Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] a [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They can only suggest that their involvement may be due to such personal circumstances as geographical proximity to ‘ rougher ’ areas , conflict with parents or school authorities or an opportunity to act out racist tendencies . |
| 2 | The triplet groove can be specifically written as triplets or a triplet feel can be implied . |
| 3 | Offers , please , from groups or an individual to organise the day . |
| 4 | The offence carries a power of arrest where a constable reasonably suspects that a person is committing an offence under the section , is triable summarily only , and punishable with six months or a fine to level 5 . |
| 5 | That persistence must however be seen against the background of the following factors : ( a ) the weakness of her faith as I have found it ; ( b ) the fact that no explanation was ever offered to her by anyone in medical authority as to the risks that a refusal to have a blood transfusion presented to her health indeed to her life . |
| 6 | I felt I was n't appreciate anymore and was suffering from the normal jealousies that a father has when the child monopolizes the mother 's attention . |
| 7 | This was no soccer match won by three goals nor a race won by three seconds . |
| 8 | And it 's the role of the plants is to bring new ideas to the group , , change the approach to problems and the strengths that a plant has is that they 're often independent , with high intelligence . |
| 9 | It seems that problems of proof loom large here : there is a fear that the unscrupulous would manipulate any law permitting ‘ mercy killings ’ , and the argument is presumably that this would put at risk more unwilling parties than a law allowing euthanasia would benefit willing parties . |
| 10 | On 23 March 1106 Paschal II wrote to Anselm to announce in veiled words that a compromise had been reached : |
| 11 | Common literature methods ( Tappert , 1982 ; Hall and Dowling , 1980 ; Berghel , 1987 ) have used string matching techniques , ( e.g. nearest match methods , approximate string matching ) to find candidates for intended words once an error has been identified . |
| 12 | Because of the many opportunities that a designer has of seeing many types and design of kitchen equipment in action , he is able to pick for his client the best type and design for the job in hand . |
| 13 | Does he feel that he might try to persuade Mr. Collins at their next meeting to devote a little more time to the containment of that particular problem rather than wasting it on demands that a policeman accompany every Army patrol in Northern Ireland , presumably to ensure that the Special Air Services remember to say ’ please ’ and ’ thank you ’ to any civilian they may encounter ? |
| 14 | Due to the presence of foreign exchange risk , or simply exchange or currency risk as it is often described , many exporters and importers use the forward market to hedge such risks and a link exists between Eurocurrency interest rates and the forward exchange rate . |
| 15 | There are skylarks and foxes and an owl sits in the apple tree staring at us by the fire in winter . |
| 16 | In addition , consultant firms are no longer appropriate in many settings and a team based approach will often result in better care for patients and improved experience for juniors , who will be sufficiently awake to benefit from the ‘ apprenticeship method of transmitting skills and knowledge ’ that Field advocates . |
| 17 | He clutched her shoulders on the way : a big shambles of a man , with shapely legs and a tendency to put on his overcoat with the collar turned inward . |
| 18 | Lyn unwrapped a small round table , high-polished , with curved legs and a top carved in a design of a chestnut leaf and cluster of spiny fruits . |
| 19 | Their grandparents had made the lounge into a bedroom so that Grandad did n't have to do the stairs with his bad legs and a bedroom had been turned into a sitting room and furnished with a table , chairs and sideboard that her parents had acquired when they got married though they had no house to put it in . |
| 20 | Antennas around the top of the ship pick up the radar signals and a computer works out details such as their frequency , the type of modulation and the intervals between pulses . |
| 21 | By that time there were brothers and a sister playing about the floor of the nursery in Hampstead , and now and again a new baby in the cradle . |
| 22 | He had caught cold , or more likely , suffered from an allergy , Trent thought as he remarked the inflamed eyelids that shuttered the eyes and a nose drip that the thin man dipped into a linen handkerchief every half-a-minute — dip , dip , like a skinny waterbird feeding along the tideline . |
| 23 | She was middle-aged , thin as a bean-pole , with small eyes and a mouth puckered up with spite . |
| 24 | She eased her sticking back from the car seat up to a cafe where a boy with slanting eyes and a towel tied round his waist wiped a table clean for them , then shook a filthy cloth over it with a flourish . |
| 25 | It should be stressed that not all organisations pay for such ‘ look-see ’ trips and a number rely on providing a thorough briefing in the home country . |
| 26 | Nearly half did n't know about the official guidelines and a quarter admitted they had no monitoring procedures . |
| 27 | Taczek took oft his spectacles and a gleam twinkled in his face . |
| 28 | One of its drivers and a guard had been shot and killed by Belgian troops in a firefight . |
| 29 | Above the wall we could see a few palm trees , a double row of adobe domes and a square keep . |
| 30 | The major causes of geographical immobility include social ties and a reluctance to move away from family and friends ; indeed , the problems and costs of moving to a new location may be prohibitive for many people . |