Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Minister had planned a speech of thanks himself during a visit to Stoke Mandeville Hospital … but Adis Avdic stole his thunder . |
| 2 | And they 're the kind of books which in a way encapsulated people 's views of what history was , the history of this country was , at that particular point in time . |
| 3 | The industry tried all sorts of things to get people interested : Rover put a traditional grille on its 800 , Ford introduced a new way to buy a car called Options and Nissan even tried selling its cars itself for a change . |
| 4 | The program puts up words one at a time , in transcription , and the user 's task is to read the word and then input it in normal spelling . |
| 5 | cars one at a time on horse drawn flat trucks , along Canterbury Road and Mitcham Road to dump them on the site in Aurelia Road , which the company had purchased for a depôt . |
| 6 | The instructor should distribute Handout 13 , then go through the steps one at a time using the details in the text and asking the trainees to complete exercises where necessary . |
| 7 | The opening concert on 19 May presents something of a coup — the Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra , with composer/conductor Krzyztof Penderecki , to play Penderecki 's second cello concerto , with soloist Timothy Hugh . |
| 8 | He cuts the tenon shoulders one at a time , and then lines them up to make a final pass if necessary . |
| 9 | Section 3 does not invalidate a term , but subjects it to a test of reasonableness . |
| 10 | This technique develops a conceptual model of a process , subjects it to a number of experiments and studies the results with the aim of eventually predicting how the model will behave under certain conditions . |
| 11 | THE Stock Exchange is investigating two blatant share ramps which for a while yesterday added £178million to the value of conglomerate Williams Holdings , and knocked £94million from financial services group British & Commonwealth . |
| 12 | She stepped out of the dress and then turned and sat on the bed , rather heavily ; smiling at Wayne to show that she was okay , she kicked off her shoes one at a time . |
| 13 | Er , the present situation is that there 's complex erm , arrangements for the exercise of votes , basically unanimity is required and in those circumstances we as a shareholder can not exercise material influence which is a necessary pre-condition for equity accounting . |
| 14 | Although in his style of living Hickey remained for many years something of a rake , his career in Calcutta appears to have been a success . |
| 15 | There was a particular dish , in those days something of a delicacy , which needed cutting into sections before serving , and the question was how this was to be done . |
| 16 | Talking of which , you 'll laugh when you hear I went a bit bonkers myself for a while . |
| 17 | If you are self-employed , or in a partnership , you will naturally make all the contributions yourself to a pension plan . |
| 18 | The drunken voice of Officer Cecil informed him that he and his fellows were taking the calls one at a time . |
| 19 | Nearly all the canine members of the police dog section are former unwanted pets donated by families who for a variety of reasons found the could no longer offer a home to man 's best friend . |
| 20 | Cool pastry for 5mins , then beat in eggs one at a time until mixture is firm , glossy and elastic . |
| 21 | Their troubled relationship with Prost notwithstanding , Honda 's successful assault on the bastions of Formula One is admirably chronicled by Christopher Hilton in Conquest of Formula One , although his somewhat hectoring style makes the first few pages something of a battle . |
| 22 | Mrs Thatcher as Prime Minister has occasional meetings with committee officers , taking committees one at a time . |
| 23 | You will have achieved very little if parents sort problems one at a time and keep coming back to you for the same advice for each one . |
| 24 | It sometimes helps to deal with problems one at a time , so the goals seem attainable . |
| 25 | ‘ If you 'd care to raise your hands , we 'll take questions one at a time . |
| 26 | Ask your questions one at a time . |
| 27 | This done , he neatly hacks off her left arm and tosses it to the young boy , who , squatting on his haunches , pounds it to a pulp with the back of an axe . |
| 28 | H LYRICAL Son ( the Spokesman ) and DJ Arm hail from North London , managing to distribute their debut 12″ themselves after a year on the shelf in search of a label . |
| 29 | You must do the needles one at a time — no short cuts ! |
| 30 | Webbed feet were not designed for mountaineering , but after a few weeks the ducks had devised a method of hopping up the stairs one at a time , eating every morsel of bread along the way , until finally they were actually in my bedroom . |