Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the July 1952 issue of Essays in Criticism a young academic , John Peter , offered " A New Interpretation of the Waste Land " , the gist of which he summarized thus : " At some previous time the speaker has fallen completely — perhaps the right word is irretrievably — in love . |
| 2 | If the x coins of year a were made , for example , a hundred years before the 2x coins of year b , it would be unwise to conclude that twice as many coins were made in year b , since to do so would take no account of the gradual wastage or erosion of coins of year a from circulation ( by accidental loss , hoarding , export of coinage , melting down , etc . ) . |
| 3 | It is the ratio of the number of moles of gas a to the total number of moles of gas present . |
| 4 | Until there is a change in the law , charity shops will continue to lose thousands of pounds of income a week because they ca n't sell most of the toys donated to them . |
| 5 | Sharpness on the Severn estuary normally handles hundreds of ships and thousands of tons of cargo a year , but that all stopped at lunchtime when the dockers walked out . |
| 6 | This category is much more controversial and inherently implausible , as it contains the alleged abductions of humans on board a UFO . |
| 7 | The ‘ Alterations , Additions ’ etc. may have been corrections to bring closer into line with happenings on stage a publication seriously misleading as first issued — difficult to sell , when word got round . |
| 8 | In cases of doubt a bone marrow aspirate , which is the best guide to body iron stores , should be examined . |
| 9 | It is often the case that when all is going well in life , tackling a heavy job can seem a treat , whereas in times of stress a dirty footprint on a new-washed floor is the last straw . |
| 10 | But in times of uncertainty a clear division of black and white seems comforting . |
| 11 | The scandal had first come to light in mid-January when officers of the State Security Committee ( KGB ) had uncovered 12 new T-72 battle tanks in crates on board a freight train at the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk , concealed as part of a shipment of scrap metal intended for export . |
| 12 | In Dogs of War a Cockney extra gave me |
| 13 | Setting aside the physical hardware , in terms of power a Macintosh performs roughly the same as a PC/AT , there are other fundamental differences between the two systems . |
| 14 | There we read in line seven of the desirability of retaining a bilateral contact between our two churches on matters of doctrine a desire express , I 'm glad to note , by our Roman Catholic friends and that 's good . |
| 15 | The argument put forward by the member states mentioned above is tantamount to seeking to graft on to the derogation from the principle of non-discrimination on grounds of nationality a second derogation as regards fishing vessels relating to the nationality of the owners or operators of such vessels . |
| 16 | At moments of crisis a nation needs a leader able to lead in the way Margaret Thatcher led then . |