Example sentences of "[det] [conj] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | expressed the opinion , concurred in by the other members of the court , that a contractual right of one party to an action to have the costs of the action paid by another party to the action could not override the discretion as to costs given to the court by Ord. 62 , r. 3(2) and section 51(1) of the Act of 1981 , but that where an order for payment of the costs was sought , the discretion should ordinarily be exercised so as to reflect the contractual right . |
| 2 | Something 's got ta go , whether you give permission before this or an appeal . |
| 3 | Very commonplace today go in to Thomas Cook 's there 'll be a video running continually with one destination or another or an activity holiday etcetera . |
| 4 | It should be noted that it follows from this that an action in respect of a public law wrong can be a private action for present purposes if it is against a non-governmental body . |
| 5 | And it follows from this that an acceleration of this replacement will have the same effect as if there had been an increase in fixed capital . |
| 6 | In this way she developed her instinctive talent as a fashion editor ; she could instantly take a detail from this and an idea from that , while keeping well within her overall style . |
| 7 | The mechanisms to achieve this and an assessment of the errors involved are documented , together with an explanation of new and promising possibilities to relate polling districts and enumeration districts that can exploit the increased use of postcodes by the 1991 census . |
| 8 | Jan. 4 EC Foreign Ministers invite Aziz to talks in Luxembourg , but this and an offer on Jan. 9 for talks in Algiers are rejected . |
| 9 | As a result of this and an examination to collect volumetric data about the main EPH records and procedures , a draft user requirement was prepared , showing the potential for computer support and the likely costs of the options for system development . |
| 10 | Get a definition in , get an application in , get empirical evidence in , get measurement problems in erm , get sort of contentious issues type of , or criticisms in erm , do n't draw , do n't do diagrams as they 're probably , the only , the only principal difference between this and an essay , you just have n't got the time , right , so do n't be tempted , unless you can do a very quick diagram that sum , sums it up . |
| 11 | He remembered another night like this when an eagle he had known had been very ill and he had invoked the powers of Callanish . |
| 12 | In some cases , the environment is so constant , or the animal can live in such a wide range of environments , that once an animal has found a suitable place to live in it will not need to move far to satisfy all its bodily wants . |
| 13 | This breaks one of the basic tenets of configuration management ; that once an object is identified , then the identifier must always refer to an identical object . |
| 14 | There must be some height , call it h , such that an animal would just break its neck if it fell from that height , but would just survive if it fell from a slightly lower height . |
| 15 | The functions are arranged in a sequence such that an arrow to the right on any line indicates HOW ? and an arrow to the left indicates WHY ? |
| 16 | However , if a system is such that an error in the software alone could cause a fault , then care must be taken to ensure that the software is to the standard required by the application . |
| 17 | For example , if A tells B something in confidence and B ( without A 's permission ) passes the information on to C , who has not been told that it is confidential and the circumstances are such that an obligation of confidence can not be imputed to C , then C will be able to use the information freely although B himself can be prevented from using the information or divulging it further . |
| 18 | This theory brings in the element of comparison such that an individual will compare his/her ratio of input ( effort ) to output ( pay ) with a similar ratio for some other relevant person . |
| 19 | The third chest has a slightly decayed , but permanent , Magic Lock on it , such that an attempt at mechanical lock-picking is only 50% likely to be successful even if the lock-picker makes his Dex test to pick the lock . |
| 20 | Locus standi to argue for a relisting would seemingly not require a fresh certificate as it would not constitute an appeal as such but an application to the House to exercise an inherent jurisdiction to re-open an appeal , analogous to that developed by the Court of Appeal , in order to do justice under the scheme of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 . |
| 21 | His resignation arose not so much because an audience was to be debarred from geology , as because women were to be debarred from the audience . |
| 22 | Even the bars and foyers are reminiscent of nothing so much as an airport lounge , an impression reinforced by the tannoy announcements of five , three and one minute calls for Casablanca . |
| 23 | An apt combination of noun and adjective , a bon mot , an evocative phrase , is as much as an artist can hope for and a reader can expect . |
| 24 | Elephants lack these conspicuous folds , but they too are well defended against attack by their powerful , leathery skin which is sometimes as much as an inch thick . |
| 25 | It is common for pupils to grow in height as much as an inch and a half ; they appear to lose weight at the same time . |
| 26 | Many now happily experienced that Christian fellowship of which they had not so much as an idea before . |
| 27 | ‘ I see it very much as an adventure , ’ said Mr Deighton , who will be taking his walking boots and rucksack , windsurfer and mountain bike with him . |
| 28 | Andrew Motion 's recent poem ‘ Inland ’ describes how a society , as much as an ecology , was overturned by drainage projects in the seventeenth-century fens . |
| 29 | The dedication was a gesture of pained sorrow at his father 's death as much as an act of filial piety , and the natural way to do it was to reproduce the style and character of his essentially Edwardian father . |
| 30 | And she names it not so much as an act of politesse but of evasion , even cowardice . |