Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [prep] an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A stock index represents the market 's estimate of the present value of the subsequent cash flows expected from the constituent companies , while the current price of a futures contract on an index for delivery at time T represents the market 's estimate of the present value at time T of the subsequent cash flows . |
| 2 | There is a lot of reading material to get through and absorb , and there are cases to attend as an observer before a new Panel Member finally makes up one of the three actually hearing a case . |
| 3 | Plans mooted some months ago by Wimpey Asphalt to infill Ratho Quarry during their expansion operations led to an outcry by local residents and Edinburgh climbers . |
| 4 | Weaver birds reared in an incubator still manage to weave when they become adult , so clearly the basic skill is inherited , but it nonetheless requires practice to bring it to perfection and at first young male weavers may make comically ham-fisted versions — nests that are insecurely tied and fall off , others that are unevenly woven with some strips pulled tight and others left slack so that the result is misshapen . |
| 5 | These are individual pension plans arranged by an employer for the benefit of some or all executives above a certain grade , In some companies , executive pension plans only apply to directors ; in others , they may also include senior and middle management . |
| 6 | All the signs pointed to an Ian Ferguson thunderbolt but as the defensive wall braced itself , Hateley stepped forward to find the far corner of the net . |
| 7 | The AT , on the other hand , wanted the groups to continue as an association with individual members of each group able to join the new party if they wished . |
| 8 | I had agreed to be co-author , but it was not until seven years after his retirement that work could begin , for only then had his committee activities abated to an extent which allowed the long periods necessary for writing and discussion . |
| 9 | The plaintiffs alleged the first , sixth and seventh defendants in preparing their business plan had used five specific items of information derived from financial projections contained in an appendix to a business plan ( " the blue book " ) of the plaintiffs namely : ( a ) the average operating profit per Bureau de Change ; ( b ) the average profit of the first year of operation as a percentage of a full years profit ; ( c ) the average costs per Bureau ; ( d ) the average number and/or transactions per Bureau ; ( e ) the average value of each transaction . |
| 10 | Several readers commented on an extract of a letter from a teenager which appeared in my Casebook . |
| 11 | For as ecological awareness spread among the affluent , the national guilt over the genocide of indi-genous peoples led to an exultation of the Noble Savage , a worship of Nature , and consequently a misanthropy , in the form of deploring the existence of fellow humans . |
| 12 | Young readers taught by an approach that stresses decoding ( accurate word-for-word reproduction of what is on the page ) may fail to become proficient readers . |
| 13 | In the novel I can believe he is saying such things , perhaps because I am hearing his voice in my head , in the privacy of my own mind ( I am thinking him ) and I am extremely relieved to hear him say them because his words bring to an end a certain kind of conflict between himself and Connie . |
| 14 | So the stark fact is that , even if there were a mortgage recovery , the societies would not have the funds to cope with an increase in borrowing . |
| 15 | The question for the House was whether the swapping of the labels amounted to an appropriation . |
| 16 | Two kids drowning in an accident did n't sound like much to the world outside . |
| 17 | Fears that privatization would trigger job losses led to an agreement on Oct. 15 between the government and labour leaders representing the All Pakistan State Enterprises Workers ' Action Committee ( APSEWAC ) . |
| 18 | This is the object-oriented concept of inheritance , that is , characteristics received from an ancestor in a class hierarchy . |
| 19 | The effect here is that during the last five years the Conservatives have played no part in the management of this county whatsoever , and it has been left to the other two parties to come to an agreement . |
| 20 | She held him deep within her delectable mouth , and her soft petal lips sucked like an angel . |
| 21 | However , it is clear that , in deciding what the words used in an exclusion clause mean , the court can and will take account of the other provisions of the contract ; the clause must be interpreted in its context . |
| 22 | Two other types of bond are relationships organised around investments in the welfare of another ( ordinarily one 's own children ) ; and relationships organised around an acceptance of someone as a valid source of support and guidance — the boss at work , the general practitioner perhaps , or the vicar ( Weiss , 1982 ) . |
| 23 | The assistant behind the counter acknowledged them with a curt nod and his eyes flickered towards an area of the shop hidden from the entrance . |
| 24 | Perhaps in the selection of students for admission ; or the promotion of the faculty ; or the apportionment of priorities for institutional expenditure ; or the direction of research projects ; or the range of teaching and research subjects pursued in an institution ; or the character of the curriculum . |
| 25 | Her words seemed like an accusation . |
| 26 | The assessment of the relative " equities " of the parties depends on an understanding of the geology of the site and the engineering technicalities of extracting the oil and/or gas , and the application to that information of an agreed method of calculation . |
| 27 | The role of the preposition has been described in the following way : The preposition can therefore be quite accurately defined as the type of word which is already predestined in tongue to intervene in discourse between two words separated by an interval which is not covered by a mechanism of incidence in operation … |
| 28 | Across the warm , sun-filled expanse of wilderness their eyes met with an impact that held them both motionless . |
| 29 | Their eyes met for an instant . |
| 30 | If both parties benefit from an agreement it is not necessary that each also suffers a detriment . |