Example sentences of "[vb -s] a [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though if he took his own life , as everyone has always supposed , and as we are still likely to be supposing after the present rumours have been scotched — if the balance of his mind was disturbed , that curious disruption which accompanies a man 's election to end his life , but never any other procedure , no matter how eccentric or irrational — then reasons are not to be looked for . |
| 2 | This covers a person 's life for a specified term . |
| 3 | Oddly enough , Ghanashyam ( A Broken Branch ) approaches opera in the nature of the story it tells : originating in village festivities , the tale unfolds a rake 's progress towards perdition , in this case via drugs , but with an extra metaphysical twist when the spirit of the departed returns to inhabit his wife . |
| 4 | The folk of these towns and villages took their convicted witches , stood them in pitch-filled barrels and set them afire : in Forres stands a witches ' stone , site of such burnings — in thunder , lightning , or in rain ? |
| 5 | It is the putting together of thoughts about previous experiences and the emergence of new and hybrid ideas which enlivens a manager 's approach . |
| 6 | No one wants a head 's rambling , spur of the minute monologue at the end of the day . |
| 7 | ‘ She wants a saint 's name , Brother . ’ |
| 8 | Widowed Mrs Fisher simply wants a lion 's share of peace and comfort . |
| 9 | The DNA-binding site was taken from a region of the adenovirus E2A promoter ( -71 to -50 ) that contains a high-affinity E2F binding site . |
| 10 | It contains a doctor 's certificate , declaring her free of HIV . |
| 11 | Where a lease contains a tenant 's break-clause , and the tenancy is protected by the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 , it is possible that instead of serving a contractual break notice , the tenant can serve a request for a new tenancy under s26 of the Act ( Scholl Mfg Co Ltd v Clifton ( Slim-Line ) Ltd ) . |
| 12 | The housekeeper 's room even contains a servants ' library with books in three categories : ‘ One of books of divinity and morality : Another for housewifry ; A third of history , true adventures , voyages and innocent amusement ’ — the last , one notes , does not seem to include the novel . |
| 13 | He 's moved the story to Russia , sent the Prince on army manoeuvres where he joins a boys ' boozy night out , has the swans massacred by a power-mad crippled usurper and the corpses piled obscenely in a heap . |
| 14 | Fourth , education brings out and develops a person 's abilities . |
| 15 | rings a bell er because I a circular out about it |
| 16 | As to whether the duchess was in pod — if she was a duchess as I 'ave me doubts — who cares a tinker 's cuss anyway ! |
| 17 | Mike starts a fortnight 's holiday tomorrow . ’ |
| 18 | The formatting looks a bit erm a bit silly does n't it ? |
| 19 | Yeah I got some work and me boys got on some post putting up , he said , but mind you , it might er dry up I do n't know , it looks a bit er , thick does n't it ? |
| 20 | Change challenges a school 's capacities for receiving ideas , reviewing practices , and making decisions . |
| 21 | One ketos disgorging Jonah has a dolphin 's tail and the head and snout of a boar and with feline feet and presumably claws . |
| 22 | He is a botany graduate and has a Master 's Degree in Forestry . |
| 23 | Tess Lemmon , a freelance writer and regular contributor to BBC WILDLIFE , has a master 's degree in anthropology on the way we use images of animals to say things about ourselves . |
| 24 | It has been said that Ian McShane has a footballer 's haircut , but in fact what he now has is a football manager 's haircut . |
| 25 | The properties of the state so formed are related in a probabilistic way to the properties of the states out of which it is composed [ the photon has a chance unc a of transmission ( which is a certainty for polarisation along y ) and a chance cos ' a of not being transmitted ( which is a certainty for polarisation along x ) ] This is what is meant by the superposition principle : that states can be combined in this way with a probability interpretation of the result . |
| 26 | ( A field of order 130μG is required ; by comparison , the local diffuse gas has a field 5μG ( refs 24 , 25 ) . |
| 27 | The Series 2700 has a 426Mb 3.5″ disk , the Series 6700 and 6800 have 1Gb 3.5″ disk in standard configuration . |
| 28 | Elizabeth has a townswoman 's fears . |
| 29 | In a very different vein , Sellafield nuclear plant has a visitors ' centre , which is surprisingly popular with tourists . |
| 30 | Your RR already has a US V8 engine , a Buick As you are only allowed to increase the power by 20% this can easily be achieved by changing the camshaft , carburettors ( for a four barrelled Holley and Offenhouser manifold as fuel costs are not a problem ! ) and fitting tubular extractor manifolds to the exhaust Large power increases are not sensible on a seventeen year old vehicle without major overhaul , steering , suspension etc |