Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] a [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As children , Diana and Charles were afraid of the dark and they insisted that the landing light was left on or a candle lit in their rooms . |
| 2 | And he could also apply to go to and take a course of , of instruction on or a trade to learn a trade . |
| 3 | ( 2 ) In sections 173 , 174 and 176 above , the expression ‘ approved duty ’ , in relation to a member of a body , means any of the following duties , that is to say — ( a ) attendance at a meeting of the body , or of any of its committees or sub-committees ; ( b ) the doing of any other thing approved by the body , or anything of a class so approved , for the purpose of , or in connection with , the discharge of the functions of the body , or of any of its committees or sub-committees ; , ( c ) where , in pursuance of a duty imposed on or a power granted to the body by any enactment or instrument ( including a Royal Charter ) , he has been appointed by or on the nomination of the body to be a member of some other body prescribed for the purpose of this paragraph ( whether or not that other body falls within any of paragraphs ( ab ) to ( f ) of subsection ( 1 ) above ) , the doing of anything as a member of that other body for the purpose of , or in connection with , the discharge of the functions of that other body . |
| 4 | ‘ Opting out ’ will also be permitted , but only where a school seeks ‘ grant-maintained integrated status ’ , and chooses to progress towards full integration of Protestant and Roman Catholic pupils . |
| 5 | Hindu teachings allow abortion only where a pregnancy constitutes a danger to the mother 's life , Islamic law allows abortion up to as late as 120 days and under Jewish law the foetus is regarded as a subsidiary of the mother and abortion is permitted as long as a number of doctors recommend it . |
| 6 | Sheer cliffs , 300–400 feet high , defend the island , relenting only where a breach permits landings to be made at a small beach ; nearby an ancient graveyard and ruined crofts are relics of a former occupation . |
| 7 | There is a power to make an award only where a party has acted frivolously , vexatiously or otherwise unreasonably , either for a fixed sum or for taxed costs . |
| 8 | A reference to that office is made only where an inquiry concludes that an offence may have been committed . |
| 9 | Furthermore , they were used only where an owner had actually offered his land for sale at a price above existing use value . |
| 10 | We keep a note of any problems and arrange follow-up if necessary , especially where a module has been refused certification . ’ |
| 11 | Textbooks may of course also include original ideas , so the distinction becomes blurred ( especially where a textbook does n't tell you where it is offering contentious interpretations ) . |
| 12 | Admissions do not always take place in ideal circumstances , especially where a crisis has arisen . |
| 13 | Contrary to some popular images , normally this does not seem to be reversed in a significant way during the last years of life of the older generation , except perhaps where a person receives substantial personal care , but is not in a position to repay it through bequests after their death . |
| 14 | The question here is what must a firm disclose to its customers in order to permit its broker/dealer department to sell or buy stock off its own book to or from a " fiduciary customer " ( ie a customer to whom fiduciary duties are owed , eg where a broker acts as agent ) ? |
| 15 | You see you 're you 're all talking about contributions in or an ability to pay but based on what ? |
| 16 | We were the first up the hill and had to break a path , so although a summer walk up Schiehallion is simple and quick to the point of disappointment , winter is a trifle harder . |
| 17 | It is enough that a project satisfy the purpose of ‘ the advancement of knowledge in biological or behavioural sciences , ( section 5.3(d) ) , although the applicant must then justify the necessity of using animals at all ( 5.5 ) , and in specific terms if the use of larger mammals is proposed ( 5.6 ) . |
| 18 | Would you not think a statute prohibiting abortion except in the case of rape distinctly better than a statute prohibiting abortion except to women born in one specified decade each century ? |
| 19 | The Northern Ireland ( Emergency Provisions ) Act laid down that a person arrested on suspicion could be held without further formality for up to twenty-one days . |
| 20 | In many cases , the community 's total landholdings were divided , so that a share known as the mensa ( " the table " ) was earmarked for the community 's maintenance , the rest being available for the lay-abbot 's management and the king 's service . |
| 21 | In response to this stimulus the larva releases its own exsheathing fluid , containing an enzyme leucine aminopeptidase , which dissolves the sheath from within , either at a narrow collar anteriorly so that a cap detaches , or by splitting the sheath longitudinally . |
| 22 | However , in practice insufficient weight is often given to this aspect of a recruitment policy , so that a firm committed to an internal promotion policy will have to make do with available talent for future promotions . |
| 23 | Additionally the fear may ‘ generalize ’ so that a person becomes afraid of all shops , not just supermarkets , and then cinemas , and then restaurants , and so on . |
| 24 | For XOOX , on the other hand , the species is the only one that contains a mixture of isotopes , so that a sample made from scrambled dioxygen will give three peaks rather than four , and six peaks . |
| 25 | Reg. v. Grant and Hewitt , 12 J.L.R. 585 , although it adds nothing to the established principles , is an example of inconsistent previous statements wrongly withheld by the Crown at the trial but properly , if belatedly , disclosed on appeal , so that a conviction depending on evidence of identification was quashed for want of a fair trial . |
| 26 | Kenneth Baker has decreed that all new cable systems must be compatible , so that a system laid in one part of the country will interface with the systems laid in other parts . |
| 27 | It 's aim is to simplify vendors ' programmes , so that a customer has to pay only one bill . |
| 28 | you can move them in and out of word processing ( WP ) packages so that a message received in e-mail can be incorporated into a document which you wish to send on or work on ; and , |
| 29 | Thus the traditional formulation of an agenda needs to be changed so that a meeting starts with clarification of purpose , agreement on timing , allocation of tasks and consolidation of process issues from previous meetings . |
| 30 | Far Left : This turnover bridge on the Macclesfield Canal changes the towpath to the opposite side of the canal so that a horse pulling a boat does not have to be un-hitched . |