Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] a single [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Hall seems to endorse a proposal made some years ago by that , on the basis of this simple genetic control , ‘ Torsion , and with it the class Gastropoda , arose through a single gene mutation . ’
2 For instance , you can build up a design that looks as though it has been pressed as a single spray ( see pp. 98–9 ) , although in fact each flower and leaf should be positioned with care to give a natural effect .
3 I still have grave doubts as to whether it is right to go for a single currency , fixed exchange rates and the whole of that considerable abdication of political sovereignty .
4 We should not find it easy to go for a single currency if we had already moved down the federalist route in a dangerous way on foreign and defence policies .
5 By international agreement , all pieces of a given shower are catalogued as a single meteorite and named after a nearby geographical feature ( it can be a town , a post office or prominent natural feature ) .
6 Search can also be used to search for a single word or a string of words and letters .
7 What was previously assumed to be given for a single capital now needs to be explained .
8 The quantities for most of the meals on the following pages are given for a single portion .
9 Both legal literature and the documentary evidence attest the use of what can be called trust clauses , as well as the practice of using for a single disposition the wording of both legacy and trust .
10 The motherboards are arranged in four clusters that communicate through a single backplane .
11 The motherboards are arranged in four clusters that communicate through a single backplane .
12 The script that Allen submitted to the BBC was intended as a single play .
13 Thirdly , any expansion of the EC to embrace some Eastern European countries a strain would be placed upon an adjustment mechanism intended for a single country .
14 Many agree however that to maintain that the Report argued for a single worker appropriate to all situations is false , and would endorse Hey in her suggestion that generalist , even general purpose , may be the more appropriate term for the individual the Committee envisaged .
15 Mr Lang had lunch with senior Highland Region councillors , who afterwards argued for a single Highland authority based on the region to replace the current system .
16 It contrasts so vividly with the centesimal system where the remedy may well be given as a single dose and even when several doses are taken is usually stopped at the first sign of improvement .
17 Timing of ursodeoxycholic acid dose — The low dose ursodeoxycholic acid was given as a single bedtime dose because of the reported superiority of this timing of administration for reducing biliary cholesterol supersaturation .
18 We may eventually come to think in terms of a Minoan Universal Spirit , which manifested itself in many different transformations , each with a different name , character , and function , and which yet somehow was regarded as a single deity .
19 All permanent staff on Community Charge work , irrespective of department , will be regarded as a single staff group .
20 Secondly , all the terms of the lease should be regarded as a single bargain for letting the property .
21 the accounts give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Corporation at March 30 , 1991 and , in respect of the Corporation and their subsidiary undertakings regarded as a single entity , of the state of affairs at March 30 , 1991 , and the results and statement of cash flows for the year then ended , and have been properly prepared in accordance with the direction of the Secretary of State for Energy … , and
22 The Court accepted that the two companies should really be regarded as a single family business .
23 Although a member state may limit the number of members of an EEIG to twenty , it is envisaged that , in the UK , professional partnerships which may have over twenty members will be treated as a single member .
24 However , " inter-connected bodies corporate " are treated as a single person .
25 However , in Re Cadbury Schweppes Ltd 's Agreement [ 1975 ] 2 All ER 307 a parent company and a subsidiary were not treated as a single person where two companies agreed to accept restrictions on the supply of goods to a third which was a subsidiary of one of them .
26 The use of the tab character should be avoided in the module header ; it is treated as a single character and may cause error reports about the indenting of keywords .
27 The White Paper was worrying in its apparent assumption that user and carer could be treated as a single unit .
28 When the module is entered into LIFESPAN , the files in the FOREIGN-SET are held with the module header file and are treated as a single module .
29 Should the Highlands be treated as a single region , or divided ?
30 Should the West be treated as a single region , or divided ?
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