Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their presence , either in medieval England or aboard a space rocket , situated them ideally as narrators ; to offer explanations of everything from the Battle of Hastings to nuclear propulsion . |
| 2 | The relationship is initiated by an encounter when the object or being reveals itself as ‘ people ’ ( beri ) — a person with consciousness — in a dream , trance , or during a waking state in the jungle . |
| 3 | I also got to hear how she intended to jack in her job at the insurance brokers just as soon as they 'd taught her how to use the word-processor and go and work somewhere interesting like in an ad agency or for a travel agent . |
| 4 | an aerial socket and an audio/video socket for a video recorder , camcorder or for a satellite link |
| 5 | This extends to the appointment of ancillary and technical staff , who would be expected to have the same sympathetic qualities , and to making a case for help from the authority 's teaching and support services or for a welfare assistant to help with an individual pupil . |
| 6 | We took ready-filleted salmon , some cooked prawns , a packet of mixed rice and mayonnaise , and wrapped them in filo pastry for a delicious seafood parcel , ideal as an alternative Christmas dinner or for a Boxing Day buffet . |
| 7 | For the treatment of such water , it is not uncommon for it to be subjected to flocculation with alum or alum-sodium aluminate , followed by pressure filtration , or for a filter aid to be added and the water then passed through a filter with fine clearances , such as a meta-filter . |
| 8 | This could be for a television documentary about the town or for a town pageant . |
| 9 | How do we measure the ‘ need ’ for public parks , for an art gallery or for a pedestrian precinct ? |
| 10 | Slipping between the pages of a magazine may work for a sachet of shampoo or for a soup mix , but the product can very easily slip out again and the end purchaser may not receive the sample . |
| 11 | Is there room for a freezer in the garage or for a washing machine in the bathroom ? |
| 12 | The yards were reached either by a narrow alley or through a tunnel entrance ; they took their name from the owner or sometimes from the occupant of the property that fronted the street . |
| 13 | Fees are payable by cheque , postal order or through a Land Registry credit account . |
| 14 | This ‘ plain paper typesetter ’ — a term already used by AM Varityper to describe their 600dpi VT600 — can handle 20,000 pages per month and runs either under its own drivers or through a PostScript interpreter developed by Printware and using the Bitstream font library . |
| 15 | The Great Barr , located to the north of the city , close to motorway links and ideal for an overnight stop or as a touring base for the motorists exploring the Big Heart of England . |
| 16 | Another , on their economic importance , shows how male fern has been used as a cure for worms or as a love philtre , how clubmosses provide homoeopathic treatments for everything from hiccups to pre-menstrual tension , and how the mosquito fern plays a vital role in rice production . |
| 17 | His brother Philip reports in the newsletter of the Lord 's Taverners that he is in ‘ remarkably good spirits , ’ a fact that will come as no surprise to those who known him either personally or as a BBC broadcaster . |
| 18 | ‘ The appeal of Caran d'Ache Neocolor II lies for me in combining the exciting possibilities of using the crayons dry as a direct drawing method , or as a painting medium , when they can be dipped into water , finely sprayed for a diffused image , or washed over with a brush — releasing a full flow of colour and texture . ’ |
| 19 | For example , separate decisions need to be taken in relation to : ( 1 ) VAT registrationwhere , if the partners of the new office are not to be the same as those carrying on business at headquarters , separate registration will be required ; ( 2 ) preparation of accountswhere if separate accounts for each office are kept , with separate accounting dates ( which is a matter to be settled between the partners and the firm 's accountants and involves no breach of professional conduct whichever decision may be taken ) , accountants ' reports will have to be produced in respect of each office ; ( 3 ) identity of the partnerswhether the new office should be run as a separate partnership or as a branch office ; ( 4 ) investment business certificatesseparate certificates will be needed if there is not an identity of partners at all a firm 's offices . |
| 20 | Working in an EPH , either as a member of staff or as a consultant analyst , can be a moving and traumatic experience , and is far removed from more typical analysis work in office and business situations . |
| 21 | You can use a Revitaliser to refresh your curls during the day or as a curl activator on those days that you do n't shampoo . |
| 22 | Much of his work was on pottery already in museum collections , or as a pottery assistant to Bushe-Fox , but at Templebrough , he was director of the excavations which had been made necessary by the extension of the large steel works at the end of the Great War . |
| 23 | The synthesiser can be used either as a melodic or as a chorus instrument . |
| 24 | The danger of not including a statement of subject to contract is that one party may subsequently argue that the heads are a binding agreement either as the main contract or as a collateral contract . |
| 25 | This is the difference between seeing growth as depicted by a statistical average on an ascending curve , or as a trend line indicating upwards motion and growth but which includes decline and ascent combined . |
| 26 | Durant and Fabb claim that Literary studies in action is a pedagogical tool which can be used either by individual students or groups of students working in isolation , or as a course book . |
| 27 | But legal proceedings are often brought for a variety of reasons : not just to obtain a favourable outcome , but also in order , for example , to obtain publicity or to force a reconsideration of a contentious decision or policy or as a bargaining tactic . |
| 28 | Where there is compatibility of pitch , the organ can be used very effectively with melodic solo instruments , or as part of an ensemble , or as a continuo instrument to fill in harmonic gaps and add weight of tone and sustaining power . |
| 29 | Available as a desktop package or as a builder kit , it 's scheduled for release this month — prices start at £20,000 for the desktop and builder software combined or £2,000 for the builder kit alone . |
| 30 | Once installed you then have the choice of running the Thesaurus as a standalone program or as a memory resident one . |