Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [prep] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , this conflict between preparation for an invasion and the immediate raiding of the enemy coasts was never clearly resolved ; and a force of Royal Marines and Commandos was held on the Clyde forever preparing for landings against the possible need to capture an Atlantic island base should Gibraltar fall . |
| 2 | Thomas Mountford , Warwick 's retainer , acted as guarantor of an arbitration by Gloucester and was given an annuity by him after his accession , while his kinsman John was one of the duke 's chaplains . |
| 3 | Thomas Mountford , Warwick 's retainer , acted as guarantor of an arbitration by Gloucester and was given an annuity by him after his accession , while his kinsman John was one of the duke 's chaplains . |
| 4 | ‘ William Joseph C. , a deaf-and-dumb man with venereal disease , was sent to the Infirmary on Saturday last with a certificate , but was sent back as ‘ not a fit patient for admission as an in-patient ’ . |
| 5 | Those who formulated the rules for admission to the College , who were afraid they might deter men from coming forward to train for membership of a still infant profession , limited the requirement for admission to an ability to read and write well — quite a severe restriction at the time — plus personal recommendation . |
| 6 | Persons of at least 21 years of age at the date of entry to a course who have useful experience to bring to university studies but who do not satisfy the entry requirements may apply for admission to an undergraduate course . |
| 7 | In the same period , Arthur Young , subsidized by the big landlords to promote agricultural improvement , put his finger on what must have been a general attitude , when he described cattle-stealers in the Lincolnshire fens : ‘ So wild a country nurses up a race of people as wild as the fen , and thus the morals and eternal welfare of numbers are hazarded and ruined for want of an inclosure . ’ |
| 8 | Am I to be mobbed by all these folk for want of an end to their Mystery ? |
| 9 | All those positions were going for want of an application , so I applied and because brought in people who he knew , certain of them were automatically filled but they want the Chief Administration Officer , so I applied and really I do n't kid myself that I got it because of my qualification because I had n't got any letters after my name . |
| 10 | This led to another form of coaching , I just can not remember how my interest in tennis arose , save that I used to practice for hours against an airman 's table top fixed to the netting of an old tennis court . |
| 11 | A claim for negligence by an employee injured by the negligence of a fellow employee , would be met by the defence of common employment . |
| 12 | The size of the eventual capital sum , which must be used in its entirety in the case of an APP for purchase of an annuity at 60 or later for women ( at 65 or later for men ) , will depend on long-term investment performance and the state of the financial market , which dictates the current price of annuities . |
| 13 | One method is through support by an organisation . |
| 14 | However , if we can not agree , then you are entitled to refer the dispute for decision by an Arbitrator appointed by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators , provided your claim is not more than £1,500 per person or £7,500 per Booking Form and does not involve physical injury or illness . |
| 15 | Government forces reached it by dinghy , as part of an attack which the LTTE said was accompanied by heavy and indiscriminate shelling and bombing over Jaffna . |
| 16 | Staff in the West Midlands agreed yesterday to restrict radio use — the central issue in London — from Wednesday as part of an intensification of action around the country . |
| 17 | The raids on homes in Basildon , Islington and Hackney came as part of an operation in connection with the National Criminal Intelligence Service . |
| 18 | The fake illness was slipped into a list of sexually transmitted diseases which Health Education Authority researchers showed to 1,600 people as part of an awareness survey . |
| 19 | We all did it as part of an English lesson . |
| 20 | Thus , the demand for money ( MD ) depends : ( a ) directly on national income ( as a rise in national income will reflect a rise in the total value of transactions and so will increase the demand for money to finance these transactions ) ; and ( b ) inversely on the rate of interest ( as a rise in the rate of interest will make it more attractive to hold financial assets , and less attractive to hold money , whether as part of an individual 's wealth holdings or as an outcome of a speculative activity ) . |
| 21 | Opposite me was a woman called Jasminder ( Jazzy for short ) who had some choice anecdotes , such as the one about being buried alive for a couple of days by Hopi Indians as part of an initiation ritual . |
| 22 | Fawns ( 34 ) has spent time on the East Enders and Blind Date sets as part of an interior and television set design course at Telford College , but she was impressed after seeing a programme going out live . |
| 23 | As part of an assessment a careful written record should be made identifying needs , wants and feelings , resources and unmet needs . |
| 24 | IBM Corp has won 88000 RISC aficionado , Harris Corp , for the PowerPC RISC IBM is developing with Motorola Inc and Apple Computer Inc as part of an alliance aimed at the US Federal market . |
| 25 | When the NYSE moves down ( up ) by more than 50 points , selling ( buying ) shares — not just short selling — as part of an index arbitrage transaction can be executed only if the last price movement was up ( down ) . |
| 26 | They are serving breakfasts all week on the Paris-Brussels express and dinner on the return evening train as part of an exchange with the French SNCF rail company . |
| 27 | So far as assistance to grandchildren in adult life is concerned , the American evidence suggests that grandparents do assist financially and that they define this assistance as a gift , unlike financial support between the other two generations which is more likely to be defined as a loan , or as part of an exchange ( Hill , 1970 , pp. 69–70 ) . |
| 28 | It can also be taken seriously as part of an education which is about the real world . |
| 29 | In the midst of these activities , Jaruzelski continued to conduct his negotiations with the representative of society , but now as part of an exercise in maskirovka rather than persuasion . |
| 30 | The DHAC was concerned with homelessness and the poor quality of housing as part of an assault on the capitalist system . |