Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun sg] [vb base] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Jan. 18 , educational institutions were closed for the winter holiday a week early . |
| 2 | The controls for the Legend comprise a volume control/pull pot , which coil taps the bridge humbucker , and a separate rotary which acts as a mid-range boost/cut . |
| 3 | If notation is to offer a self-evident ordering , then it is important that the symbols used for the notation have a self-evident order in themselves . |
| 4 | During the winter maintain a minimum temperature of 5 ° C ( 41 & degree F ) and water the plants sparingly . |
| 5 | The annual presentation of awards ceremony during the afternoon say a good turnout of supporters and distinguished guests in the Festival Hall . |
| 6 | All the devotions recommended for the laity during the Mass reinforce a sense of this pattern . |
| 7 | Manuscripts fully catalogued during the year include a gathering-up of letters of Sir Walter Scott , papers of Neil Munro , George Scott Moncreiff and Fred Urquhart , the Lesmahagow Missal and other liturgical and biblical manuscripts , and various items from the Advocates ' Manuscripts . |
| 8 | There is increasing evidence that many trichoneme L3 ingested during the autumn show a degree of hypobiosis and remain in the large intestinal mucosa until the following spring . |
| 9 | Insects falling into the water during the summer provide a substantial proportion of the diet of trout . |
| 10 | During the weeding process a second function is also carried out , in which the librarian notes the patterns of use and records these for future consultation at the ordering stage . |
| 11 | Robert Duvall and Faye Dunaway as the couple do a marvellous job portraying the ‘ family/hearth ’ ruthlessness of those in control . |
| 12 | We must get in , do the job and get out as quickly as POSSIBLE — leaving the place as the public have a right to find it . |
| 13 | Producers and organisations such as the Guild have a vital role in telling consumers both at home and abroad how good British cheese can be . |
| 14 | The reef 's new status , granted by the UN International Maritime Organisation , will enable the Australian government to insist that ships that pass through the reef carry a pilot . |
| 15 | He said : ‘ Through the Business Link a third party can now bring companies together and encourage trade between them . |
| 16 | To look for soil animals which are too large to pass through the sieve make a salt solution by dissolving 9 tablespoonfuls of cooking salt in 1½ litres ( 2½ pints ) of water . |
| 17 | The group 's operations after the sale show a thumping loss of Pounds 4.4m . |
| 18 | She raised Skogen to her face and through it she saw Ghost of the Tree turn a quizzical and penetrating look upon her . |
| 19 | All members of the church have a contribution to make to the preparation , especially in the light of our growing awareness of how different vocations within the church are complementary . |
| 20 | All that vanished with the invention of the printing press a few years later , but many of the books in the Corviniana were made in Italy at that time . |
| 21 | And on either side of the bottom step a stone beast crouched . |
| 22 | Incidentally , Dutoit dampens the tam-tam at the end ( he 's not the only one ! ) , despite Rachmaninov 's clear instruction that whilst the rest of the orchestra play a quaver , the tam-tam should go to the end of the bar ( notated dotted crotchet ) with the implication that it should be allowed to carry on beyond . |
| 23 | Wide side decks and a long run of substantial grabrail on each side of the coachroof allow a secure passage to and from the foredeck . |
| 24 | And that 's extremely difficult to do something about the equity target , since National policy , the distribution of income , housing policy , all the things that we tackle on this committee and committees of the council have a very significant effect on the health of the people who live in the city , and it 's not in our control . |
| 25 | At last he said to himself , " Even the birds of the air and the fish of the sea have a better life than I , for at least they have companions . |
| 26 | In general many beeches , particularly those on the western edge of the Park show a general lack of vitality … |
| 27 | The events of the novel involve a number of key characters who are related to one another in a variety of ways . |
| 28 | This change in the law and in the locus of power will not end the debate , which has prevailed for a number of years , about control of the curriculum of schools ; such a debate emerged once the content of the curriculum become a controversial subject in the 1960s and has continued since . |
| 29 | The Council has to try and ensure that the subject ‘ bits ’ of the curriculum form a coherent whole and somehow deliver the broad and balanced curriculum enshrined in the noble opening passages of the Act . |
| 30 | We 'll be discussing it this afternoon and Labour members told us and no doubt they 'll tell us again that the users of the centre have a democratic right to be consulted about how it was run Do n't tenant farmers have the right to be consulted ? |