Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adj] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are you going to concentrate on collections of herbs each with a theme ? |
| 2 | Any taxpayer paying taxes exigible under a statute which it has no reason to believe or suspect is other than valid should be viewed as having paid pursuant to the statutory obligation to do so . |
| 3 | Any taxpayer paying taxes exigible under a statute which it has no reason to believe or suspect is other than valid should be viewed as having paid pursuant to the statutory obligation to do so . |
| 4 | He still had three hours outstanding of a community service order for another offence . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's 5.15 a.m. and we have spent the last two hours asleep in a lay-by just outside Solihull and breakfast in Birmingham is the next item on the agenda . ’ |
| 6 | In the same way that the human body , for instance , is an integrated whole whose individual parts serve particular ‘ needs ’ of the system ( for example , the heart performs the function of pumping blood around the body , the bowel functions to collect and evacuate solid-waste products , and so on ) , so society comprises a system of interdependent institutions each with a contribution to make to the overall stability and continuity of the whole . |
| 7 | Why do n't you say to them that they each organisation I mean H M S O and have ten minutes each for a presentation |
| 8 | The aim of the holiday is to make a terrace of three one-twelfth -scale houses complete with a shop — a cake shop in Rosemary 's case . |
| 9 | Jane pressed hard , the pennies fell with a clatter and a voice said , ‘ Fenton Bishop 220 . ’ |
| 10 | The relative risk of a child being overweight is five times that of a child with normal weight parents ( Poskitt 1980 ) . |
| 11 | And the damage inflicted by one lorry axle weighing 10 tonnes is 160 000 times that of a car axle . |
| 12 | Peace has five letters and two fingers outstretched in a sign whose reverse is obscene . |
| 13 | In so doing , he earned all the privileges due to a martyr . |
| 14 | The integrated analysis of risks inherent to a product , system or plant and their significance in an appropriate context . |
| 15 | One can visualise these gentlemen each with a candle or dim lantern , perhaps totally unused to situations like that , climbing fearfully up the ladders , hard on each others heels , taking comfort from the nearness of each other and climbing awkwardly with the lights they carried which would cast but a feeble glow about them . |
| 16 | A ‘ stringer ’ is n't just a freelance — it 's a correspondent based away from head office whose local contacts give him an on-the-spot usefulness which far surpasses that of a reporter sent out from head office . ’ |
| 17 | She says for every ten acres used for a house 30 acres actually get used up in building pavements roads and so on . |
| 18 | The range of adaptations possible on a hire purchase car , however , is greater that those available on the hire scheme . |
| 19 | OPTIONS : Any chariots may have up to two additional crewmen each at a cost of 7 ½ points each . |
| 20 | OPTIONS : Any chariots may have up to two additional crewmen each at a cost of 3 ½ points each . |
| 21 | The country is a federation of nineteen states , and in 1979 there were five separate national political parties each with a degree of power , effectively controlling at least two states . |
| 22 | ‘ It has already been hinted at by oor worthy comrade up the back before he passed oot , we are but six months old as a body … ’ |
| 23 | A well broken , loose and particulate soil will have characteristics different to a uniform and unbroken film of the same type . |
| 24 | Although this example relates to what have been termed ‘ imposed ’ areal units , that have no landscape reality ( Unwin 1981 ) , it is increasingly necessary to create aggregations of population over ‘ natural ’ areal units such as a soil association or outcrop of a particular rock type . |
| 25 | Intermediate grants may be given on which there is no rateable value restriction , for any missing standard basic amenities such as a bath , shower , wash-basin , lavatory , sink and hot and cold water supply . |
| 26 | If part of the price is attributed to chattels such as a lawn mower or curtains , or carpets , then the seller may be asked to sign a separate form of receipt to indicate the sum of money received in order to transfer ownership of the items concerned . |
| 27 | Thus , if Mr X , who is not domiciled in the United Kingdom , puts property into a discretionary trust and at the time of the ten year charge the trust assets are not located in the United Kingdom , eg they are chattels such as a motor vehicle which is located outside the United Kingdom , no inheritance tax is in point . |
| 28 | Against those who see his political career as stemming from mundane and this-worldly considerations such as a desire for power , I would argue that there is no good reason to reject his own understanding of the connection between the two . |
| 29 | For specific shapes such as a rectangle or semi-circle , where the shape is cut out to the exact dimensions required , card could be used . |
| 30 | His style of preaching is clearly seen in his books such as A Call to the Unconverted and The Saint 's Everlasting Rest which were prepared from sermonic material . |