Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] an [unc] [no cls] " in BNC.

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1 What I am most conscious of is that I have been regarded as a controversial figure : until the age of sixty I was seen either as a subversive or as an enfant terrible .
2 There , electoral law requires that a constituency candidate shall be chosen by secret ballot either in a meeting of party members specially convened for that purpose , or by an ad hoc committee itself elected by secret ballot ; and party officers must give the returning officer a solemn assurance that these procedures have been observed .
3 The audit needs to be carried out on a periodic rather than on an ad hoc basis , and , like any other rational evaluation , needs to be conducted in a systematic way .
4 However , if an application is made to the court for an order requiring the trustee to summon a meeting to consider a resolution for his removal as trustee , the court may , if it thinks no sufficient cause has been shown for the application , dismiss it but not until after an ex parte hearing of the applicant ( r 6.132(2) ) .
5 The broken arrows represent relationships whereby information can be requested , but on an ad hoc basis .
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