Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lucy looked at him reflectively , now understanding more clearly why Doreen thought she could make demands before a ring was put on her finger . |
| 2 | " I 'd much rather have written instructions than a telephone call . " |
| 3 | Confidence is particularly important during the development of inventions before they are granted patents because a patent will be refused if details of the invention have been made available to the public , as we shall see . |
| 4 | The firm says it is able to offer Sun compatible boxes at such low prices because it buys components as a group and sells through catalogues in Germany , Netherlands , UK , Austria , Switzerland and France . |
| 5 | The company says it is able to offer Sun-compatible boxes at such low prices because it buys components as a group and sells through catalogues in Germany , the Netherlands , the UK , Austria , Switzerland and France . |
| 6 | However , other police forces will also be able to enforce provisions if a transport police constable is not available , or in relation to systems not covered by the British Transport Police , such as tramways , preserved railways and the Tyne and Wear metro . |
| 7 | The pair exchanged words before a policeman intervened . |
| 8 | For a flying delivery to be effected the Vulcan Display Team crew could need to be kept would need to be kept current on XH558 ( they must at least fly every 28 days under current procedures ) which would necessitate check-flights until a buyer is established . |
| 9 | Answer : when it is called Microsoft Windows/NT Advanced Server — Microsoft Corp says that it has invoked the name change so as not to confuse customers since a lot of the functions of the OS/2-based LAN Manager which we know and love are already incorporated into the base operating system and Advanced Server will provide only the extras such as multi-domain management ; coincidentally of course , Microsoft will avoid discouraging any users that were n't particularly enamoured of LAN Manager 's original incarnation . |
| 10 | Answer : when it is called Microsoft Windows/NT Advanced Server — Microsoft Corp says that it has invoked the name change so as not to confuse customers since a lot of the functions of the OS/2-based LAN Manager which we know and love are already incorporated into the base operating system and Advanced Server will provide only the extras such as multi-domain management ; coincidentally of course , Microsoft will avoid discouraging any users that were n't particularly enamoured of LAN Manager 's original incarnation . |
| 11 | No anxiety management techniques will work against these odds , just as aspirins will not control headaches if a person continues to bang their head against the wall . |
| 12 | This process might take minutes if a word is long . |
| 13 | The Cornwall Umpires Association says MCC laws only allow runners if a player is injured during a game . |
| 14 | TWO Liverpool cousins who have become the first prison visitors awarded damages after a search ordeal will have to wait for their cash , following a Home Office decision to appeal against the award . |
| 15 | The new Council was established hours after a state of emergency had been declared and was described as the country 's " supreme military and political organ " [ see p. 36449 ] . |
| 16 | It might help designers if a history of mismatches that arose during trials and the actions taken to correct them , was kept ; indeed we feel that some of the particular cases do lead to useful generalization . |
| 17 | However , this could cause difficulties because a person obtaining a computer program would expect to own the copyright of anything produced using the program , and any provisions sharing the ownership of the copyright between the user and the programmer could result in an undesirable fetter on the subsequent use of information and reports generated by the computer . |