Example sentences of "[conj] [conj] a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Local authorities have a statutory duty to provide accommodation for homeless households in ‘ priority need ’ ( eg households with dependent children or where a member of the household is vulnerable due to mental illness or old age ) . |
| 2 | There are such cases — where a novel idea originated with the Committee 's Opinion and is then taken into the legislation , where a national judge or European Advocate-General cites a Committee report or where a member of the European Parliament says in evidence that he will prepare an amendment to respond to a concern expressed by a sub-committee and then does so . |
| 3 | Where the locality was suitable or where a number of mills were in close proximity to one another ( such as the Hicks/Hooper empire at Eastington ) it was still possible for a number of separate mills to be run together . |
| 4 | These include situations where there are competing bids , or where the acquisition is prohibited by the merger control authorities , or where a condition of the bid announced in the offer document is not fulfilled or , exceptionally , where the bid may not be put into effect for reasons beyond the control of the parties to the bid . |
| 5 | it used to be a rom of calcite or or a prism of calcite which will do the job . |
| 6 | You wonder that it should seem to me at first all illusion But how natural — It is true of me … very true … that I have not a high appreciation of what passes in the world under the name of love ; & that a distrust of the thing had grown to be a habit of mind with me when I knew you first . |
| 7 | It is sometimes very strange to see an AIB Engineering Inspector and an RAF doctor with their heads down inside the wreckage of a crashed aircraft in the AIB hangar at Farnborough , arguing , discussing or merely agreeing that this or that component is not strong enough to sustain survivable crash forces on a row of seats or that a part of the galley constitutes a lethal hazard against which passengers could suffer injury in a crash . |
| 8 | They may chug along believing that structure is all there is to it or that a combination of structure and roles is the answer . |
| 9 | She had not realised there were still houses where there was no hot-water system or that a relative of hers might live in one Neither was there proper toilet soap . |
| 10 | It can also be argued on behalf of management that transfer notices should not be mandatory if cessation of the executive 's employment with the company results from wrongful dismissal , redundancy , retirement at normal age , retirement due to ill-health or disability or death ; or if a majority of the non-executive directors and/or the directors so resolve with the investors ' approval . |
| 11 | Or if a round of golf gives you a lift , you can play at the foot of this legendary mountain . |
| 12 | I feel that we rely too much on the present state of affairs , too much on uniformitarianism , when interpreting the fossil record , especially in those groups that are now completely extinct or but a shadow of their former selves . |
| 13 | Uniformity is established when certain atmospheric , terrestrial , and any other factors discussed [ above ] are co-operating , and appears either because a certain , defined economy makes its impress on the community as a whole , or because a number of different growth-forms are combined to form a single aggregate which has a definite and constant guise . |
| 14 | A revocation or modification order is made when the development has not been undertaken ( or before a change of use has taken place ) . |
| 15 | Even if all the relevant facts ( in one sense of the word ‘ facts ’ ) arise on the problem — e.g. a question whether the defendant has , on the facts , been negligent , or whether a lapse of time is ‘ reasonable . ’ |
| 16 | It was the sort of day when men run their fingers round their collars and women pull their skirts away from their thighs , and people debate whether a hot cup of tea really cools you down or whether a glass of cold water is more helpful . |
| 17 | Consolidation needs can be met within an increasing number of ledger systems ( see suppliers panel ) , or when a variety of ledger systems are in use , with the aid of dedicated consolidation packages or EIS-type products . |
| 18 | On certain days , perhaps when there is a theatre list , or when a number of patients are being admitted from the waiting list , this may be very confusing . |
| 19 | He will reject what a conventionalist accepts as law only in special cases , when a statute is old and out-of-date , for example , or when a line of precedent is widely regarded as unfair or inefficient , and it is difficult to see what of value is then lost . |
| 20 | So what you tend to observe is that when protectionism , when everybody protects , or when a lot of people protects , the world market erm , becomes a sink right , for any excess production . |
| 21 | Some , of course , deny that such purity of method is possible but few would argue with the proposition that where a description of law is coloured by the expositor 's own values it is a virtue for these values explicitly to be registered . |
| 22 | Standard Condition 6.6.5 provides that where a deposit of less than 10% is taken on exchange , the balance of the 10% becomes payable immediately on service of a notice to complete . |
| 23 | The principles of stratigraphy , originally borrowed from geology , are based on the fact that where a succession of undisturbed layers are found one on top of the other , the layers below will be earlier in date than those above . |
| 24 | For Carolingian royal rights had applied everywhere except where a grant of immunity blocked them ; but Capetian royal rights were respecters of strongly entrenched vested interests . |
| 25 | Copies of judgments are to be sent in all cases except where a warrant of execution is issued straight away ( Ord 22 , r 1(3) ) . |
| 26 | The next move is blind … one committing lunge … into the fire … except that a piece of sturdy tat winks at you . |
| 27 | Except that a lot of the information we have both lost was about the Lucy Ghosts . |
| 28 | Where a company or group has more than one pension scheme , disclose details on a combined basis , where possible , except that a deficiency of funding in one scheme should not be offset against a surplus in another scheme . |
| 29 | In a report , Water pollution incidents in England and Wales — 1990 , the NRA says that although a lack of previous data makes an assessment of overall trends difficult , there is no question that the number of incidents reported has risen . |
| 30 | The report showed that although a total of 62 ballistic missiles , 18 launch pads , 33 missile warheads , 127 missile storage-racks and substantial amounts of rocket fuel had so far been destroyed , " questions remain[ed] " about Iraq 's capability to manufacture short- and long-range Scud missiles . |