Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun] was [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Vagueness was resorted to by the judge in Jenkins v Reid in order to explain why a reformulation of a clause was unacceptable and in Gledhow Autoparts Ltd v Delaney [ 1965 ] 1 WLR 1366 Dankwerts LJ criticised the phrase " districts in which the traveller had operated " as being too vague especially as instructions given as to where he should work were purely oral . |
| 2 | The idea of a bed was appealing . |
| 3 | MR JUSTICE MILLETT said that the particular question was whether a decision of a commons commissioner that certain land was not registrable as common land because it formed part of a highway was capable of giving rise to an estoppel per rem judicatam so as to preclude the landowner from afterwards asserting , in proceedings unconnected with the register , that the land in question did not form part of a highway . |
| 4 | Control over the full range from thunderous chords to glittering passage work to a mere whisper of a pianissimo was total . |
| 5 | It was a habit which remained a stand-by of abolitionists in the campaigns for emancipation and against apprenticeship ; Wilberforce was convinced however that , contrary to the practice of 1790 , pressure near the end of a parliament was likely to be more effective as MPs ' minds were concentrated by the approach of an election . |
| 6 | The specification of the objects and purposes of a corporation was necessary for the protection of both investors and creditors , and as a matter of policy the Courts enforced the compliance of the corporation . |
| 7 | Such direct interference in the ancestral cults of a nation was unheard of in the Greek-speaking world from immemorial times . |
| 8 | It is of interest that the Law Commission , at p. 33 of their report , were of the view that service of a demand was implicit in section 10 of the Act of 1957 . |
| 9 | The CNT 's response to the coming of a Republic was confused . |
| 10 | As she is impervious to his suggestions , he is determined to revive the old custom known as the droit du seigneur ( one of the most hated abuses of the Ancien Régime ) , whereby the lord of a manor was entitled to deflower his female servants before their weddings . |
| 11 | Minor disturbances , such as threatening the postman with a knife when , for the twentieth time , her expectancy of a letter was disappointed , were passed over , but the soap powder was a little frightening . |
| 12 | Missionaries found that the book , which has been translated into some 200 languages , had an equal success in Africa , Asia and the Pacific and that the appeal of the story of a pilgrimage was universal . |
| 13 | I was a flying boy , came in here and all of a sudden was involved in an operation that , that was er quite intense erm the , the noise of the aircraft erm the erm hustle and bustle that we went through , the , the briefings and the er experience of , of erm having a meal that could 've been your last meal . |
| 14 | It is a reasonable inference that the running of a market was profitable ; so , no doubt , was the issuing of authorisations . |
| 15 | Similarly in Karsales ( Harrow ) Ltd v Wallis [ 1956 ] 2 All ER 266 the seller of a car was guilty of a total failure to perform where the car delivered was in such a poor condition that it was totally incapable of self-propulsion and could not properly be described as a " car " . |
| 16 | During two consecutive attempts , passage of a guidewire was impossible . |
| 17 | In theory , the captain of a ship was entitled to take into his ship as midshipmen , volunteers , or captain 's servants any of the sons of his friends who hoped for a naval career , but in practice even this form of entrance patronage was limited and largely in the hands of flag-officers , for it would be a captain with a liking for half-pay who would refuse the requests of an influential admiral . |
| 18 | But it very soon became clear that any mention of a maximum was unnecessary and , with hindsight , it can be seen as a future source of embarrassment . |
| 19 | On the subsequent hearing the judge found that T. 's capacity to make a rational decision about her treatment was unimpaired , and that , despite the influence of her mother , the refusal of a transfusion was voluntary . |
| 20 | This went to show that the full potential of a client was measurable only outside the licensed dealing fraternity . |
| 21 | Although those tested after one day showed only a weak aversion ( i.e. latent inhibition was observed in this condition ) , more of an aversion was evident in those given the delayed test . |
| 22 | The judge said that Union Discount had not proved that the purpose of an audit was other than to satisfy statutory requirements . |
| 23 | The insertion of an endoprosthesis was successful in establishing adequate biliary drainage in all the patients . |
| 24 | Although opinion surveys suggested that most blacks rejected this notion , there appeared to be a growing acceptance of the concept that the factual reality of an event was subordinate to the racial resonance which it evoked . |
| 25 | They realized that the old technique of depending upon the trained observer 's overall impression to characterize the natural vegetation of an area was unreliable . |
| 26 | L. G. Mitchell commenting on Henry Purefoy 's letters to craftsmen suggests that the owner of an estate was obliged to suffer the seasonal idleness of a local craftsman since he was difficult to replace . |
| 27 | I ca n't remember exactly when in the sequence it first began to dawn on me that an evolved resemblance to something like an insect was possible . |
| 28 | But at the outbreak of the French revolution there were still capitals where life for a diplomat was uncomfortable and unattractive . |
| 29 | The Coach Drivers Club felt that £5 per day or part of a day for a coach was unreasonable for coaches only visiting the town for up to two hours . |
| 30 | For the next couple of weeks , Brenda had phone calls from various people claiming the dogs belonged to the Sharmas and was even visited by the local police , although they were quite happy that her request for a description was reasonable . |