Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And of course the old joke goes like er I got two brothers and each brothers got a sister and I 've got a sister . |
| 2 | Some courts accept a letter in lieu of attendance , but this is not provided for in the rules . |
| 3 | The limitations of individual recovery at common law led some courts to develop a rule allowing the corporation to recover the insider 's profits by way of a derivative action which encompassed the situation where the insider traded on impersonal stock markets . |
| 4 | Some courts have a specialist probation officer who promptly channels those suspected of having mental health problems into the local service . |
| 5 | After a pub lunch we did a bit outside the car-park mortuary and then settled down with the telephone to record some attempts to buy a coffin , one of which resulted in agreement , which was the last thing we needed at the time , although it came in very handy later . |
| 6 | ‘ To ask the Chancellor whether he proposes to take any action to counter the growing practice by companies of granting shareholders the option to receive dividends in the form of stock instead of cash , so enabling some shareholders to obtain a tax advantage . ’ |
| 7 | Even if players become available , very few clubs have a fairy godfather to take care of things . |
| 8 | Labels such as ‘ arts ’ or ‘ science ’ do not necessarily indicate the content of a course ; some institutions award a BA in almost every discipline , including science and engineering . |
| 9 | Qualified youth and community workers generally have a teaching qualification ; some institutions offer a BEd degree or postgraduate courses in youth and community studies . |
| 10 | Some subleases reserve a rent which is linked to the rent payable under the headlease . |
| 11 | Some acts put a man outside it altogether : at a summer assembly in 846 , a man guilty of sodomy with a mare was condemned " by the judgement of the Franks to be burned alive " . |
| 12 | To overcome this , some employers operate a policy a common retirement age of 65 but with an option to retire up to five years earlier if the employee wishes . |
| 13 | But a very few aphids transmitting a virus can cause havoc to sugar beet , for instance . |
| 14 | By the end of the year , some market-watchers predict a price of around $100 an ounce . |
| 15 | In addition some clubs levy a service charge for infants payable in resort . |
| 16 | Some interviewers make a grid and award marks against each heading . |
| 17 | Some ovens have a turntable and wave stirrers . |
| 18 | I suppose it came into my room for a few minutes to see a book I 'd been telling him about , then he left and I hit the sack . |
| 19 | So apart from a few minutes to snatch a bite to eat , he was seldom off the helm . |
| 20 | It would take only a few minutes to open a door , search out the riding boots and pour a little mercury over each spur . ’ |
| 21 | Moderator it 's hard within the space of these few minutes to give a sense of the breadth of the Board 's work . |
| 22 | However , as my right hon. Friend the Member for Southend , West said , it may be appropriate in some cases to consider a group of counties if clear cross-boundary issues are likely to arise during the discussion period . |
| 23 | Using the wider kin group as the basis for organizing social and economic life may not be characteristic of contemporary Britain , but some of the groups who have migrated to this country since the Second World War have brought with them , and retained , a pattern of kin relationships which differs from the white British norm and which in some cases includes a preference for cousin marriage . |
| 24 | Differentiating cells have in some cases shown a reduction in vitamin D receptor expression ( for example HT-29 cells ) , and the modulation of receptor expression may be dependent on the state of differentiation . |
| 25 | The occupier of the land on which the chattel is found may in some cases have a title superior to that of the finder . |
| 26 | Other points covered in the elements chapter include the complementary nature of assets and liabilities , how in some cases identifying a liability leads to identification of an asset , as well as the question of offsetting — the circumstances in which it is correct to aggregate debit and credit items to form a single net asset or liability . |
| 27 | Section 47 of the Education ( No. 2 ) Act 1986 has not criminalised corporal punishment by a teacher ( although in some cases striking a pupil excessively was and still is an offence ) . |
| 28 | Some Yakuts split a dog in half and walked between the pieces with a lump of earth in their mouths , saying that if they did not observe the vow they would be split in two and buried in the earth . |
| 29 | On one occasion a small eye-dropper-type bottle was offered round and I watched , curious , as the few accepters tilted a drop of the contents on to an index finger and then rubbed the finger around their gums . |
| 30 | Some plans set a limit of £50,000 worth of cover a year , others allow for the minimum NHS waiting list time to pass before cover is triggered . |