Example sentences of "[prep] an [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After an uncertain start they have responded in different ways to demands for a more active vocal part for the congregation . |
| 2 | Wildly she glanced around for Tara , but after an early swim she 'd disappeared . |
| 3 | After an early miscarriage she bore Louis just two children in fourteen years , and both of them were girls . |
| 4 | After an early dinner we went straight back to our hotel and wrote it . |
| 5 | After an early start we were soon out of the city and climbing . |
| 6 | After an eventful afternoon we returned to Matthew 's house . |
| 7 | Held , allowing the appeal , that although there was a strong presumption against interpreting a statute as taking away the right of silence of an accused person it was the plain intention of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 that the powers of the Director of the Serious Fraud Office should not come to an end when the person under investigation had been charged ; and that , accordingly , she was entitled to compel the applicant to answer questions on pain of commission of a criminal offence under section 2(13) of the Act of 1987 if he did not do so and no caution was appropriate ( post , pp. 68F–H , 81C–F , 83E , 86H ) . |
| 8 | While the plaintiff was working under the control of an associated company he was injured . |
| 9 | In lieu of an official response I shall be pleased to enlighten him . |
| 10 | Of an official reception he wrote : ‘ The magnificent room , the throne with Their Majesties , the number and brilliance of the uniforms , and the appearance of the ladies made an overwhelming impression . ’ |
| 11 | Over the next twelve months we will be providing support to a growing number of new and existing local programmes , identified as a result of an extensive survey we have just completed . |
| 12 | Thus emphasis on reminiscence sensitively developed ( Coleman , 1986 ) and oral history are all part of a recognition that by listening to the memories and past experience of an elderly person we are validating the unique worth of that individual , the contribution made to society . |
| 13 | This contrasts sadly with the experience of an elderly woman I met who suffered three bereavements in quick succession . |
| 14 | Likewise , where the footings on eaves of a building project beyond the edge of an external wall they will be included in the demised property , although the column of air between them will not ( Truckell v Stock [ 1957 ] 1 All ER 74 ) . |
| 15 | Thus it can be argued that although the courts proclaim that in reviewing the decisions of an administrative body they are merely attempting to keep the body within the jurisdiction conferred upon it by Parliament , in fact they do sometimes explicitly justify their decisions by reference to the expertise or lack of expertise of the body whose decision it is sought to review . |
| 16 | The first pieces of Jason , once also called Medley , its long-awaited graphical object-oriented next-generation product for client-server environments , is being rolled out as the tip of an overall strategy it has dubbed Nouveau . |
| 17 | The first pieces of Jason , once also called Medley , its long-awaited graphical object-oriented next-generation product for client/server environments , is being rolled out as the tip of an overall strategy it has dubbed Nouveau . |
| 18 | ( Koch 1985a , p. 149 ) Koch and others have stressed that because this conception of the gaze goes back to the Freudian idea of an originary bisexuality it therefore affords a better explanation of women 's actual viewing behaviour , e.g. their multiple identifications with either gender . |
| 19 | Analysis of Prime Ministers ' involvement in parliamentary debates shows that in the course of an average year they will participate in six debates and make six statements on policy , usually on the economy , foreign affairs , and government business . |
| 20 | Certainly , it brought about the beginnings of an emotional freedom I had not known , and a deeper commitment to radical politics . |
| 21 | Instead of an anecdotal narrative it must aspire to the rigorous standards of a science . |
| 22 | Although the International Law Commission did not consider directly the liability of a member State for the acts of an international organisation it seems likely that these two requirements would nevertheless be applicable . |
| 23 | So , where for the great mass of its members , the success of a consumer co-operative is now no more than a matter of marginal interest to them , for the members of an industrial co-operative it is quite otherwise . |
| 24 | All this on top of the irony of an innocent request he made to a man with a radio listening to the cricket immediately he arrived in England after spending time with his family in Barbados . |
| 25 | ‘ Whenever the far end of an active edge A and the near end of an inactive edge I meet for the first time , if I satisfies A 's conditions for extension , then build a new edge as follows : |
| 26 | As a member of an allied community he perhaps deserved no consideration . |
| 27 | Dear Rothenstein , Now that the Mexican president has provided you with the beak and talons of an Aztec eagle you may perhaps feel better equipped to face me in open contest . |
| 28 | And Wednesday another cloudy day with the risk of an odd shower it will be warmer than today though Wednesday 's high twelve Celsius fifty four Fahrenheit . |
| 29 | The principle of universalizability tells us , then , that in the absence of an available difference we must make the same judgement again . |
| 30 | However , in the case of an inexperienced customer it is insufficient merely to state " sold to " instead of " bought for " on the contract note . |