Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He holds , therefore , under the same terms in equity as if a lease has been granted … |
| 2 | In a later work , ‘ She Loved to Breathe — Pure Silence ’ , 1987 ( First shown in the Devil 's Feast , Chelsea School of Art ) spices lie beneath the suspended images as though a crystallisation of the colours used in the images above : a dead bird lies beside an embroidered shoe , or on its own , under fragile netting . |
| 3 | I think that ha has to be in on if you 're on a slightly longer course than that a day you |
| 4 | Copies of judgments are to be sent in all cases except where a warrant of execution is issued straight away ( Ord 22 , r 1(3) ) . |
| 5 | How extraordinary that people her own age should believe such grotesque , non-scientific ideas as that a man could be resurrected from the dead after , and a horrible thought it was , after being crucified ; and how fantastic that they should believe that all the dead would rise from their graves — all of them , those countless millions , millions upon millions , rising from the clay into which they had , long since , dissolved … . |
| 6 | The musket-balls slammed across the small stream and bent the rye crop as though a squall of wind had struck the stalks . |
| 7 | There is no easy way back up out of the spiral because if a government attempts to buy back public support in order to alleviate the " political " problem of governability then this not only overtaxes the economy but stimulates inflation so further exacerbating the " economic " problem and making sustained and balanced growth all the more difficult . |
| 8 | ‘ We can also help people to ask the right questions because when a diagnosis is first made , they may feel confused and upset . |
| 9 | When headquarters control extended to such mundane questions as whether a chemical or flushing toilet should be installed and whether surrounds should be grassed over or concreted , it is easy to understand the frustration of the engineers in the divisions . |
| 10 | This can be a frightening experience because when a gila monster bites , it does not let go for some ten to fifteen minutes , during which time it continues to chew , injecting more and more venom into the wound . |
| 11 | The Trunchbull let out a yell and leapt off her chair as though a firecracker had gone off underneath her . |
| 12 | Turmoil raged within her as she battled to find an answer to the seemingly insurmountable dilemma , and she raised her eyes to the grey skies as though a solution could be found there . |
| 13 | The consequence of winning a civil action is compensation in money whereas if a complaint is upheld , you receive nothing beyond the satisfaction of knowing there is a chance that the officer(s) in question will be disciplined or , just possibly , prosecuted . |
| 14 | . Whatever opinions may be entertained concerning Mosley and his movement , there could be no graver stigma on the so-called freedom of expression said to prevail in Britain than that a body of Englishmen should be prevented from expressing their views by an Oriental confectioner . |
| 15 | Can it possibly be that , while there is the situation in such a case , it is otherwise if the lessee has failed to get rid of the subterm until after a notice is served ? |
| 16 | Such issues as whether a system is able to provide an adequate model of how humans process the language are of limited interest to this school of research . |
| 17 | But the question is not pursued with the same tenacity and intensity as when a child dies in tragic circumstances . |
| 18 | Most human beings are conservative and dislike change , particularly enforced change as when a patient is admitted to hospital . |
| 19 | Outside , the storm howled about the house as though a pack of wild wolves were trying to get in . |