Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [vb base] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One assumption is that any intelligent species will in due course develop a technology , just as we have done . |
| 2 | As between the three common law Inns the choice does not really matter : you can quite well be a member of one Inn , become a pupil in chambers belonging to a second , and in due course attain a seat in chambers belonging to a third . |
| 3 | I have my doubts about this one but you may in due course get a proposal from him . |
| 4 | I merely wish to draw attention to the long chain of wrongly dated groups of pottery , each in turn dependent on the other , all the result of the false assumption that a few coins were contemporary with this deposit , whereas they were either residual or still in circulation , and in neither case have a relevance in establishing a terminus post quem . |
| 5 | Many people who are admired for their career success and professional expertise feel a failure . |
| 6 | Could a private citizen obtain a court order to prevent post office workers boycotting mail to South Africa ? |
| 7 | Opinion poll findings of this kind raise a problem . |
| 8 | Is he really trying to convince the people of Britain , as they tried to do then , that policies of this kind provide a basis for sustained recovery and sustained growth ? |
| 9 | Does the fact that half of the sample of Conservative Members said that there should be no change in income tax in this Budget invalidate a survey in which well over half the hon. Lady 's colleagues who were consulted said that the basic rate of income tax should go up ? |
| 10 | And why does n't British Rail offer a recycling facility for my old two-inch-thick timetable , when I replace it with the new edition twice each year ? |
| 11 | ‘ You 'd say it was incredible if only one airline operated from Newcastle Airport , so why should British Rail have a monopoly . |
| 12 | The revolution of thought which took place in France in the 1960s , with the work of Barthes , Foucault , Kristeva , Derrida and Lacan , has transformed our perception of the subject , the teaching of both language and literature , and we realise that the varieties of English teaching reflect a variety of ideological assumptions . |
| 13 | Paradoxically , Lukacs 's comments at the theoretical level mark a return to the collaborative possibilities that were available at a practical level in France during the 1930s . |
| 14 | The law may in this instance have a role to play in drawing the attention of society in general and professionals in particular to the fact that boys , too , may be the object of sexual exploitation within the family . |
| 15 | The results of this study reveal a number of factors which vary the likelihood of plural references being made in a continuation task . |
| 16 | The materials which eventually evolved from this study include a questionnaire devised by the group and which has subsequently been used as a basis for further in-service training sessions in their schools . |
| 17 | Nowadays , the Zany Couriers of the Inland Revenue dispatch a sheaf of press releases to newspapers , television and radio channels throughout the country one minute after the Chancellor sits down . |
| 18 | Ca n't old Shallot have a run of luck ? |
| 19 | There is nothing like the sight of death and blood to make old Shallot want a cup of sack or a goblet of wine ! |
| 20 | The two areas of land law in this chapter provide a focus on the ways in which land is capable of being possessed , and what amounts to possession in English law , although they are rarely examined together . |
| 21 | The points outlined in this chapter demonstrate a theme which runs throughout this book : the increase in productivity , availability and consumption by the Western World is beginning to backfire . |
| 22 | Having signed an artist , it is in the music publishing company 's best interests to help this act win a recording contract . |
| 23 | The provisions of this act require a president to consult with congress about any commitment of American troops abroad and oblige him to withdraw those troops within 60 days ( with the possibility of a 30-day extension ) if a declaration of war is not forthcoming from Congress . |
| 24 | I had supposed that Aunt Louise would be in bed , but she met me at the door ; opened it , in fact , and held it ready for me to come in , because there was something she was bursting to tell me : ‘ I 'm not staying in this cold place a day longer . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Your Majesty , ’ I stammered , ‘ when I was young at school in Ipswich , I helped an old lady cross a bridge . ’ |
| 26 | Clearly with this second vote a lot of people have changed their minds . |
| 27 | We in this council operate a housing business with an annual turnover in excess of twenty four million pounds . |
| 28 | Does public law provide a solution ? |
| 29 | The institutions of this sector fulfil a number of specialist functions . |
| 30 | The basic principles of scientific decision-making produce a model with the following characteristics : ‘ identification of needs/problems ; setting of objectives ; identification of alternative choices ; evaluation of alternatives ; choice of preferred alternatives ; implementation ; and monitoring feedback and review ’ ( Leach and Stewart 1982:6 ) . |