Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 've had a lot of positive feedback from the people of the Borough and even a letter of thanks — something which is almost unheard of in our business ! ’ |
| 2 | Queen 's Bench Masters ' Practice Direction of 25 March , 1988 requires that where an order is made transferring an action from the Queen 's Bench Division to a county court , the party having carriage of the order by himself or his solicitor shall forthwith produce at the Filing Department of the Central Office the order transferring the action and shall file : ( 1 ) a copy of the order transferring the action ; ( 2 ) a statement of the names and addresses of the parties and of their solicitors ; ( 3 ) copies of any pleadings served ; ( 4 ) if he is the plaintiff and has not served a statement of claim , particulars of his claim together with a copy for each defendant ; ( 5 ) if he is the defendant and only a counterclaim is transferred and no counterclaim has been served , particulars of the counterclaim together with a copy for the plaintiff ; ( 6 ) where money has been paid into court , a copy of the notice of payment into court ; ( 7 ) a statement of the index numbers of any affidavits filed . |
| 3 | Rendering a service connotes some positive action on the part of the renderer and not a state of passivity . |
| 4 | In these circumstances , advertisements will be construed as a declaration of intention to hold an auction and not a contract . |
| 5 | He watched the emotions play over her young face ; the stir of anger , the hint of disappointment and then a smile settled , hesitant , ravishing in its innocence . |
| 6 | when he was an Advocate and then a QC and Kate Mitchell , who works for Christies , because David succeeded her father , after his death , as Professor of European Governmental Studies before he , David , was recently promoted to the EC Judiciary . |
| 7 | It will be seen that g' is dependent upon two variables , the rate of profit ( i.e. , the social rate of profit p' ) and the proportion of surplus-value consumed unproductively. if we assume , as in more orthodox models , that savings equals investment — and that investment and accumulation are analogous — then we can see that savings are a result and not a precondition . |
| 8 | The policeman 's note had promised action some time during the next two or three days , which could no doubt be split into a fraction of a second for a data check to establish that Sampson was a worthy and responsible citizen and neither a pervert nor a dangerous lefty , and then many hours of waiting in a paper tray to be shunted and shuffled and finally put into an envelope . |
| 9 | A few hundred years of Imperial rule and already a coterie surrounded the throne which , by its very nature , endangered the survival of the Imperium . |
| 10 | Charles Eaton , director of the pilot needle exchange programme and now a city health official , agrees : ‘ There is no evidence from any syringe exchange scheme anywhere in the world suggesting that they encourage people to inject . |
| 11 | Since it is clear that the vocation of hermit was officially recognised in the fourteenth century , the account of Richard 's pursuit of his calling points to parental opposition and possibly a reluctance on Richard 's part to commit himself to any officially supervised licensing . |
| 12 | During the 19th century , however , it fell on hard times , and was turned first into a warehouse and then a restaurant . |
| 13 | I exist with a primary school football team and th the two skills that they 're able to develop , the powers of concentration and hopefully a sense of fair play . |
| 14 | In family 5 the mother 's brother had previously been confirmed by muscle biopsy and so a biopsy on the infant was thought unnecessary . |
| 15 | A big erm pitcher full of tea and then a basket tied on my back with the sandwiches and and the cake of scone my mother used to back more often . |
| 16 | Many of the farmer 's wives came in for a mug of tea and perhaps a piece of cake before they set off on the long drive for home . |
| 17 | He needs an impressive victory , for manager Mickey Duff is already planning bigger things , such as a European title fight in the near future and possibly a world challenge by the end of 1992 . |
| 18 | He had gone to stay at a monastery and somehow a misunderstanding arose and he was asked if he had been baptised . |
| 19 | PURCHASING Orford Ness , the coastal shingle spit once used for atomic weapons research and now a wildlife haven , will cost the National Trust £3.11 million , it was revealed yesterday . |
| 20 | Inner conflict involves the experience of temptation , the seduction of ambition and often a struggle with God , perceived or unrealised . |
| 21 | The principal carers were to be interviewed on two occasions , firstly at or around the time of the sufferer 's first interview and secondly a year later . |
| 22 | During the following week they had their first rifle lesson , bayonet practice and even a session of mapreading . |
| 23 | Men may wish to use a jacket for one piece and only a sweater for the other . |
| 24 | We are most fortunate to have as our guest teacher Irene Schwarz a former Director of Training at the Medau College and presently a member of the staff of the Physical Education Department of Freiburg University . |
| 25 | However a war like the one going on in Northern Ireland at the present is different because religion is being used as an excuse to fight and so it is being used as a negative force and not a force for the good . |
| 26 | I mean I would love to see a newspaper but the current staffing of the office does n't permit that also the costing of it erm but I 've very little input from this department and really while all out and about in the force and just a tip off about something human interest or whatever would be appreciated . |
| 27 | The stars will be coming out during the day to celebrate Sainsbury 's Fundays — this is your chance not only to meet a celebrity , but to get their autograph and even a photograph ! |
| 28 | The hotel business has a high staff turnover and thus a need for constant training . |
| 29 | SO , in the end , it did finish with a whimper and not a bang . |
| 30 | His pelvis fractured and back broken , he 'd been hospitalized for eighteen months , was undergoing final therapy and still a lieutenant in the Finnish Air Force when , on June 25 , 1941 , Finland joined forces with Nazi Germany and declared war on Russia . |