Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the language of computer software say , this would mean careful attention to the derivation of the algorithm before a line of code is written . |
| 2 | Without this element , there would be no way of excluding planned revenge killings , and the argument is that they should be excluded from the defence because a person who plans a response to an affront or a wrong ought to ensure that the response conforms with the law . |
| 3 | Have you ever noticed the response when a car alarm goes off in a busy street ? |
| 4 | Football merely provides the opportunity because a match is taking place but if they we if the football matches were n't taking place those criminal acts would be committed in another context . |
| 5 | CHARITY will be the winner when a display of old time ploughing , combining and binding is put on tomorrow by the Seaforde Vintage Steam Threshing Rally . |
| 6 | This claim might not unreasonably be held to cover such examples as we see in the following subject phrases : ( 15 ) the bicycles damaged all had red handlebars the line defective is the one to the outside a dose strong enough would put him out all night In all these cases , prenominal position would also be acceptable and appears to give the same cognitive meaning for the sentence as a whole , hence encouraging us to accept a solution to the first question , above , in terms of " emphasis " or " focus " . |
| 7 | The same goes for The Shamen as a whole . |
| 8 | As yet I have never fallen off a roof , although I have experienced the odd flutter of the heart when a ladder slips . |
| 9 | Under supervision by a bankruptcy court , a firm in chapter 11 draws up a reorganisation plan which it then negotiates with the creditors while a judge arbitrates . |
| 10 | Mr McBride had taken the money after a nephew advised him not to keep it at home . |
| 11 | The long hearing of the case before a board of inquiry finally confirmed the ban on the revered ‘ Oppy ’ in June 1954 . |
| 12 | He said that the FIA tribunal had no right to rule on the case until a hearing in Portugal and should not have heard representation from Mansell and Ferrari at a hearing in Paris last Thursday . |
| 13 | In the case when a clone length is less than that of a repetitive element ( or a total length of a group of adjacent repeats ) , a break in the contig is inevitable and can only be closed by using longer clones which can bridge the repeat . |
| 14 | As is always the case when a person wants something and ca n't have it , her frustration merely increased her desire . |
| 15 | This is particularly the case when a child has already developed guilt feelings around its own sexuality or sexual matters in general , or where the sexual atmosphere in family or community is repressive or easily shocked . |
| 16 | ‘ That is usually the case when a funeral is planned , ’ said Beuno . |
| 17 | A small number of comments were not coded , this was generally the case when a comment did not refer to any potential or actual driving event , for example ‘ Have to remain vigilant ’ or ‘ Maintaining a steady speed ’ . |
| 18 | This is not only the case when a discourse is constructed by two people interacting face to face ; it may also hold within the words of a single speaker . |
| 19 | This would not be the case if a gas cell were used , as the doppler broadening would cause the peaks to merge together . |
| 20 | Until its demise , Drexel had not only cornered the market in issuing junk , it had also built a reputation with investors for reorganising the debts if a borrower neared default . |
| 21 | Another local resident has had a child who 's broken he broken his arm on the crossing when a car hit into him . |
| 22 | I hope Prince Charles approves the plans before a brick is laid ! |
| 23 | The alarm call of the blackbird or the chattering hiss of the squirrel when a cat walks into my garden tell all and sundry that danger stalks near at hand . |
| 24 | To know how to live for oneself and for the present when a choice involving sacrifice for others or the future does not arise will be indispensable to learning to make such choices in sufficient awareness . |
| 25 | A man who became 40 just before or just after 1 January 1986 is much more likely to contribute a death to the numerator than a man who became 40 in the early days of 1985 or the last days of 1986 . |
| 26 | be careful of the roads because a car ca n't erm ca n't always stop in time it 's up to you not to walk out in front of them cos they can say oh well you should be able to stop in time but in practice if you drove to be able to stop in time if somebody stepped out in front of you you 'd never above about five miles an hour you know ? you must sort of stick to the speed limits I do n't believe it we got gaining on the car in front . |
| 27 | A proposed museum of modern art may move into an empty wing of the building if a consortium of local bankers are able to raise the necessary finance . |
| 28 | Too often she had seen her mother frowning with anxiety as she divided the contents of her father 's wage packet up between the jars labelled ‘ Rent ’ and ‘ Electric ’ and ‘ Coal Money ’ , too often at the end of the week she had watched her count out the pennies for a pound of sausages only to be able to buy just a half-pound , two for her father , one each for Paula and Sally , and only the scrapings of the pan to go with her own potatoes . |
| 29 | Doubtless Beatrix Potter felt it was a neater finish to the story than a vasectomy . ’ |
| 30 | It had been raining that night so the roads were slippy and our group was half way round the course when a friend , Catriona , suffered a puncture in her rear wheel . |