Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [vb -s] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | An executive might have a limited opportunity to see for himself/herself conditions in a foreign country . |
| 2 | It becomes interesting when it seems that Jane might hit Tom , or when one of them stops for a moment and thinks . |
| 3 | Fourteen fucking quid fifty a pair and one of them disappears on a charity night ! ’ |
| 4 | Although many people do not make such a dramatic move from a very special garden to a flat , most of us leave a few favourite plants behind when we move house , so framing a few of them serves as a lovely reminder of times gone by . |
| 5 | A qualified iridologist can identify about 200 different iris markings , each one of which relates to a different area or organ of the body . |
| 6 | The body is divided into zones , each one of which relates to a corresponding zone on the underside of the foot . |
| 7 | Consider the following example , which on the surface is simple to understand , but the precise meaning of which depends upon a careful scrutiny of key words . |
| 8 | Competition is mainly between a small number of large companies , each of which operates across a broad range ; NEC , Hitachi , Toshiba , and Matsushita are companies of this general electronics type — they are vertically integrated , manufacturing the microelectronic components for their own end products . |
| 9 | As an example , consider a case where two words are combined , the first of which ends with a single final consonant ( which we will call C f ) and the second of which starts with a single initial consonant ( which we will call C i ) ; we can construct a diagram like this : |
| 10 | ‘ MEETING JESUS ’ by Leighton Ford contains 13 studies each of which looks at a different aspect of who Jesus is . |
| 11 | As an example , consider a case where two words are combined , the first of which ends with a single final consonant ( which we will call C f ) and the second of which starts with a single initial consonant ( which we will call C i ) ; we can construct a diagram like this : |
| 12 | Some slight insight into early local agricultural practices may be obtained from such things as Anglo-Saxon charters , details of which have been published ( from 1961 onwards ) in a series of volumes called The Early Charters of … , and commentaries on land usage such as in The Domesday Geography of … , each volume of which deals with a particular region . |
| 13 | They can be differentiated along a continuum , one end of which consists of a community of individuals sharing everything , while the other end is characterized by a number of family groups which share a house , and perhaps other things as well , but whose degree of involvement as individuals in the collective is limited . |
| 14 | The results of the Survey are presented in two sections , each of which begins with a summary of its major findings , while a third section outlines the main conclusions suggested by the Survey . |
| 15 | The results of the Survey are presented in three sections , each of which begins with a summary of its major findings . |
| 16 | The S120 has its own stereo chorus which is dealt with by the remaining two rotaries on the front panel , the second of which doubles as a presence control . |
| 17 | There are other elements in Campbell 's thought : he seems to think that the most perspicuous model of the mind to employ in understanding human knowledge sees the mind as embodying a structured hierarchy of functionally characterized capacities , each of which works in a way analogous to natural selection ; and he defends his view as part of a ( reductive ) explanation of how the capacities comprising human rationality have evolved . |
| 18 | In the third year there is a choice of four special subjects in Irish History or Politics , each of which leads to a supervised dissertation in the second term . |
| 19 | These passages in my view admirably define what is meant by colore officii and effectively dispose of any suggestion that because the person making the demand holds some official position that of itself amounts to a form of compulsion . |
| 20 | Approached from the road below it appears as a hilltop fort enclosed by ramparts . |
| 21 | ‘ No daughter of mine goes near a bastard like that ! |
| 22 | Wortley was closed as long ago as 1955 , but part of it survives as a private residence . |
| 23 | Most of it consists of a list of banned substances by brand name , IOC category , points for and against from the doctor 's point of view , contained substances resulting in the ban and misuse resulting in the ban . |
| 24 | Faith , my friends , is the prospect that all our relationships can be transformed , it 's openness towards a movement of grace , a path to discover just how little life is of our own making and how much of it comes from a gift which is not our own . |
| 25 | This picture of myself develops from a myriad of experiences , particularly from the feedback I get from other people . |
| 26 | ‘ Miss Kenton , if you for one moment believe I have time on my hands , that displays more clearly than ever your great inexperience , I trust that in years to come , you will gain a clearer picture of what occurs in a house like this . ’ |
| 27 | Go down Via Francesco Sforza , and look out for the façade of the church of San Giovanni in Conca , the majority of what remains of a church that once stood in Piazza Missori . |
| 28 | While political consistency can be over-rated as a virtue — Ted Heath being an example of what happens to a politician whose mind remains fixed while the world moves by him — the rapidity with which Kinnock changed position may have damaged him more than his supporters thought it would . |
| 29 | Colombia is the most dramatic example of what happens to a country where informal economic activity — in this case drugs — gets control . |
| 30 | My hon. Friend does well to remind the House of what happens under a Labour Government . |