Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Where Parliament imposes a penalty for an offence , Parliament must consider the penalty is adequate and Parliament can increase the penalty if it proves to be inadequate .
2 National Associations are encouraged in every country where Henley has a presence .
3 National Associations are encouraged in every country where Henley has a presence .
4 In fact , the most convincing evidence is from Barton Farm , where coins provide a terminus post quem of c.293 .
5 The ratings are only approximate and even where manufacturers quote a temperature as ‘ good down to … ’ these refer only to valley performances so camping at higher levels will require a warmer bag .
6 It looks as though Robert may well have assembled a fleet at Fécamp , seemingly in 1033 , and that it visited Mont St Michel , where Edward made a gift to the monks .
7 Where blood has a significance , and menstrual blood negatively so , women are granted a kind of power .
8 Unlike the residences bit of the Barbican , where Sorrel had a flat , the entrance to the Arts Centre part is off Chiswell Street , which was an easy left turn for me just after Finsbury Circus .
9 Henry Angus and John MacDonald , who are both from Northampton , admitted forcing Jason Buck to hand over a cash card , punching him and making him drive to his home , where Angus stole a microwave oven .
10 So saying he backed out into the corridor again , where Shiona caught a glimpse of the frowning faces of a couple of uniformed railway officials .
11 Start with the mood music , where Maastricht sets a tone but not much more .
12 These are resorts with a long-established reputation for pleasing , where visitors find a wealth of things to see and do on land and on the water , and can be easily lured to a typically Venetian feast by the tempting aromas of the many fish restaurants .
13 Where directors receive a range of internal and external information on which to determine strategy , and monitor performance against that strategy , their companies will be in the best position to lead and to win .
14 An eagle at the 16th , where Llewellyn hit a three-wood 250 yards to 10 feet from the hole , tied them for the lead , but they dropped a shot at the last .
15 Where organisations have a research need Henley works closely with the client to define and plan the project .
16 TIME MEASUREMENTS ARE BEST USED WHERE FAILURE TO MATCH A DEADLINE IS AT THE ROOT OF A PB .
17 The journey culminated in a Friday night debate where Patten gave a lecture on proper posture .
18 See D. A. Haddow Ltd. v. < " s " of Glasgow District Licensing Board , 1983 S.L.T. ( Sh.Ct. ) 5 , where refusal to grant a licence on the ground that the grant would disturb the distribution of licences within a limitation area was held to be incompetent .
19 In my early research for this book it was evident that where applicants paid a fee to attend a course , the attendance and completion figures were significantly higher than where courses had been provided free of charge .
20 Tom Jones : The Right Time , a pop history programme-cum-chat show — where Tom sung a bit , introduced some contemporary guests and reminisced a lot about the good old days — was only the first .
21 A slightly different form of bitonal and polytonal usage is found where composers define a tonality strongly and then contradict it in some prominent way .
22 Some of the scenes were filmed in the unlikely Pacific setting of Bournemouth sands — where onlookers caught a glimpse of those red underpants as Kristian changed out of wet clothes after beach scenes .
23 In those species like the baboons , where males monopolise a group of females , the male 's teeth are much larger than those of more monogamous species .
24 In the meantime , we are taken to inspect the treatment plant , where King takes a sample of the effluent .
25 The two-part tariff is the most common payment method , where customers pay a standing charge , plus a charge for the water consumed .
26 Where NEWSFLASHes name a member of the department as a contact , the person should familiarise himself with the subject matter and have readily available those to whom reference may be made in order to progress the matter .
27 After the Macleods ' modest grandeur and great hospitality , Raasay House became a hotel , and now the bare boards of the Adventure School thud with young feet ; they sleep in bunks and merry community where Johnson had a room to himself , which , as he told Mrs Thrale , ‘ in eleven rooms to forty people was more than my share ’ .
28 Where Johnson found a country totally denuded of its wood' — how he loved the confirmation of his prejudices — ; forestry now swathes the unpromising terrain .
29 Significant rises in audit fees were recorded at : Guinness ( +30% ) , where turnover rose 16% to £4,067m ; Williams Holdings ( +30% ) , where profits included a contribution of 42 weeks ' trading for major acquisition Yale & Valor ; Burmah Castrol ( +18% ) ; Rank Organisation ( +33% ) , where turnover jumped to £2,114m ( v £1,333m ) after inclusion of a full year from major acquisition Mecca Leisure ; and Rentokil ( +19% ) where pretax profits rose by 27% .
30 A woman with eight children committed suicide in 1989 in Athol village where HSDU has a project .
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