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

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1 Despite a police chase the men managed to escape through bushes .
2 With an expenditure base tax liability is unchanged , but with a receipts base the tax liability is brought forward ( although with the same present value ) .
3 But despite the biggest backbench revolt that this Parliament has seen , the Government has dug its heels in a refuses to acknowledge the public call for action . ’
4 In some of the applied sciences the number of hours may be considerable while in an Arts course the formal teaching periods may be relatively few .
5 A It is caused by honeydew , exuded by aphids , which then becomes the host to a fungi giving the foliage a sooty look .
6 It is recognized within the UGIX design that to some high-level users skilled in the manipulation of spatial data a command line interface to a GIS offers the maximum flexibility and power available .
7 She is being kneaded and punched like bread dough by a Valkyrie sporting the corporate logo tattooed on a bicep .
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