Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun sg] a " in BNC.

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1 This will be done by giving for each subject a brief clinical case description , based on the application of a standard diagnostic schedule , to be described at the end of the chapter .
2 For each subject a stool form score was calculated by simple addition of their three gradings , giving a range from 3 ( consistently constipated ) to 18 ( consistently loose ) .
3 ‘ When they 're right for each other a Gemini and a Sagittarian can have a wonderful , magical , lasting relationship .
4 For each proposal a group was given the task assembling all the arguments in favour of the development , while another , the reasons against .
5 Since the standard deviations of the scores from the 16 trials using the 17 or 21 item scale were similar , for each scale a weighted average of these standard deviations was used to calculate a standard error for each of the 33 studies .
6 For each question a score 0 to 3 is possible and the depression scale has a range of 0 — 21 .
7 Moreover , all pupils were to be subject to annual tests in reading , writing and arithmetic , administered by HMI , and 2s. 8d. ( approximately 14p ) was to be deducted from the grant for each test a child failed .
8 Any of the following tests would be regarded as suitable proof : Passes in the JMB Test in English ( Overseas ) at grade 3 or better up to June 1989 , the JMB Test in English for Speakers of Other Languages from March 1990 ; the AEB Test in English for Educational Purposes at grade III or better in listening , reading and writing ; the Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English at grade C or better ; the Oxford-Arels Examination ( Higher level ) at Credit or Distinction level ; the IELTS ( British Council/University of Cambridge ) , with an average score of 6 or better and for each component a score of 5 or better ; TOEFL with a score of 550 or better ; the London GCE O level Syllabus B in English Language at grade C or better or in an approved SCE or GCE syllabus in English are acceptable for this purpose .
9 ( ii ) To have for each employee a single computer record containing all personnel and payroll details held on a central database .
10 For each subgroup a Wilcoxon signed rank test was used to compare before and after treatment concentrations of gastric juice ascorbic acid and total vitamin C , plasma total vitamin C , and the ratio of gastric juice to plasma vitamin C. The estimated median within subject before to after treatment differences and their approximate 95% confidence intervals were calculated using Minitab procedure WINT .
11 All work within the group is assigned as projects , and for each project a project coordinator is appointed .
12 Mr Alan Milburn said new funding arrangements from April meant companies and training providers would be paid £28 a week for each trainee a drop of £3 on last year .
13 For each item a correct response was given a score of 1 and an incorrect , not sure , or missing response was scored as 0 .
14 For each band a photodiode sends a signal proportional to the intensity of the incoming radiation to a dedicated pre-amplifier whose output is fed to a meter unit .
15 29 Growing Noble Metals through Total Quality a look at how Noble Metals in Royston is growing in what continues to be a depressed marketplace
16 But it was n't worth fifty pound a week .
17 During that year a directive was issued by the Bishop of Carlisle to the vicar of Crosthwaite ; the 18 sworn men ; the churchwardens ; and a number of dignitaries , were to assemble in committee at Crosthwaite Church and elect 18 sidesmen , and new churchwardens for the ensuing year — these to take an appropriate oath office .
18 For indoor recreation a local leisure centre and a swimming pool are hired on Wednesday afternoons by the University for the exclusive use of students .
19 For that purpose a derivative bounty of the kind conferred by the exercise of a special power of appointment may be enough .
20 For that reason a divisor should be chosen that is not itself divisible by 2 , 3 , 5 , 10 or any of their simple multiples .
21 An image of God as a person like ourselves — for instance an old man on a cloud , or for that matter a young man from Nazareth — can , therefore , be deeply misleading .
22 But if only I had been right , if only it were just Kinnock , or for that matter a couple of remediable policies or the voting system , that were the problem .
23 In the present case , there is no express or implied requirement in the Criminal Justice Act 1967 that a decision fixing the tariff period , or for that matter a decision to release a prisoner on licence , must be taken by the Secretary of State personally .
24 There would be erm the possibility of the unitary authorities themselves getting together to prepare joint structure plans , so in as , as , instead of having a joint authority with er members joining in , in one committee to oversee the preparation of the plan , there would be individual authorities er working to their own committees with members er operating separately , but preparing through that mechanism a joint structure plan and the third option would be for each authority itself to prepare a unitary development plan , incorporating both strategic policies and the sorts of policies that we are currently seeing and familiar with in local plans .
25 when you go into the villa , A you 've , got to have a car because there 's not a shop and B you 're a long way from the airport and if you get taxis you 're talking about fifty pound a touch from the airport , so that 's twice , so there 's a hundred pound gone already
26 He then wired through each hole a Christmas tree light bulb connected to a battery and a bell-push button .
27 With signals of about this level a signal to noise ratio of 70dB to 80dB should be obtained .
28 This state of affairs has complicated my present task , since what was current when I began thinking about this book a few years ago , and , indeed , when working on earlier drafts of it , is now ceasing to be so .
29 About this time a detailed correspondence , lasting for twenty years , started between Sloane and Ray .
30 About this time a new librarian , Suzy Chaplin , arrived at our school and she took a keen interest in anything the students were doing .
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