Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [prep] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He advances steadily and unhurriedly , with his battle-squadrons laid out in paragraphs i , ii , and iii , in sub-paragraphs ( a ) , ( b ) and ( c ) , in Introductions and Conclusions , his red hair gleaming like an oriflamme . |
| 2 | A stock index represents the market 's estimate of the present value of the subsequent cash flows expected from the constituent companies , while the current price of a futures contract on an index for delivery at time T represents the market 's estimate of the present value at time T of the subsequent cash flows . |
| 3 | Born in 1927 , Denis Serjeant qualified as an architect the hard way , by taking external examinations whilst articled to an Oxford architect . |
| 4 | There is a lot of reading material to get through and absorb , and there are cases to attend as an observer before a new Panel Member finally makes up one of the three actually hearing a case . |
| 5 | The scapula of the male differs on an average from that of the female , in size , proportions and shape . |
| 6 | The leaving present given to an ambassador could still take a variety of different forms . |
| 7 | The attack by Gilbert Wakefield [ q.v. ] there on public worship roused her to its defence in Cursory Remarks on an Enquiry into the Expediency and Propriety of Public Worship ( 1792 ) , using the pseudonym ‘ Eusebia ’ . |
| 8 | Plans mooted some months ago by Wimpey Asphalt to infill Ratho Quarry during their expansion operations led to an outcry by local residents and Edinburgh climbers . |
| 9 | He was an American who put flat Cockney vowel-sounds into his American accent to sound like an Englishman assuming an American accent . |
| 10 | Weaver birds reared in an incubator still manage to weave when they become adult , so clearly the basic skill is inherited , but it nonetheless requires practice to bring it to perfection and at first young male weavers may make comically ham-fisted versions — nests that are insecurely tied and fall off , others that are unevenly woven with some strips pulled tight and others left slack so that the result is misshapen . |
| 11 | God knows what they would make of Georgina when Victoria passed on an estimate of her age . |
| 12 | In contrast , βγ t led to an increase in the activity of extracts from pMT2-PLC- β2- transfected cells , which was 20-fold at 3μM βγ t . |
| 13 | Lacuna stood straight and trembling , like a statue shaken by an earth tremor . |
| 14 | One night the judge on the show 's talent competition ‘ Novelty Island ’ , turned out to be the pop star Mick Hucknall 's orange hair resting on an oar . |
| 15 | These are individual pension plans arranged by an employer for the benefit of some or all executives above a certain grade , In some companies , executive pension plans only apply to directors ; in others , they may also include senior and middle management . |
| 16 | A mushroom disguised as an onion bhaji with flaking batter was a mouthwatering morsel , but not really a dish in its own right , more an interlude before the chicken à la British Airways , both accompanied by more Hellmans relatives . |
| 17 | Then Harriet fell … toppling slowly sideways , losing reins and stirrup , flinging out her hands , her hat falling off , the snood loosening so that a lock of flaming auburn hair fluttered like an oriflamme above her collapsing body . |
| 18 | Years later , Acheson agreed in an interview that the French had blackmailed the US in Vietnam . |
| 19 | Compared with ranitidine , the addition of cisapride led to an increase of contraction amplitude during the upright period ( from 28.0 ( 14–54 ) mm Hg to 32.5 ( 13–56 ) mm Hg , p<0.05 ) , and the postprandial periods after breakfast ( from 27.0 ( 14–56 ) mm Hg to 33.5 ( 12–72 ) mm Hg , p<0.05 ) and lunch ( from 27.9 ( 15–44 ) mm Hg to 35.5 ( 19–46 ) mm Hg , p<0.05 ) . |
| 20 | In our study , the combination of ranitidine and cisapride led to an increase of propagation velocity as calculated from the propagation of the pressure wave over the four sensors located 20 , 15 , 10 , and 5 cm above the lower oesophageal sphincter ( Table III ) . |
| 21 | Visits to Fitzwilliam 's other residence at Wentworth Woodhouse led to an interest in geology , particularly the carboniferous plant fossils found in coalmines in Yorkshire and Derbyshire . |
| 22 | Fears of violence both before and after the election led to an appeal by Chiluba on Oct. 18 to the Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity ( OAU ) to send peacekeeping forces to Zambia . |
| 23 | Likewise , every decision is made as a result of some influence : a patient 's decision to consent to an operation will normally be influenced by the surgeon 's advice as to what will happen if the operation does not take place . |
| 24 | The AT , on the other hand , wanted the groups to continue as an association with individual members of each group able to join the new party if they wished . |
| 25 | Ex p Osman held that the sending of a telex amounted to an appropriation . |
| 26 | The latter finding arose from an observation by Brown and his colleagues ( 1966 ) that patients discharged to live alone or in a hostel often fared rather better than those who went to live with a spouse or parent . |
| 27 | King lived in an age when growth rates changed only slowly so that his greatest concern was the possible end of the world ! |
| 28 | Allowing play to continue for an hour if such time has been lost during the day is splendid ; but the idea must be extended to ensure that any time lost up to that hour is added on . |
| 29 | We drove on to the top of the road and drew up outside a compound surrounded by a wire fence ; inside was a large white building surrounded by an expanse of gravel on which a huge group of people were drawn up in lines . |
| 30 | Vogel trained as an architect and was a resident artist at the Polish Royal Court . |