Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb -s] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Among a welter of brimming ashtrays sits a man in an old black suit . ’ |
| 2 | Lashing of mortise and tenons produces a combination of strength and flexibility |
| 3 | The student who is confident in his library skills has a basis of trust upon which to build — and he will save himself a great deal of humiliation as well as precious time ( a commodity his teachers are themselves equally short of ) . |
| 4 | Because the networks believe westerns appeal mainly to middle-aged men , Young Riders has a cast of five pouting young male actors , in an attempt to make a western with ‘ good demographics ’ . |
| 5 | Assume also that each of these states has a probability of 0.5 . |
| 6 | The harmonization of laws affecting domestic transactions in member States has an effect on international transactions in that within the field covered by the harmonizing measures these obviate the need to resort to conflict of laws rules and thus achieve one of the objectives of a Convention regulating international transactions . |
| 7 | Unlike billiards , however , rather than a clean ‘ hit or miss ’ , the repulsion of the two positively charged nuclei causes a curvature in the ion 's path even if it passes to the side of the atom . |
| 8 | Schedule 4 to the rules contains a form of affidavit where service other than personal is effected , ( Form 6.12 ) , see Appendix C , form 8 . |
| 9 | Schedule 4 to the rules contains a form of order setting aside the demand ( Form 6.6 ) . |
| 10 | Schedule 4 to the rules contains an order for substituted service ( Form 6.15 ) and a notice for insertion in the London Gazette ( Form 6.16 ) . |
| 11 | But how many times has a manufacturer of , say , microphones said , ‘ Look at the specification of our new such-and-such ; it beats the Shure SM58 hands down . ’ |
| 12 | The goals scored over four weeks are totalled and the highest number of goals wins a prize of £50 . |
| 13 | This latest development in a saga which has been running for many months represents a change of heart by the Saints ' board . |
| 14 | When it come to excitement-value , neither of the Top Yanks holds a candle to Finn 's Hotel ( Viking , June , £12.99 , 0 670 85067 5 ) , the ‘ lost novel ’ by James Joyce , allegedly completed some time between the writing of Ulysses and Finnegan 's Wake . |
| 15 | How to Make Money With Computers contains a wealth of essential business advice , which even makes it suitable for the budding entrepreneur who does n't intend to start a computer related business . |
| 16 | Indeed , the idea of these schools incorporates a division within the secondary curriculum that can only be harmful in the end , and will fail to meet the needs of pupils and of society . |
| 17 | determination under a contract between two parties owes a duty of care to both those parties , because both will rely on him and him alone to get the determination right , if for no other reason than that they will be bound by it . |
| 18 | Fairview New Homes has a number of sites in North East London designed and priced for first-time buyers . |
| 19 | And I 'd like art teacher 's in all the school 's all around , not just Harlow but Hoddesdon Hertford all around Epping to be asked I 'd like artists to be asked from all around erm Essex has a directory of artists Eastern Arts has a directory of artists , I think you could probably find quite a lot of people . |
| 20 | Our aim is to ensure that anyone who is unemployed for more than six months has a choice of job experience or training . |
| 21 | There may well be follow-up questions that arise from the main analysis which can be answered by further analyses , but the attitude of mind which lies behind massive speculative cross-tabulations betrays a lack of forethought . |
| 22 | With two Sbus slots , one Mbus slot and 1Gb disk , Unix Solutions quotes a price of $11,000 for delivery in September . |
| 23 | The foreword to the Auditing Standards and Guidelines describes an audit in the following broad terms An audit is the independent examination and expression of opinion on the financial statements of an enterprise by an appointed auditor in pursuance of that appointment and in compliance with any relevant statutory obligation . |
| 24 | The explosion of smaller ‘ funky ’ labels sees a wealth of records in the clubs and record shops days after they 've been cut , not months . |
| 25 | The occurrence of oblique waves introduces a distortion into the simple cellular pattern , one longshore current being much stronger than the other where a pair converge to form the rip . |
| 26 | The satellite pictures shows a lot of cloud just to the east of us , but you 'll see that it is moving away . |
| 27 | Bovis Homes reckons a major plus point are the top quality carpets , which are included in the £139,950 price tag . |
| 28 | The function of the recogniser program is to decide whether a given combination of words forms a sentence of the language . |
| 29 | However , the payment of premiums creates a pool of funds at the companies ' disposal , awaiting claims to be made against it . |
| 30 | Somebody in the rackets gets a bullet in him , people holler gang war . |