Example sentences of "[det] [conj] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that the object of the substituted section 9 of the Wills Act 1837 had been to simplify the requirements for the execution and witnessing of a will ; that the complementary requirements , of a signature and of an intention that the signature should give effect to the will , demanded a practical approach ; that a written name , not being a normal signature , was capable of being a signature for the purposes of section 9 ; but that where a testamentary document was signed before the dispositive provisions had been written , affirmative evidence was necessary to show that the testator had intended the signature to give effect to the provisions ; that by writing his name and the dispositive provisions in one single operation the deceased had provided such evidence ; and that , accordingly , the will had been duly executed ; but that , on the evidence , the deputy judge had been entitled to conclude that the onus on the defendants of establishing the testamentary capacity of the deceased had not been discharged ( post , pp. 588B–H , 589B–F , 592A–C ) . |
| 2 | it 's that or a new head torch , but if I got a new head torch it , it perhaps but they 're about , they 're about thirty quid I think |
| 3 | Mr the headmaster has recently applied to Paul 's present local authority London Borough of Merton for a classroom assistant for Paul for thirty hours per week he does not know whether he will get that or a lesser number of hours or none at all , he was repeatedly , in my view quite rightly , extremely reluctant to express any view about what the outcome of his application maybe , but , rather force time is to which we have to guess , his guess was that ten hours might be afforded but he was at pains to emphasize that that was pure guess work . |
| 4 | Either that or a one-hit wonder , an eventuality the Crocs are clearly banking on . |
| 5 | Please take the trouble to write this or a similar message and look at it often . |
| 6 | The purpose of such investigation will be to determine the precise nature of the incident , to examine the factors contributing to its occurrence and to identify any measures which might be taken to minimise the likelihood of a repetition of this or a similar incident . |
| 7 | She was a member of this or an allied tribe . |
| 8 | I can often discover our different species of Oaks , one from another , by their form of growth , half or a whole mile distance ; and I am sure he must be very sharp-sighted that can know them , at half that distance , by their leaves , acorns , and cups , all together . |
| 9 | Wittgenstein argued that the solipsist can not develop rules in the way required , and hence can not construct a language ; and we conclude from this that a certain programme in epistemology is not going to be available . |
| 10 | You know , there 's no point in wasting your time you know , logging everybody else , and you go to the boss , and you say , boss you know that personal management skills course that I , you said I should go on , so you proving what , you know , what a good person you are , because you 've remembered a month later what the course was called , erm , I , I was told on that course to keep an interruptions log , so you 're proving , you know , that you are a good person when you 've done this , and i see from this that a great deal of your valuable time is being eroded by my humble concerns , you know , something like that . |
| 11 | It logically follows from this that a fit person should need less sleep than an unfit one , or a man than a woman , or a grown-up than a child . |
| 12 | It was ironic in view of this that a hotly-disputed goal was to cost Arsenal the Cup in the 1932 final . |
| 13 | It will be clear from this that a proper approach will locate not only the appropriate level at which to resolve issues , but also the appropriate problem-solver . |
| 14 | Perhaps it is because of this that an alternative method of picking was developed . |
| 15 | If you find on reading this that an existing process would have benefited from different values at . |
| 16 | There 's more to this than a missing husband , is n't there ? ’ |
| 17 | It is only for the last century and a half that a direct picture becomes a convincing possibility . |
| 18 | And it may be a comforting thought to some that an Australian company is experimenting with eco-friendly coffins made of newspapers , which are cheap and biodegradable . |
| 19 | However , the bone does have spongy leprous changes , enabling a Physician ( or Physician 's Student ) to spot this if a successful Int test is made . |
| 20 | This and a similar arrangement by Kenneth II for lands in Lothian came to be regarded by the English as an admission that Scottish rulers were not equals but vassals in relation not merely to a few specific regions but to the whole of Scotland — which had never been contemplated by the Scottish signatories . |
| 21 | The violence of this and a similar incident was greater than " anything I have seen in my life short of war " . |
| 22 | Only a few minshuku are geared to this and a Japanese breakfast of salted fish , rice and miso ( soup ) is all that is available . |
| 23 | All the difference in the world between somewhere as spacious as this and a crowded tube carriage . |
| 24 | And the ladies all when they were dressed they would have a skirt made of this and a frilly blouse with a high neck and er a silver buckled belt round their waist . |
| 25 | With this and a preliminary draft of the expenditure plans , ministers had to go on arguing until they reach an agreed compromise . |
| 26 | In the light of this and a vivid description of an unexpected home delivery to my husband — we were taking no chances — and I was rushed to the Birmingham Maternity Hospital , with 5 minute contractions , the evening before the 2nd Estimated Day Delivery with what turned out to be a false alarm ! |
| 27 | ‘ Would you show me a little bit of this and a little bit of that ? |
| 28 | This and a little piece of elastoplast denied the most outrageous element of the visit to Babylon . |
| 29 | It 's no use doing a little bit of this and a little bit of that and getting absolutely nowhere , because you 'll get the two finger job . |
| 30 | All of this and a whole lot more , is yours when you open a Current Account with Midland . |