Example sentences of "[noun sg] [unc] [noun sg] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus in each potency the remedy 's strength becomes a hundred times five hundred , which is one fifty-thousandth of the previous potency : hence the term fifty millesimal potency . |
| 2 | Thus , not to act or not to be able to act decisively against the ban in the first place seriously questioned the professional association 's ability to take a firm position on the vital matter of unhindered access to legitimate publications . |
| 3 | ‘ We would have preferred an earlier chance to get back on the rails , ’ admitted Thompson , whose side 's defeat ended a run of six consecutive wins . |
| 4 | But after a few weeks my girlfriend 's dad got a phone call from the old couple we 'd painted the house for , they wanted to get in the coal shed and could n't because I 'd painted over the lock . |
| 5 | In Prescott v Bulldog Tools Ltd [ 1981 ] 3 All ER 869 the court adopted a more pragmatic approach by saying that if the defendant genuinely felt he needed an examination of the plaintiff which involved the risk of a real but short-term injury , the court could balance the plaintiff 's objections against the defendant 's request to ensure a fair determination of the issues . |
| 6 | However , the Court of Appeal decided in Burton v Islington Health Authority [ 1992 ] 3 WLR 617 that at common law a child en ventre sa mρere and unborn at the time of the defendant 's negligence has a cause of action for injuries caused by that negligence . |
| 7 | This can be disadvantageous to the plaintiff if , for instance , the defendant 's report paints a gloomier picture than the plaintiff 's report . |
| 8 | The court held that the tendering of the delivery note was another counter-offer , and that the defendant 's employee made a further counter-offer when he over-stamped the delivery note and signed it . |
| 9 | If you ca n't , then try , several times if necessary , to make file duplicates using the COPY command 's facility to rename a file whilst copying , such as COPY FILE.BA1 FILE.BA2 , to try to get at least one successful read on the lower capacity drive . |
| 10 | Secondly , there is a buyer credit where a bank in the exporter 's country provides a loan to the importer . |
| 11 | However , if the Revenue 's approach represents a new hardening of attitudes that will affect all small family companies , then this matter ought to be explored at a high level by the appropriate professional body or be taken through the courts by a consortium of practitioners . |
| 12 | The club 's success owes a lot to the chess tradition of Queen Mary School , Walsall , which has supplied three of their first team . |
| 13 | Although the club 's entrance has a night watchman , security could be a problem . |
| 14 | LADY DAVERS:Where can the difference be between a beggar 's son married to a lady or a beggar 's daughter made a gentleman 's wife ? |
| 15 | The effect is of an animated Hogarth painting and , like Hogarth 's work , The Beggar 's Opera combines a surface vitality with a bleak and bitter vision of fallen humanity . |
| 16 | Once I had seen a rabbit snare fixed between the palings of a fence , and now my mind 's eye saw a rabbit hopping slowly towards this remembered snare as if hypnotized , and the rabbit was me . |
| 17 | The others are less fierce , but still prohibit any relationship that might affect a lawyer 's ability to handle a case properly . |
| 18 | I think it is important here to be absolutely clear about ‘ quality ’ as it is , certainly , a vital characteristic of most advertising : it is , above all , the agency 's creative department 's job to achieve a level of quality appropriate to its work . |
| 19 | THE doctor who treated Hillsborough coma victim Tony Bland yesterday swept aside a priest 's pledge to bring a private prosecution against him for murder . |
| 20 | The ‘ poor widow ’ of Chaucer 's Nun 's Priest 's Tale had a diet consisting mainly of milk and brown bread , with broiled bacon and the occasional egg , and this may represent a fairly normal diet . |
| 21 | [ That this House welcomes the public announcement by Her Majesty 's Government of the identity of the new head of MI5 ; but calls on Her Majesty 's Government to make a full statement about the role of Stella Rimington , in particular in connection with the activities of Mr. David Hart during the 1984 miners ' strike . ] |
| 22 | ‘ As a first offender , you 'll find Her Majesty 's Prison Goldenhurst a salutary lesson in — ’ |
| 23 | There has been a recent increase in requests for such support with cases where the need for confidentiality may conflict with legal responsibilities or with the adviser 's desire to protect a weaker third party . |
| 24 | Under this custom the colt 's owner paid a shilling over and above the actual cost of shoeing so that the men could send out for six pints of beer as a reward for the extra effort involved . |
| 25 | The speaker is viewing the phenomenon as an action John throwing the ball ) which can be explained in terms of the agent 's intention to achieve a particular result ( the window breaking ) . |
| 26 | The gnome 's companion showed a printed card , keeping a firm grip on it . |
| 27 | He criticised them for being ‘ too optimistic as to what is and what is not possible to us ’ , and also for under-estimating the enemy 's ability to launch a major offensive . |
| 28 | But there were times when the superintendent 's hat sat a trifle uneasily on the severe grey-haired head . |
| 29 | THE pound 's devaluation proved a profits cure for drugs giant Wellcome with shareholders receiving a healthy dividend boost , figures today revealed . |
| 30 | We reject Labour 's plan to recreate a bureaucratic and wasteful GLC . |