Example sentences of "[noun sg] [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And you know very well that as soon as you start to launch yourself into the world of contracting by , by its very nature a contract a a automatically has loopholes in it , and the more you write in a contract the more loopholes you 've got . |
| 2 | New tees lurked in the trees on several holes , and were skilfully placed to bring into play the same hazards which threatened the club players from their tees . |
| 3 | In this case the same precautions apply and it is even more important to deal with ownership of copyright otherwise the agency ( as employer ) could turn out to be the ultimate owner of the copyright . |
| 4 | In each case the court seeks to assess and award damages that are equivalent to the loss sustained by the plaintiff — in each case the same heads of damage are recoverable and in each case similar deductions have to be made . |
| 5 | The Canine Defence League refuses to find new homes for abandoned animals until well after the holiday , in case the same dogs are given as presents and then dumped again . |
| 6 | After this they went on board the several ships in that harbour and struck their yards in order to prevent them from proceeding to sea . |
| 7 | Climbing sports originate for the most part from bush types ‘ sporting ’ extra long canes which still bear the same flowers as the parent . |
| 8 | However , what I feel will be of interest to many rose gardeners , bearing in mind the many questions asked , is an explanation of terms like Hybrid Tea , Floribunda , Polyantha , and the rest . |
| 9 | Walking the half-mile to Chapel market , she turned over and over in her mind the many questions about the murder that remained unanswered . |
| 10 | Tallymen and check traders , and perhaps to some extent local moneylenders ( sometimes in practice the same individuals ) , exercise — on a very much smaller scale — an influence opposite to the one which will be described below under ‘ Banks ’ . |
| 11 | And although this particular episode in the end solved no major scientific problem , it serves a crucial role in bringing to light the many aspects of what science is all about and what it means to do good science . |
| 12 | Forcing herself to keep her actions smooth and steady , she tightened the sail again and turned the wheel a few degrees the other way . |
| 13 | Balanced lightly on the balls of her feet , Polly turned the wheel a few degrees as Seawitch heeled over . |
| 14 | He failed to find a seat at the next general election , but came in for the family borough a few weeks later , and acted as teller against his patron 's impeachment . |
| 15 | At the beginning of the year he signed for the Oxford Products Ducati team but the link-up never quite worked out and Robert ended the association a few weeks ago . |
| 16 | He was lounging back against the tree trunk a few yards away , consulting his compass and studying the map intently . |
| 17 | There was the proliferative retinopathy episode a few weeks ago , and when she was hospitalised for the threatened toxaemia we found that her blood glucose was actually better controlled at home now than in hospital … |
| 18 | no fuss and I said ooh , I said I forgot about her being forty , I bought the card a few weeks ago |
| 19 | Baxter and Puskas renewed their friendship a few years later in Glasgow when Real Madrid came to play a European Cup against Rangers . |
| 20 | I was in the air force a few years later . ’ |
| 21 | He got me a ring a few years ago . |
| 22 | Covered from neck to knee in a thick towelling robe , she swept back into the bedroom a few moments later . |
| 23 | The fourth member of the farmhouse group was led blinking out of his bedroom a few seconds later , a thin , scrawny young man with lank hair . |
| 24 | The media commentator Michael Leapman , writing in the Independent on Sunday , observed that ‘ she has not usually done well in other roles … her Panorama programme on TV violence a few years ago was not judged a critical success . ’ |
| 25 | But Ninagawa stops the action every few minutes to make tiny adjustments . |
| 26 | His presence in the pitch darkness was marked only by the dull glow of a cigarette , its red tip pulsing into light every few moments to reveal the black pencil of the Colonel 's moustache as he sat , immobile behind his desk , reflecting on the previous day 's visitor . |
| 27 | Out in the open firth a few gannets were flying about , watching for any fish movement and occasionally making what seemed like exploratory dives . |
| 28 | rachel says she learnt to ski with Chantelle at Gloucester five years ago … she has been out to the snow a few times this season and to be good you have to be able to get out there but this slope is good … and almost like the real thing |
| 29 | She came back out onto the terrace a few minutes later . |
| 30 | He has had the great distinction of having to deny past intelligence experience — when the former Cabinet Secretary made his allegation a few years ago . |