Example sentences of "[conj] a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 31 | The specific volume changes linearly with temperature up to a transition region where a change of slope occurs , after which the curve continues linearly but at a steeper gradient ; Tg is usually defined s the point at which the tangents to the two curves intersect . |
| 32 | Earlier that day we had been in the yard of a house near the front line , among groves of frost-damaged mandarins , where a unit of some 50 Georgians was preparing to ‘ clean ’ a group of Abkhazians ( or Russians , as the Georgians claimed ) from their side of the river . |
| 33 | If English is to be dropped , parents worry over the ability of their children to hold their own in the jungle of career-making , where a knowledge of English carries a premium . |
| 34 | There is a suggestion that banknote paper was made here once , and there is also evidence of a button factory where a row of cottages now stands . |
| 35 | We passed a small park where a row of conscript soldiers slept beneath the trees . |
| 36 | ‘ Great God , look , ’ Edward shouted , ‘ a pillar of fire , ’ and pointed upwards where a rush of living flame burgeoned from the chimney like a fiery tulip against the vivid blue of the sky . |
| 37 | Still on the right and at eye level on Kampa Island are the eaves of the House of the Virgin Mary , where a painting of the Virgin which was said to have come floating downstream has been used as a house sign and a cult object . |
| 38 | Where a reduction of share capital of this nature is proposed which does not affect the cash resources of the company , and creditors are not affected because of the subsequent restoration of issued share capital , it is usual for the court to dispense with an enquiry as to creditors . |
| 39 | In the academy , where a semblance of pluralism persists , it is perfectly acceptable to introduce elements of Women 's Studies material into the curriculum which , during the last fifteen years or so , has also made space for Black Studies , the teaching of race relations and working-class history . |
| 40 | The history of invention is replete with instances , like Carothers ' discovery of nylon , where a flash of insight to the possibilities of totally unanticipated results led to great discoveries that would otherwise have been missed . |
| 41 | Thus , to return to the arguments mobilized against the CLRC 's proposal : the chief difference in protection of the vulnerable between the present system and the CLRC 's is that the latter had a maximum penalty of two years ' imprisonment , whereas life imprisonment is available where a defence of diminished responsibility succeeds ; and the fundamental ethical problems are now swept under the carpet by a combination of a stretched diagnosis of ‘ abnormality of mind ’ and the ample judicial sentencing discretion , whereas the CLRC 's proposal attempted to make the issues justiciable . |
| 42 | Standard Condition 6.6.5 provides that where a deposit of less than 10% is taken on exchange , the balance of the 10% becomes payable immediately on service of a notice to complete . |
| 43 | The Disciplinary Code in Schedule 1 to the Police ( Discipline ) Regulations 1985 contains an offence of ‘ improper disclosure of information ’ , which is committed where a member of a police force without proper authority communicates to any person , any information which he has in his possession as a member of a police force . |
| 44 | Improper disclosure of information , which offence is committed where a member of a police force ( a ) without proper authority communicates to any person , any information which he has in his possession as a member of a police force … |
| 45 | The circumstances are : where the adjudications authority failed to take into account specific evidence before it relating to a claim ; where a member of staff did not submit or record relevant evidence ; or where an adjudication officer overlooked and misconstrued a provision in legislation or case law . |
| 46 | There may even be considerable altruism on the part of the donor , particularly where a member of the family is also a student in the institution . |
| 47 | Where a member of staff was previously satisfied with work practice in a section , he or she may become a discontented or frustrated worker , because expectations were increased , together with knowledge and skill , only to be stifled by lack of interest on return to work . |
| 48 | The symbol is widely used in shops and so on , where a member of the staff is happy to be helpful . |
| 49 | Local authorities have a statutory duty to provide accommodation for homeless households in ‘ priority need ’ ( eg households with dependent children or where a member of the household is vulnerable due to mental illness or old age ) . |
| 50 | Where a member of a board is not re-elected to the authority which appointed him at an ordinary election , he remains a board member until the first meeting of the authority after the election . |
| 51 | There are such cases — where a novel idea originated with the Committee 's Opinion and is then taken into the legislation , where a national judge or European Advocate-General cites a Committee report or where a member of the European Parliament says in evidence that he will prepare an amendment to respond to a concern expressed by a sub-committee and then does so . |
| 52 | Where a member of the Parliamentary Labour Party is representing this party in parliament for the first time the above ( normal ) procedure shall be set in motion not earlier than eighteen months after his or her election as Member of Parliament . |
| 53 | ( 2 ) this rule does not apply where a member of the public deposits money with a solicitor who is acting as agent for a building society or other financial institution and the solicitor has not advised that person as a client as to the disposition of the money . |
| 54 | It 's the tenth time already this year Thames Valley Police have dealt with an offence where a member of the public 's been threatened with a gun . |
| 55 | Isambard 's hand on his shoulder brought him to the bench at the end of the room , where a film of stone-dust coated the floor , and several fragments of carvings and half-cut blocks of stone lay pushed together against the wall , as though discarded long ago . |
| 56 | She went into the shadowy house , where a boy of about four was holding his arm . |
| 57 | ‘ If you 're going to enjoy Tivoli as it deserves to be enjoyed , I think for tonight at least we should call a truce , ’ he suggested , apparently unaware of her intense reaction to his touch , as they walked past the Pantominteatret , where a performance of the traditional Italian pantomime was taking place on the open-air stage . |
| 58 | Other types of terrace also exist , such as the ridge terrace where a ridge of earth on the lower side and a channel on the upper side provide the mechanism for increased water retention and infiltration , and reduction and deceleration of surface run off . |
| 59 | 93 ) , where a border of crowstep pattern encloses a design of four swastika-peltae arranged around a small , chequered square . |
| 60 | III ) , where a border of crowstep pattern encloses a mixed ( or failed ? ) meander of swastika and greek key , to the west of which lies a four-swastika meander design . |