Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [det] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , with a journey through the EC regarded as the same as an internal domestic trip , drivers are not obliged to carry any special documents . |
| 2 | The price of books of academic criticism indicates that they are not aimed at the educated general reader ( once they cost about the same as a bottle of whisky ; now they cost three to four times as much ) . |
| 3 | The final creations weighed a mere ten kilograms , about the same as a top-class racing bike and about half the weight of most ATBs . |
| 4 | Adult hadrosaurs were up to 13 metres in length and weighed from 4 to 6 tons , about the same as a large elephant . |
| 5 | The whole setup weighs about the same as a small combo , but is easier to carry because there 's less bulk . |
| 6 | Calls should cost about the same as a first-class stamp . |
| 7 | Your call should cost about the same as a first-class stamp . |
| 8 | Calls should cost about the same as a first-class stamp . |
| 9 | It was a slow process , needing the kind of patience he did not have , but at least Huy was spared the tedium of the cutters , whose sole job was to trim the reeds to a regular length , about the same as a man 's forearm . |
| 10 | They verified both predictions , and calculated the effective mass of a moving soliton. it is about the same as an electron 's mass . |
| 11 | The Germans pretended that an east mark was worth the same as a west mark . |
| 12 | In England , the proposal advanced by a majority of the Criminal Law Revision Committee in its Working Paper would similarly have abolished the exemption but distinguished marital from non-marital rape by requiring the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions in the case of the former before a prosecution could be brought . |
| 13 | Whether the boxing and wrestling matches shown on the carved rhyton from Agia Triadha , a miniature fresco from Tylissos and certain sealings were part of the same or a different festival is not known : the way they are depicted suggests that they too had the quality of ritual struggle . |
| 14 | A hierarchical court structure is essential to give to a particular case a level of authority ; this will determine whether or not the case can be overruled by a decision of the same or a higher court , and which courts , if any , are bound by its decision . |
| 15 | A Waiver of any breach of any terms or conditions of this appointment shall not be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach of conditions whether of the same or a different nature . |
| 16 | SERPS consists of no more than a promise that future generations will pick up the bill . |
| 17 | Yet for many centuries , Cheltenham consisted of no more than a single street , lined with a few houses . |
| 18 | Even an estate worth upwards of £100 a year might well consist of no more than a couple of manors plus an assortment of lesser parcels , all located in a single county . |
| 19 | It is relatively young , with a probable age of no more than a few million years . |
| 20 | In the darkness we passed through the defile of Gebel Silsila where the river narrows dramatically to a width of no more than a few yards . |
| 21 | In many cases git consists of no more than a few managers/supervisors . |
| 22 | I have already instanced the first chapter of Simenon 's Maigret 's Pickpocket , which consists of no more than a description of Maigret riding to work on a bus , as being as gripping as any chase sequence , from the absolute accuracy of the writing and its complete economy . |
| 23 | questions with a predetermined answer of no more than a few words |
| 24 | This type of constructed response item consists of a question with a predetermined answer of no more than a few words . |
| 25 | Lukic was guilty of no more than a challenge for a 50–50 ball with the speeding Rob Jones around the 18-yard line . |
| 26 | The shots sounded like no more than a bad cough . |
| 27 | If a senior officer were to be viewed as no more than a member of an amorphous managerial team , said Mr Roach , the public would be led to believe that any complaint against a policemen was merely being investigated by ‘ one of the boys . |
| 28 | The established head taking up a keen interest in marketing may well be seen as no more than a leopard cynically changing spots to match the climate of LMS and the introduction of pupil driven funding . |
| 29 | Leading politicians in Britain , particularly in the mid-nineteenth century Liberal Party , scorned the imperial enterprise as no more than a way of offering the unemployable aristocracy a means to enrich itself at heavy cost to the innocent . |
| 30 | Early travellers to Mozambique described the station at Beira as no more than a muddy , fever-infested street corner . |