Example sentences of "[prep] [subord] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | In terms of the simple free volume concept each chain end requires more free volume in which to move about than a segment in the chain interior . |
2 | Given the presence of circulating antibodies in at least some of our patients ( for example anti-A and anti-B in blood group O patients ) this study raises the question of whether a change in cell surface antigens , presumably in the form of one or more carbohydrate epitopes affecting both colon and liver , plays a part in the pathogenesis of this condition . |
3 | It is necessary before undertaking an analysis of whether a restraint in a particular case is reasonable to decide whether in the first place the doctrine has any part to play . |
4 | The external assessors would have responsibility for reporting their opinion of whether a board of directors had fulfilled for stewardship responsibilities outlined in the first proposal listed here . |
5 | The examiner is quite entitled to set questions on any topic in the syllabus regardless of whether a lecture on it has been given or not and you should look out for the " old foxes " . |
6 | But it was confined to the specific issue of whether a duty of care existed — to establish liability , a plaintiff must also prove breach of duty , and loss caused by that breach . |
7 | The question of whether a duty of care exists is not in dispute . |
8 | But — quite apart from the issue of whether a woman like myself can in any meaningful way identify herself with women in the remote past — one must ask how could this be useful theologically ? |
9 | Since different people will make different value judgements , there can be no unambiguous answer to the question of whether a move from A to D , E , or F is desirable . |
10 | This case raised the question of whether an assignee of a reversion on a lease could enforce the payment of rent against someone who had entered into surety covenants as a guarantee of the tenant 's obligations in the lease . |
11 | Of course it is highly likely that the corporate finance arm and the client will be contractually bound in any case , thus enabling us to dispense with the issue of whether an obligation of confidence is owed . |
12 | There is a close link between the vexed questions of whether an offer of employment is ‘ suitable ’ and whether a refusal is ‘ unreasonable ’ . |
13 | This is not an experiment that can ever be done , although some people assume that certain remote and isolated faunas , such as those of Australia and Madagascar , can be treated as if they were ancient , as if a trip to Australia were like a trip backwards in a time machine . |
14 | I feel as if a bit of me had been chopped off . |
15 | Carey looked worried and Doctor Agrippa sat as if a spectator at some masque or mummer 's play . |
16 | He must have been about seventeen and was so-pale and thin he looked as if a gust of wind might blow him away . |
17 | Perched alone in its beauty as if a queen amongst her subjects . |
18 | It was as if a couple of animals hounded from one burrow , nest or lair had im-mediately taken possession of another and started up just where they had left off . |
19 | Instead Beatrice retreated behind long translations of French poetry , light satire and erudite literary discussion , almost as if a part of her had died . |
20 | There was about her something distant and mysterious , Cadfael thought , as if a part of her being was charmed away into some private and pleasant place , even while her blue eyes dwelt upon her husband and his friend with sharp intelligence , following the argument back and forth with a kind of indulgent and amused affection , appropriate to a matriarch watching her children . |
21 | Mad perhaps , but it was as if a part of Mark could be preserved while she stayed with this odd assortment of people . |
22 | But the clog of sound she had never noticed in hospital was removed , as if a plug of cotton wool had been taken out ; that constant humming buzz of the working building like a machine or a living body around her . |
23 | It was the best going I could hope to see , but just beyond that wall of water , minutes away , the ground became lacerated with gulleys , as if a maze of streams had scored the ground and had been filled with sand . |
24 | Looking back , it almost seems as if a policy of ‘ build 'em up , knock 'em down ’ was being formally instituted . |
25 | Since the distance and aperture remain the same , only more or less of the same picture is being shown , just as if a camera in a museum or on an animation stand were moving in and out on an oil painting . |
26 | Strangely , the match is never mentioned , as if a spot of gloating over an English rugby victory might be construed as bad form . |
27 | He just looks as if a puff of wind would blow him away , ’ George finished . |
28 | She had risen and now stood staring at him , trembling visibly and feeling as if a puff of wind would knock her down again . |
29 | Mr Lazarus described it ‘ as if a bolt of energy shot up my spine and burst through the top of my head . |
30 | Now , if you see a ploughed field today , it looks exactly as if a lot of pigs have been a-hoggin' and a-rootin' on it up . ’ |