Example sentences of "[prep] an [noun] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | In the sense that it is an enquiry method , this is considered sufficient ; extending the analysis to produce a comprehensive information model of an organisation is possible , but this would require the use of additional software and then becomes a more specialised operation . |
| 3 | The judge said that Union Discount had not proved that the purpose of an audit was other than to satisfy statutory requirements . |
| 4 | It may be noted that in Criminal Law anyone who aids , counsels , or procures the commission of an offence is liable to be tried and punished in the same way as if he were a principal offender . |
| 5 | If the mere promise of an act is sufficient consideration to induce a counter-promise , surely the complete performance of that act should be accepted . |
| 6 | On account of its jointed structure , the whole or part of an appendage is movable by means of its muscles . |
| 7 | The oxidation number of an element is equal to its combining power with oxygen . |
| 8 | It is an elementary observation that , if the optimal solution of the relaxation of an ILP is integer-valued , it is also the optimal solution to the ILP . |
| 9 | In the North , for example , a team from Leicester University 's Labour Market Studies Group has found that job prospects are so bleak that clear signs of an underclass are apparent for those for whom ‘ normal morality is inverted and educational achievement is undervalued , . |
| 10 | The insertion of an endoprosthesis was successful in establishing adequate biliary drainage in all the patients . |
| 11 | The scope of the innkeeper 's duty is further limited by s.2(3) : where the proprietor of an hotel is liable as an innkeeper to make good the loss of or damage to property brought to the hotel , his liability to any one guest shall not exceed fifty pounds in respect of any one article , or one hundred pounds in the aggregate , except where — |
| 12 | When the cause of an illness is unknown , the search for a cure ( in the strict sense of the word ) is inseparable from the search for a cause . |
| 13 | There is often relatively poor agreement between different witnesses ’ accounts of the accident and where an objective record of an event is available dramatic discrepancies between subsequent descriptions and the recorded event have often been found ( Egberink , Stoop & Poppe , 1988 ; Humphreys , 1981 ) . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | For many young people the organizing strength of an ideology is necessary . |
| 16 | If O sues Y for conversion ( i.e. for selling O's goods to Z ) , then O will obtain judgment against Y for damages equal to the value of the goods on the date of the sale to Z less the deduction of an improvemenh is attributable to the improvement by Y. If O does not sue Y but instead sues Z for conversion , then Z gets the benefit of the improvement allowant allowance . |
| 17 | It is increasingly apparent that the context of an election is important in shaping its result . |
| 18 | The courts have repeatedly stressed that the making of an order is discretionary ; it is not a matter of right , something to which a litigant is entitled ex debito justitiae . |
| 19 | The secondary market tends to suffer from a lack of liquidity relative to domestic markets ; often even the lead manager of an issue is unwilling to quote two way prices . |
| 20 | Where delays occurred , the chances of an inventory being incomplete were obviously increased ; it has been noticed , for instance , that bequests mentioned in wills are sometimes missing from the inventory . |
| 21 | They are times when the behaviour of an animal is uncertain ; which is just the kind of time when other animals will want information about what it is going to do . |
| 22 | This is because the behaviour which is to be explained as the result of an instinct being present in an organism is , itself , the main evidence for the existence of the instinct in the first place . |
| 23 | In the event of an airline being involved in a major accident with one of its own aircraft , the company flight safety section will be the main liaison link between the official national accident investigation authority and the airline . |
| 24 | It is better style to write : ‘ An uncommunicated revocation of an offer is ineffective . |
| 25 | The decisions of an arbitrator are subject to rights of appeal to a court on a point of law under the Arbitration Act 1979 , whereas there is no right of appeal against the decision of an expert even if the decision was negligent . |
| 26 | ‘ There is no proof , ’ said the medical advice , ‘ that nitrate leads to human cancer but , nevertheless , experts in the UK consider that the theoretical likelihood of an effect is sufficient for them to advise government to seek ways of restricting the total intake of nitrate . ’ |
| 27 | Well , as Messrs Waugh and Ingrams could confirm , that 's just the sort of treacherous , duplicitous behaviour one has come to expect from young people today ( just as this shameless betrayal of an employee is typical of us incipient oldsters ) . |
| 28 | The usefulness of an aircraft is dependent upon the pilot at the controls . |
| 29 | As Johns points out , ‘ the fact that the results of an experiment are analyzed reports the contents of the paper , but that they were analyzed reports one of the procedures undertaken in the research ’ . |
| 30 | The types of annoyance to the quiet enjoyment of an occupier are infinite . |