Example sentences of "[art] [det] [noun pl] [subord] a " in BNC.

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1 Although the linguist who undertakes the analysis of discourse has ultimately the same aims as a linguist who uses ‘ system-sentences ’ in his grammatical description of a language , there are important methodological differences involved in the two approaches .
2 I 'm sure many GWR aficionados will be aware that a 42XX has the same controls as a 51XX and a 28XX the same as a ‘ Hall ’ .
3 The official receiver whilst acting as receiver of the estate has the same powers as a receiver appointed by the High Court and is entitled to dispose of any perishable goods or any other goods the value of which is likely to be diminished if they are not disposed of ( s 287(2) ) .
4 The task is directed to a user using the same options as a mail message .
5 The lady of medium build will need the regular ladies ' shaft coded " L " , while the more powerful and hard-hitting female could use the same clubs as a slightly-built man .
6 They should have been , as they were given the same rations as a British farm labourer .
7 While there is some evidence that matching grants are more stimulative than unconditional grants , the prediction that unconditional grants have the same effects as a lump-sum increase in income is not confirmed .
8 Two in five employers said that a woman the same age and with the same skills as a man would be more likely to be turned down because of her age .
9 Out of this new structure evolved the idea that Robson Rhodes needed a chief executive to come in from outside and run the company on the same lines as a plc .
10 A computer program to simulate the simple stream-pattern experiment described earlier would follow the same lines as a manual simulation .
11 A good private dealer can offer the same advantages as a retail outlet , including home trials , often at considerably lower prices .
12 This follows the same principles as a tin-streaming operation .
13 Mr Powell answered : ‘ You do n't have to live under the same laws as a foreigner in order to trade with him .
14 By an Act of 1934 an adopted child acquires the same rights as a natural child to benefits under what was then the Workmen 's Compensation Act 1925 ( this Act is now replaced by the Social Security Act 1975 ) .
15 I face the same problems as a structural engineer .
16 Vaccination would also meet the same problems if a suitable vaccine were available .
17 Once more , he was telling the same jokes before a show went on the air or was finally taped .
18 There 's the Kingfisher ( a small , 12-fret , 00-sized guitar with a slotted headstock ) , the Raven ( another small guitar , designed in collaboration with Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull and featuring a cutaway and a soundhole pickup ) , the Magpie ( a medium-sized guitar , with roughly the same dimensions as a Martin M-series ) , the Dove ( a square-shouldered dreadnought ) , and finally the Heron ( a jumbo-shaped guitar reminiscent of a Guild or a Taylor , also available as a 12-string ) .
19 With the best will in the world a bassoon can not begin to express itself in the same terms as a viola da gamba and when two of the three melodic parts are conceived for strings a precious dimension is lost by substituting woodwind .
20 Abbott became one of the founding members of the Open Door Council in 1926 , dedicated to securing that ‘ a woman shall be free to work and be protected as a worker on the same terms as a man … and to secure for a woman , irrespective of marriage or childbirth , the right at all times to decide whether or not she shall engage in paid work ’ .
21 Is the Minister aware that the Government are cramming more and more university students into the same buildings as a consequence of the fact that they are trying to have people obtain degrees on the cheap ?
22 By the making of a new will or of a codicil or other writing executed with the same formalities as a will , so far as such later document is inconsistent with the will .
23 Technically the Flydaway has much the same characteristics as a tram .
24 The double explosion came just a few hours after a bomb exploded at Woodside Park tube station .
25 McShane , one of the driving forces behind the Hunger Marches of the 1930s , and Milligan , a founder member of the British Communist Party , hid in a pub and downed a few pints until a party of workers arrived from the Gorbals to rescue them .
26 She was obliged to wait a few minutes while a Land Rover was being manoeuvred into the empty space beside her and then , with a start , she saw the driver .
27 A stiff neck for a few weeks after a bump was tolerated in the past .
28 By contrast , most privately rented accommodation is not available for short periods ( say for a few weeks while a house purchase is carried out ) .
29 It appears to me as though Captain Diobble has been laid out for the race and although there are no such things as a certainty in a National , I feel he may be the right one .
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