Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [subord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are a lot of herbs for when a child falls ill . |
| 2 | The proposal is likely to divide the group since some councils are voicing doubts about whether a referendum is the best way forward . |
| 3 | Femininity is fine , but suggestiveness is n't — the office is not the place for braless nipples or knickerless minis , and if you 've any doubts about whether an outfit is unsuitable , do n't wear it ; |
| 4 | Disputes about whether a reference had been to an expert or an arbitrator have produced many lawsuits . |
| 5 | John twitched his great shoulders as if a wasp had landed on them . |
| 6 | Erm , as I 've said before , I have reservations about whether a much increased figure about above the County Council 's er proposal could be accommodated within Ryedale District Council , and I if the figure above that is proposed I would suggest that the extra is accommodated within the new settlement , which I presume the ar argue answer you would have expected from Ryedale , erm Barton Willmore 's figure is based on an assumption that they believe that within Ryedale there is a capacity to increase past building rates , I would refute that , erm the building rates in Southern Ryedale I would suggest were abnormally high , because of the development of Clifton Moor airfield , the North Western part of the Southern Ryedale district , sorry South Western part . |
| 7 | In other cases , individual workers made their own judgements about whether a person was likely to benefit from the care programme approach . |
| 8 | ‘ After the date of the publication of a complete specification and until the sealing of a patent in respect thereof , the applicant shall have the like privileges and rights as if a patent for the invention had been sealed on the date of the publication of the complete specification : Provided that an applicant shall not be entitled to institute any proceedings for infringement until the patent has been sealed . |
| 9 | He was unable to comment on questions about whether an IRA cell might be operating in the area . |
| 10 | There is a close link between the vexed questions of whether an offer of employment is ‘ suitable ’ and whether a refusal is ‘ unreasonable ’ . |
| 11 | In these cases one never finds a whole tree fossilized , and it is necessary to piece together the whole plant by making intelligent guesses about whether a frond of one kind is persistently found with a particular fossil trunk . |
| 12 | The effect of task difficulty in terms of whether a purely lateralised effect or a bilateral effect ( symmetrical or asymmetrical with respect to the two hands ) is observed thus appears to depend upon the nature of the two competing tasks . |
| 13 | This authority has been doubted because of the conflict that would arise were the receiver and the directors to have different views on whether an action should be brought and also on the handling of any counterclaim . |
| 14 | Judicial views on whether an agreement that the plaintiff will waive any claim against the defendant is necessary , are mixed . |
| 15 | Questions of possession/non-possession are not only crucial in cases of stale claims but have , since the 1985 House of Lords decision in Street v Mountford [ 1985 ] AC 809 , been fundamental in decisions about whether an occupier of property is categorised as a " tenant " or a " licensee " . |
| 16 | He asked the opinion of members on whether a ‘ Bring a Pensioner ’ scheme would be worth trying . |
| 17 | The hotel and its newly dug garden are protected from the winds and passing cows by a handsome new stone wall made in the old way — using the enormous smooth round boulders that litter the fields as if a giant 's child had grown bored with a game of marbles . |
| 18 | I need visionaries to see opportunities , I need trailblazers for when an area takes off , I need a firm hand when it matures . |
| 19 | Steam rose here and there , not in puffy , damp , friendly clouds as if a kettle was boiling , but in hissing , angry spurts , as if some unseen being was venting its spleen . |
| 20 | ( 1 ) The provisions of this Act mentioned in subsection ( 2 ) below shall apply to licensed canteens , to the holders of licences under this Part of this Act and to their employees and agents as if a licensed canteen were a public house and as if the licence-holder of a canteen were the licence holder of a public house . |
| 21 | ‘ We could see what looked like a range of hills from our window but they 'd gone by the morning — nothing left but huge ripples as if a great tide had come up and washed them away . |