Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Such deeds or instruments as a rule require for their validity to be registered under the Bills of Sale Acts ( 1878 and 1882 ) , which have been passed to prevent persons from obtaining credit by continuing to remain in possession of goods when they have secretly transferred their interest in them to others .
2 For example , the specialist Sun Frost range keeps food fresh for weeks rather than days if a power cut occurs .
3 Staff at Presto stores throughout the region wore Yellow Brick Road T-shirts and caps while a charity disco and pea and pie supper was held at Darlington Memorial Hospital .
4 Staff at Presto stores throughout the region wore Yellow Brick Road T-shirts and caps while a charity disco and pie and peas supper was held at Darlington Memorial Hospital .
5 I think that a possible abortion should be consulted with a Family Planning Officer and doctors before a decision is reached but it should be the woman 's final choice because she is the person responsible for herself and child .
6 In this climate , Cripps decided to mount a ‘ popular front ’ campaign in 1937 and 1938 , in order to encourage Labour to enter a coalition government with anti-fascist and anti-appeasement Conservatives and Liberals if a split could be engineered within the Conservative Party .
7 I 'd ordered champagne and flowers because a honeymoon is once in a lifetime but we ended up carrying our own luggage in pitch darkness across a car park and up a huge flight of stairs .
8 The room had as many entrances and exits as a stage set Cinzia had appeared almost at his elbow .
9 Most 2-year-olds have a short concentration span and will flit between activities like Playdoh , Lego , or playing with cars and dolls while a 5-year-old can settle to play table games and puzzles .
10 Fellows from universities who fought in Spain are being given jobs in Intelligence or Censorship where they could do a lot more damage as traitors than a squaddy like I 'd be .
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