effect . |
| 11 | Controversy really begins when there are varying views as to whether a house is worth saving . |
| 12 | It depends upon the problem of each horse as to whether a Chambon or side-reins are used . |
| 13 | In many situations there is little real choice as to whether a verbal or written presentation is desirable . |
| 14 | As to whether a preserved aquarium is required , or merely a preserved fish , the text is unclear . |
| 15 | It was interesting to note that the responses to the CRUS question as to whether a member of library staff was designated as training officer also indicated that title held is not necessarily indicative of time devoted to training . |
| 16 | If there is any doubt as to whether a proposed course of action is consistent with the EC competition rules , you should , where appropriate with professional advisers , discuss the draft agreement or proposed arrangement with DG IV . |
| 17 | A test was laid down in 1987 as to whether a vehicle was intended or adapted for use on roads . |
| 18 | Teachers should enquire as to whether a low vision aid would be appropriate for an individual low vision child in their class . |
| 19 | Elsewhere , opinions differ greatly as to whether a move into care management is a move towards management or a further development of practice . |
| 20 | There was some confusion in court as to whether a private prosecution can be withdrawn once it has been decided that there is a case to answer . |
| 21 | The question as to whether a specific hypothesis is confirmed or not confirmed by the data is in principle different from the issue of whether the research findings can be generalized to a wider population . |
| 22 | During 1988 there was considerable uncertainty as to whether a slowing down of spending was taking place . |
| 23 | These validity studies compared clinical opinion as to whether a respondent showed signs of dementia with their score upon the scale . |
| 24 | The Department of the Environment has become involved in discussions as to whether a local authority was entitled to specify that a contractor for refuse collection must hire council vehicles , or to refuse permission to outside tenderers to use a council depot ( Hughes 1989:20 ) . |
| 25 | A question was raised in the 1978 Special Commission as to whether a ‘ judicial authority ’ meant a judge . |
| 26 | He found no dissent from this view , although there was disagreement as to whether a State whose security was affected by the conclusion of a treaty between other States could likewise intervene . |
| 27 | The decision as to whether a family will be started and how large it will be rests with the Parents to a greater extent than at any time in history . |
| 28 | Weather and seasonal variations affect flows and , in turn , judgments as to whether a particular effluent is polluting . |
| 29 | This issue involves a question of principle as to whether a local authority can sue for libel and not a decision to be made in respect of each individual action . |
| 30 | This principle , he submitted , is further exemplified by the line of the Court of Justice authority which shows that the jurisdiction of the court may be invoked under this article where there is a dispute between the parties as to whether a contract in fact exists , but only if that dispute is real and genuine . |