Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 The glass ceramic that is used , contains a mixture of iron oxide and calcium silicate contained in a glass matrix which has a good tissue response .
2 Such restrictive terms will be upheld by the courts only if they are reasonable , such as when a computer programmer working for a bank agrees not to work for another similar bank within a five mile radius for the first year following the termination of his employment .
3 Obediently the noise level dropped to a whispered exchange , and Larsen ran his eye over the sea of faces packing the long corridor on either side , trying to pick out his daughter Karen .
4 It is being established with grant money provided by a number of research bodies and trusts , including the Wolfson Foundation and the Cancer Research Campaign .
5 It was also agreed that the options for storage/retrieval of information in the long-term would be examined , based on the FAOR proposals to move towards a filly computerised storage system .
6 More realistic accounts of the budget constraint allow for a level of unearned income Y u and the presence of an overtime premium on the basic wage rate when the standard work week is exceeded .
7 We must also avoid branch meetings seem like a gathering of old chums into which an outsider might be shy of intruding .
8 CONTINGENCY plans to cope with a serious accident to a nuclear weapon being taken over the Kingston Bridge in Glasgow are flawed , councillors heard yesterday .
9 For successful students who possess at least two years ' relevant experience and have been members of the Institute for at least two years , the Banking Certificate leads to a qualification in its own right — the Cert .
10 To finance the programme the government would allow the federal budget deficit to rise from a projected A$6,800 million in 1992 to A$8,000 million in 1993 .
11 There is little doubt that their handwriting skills develop at a slower pace than their linguistic skills .
12 Third , lead isotope values lie in a small coherent field ( ) similar to the Dupal group and quite different from the trend for mid-ocean-ridge and ocean-island basalts .
13 Contemporary bargaining structures are to some degree a reflection of bargaining patterns established at a fairly early stage of industrial development .
14 The focal point will be a direction board linked to a sign system which will take people through the 860-bed hospital .
15 Malaise and appreciable increases in serum transaminase activities coincided with a marked increase in the number of hepatocytes staining for HDAg and also the first histological appearance of HBcAg ( Fig 6 ) .
16 These results suggest that ( allowing for the differences in trading hours between markets ) , information from foreign stock markets is reflected in the Finnish index futures market within a few hours , but not in the underlying spot market .
17 Good reads among the new releases include Dick Francis 's COMEBACK ( Pan , £4.99 ) , his 34th racing thriller and as pacy as ever , Danielle Steel 's NO GREATER LOVE ( Corgi , £4.99 ) about the Winfield family whose lives are changed forever the night the Titanic sinks , and Mary Stewart 's STORMY PETREL ( Coronet , £3.99 ) , an atmospheric suspense story set on a Hebridean island .
18 Calcium might reduce the risk of osteoporosis but ‘ there was no conclusive evidence demonstrating that calcium supplementation resulted in a regeneration of lost bone ’ .
19 Before clearing the suburbs to the west Patrick stopped at a café so that they could have a quick breakfast of delicious brioches and excellent coffee .
20 During 1979-89 , nitrogen oxide emissions increased by a third from 908,000 to 1,298,000 tonnes , carbon monoxide from 3,992,000 to 5,751,000 tonnes , and hydrocarbons from 490,000 to 762,000 tonnes .
21 Is not every child whose parents are on income support entitled to a free school meal ?
22 The parliament building sits in a square like the keep of a castle .
23 It is thought , for example , that the long and feathery antennae of male mosquitoes pick up the specific sound wave patterns generated by a female mosquito who is ready and willing for a sexual encounter .
24 Such a system it is argued ensures broad comparability of standards both between courses in the public sector and also with those in the universities ; it provides a guarantee to students , employers , funding bodies and the public at large that courses meet acceptable standards and that those standards are maintained ; it enables institutions submitting course proposals to draw upon a pool of national experience accumulated by the validating committees ; it stimulates academic debate between staff from different institutions about curriculum development ; and it provides a means of identifying and disseminating information about good practice and about innovations in teaching and learning in higher education .
25 We have found no recorded case where intestinal sarcoidosis has been manifest as an anal skin tag associated with a microscopic colitis .
26 Ironically enough , his main field experience occurred as a fortuitous consequence of the First World War .
27 I used to have a piece of cardboard up there shelve dividers sounded like a good idea .
28 Downpipe connected to back inlet gully leading to a combined drain
29 According to Dr John Topping , of Washington 's Climate Institute , subsidence could more than double the local sea level rise expected as a result of thermal expansion due to the greenhouse effect .
30 In illustration of the absurdity of this ‘ scientific ’ arrogance , and teaching a lesson which is just as applicable today , he appeals to a story Gassendi told about a friend who watched a fight between a louse and a flea through a microscope .
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