Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb base] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is hereby ascertained that nine pints and one choppin of the said Standard measure make a peck , and that sixteen pecks make a Boll . " |
| 2 | Whatever advertisers and their agencies may think about the respective merits of Conservative , Labour or even Liberal Democrat administrations , general election mean a windfall of about £10m worth of business for media owners and a favoured few advertising agencies — reportedly some £8m of that spent by the Conservatives , £2m by Labour and a meagre £250,000 by the Liberal Democrats . |
| 3 | The Company may before such expiry make an offer or agreement which would or might require equity securities to be allotted after such expiry and the Directors may allot equity securities in pursuance of such offer or agreement as if the powers conferred thereby had not expired . ’ |
| 4 | unless renewed , expire fifteen months after the passing of this Resolution or at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company , whichever is the earlier , save that the Company may prior to such expiry make an offer or agreement which would or might require equity securities to be allotted after such expiry and the Directors may allot equity securities in pursuance of such offer or agreement as if the power conferred hereby had not expired . ’ |
| 5 | Opinion poll findings of this kind raise a problem . |
| 6 | One assumption is that any intelligent species will in due course develop a technology , just as we have done . |
| 7 | The Buid make an effort to reduce the suffering , or , at least , the struggling , of domesticated animals when they are slaughtered . |
| 8 | But perhaps worst of all , it has been clearly demonstrated that while a change in attitudes to a brand or product can precede a purchase of that brand , it can equally well follow the purchase : does attitude change influence a purchase , or does it merely result from it ? — since people often feel the need to justify a purchase , especially a major purchase , after they have made it . |
| 9 | If the pump or cable develop a fault , the electrical supply is immediately cut off . |
| 10 | The introduction of the national curriculum and new modes of assessment provide a context for the study . |
| 11 | The official receiver must in every case send a copy of the certificate to the trustee and file a copy at court ( r 6.120(5) ) . |
| 12 | The wider areas of open space to the south and east of the reserve provide a mosaic of habitats , coastal grassland , scrub , bush and rabbit-grazed patches . |
| 13 | In this sense , the ‘ essential ’ standards established at Community level provide a baseline ; provided goods and services meet these baseline standards , they must be permitted free access to the whole Community market . |
| 14 | If Pine v. Collacott itself had originally been under challenge in your Lordships ' House on the ground that in an obligatory section 7(4) case the simple requirement that the driver provide a specimen of blood without reference to the possible alternative of urine was insufficient , I should have been inclined to reject that challenge . |
| 15 | Is he really trying to convince the people of Britain , as they tried to do then , that policies of this kind provide a basis for sustained recovery and sustained growth ? |
| 16 | This method works fairly well provided that the publishers of the index provide a conversion table enabling the current figures to be related to earlier figures , and usually they do so . |
| 17 | Even so , recent re-estimates of their weighting suggest a degree of caution in evaluating their contribution . |
| 18 | In a diagram : Verbs such as try evoke a movement towards the beginning of the infinitive event but do not reach it , whereas verbs like manage take one all the way up to the point of actual realization . |
| 19 | Many databases which use SQL provide a QBE interface so that inexperienced users can formulate queries quickly ( the data definition will usually have been carried out by a more experienced user using SQL and complex queries will also use SQL ) . |
| 20 | Scanning and monitoring provide a picture of what has already taken place and what is happening . |
| 21 | Both their establishment and function suggest an element of ageism — that older people themselves are not capable of organizing and deciding appropriate agendas . |
| 22 | In one way these three decades of horror provide a parable of how we try to explain evil in humanity . |
| 23 | The early stages in the evolution of warning coloration pose a paradox . |
| 24 | ‘ There are indications of scorching and the presence of particles of smokeless powder suggest a firearm wound , the weapon having been discharged at close range . ’ |
| 25 | Thus , an assessor has to bring to the assessment process a matrix of skills , knowledge , and experience in order to translate information into understanding . |
| 26 | 11.7 When an employee has been assaulted in the course of duty , the police must be called unless the manager and employee make a case for this not to be done . |
| 27 | Both events have racing tomorrow and Sunday , and on Sunday Carlingford Lough Yacht Club host a North Coast trophy meeting for the Optimist Class . |
| 28 | 3.13 Reference to " consent of the Landlord " or words to similar effect mean a consent in writing signed by or on behalf of the Landlord and to " approved " and " authorised " or words to similar effect mean ( as the case may be ) approved or authorised in writing by or on behalf of the Landlord |
| 29 | But it was the possibility of attack from ships which concerned him most ; and he proposed that he and Moray make a survey , by boat , to consider what , if anything , might be done protectively . |
| 30 | Would this island 's coral make an airstrip for fighters ? |