Example sentences of "[prep] [subord] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In terms of the simple free volume concept each chain end requires more free volume in which to move about than a segment in the chain interior . |
| 2 | Given the presence of circulating antibodies in at least some of our patients ( for example anti-A and anti-B in blood group O patients ) this study raises the question of whether a change in cell surface antigens , presumably in the form of one or more carbohydrate epitopes affecting both colon and liver , plays a part in the pathogenesis of this condition . |
| 3 | It is necessary before undertaking an analysis of whether a restraint in a particular case is reasonable to decide whether in the first place the doctrine has any part to play . |
| 4 | The external assessors would have responsibility for reporting their opinion of whether a board of directors had fulfilled for stewardship responsibilities outlined in the first proposal listed here . |
| 5 | The examiner is quite entitled to set questions on any topic in the syllabus regardless of whether a lecture on it has been given or not and you should look out for the " old foxes " . |
| 6 | But it was confined to the specific issue of whether a duty of care existed — to establish liability , a plaintiff must also prove breach of duty , and loss caused by that breach . |
| 7 | The question of whether a duty of care exists is not in dispute . |
| 8 | But — quite apart from the issue of whether a woman like myself can in any meaningful way identify herself with women in the remote past — one must ask how could this be useful theologically ? |
| 9 | Since different people will make different value judgements , there can be no unambiguous answer to the question of whether a move from A to D , E , or F is desirable . |
| 10 | This is not an experiment that can ever be done , although some people assume that certain remote and isolated faunas , such as those of Australia and Madagascar , can be treated as if they were ancient , as if a trip to Australia were like a trip backwards in a time machine . |
| 11 | I feel as if a bit of me had been chopped off . |
| 12 | Carey looked worried and Doctor Agrippa sat as if a spectator at some masque or mummer 's play . |
| 13 | He must have been about seventeen and was so-pale and thin he looked as if a gust of wind might blow him away . |
| 14 | Perched alone in its beauty as if a queen amongst her subjects . |
| 15 | It was as if a couple of animals hounded from one burrow , nest or lair had im-mediately taken possession of another and started up just where they had left off . |
| 16 | Instead Beatrice retreated behind long translations of French poetry , light satire and erudite literary discussion , almost as if a part of her had died . |
| 17 | There was about her something distant and mysterious , Cadfael thought , as if a part of her being was charmed away into some private and pleasant place , even while her blue eyes dwelt upon her husband and his friend with sharp intelligence , following the argument back and forth with a kind of indulgent and amused affection , appropriate to a matriarch watching her children . |
| 18 | Mad perhaps , but it was as if a part of Mark could be preserved while she stayed with this odd assortment of people . |
| 19 | But the clog of sound she had never noticed in hospital was removed , as if a plug of cotton wool had been taken out ; that constant humming buzz of the working building like a machine or a living body around her . |
| 20 | It was the best going I could hope to see , but just beyond that wall of water , minutes away , the ground became lacerated with gulleys , as if a maze of streams had scored the ground and had been filled with sand . |
| 21 | Looking back , it almost seems as if a policy of ‘ build 'em up , knock 'em down ’ was being formally instituted . |
| 22 | Since the distance and aperture remain the same , only more or less of the same picture is being shown , just as if a camera in a museum or on an animation stand were moving in and out on an oil painting . |
| 23 | Strangely , the match is never mentioned , as if a spot of gloating over an English rugby victory might be construed as bad form . |
| 24 | He just looks as if a puff of wind would blow him away , ’ George finished . |
| 25 | She had risen and now stood staring at him , trembling visibly and feeling as if a puff of wind would knock her down again . |
| 26 | Mr Lazarus described it ‘ as if a bolt of energy shot up my spine and burst through the top of my head . |
| 27 | Now , if you see a ploughed field today , it looks exactly as if a lot of pigs have been a-hoggin' and a-rootin' on it up . ’ |
| 28 | There was a time , at the end of summer , a hopeful time , when it looked as if a lot of would-be railway companies would simply vanish , like the mushrooms they were . |
| 29 | I felt a lump in my throat as I looked down at the first grave , the Balmoral on the cross was torn at the front as if a piece of shrapnel had smashed its way through the badge and into the soldier 's head . |
| 30 | She did n't fall heavily , but lightly , as if a piece of muslin was drifting down to the carpet . |