Example sentences of "[prep] an [noun] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mark Sanders was called by the Chairman after an hour 's discussion . |
| 2 | Thirdly , the defendant complains , the judge failed to deal with the problem which the jury indicated they had on returning to court after an hour 's deliberation . |
| 3 | After an hour 's deliberation Bench Chairwoman Hilary Tulloch announced she was making a 2-year supervision order . |
| 4 | Yvonne wakes me up after an hour 's sleep and tells me I have to leave . |
| 5 | It was his only comment after an hour 's play , and she gave him her flashing smile , remarking , ‘ Dare all , ’ Papa used to say , ‘ and the game will reward you — always provided that you cover your back . ’ ’ |
| 6 | The suburbs dwindled and , after an hour 's travelling , we turned a bend in the road and there , on the brow of a hill , outlined against a forest , stood the Chateau de Maubisson , a pleasant sight . |
| 7 | After an hour 's ride they approached the village of Leighton . |
| 8 | Holly coming back to the bench after an hour 's walk that had taken him to the ski jump where the young people gathered to watch the first of the winter 's athletes propel themselves into the dizzy air flows . |
| 9 | This shows that there is no appreciable difference in dialysis bag content after an hour 's suspension in artificial stool water , whether the bag contained sodium chloride alone or the SCFA mixture . |
| 10 | The City Square ( left ) , is perfect for a rest after an afternoon 's shopping in the pedestrianised centre , just a few minutes walk away . |
| 11 | Controversial clash with the RSC begins over Wesker 's play , The Journalists , which is cancelled after an actors ' rebellion . |
| 12 | Whole fleets of taxis , paid for by the company , carry Japan 's white-collar elite home to the suburbs after an evening 's drinking in the Ginza at company expense . |
| 13 | ‘ Why , I distinc'ly 'eard one of o' yer men swear after an umpire 's decision . ’ |
| 14 | Ward councillors had tried to improve the works for the last 12 years and were delighted planning permission was given , despite an officer 's recommendation to refuse . |
| 15 | This experienced man 's disquiet stemmed from the fact that the taking of a statutory sample , while visible in the organization , is ( as he saw it ) a potentially inefficient use of an officer 's time , and the pressure to take a formal sample to show up well in the league tables placed an improper constraint on the discretion necessary to do the job efficiently . |
| 16 | Enforcement agents , accordingly , organize intelligence systems to circumvent these problems ; in fact much of an officer 's time is devoted to the discovery of pollution . |
| 17 | The value of an officer 's place in an East Indiaman did not lie in the salary , which was only marginally more attractive than that paid to other ship 's officers . |
| 18 | And how did you get hold of an officer 's pistol ? ’ |
| 19 | This constant is important because it fixes the sizes , period and energy of an electron 's orbit in an atom . |
| 20 | The clear , imperious voice , lately gagged by the folds of an archer 's cloak , was singing gently to itself , and did not fall silent even when he instinctively took one dancing step back from the collision , and then as readily translated the movement into a forward lunge that almost passed Adam 's startled guard . |
| 21 | Together with the C-terminal β -hairpin , this strand forms the third strand of an antiparallel β -sheet . |
| 22 | However , whereas most studies suggest that the fungi developing in these secondary sites are normal , regardless of their position , studies by Glenn Richards and Myrtle Smith , of Minnesota University , on Herpomyces , a parasite of cockroaches , indicate that different parts of an insect 's exoskeleton may differ in their susceptibility to Laboulbeniales . |
| 23 | And suddenly he remembered standing here , it was dark-green all around him , but the sky above was blue , the sun must 've been setting , it was quiet , just the creak of a tree , the whir of an insect 's wing , he 'd been standing motionless , as if in a trance , and then he heard a voice , his mother 's voice . |
| 24 | Some researchers suggest that this environmental scanning process might best be achieved by developing especially organised environmental scanning units that are positioned towards the top of an organisation 's hierarchy . |
| 25 | The determinants of an organisation 's culture rest in its origins and history , technology and environment , patterns of ownership and control . |
| 26 | In particular , expert systems are able to accelerate the problem solving process , achieve consistency of decision making and most importantly , ensure the distribution of an organisation 's expertise . |
| 27 | The aim of an organisation 's recruitment procedure is to find the best candidate for a vacancy by predicting the future performance of applicants for the job . |
| 28 | Following detailed interviews with business and technical managers from the public and private sectors , the proposals suggest : the introduction of an accreditation scheme for IT security ( including an independent audit of an organisation 's security ) ; production of generic guidelines and checklists aimed at helping organisations improve their own security procedures and training ; research to improve computer access control mechanisms , especially for personal computer and network users ; and , finally , awareness campaigns . |
| 29 | Browne 's definition of facilities management is the management , by a third party , of an organisation 's information technology infrastructure . |
| 30 | It was all part of an afternoon 's coaching in the art of rugby . |