Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] a [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 2 ) Provided that where after a partner 's death the partnership business is continued in the old firm-name , the continued use of that name or of the deceased partner 's name as part thereof shall not of itself make his executors or administrators estate or effects liable for any partnership debts contracted after his death . |
| 2 | I simply did n't need any more , although after a year 's work the headmaster put me up to £7 a week . |
| 3 | Often these can provide extremely useful teaching material , despite the fact that they have been produced for the general public , rather than with a school 's audience in mind . |
| 4 | There was more imitation ice than in The Ancient Mariner , more gilt than in a psychiatrist 's office , more rolled gold than in Acapulco . |
| 5 | b , Mature males have a higher mortality when searching for a female than on a female 's web . |
| 6 | The rotors slashed through the roof of the building , as if through a doll 's house . |
| 7 | It juddered again , twisted … and fell from the wall on to the tiled floor ; severed clean at the ankle as if with a butcher 's knife . |
| 8 | Fractured , non-serial forms in the texts mentioned suggest a concurrence with conditions of contemporary history , summed up in Italo Calvino 's If on a Winter 's Night a Traveller ( 1982 ) which remarks that : |
| 9 | Quests and questions of a distinctly Calvinian kind are the stuff of the two very intelligent novels published to date by Daniele Del Giudice : Lo stadio di Wimbledon ( Centre Court 1983 ) and Atlante occidentale ( Western atlas 1985 ) , both of which also have a metaliterary dimension which links them to Calvino 's other influential late novel , If on a Winter 's Night a Traveller ( 1983 ) . |
| 10 | And ensure that your client prepares the plans to a reasonable scale , not too small or too large — if on a size A4 page that will not only annex conveniently to a lease or transfer of part but will also facilitate the taking of photocopies . |
| 11 | The House of Lords established the principle that a consumer who suffers damage because of a manufacturer 's negligence can sue the latter for damages and can do so irrespective of whether the consumer bought the goods . |
| 12 | Moreover , where a woman dares not register her non-consent because of a man 's violent or frightening behaviour , the law is permitting him to benefit from his own wrong if it grants him a defence on the basis of an honest but unreasonable belief in consent . |
| 13 | Unfortunately the 1926 Illuminations had to be terminated prematurely because of a miners ' strike , although they were reinstated for one night on October 2 for the opening of New South Promenade by Lord Derby . |
| 14 | It is also unwise to overlook all else because of a person 's Christian commitment . |
| 15 | Even existing relationships will face some unusual challenges , some because of external events , others because of a partner 's behaviour . |
| 16 | It was difficult to believe that the most careful farmer in the area would lose all his harvest because of a moment 's forgetfulness . |
| 17 | How far children take it , and especially the language they use and the sophistication with which they employ concepts , will obviously vary enormously , but none should be excluded because of a teacher 's prior decision that they are not capable . |
| 18 | Should the whole harvest of the farm , worth at least seven hundred and fifty pounds , be lost because of a woman 's weakness ? |
| 19 | AUSTRALIA is now in its seventh week without domestic air services because of a pilots ' pay dispute which has begun to have a serious impact on the economy and has left Bob Hawke 's Labor government few options for reaching a settlement . |
| 20 | But if the children some under the care of the relief agencies , little ones , who were emaciated , hollow-eyed , and listless , become after about a fortnight 's feeding quite plump again and begin to laugh and sing . |
| 21 | Above all , ‘ Sandy ’ Thom was esteemed by his colleagues ; he was truly egregious but a kind man and a good skipper , whether of a yacht 's crew , a survey party , or a department . |
| 22 | Holy Living he described as ‘ rules to live under , as though under a physician 's hand , to be used like nourishment , that is by a daily care and meditation ’ . |
| 23 | Every hundred metres or so when we met the road zigzagging its six kilometres to the top we turned to the landscape : huge conical mountains with valleys that knit together as neatly as in a child 's drawing . |
| 24 | A slight deviation from the walking stance quickly puts a student into the taekwondo fighting stance , in which the body is slightly inclined to present less of an open target and the fists are held high as in a boxer 's pose . |
| 25 | The level of detail may seem much the same as in a catalogue raisonné , but the stress falls in a different way . |
| 26 | The strong forces between the particles would correspond to pieces of string that went between other bits of string , as in a spider 's web . |
| 27 | An innkeeper , as we have seen , is under a duty to provide reasonable refreshment if so required and accommodation to a traveller ; hence , the innkeeper has a right of lien over a traveller 's property as well as over a guests ' to ensure that the traveller 's bill is duly paid . |
| 28 | Often when on a winter 's night we youngsters were seated round the hearth … would she set her wheel aside , take a pinch of snuff , hutch her chair towards the other hob , and excite our curiosity and wonder by strange and fearful tales of witches , spirits , and apparitions , whilst we listened in silence and awe , and scarcely breathing , contemplated in imagination , the visions of an unseen world , which her narratives conjured up before us . |
| 29 | Sexual dysfunction may arise from fear of pregnancy or parenthood , anxiety as to the possibility of venereal disease , guilt as to a child 's disability , or anger at the sex role thrust upon one by society . |
| 30 | Local authorities are expected to resolve any questions as to a child 's ordinary residence by agreement , failing which the Secretary of State will decide ( s30(2) ) . |