Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly , no-one devising a system of government for a late twentieth-century industrial democracy would give the right to alter legislation to a group of people whose only qualification is the fact that at some time in the dim and distant past a grateful monarch rewarded the loyalty , bravery , intrigue , obsequiousness or blackmail of an ancestor with the grant of a title and the profits of plunder . |
| 2 | Where a defendant to an action claims against any person not already a party , contribution or indemnity , or some relief , remedy , or settlement of an issue connected with the subject matter of the action , he must proceed by way of a third party notice ( N 15 ) . |
| 3 | It is the behaviour of E or G as a function of frequency or time , or more usually of temperature that constitutes the relaxation experiment . |
| 4 | At the other end of the scale is the much vaunted desktop publishing system which requires high resolution graphics ; either Extended Graphics or Hercules for a PC system , special software such as Aldus PageMaker or Harvard Publisher , and an intelligent page printer . |
| 5 | On your appointment or re-appointment as a tutor you will receive at the beginning of the session : — |
| 6 | the operation of inserting the printed pages , sections or signatures of a book in the correct order for binding . |
| 7 | Generally , the cuckoo will not go on to take more than one egg , for , presumably , while the host tolerates the substitution or addition of an egg , it wo n't tolerate the loss of one . |
| 8 | As an amateur ornithologist he knew himself to be far behind those people who could identify from a snatch of song or flicker of a wing . |
| 9 | Without any change of expression or flicker of an eyelid , the girl in the ticket office said , ‘ Where did you say , ducks ? ’ |
| 10 | It will be circulated freely and provides the public with one key contact for information on each sport or branch of a sport . |
| 11 | ( a ) Specializing , as in the cases of sustaining or promoting work in a particular medium or branch of an art , and in some circumstances a particular style ; |
| 12 | ‘ Belonging to another ’ is proved by showing that the property was appropriated from someone having possession or control of it , e.g. the owner or tenant etc. of a dwelling house would have possession and control of all the personal property in the house , and the owner or driver of a car would have possession or control of the contents of the car . |
| 13 | Although the accounts are drawn up for the benefit of the proprietors or shareholders of a business , the primary objective of such accounts could be said to establish the amount of tax due to the Inland Revenue . |
| 14 | Or isotopes of an element , they have the same chemical properties , they have the same outer structure and very much the same inner structure apart from one 's got a few extra neutrons . |
| 15 | It is easy enough to identify opposing terms or attitudes in a text , but how does one decide whether or not they are balanced or reconciled ? |
| 16 | Daytime employment , sheltered work , or a place at a day centre or day hospital may be one answer , or removal to a hostel or group home . |
| 17 | A change in the weight or fineness of a coinage can occasionally provide a link between an undated and a dated coin . |
| 18 | The frequency of gap junctions at the edge of the gastric ulcer was almost the same as that in the endoscopically normal mucosa of the gastric fundus or antrum at a distance from the ulcer . |
| 19 | It means a dispute between workers and their employer which relates wholly or mainly to one or more of the following : terms and conditions ( including physical conditions ) of employment : engagement , non-engagement , termination or suspension of employment or of duties of employment ; matters of discipline ; membership or non-membership of a trade union ; facilities for union officials ; machinery for negotiation or consultation and other procedures , including recognition of unions . |
| 20 | You are the first of the king 's officers to know that Lord Grey of Ruthyn is carried off prisoner into Wales , and if this moment you turned out the muster of every shire between here and Denbigh , and loosed them into Clocaenog forest , do you think you would find hide or hair of a Welshman there ? |
| 21 | The council is providing cash towards the cost of a major survey in Hemlington , Middlesbrough , where plans for a Community Action Plan are under way . |
| 22 | • Baby wipes ( thick ones are best ) or a damp sponge or flannel in a plastic bag . |
| 23 | The empirical formula shows the simplest ratio of the number of atoms or ions in a substance . |
| 24 | The arrangement of atoms , molecules or ions in a crystal can be depicted as a crystal lattice . |
| 25 | This is the movement of molecules or ions from a region of high concentration to a region of lower concentration . |
| 26 | the first ideas or sketches of a designer noted down for future reference . |
| 27 | Most practitioners undertake reviews of procedures at some time or other , whether they are procedures in the commonly accepted sense of the term , ie low-level processes or activities with a set order of steps ( Collins Standard Reference Dictionary ) , or the total activities of an organisation that combine to achieve the purpose of the business as a whole . |
| 28 | While policy is in the formative stages there is a constant worry over how a particular initiative , or response to a crisis , will appear in the mass media . |
| 29 | They 're waiting for that split second when all the backs are turned so they can slip a jacket or jumper in a bag and walk out of the shop . ’ |
| 30 | There are , however , two longstanding situations on Southern Sandstone where payment of an admission fee has been customary for many years . |