Example sentences of "[det] [subord] a [noun sg] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | This still exists in a limited form in relation both to companies and to individuals , in that where a person is adjudged bankrupt or a company is wound up by the court , dispositions of property made by the debtor or the company after a prescribed date , usually the date of the presentation of the petition for a bankruptcy order or a winding up order , are void unless the court otherwise orders : sections 127 and 284 . |
| 2 | It is unbecoming to go on hating an enemy like this once a conflict is over . |
| 3 | Maximilian , however , is desperately hungry for blood , and after 3 rounds of combat he must make a Cl test ( and at 2-round intervals after this until a test is failed ) . |
| 4 | John Jarvis , senior sales manager , said : ‘ With interest like this before a brick is even laid , who knows what results we will achieve once potential purchasers can actually see the finished product . ’ |
| 5 | The ducks gazed thoughtfully at the sky and flapped their wings , but not so much as a peep was uttered by any of them . |
| 6 | Though , had she thought she might get out of his car and leave him without so much as a word being said between them , she found she was mistaken . |
| 7 | If we were to argue that , as a firm believer in the way of ahi sā and an unequivocal opponent of war with its brutalizing tendencies and degrading effects , Gandhi 's moral responsibility could hardly be regarded as extending to recommending people to fight for their country , it might seem difficult at first sight to know what his response would be other than that if a man is unable to choose the higher path of ahi sā , he should be encouraged to fulfil the obligations of the choice of the lower path of duty to his country . |
| 8 | About 70 per cent of new entrants were over twenty-one , half of whom lacked two A levels , and fewer than a quarter were school-leavers with these qualifications or their equivalent . |
| 9 | Is there any compensation at all if a landowner were to make a gesture like this ? |
| 10 | In Britain , you are not allowed to dive at all if a ship is a war grave . ’ |
| 11 | A furniture shop which has been in business for more than a century is closing down . |
| 12 | Germany 's biggest tyre company and the second largest in Europe , Continental has for more than a century been world leaders in tyre design and technology |
| 13 | AN EX-SERGEANT who has been confined to a wheelchair for more than a year was exercising in a hospital gym this weekend after a life-saving heart transplant operation . |
| 14 | Most of this level is involved in the physical functioning of our bodies — breathing , circulation , heartbeat and so on — and no more than a quarter is available for dealing with our conscious thought processes . |
| 15 | Something more than a vote was expected in return for the major posts , but essentially they too were employed to aid the development of a political interest . |
| 16 | So no more than a canter was practicable , and even so Ramsay , peering urgently , was much concerned with possible upset and consequent break-up of the formation , if not worse . |
| 17 | That strain energy is more than a triviality was demonstrated by the bowmen at Agincourt and , incidentally , one is well advised to keep out of the way of a stretched hawser such as is used for checking a ship . |
| 18 | They 're the only times really and as with the I B M the I B M people 's the company I B M said if it 's more than a page is it really worth sending it out . |
| 19 | A diving whale may store more than 40 per cent of its oxygen intake in its muscles , far more than a human is capable of . |
| 20 | Pan Am says more than a sale is involved ; it has a new marketing deal with United that will help prop up its other operations . |
| 21 | I occasionally got ten shillings , which was more than a week 's as much a week 's wages . |
| 22 | Again the short answer is simple , but this time the other way about : because the wages paid to a " compess " , while less than a man 's , were high compared to the wages a girl could earn elsewhere . |
| 23 | The ‘ synod ’ or , in Latin , ‘ council ’ ( the modern distinction making a synod something less than a council was unknown in antiquity ) became an indispensable way of keeping a common mind , and helped to keep maverick individuals from centrifugal tendencies . |
| 24 | Less than a year was to pass before the European Parliament debated a motion recommending the recognition of sign languages of member states . |
| 25 | Less than a quarter were in favour of the government having the power to expropriate land , which offers little support to the opposition to the landed elite thesis ( Johnson 1972 ) . |
| 26 | Less than a quarter were given an abdominal , rectal , or vaginal examination — more of these being younger women . |
| 27 | The full draft standards across all the technical working groups within sport and recreation run to over 500 pages , and less than a month was given for response , including the Christmas and New Year period . |
| 28 | Guests were informed that Accounts would be rendered weekly and ‘ Visitors for less than a week are charged 1 shilling per day extra ’ and that the Swimming Pool opened ‘ Daily at hours which can be ascertained from the office . ’ |
| 29 | The identities of chemical units that normally exist for less than a microsecond are important clues to how reactions take place . |
| 30 | Nevertheless , as has been said previously , the principles by which claims are handled are the same whether a Writ is served or not , and it is , therefore , of paramount importance that the insurer should not feel that he must defer to the advice of his solicitor once proceedings are raised . |