Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] the [noun sg] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this respect it is worth asking whether it is a mere coincidence that neo-colonialism produces for the bureaucracy a reversion to pre-bureaucratic ( e.g. medieval ) forms of compensation for service to the state . |
| 2 | In Gwendolen she writes of the way a black woman like Sonia , Gwendolen 's mother , is treated , either with polite indifference or as if she is not there . |
| 3 | The aisles have moulded parapets , the walls are of flint , the north porch is partly of brick and has near the door a benatura . |
| 4 | Given that the West Highland Way drops into the glen a few miles further down , there 's a possibility of a two-day circular route . |
| 5 | ( c ) Duties following cancellation Where notice has been given , in the case of hire purchase or conditional sale transactions , s72 generally places upon the debtor a legal duty to redeliver the goods subject to a lien for any part exchange goods tendered by him ( s73(5) ) . |
| 6 | His word-picture also describes the typical Bronze- and Iron-Age European small dwelling developed from the wooden buildings of the Hallstatt and La Tène periods , from 700 B.C. : ‘ The wall , which is commonly about six feet high , declines from the perpendicular a little inward . |
| 7 | One , head to waist , is fearfully weathered ; the other , waist to one knee , has on the contrary a finely preserved surface and forms of great if primitive power . |
| 8 | It looks at the impact a nation 's economic performance has on the economies of other nations ' ( ‘ spillover' effects ) and at the strategic policy responses which such spillover effects may induce . |
| 9 | Nothing seems to happen here , remote from the rest of the world , yet one of the houses supplies weather reports to the BBC and achieves for the community a frequent mention . |
| 10 | Procedurally , it tests in the field a set of methodological propositions that suggest ways by which a mode of analysis that concentrates upon the social actors ' constructions of reality might be applied to the study of complex societies . |
| 11 | Occasionally I might buy him the big third Mac , the third Big Mac , just to prove to him he ca n't eat it , and this establishes in the superego a , that the , the superego to some extent speaks for reality and , and the reality sense is part of the , is part of the standards which are built into , which are built into the superego , and to , and therefore to a large extent the superego opposes the pleasure principle that operates in the id . |
| 12 | To sum up , Ta'kwaru , ‘ the life of thoughts ’ , is a concept about human agency that conjoins within the person a specific culture and the autonomy to use this culture socially in a moral or immoral way . |
| 13 | Occasionally , there erupts from the surface a squirming mass of waving and clutching hands . |
| 14 | ( 11 ) A Member shall before transferring any Share or holding any Share as nominee ensure that the intended transferee or beneficial owner submits to the Council a Compensation Fund covenant as required by the Rules and shall furnish evidence of such submission to the Directors . |
| 15 | ( 11 ) A Member shall before transferring any Share or holding any Share as nominee ensure that the intended transferee or beneficial owner submits to the Council a Compensation Fund covenant as required by the Rules and shall furnish evidence of such submission to the Directors . |
| 16 | I further covenant with the Council that before transferring any share in the Company or transferring a beneficial interest in any such share or holding any such share as nominee I will ensure that the intended transferee or beneficial owner submits to the Council a Compensation Fund covenant as required by Rule 14 of the Solicitors ' Incorporated Practice Rules 1988 ( or any modification or re-enactment of that provision for the time being in force ) . |
| 17 | It further covenants with the Council that before transferring any share in the Company or transferring a beneficial interest in any such share or holding any such share as nominee it will ensure that the intended transferee or beneficial owner submits to the Council a Compensation Fund covenant as required by Rule 14 of the Solicitors ' Incorporated Practice Rules 1988 ( or any modification or re-enactment of that provision for the time being in force ) . |
| 18 | where the defendant 's solicitor indorses on the writ a statement that he accepts service of the writ on behalf of the defendant ; |
| 19 | It features on the reverse a representation of Bishop Storey 's High Cross , and a bust of Queen Elizabeth on the obverse . |
| 20 | An engagement of sympathy on the side of the character who seems superficially to be the target figure constructs for the reader an unusual angle of vision on the events and characters of this fabliau . |
| 21 | by the depth of the top surface Carboniferous which increases towards the N.N.E. An example is given by the Arsten Z1 borehole near Bremen where the boundary Westphalian C/D lying at a depth of 6180 m reaches the boundary between the anthracite and meta-anthracite stages with a vitrinite reflectance of 3.5% Rm ( for the top surface Carboniferous a value of 2.8% Rm was extrapolated ) . |
| 22 | None was more famous or strange than the notorious Victory Arch ; and in his latest book , THE MONUMENT * , Samir al-Khalil weaves round the arch a fascinating and thoughtful study of totalitarianism and art . |
| 23 | He used to , what they call a haemophilia , bleeds from the nose a lot . |
| 24 | The A.87 climbs to the brow of a hill , passing the dam of the Loyne reservoir , and reveals from the roadside a full-length view of Glen Loyne and the splendid mountains grouped around its upper reaches . |
| 25 | They make a mockery of the notion that there exists within the Community a free market or even that there is one in the offing . |
| 26 | Either search affords to the purchaser a priority period during which either the transfer of registered land must be completed and an application made to HM Land Registry for its registration or the conveyance of unregistered land must be completed . |
| 27 | Section 5(3) affords to the defendant a number of defences relating to lack of fault that are not available on a charge under section 4 . |
| 28 | Where the surfaced road ends at the farm an unsurfaced trackway leads to Little Langdale ( 3 miles ) from where you can follow the main route to Elterwater ( 1.5 miles ) . |
| 29 | The regulator consists of 3 parts a first stage which clips onto the tank a hose and the second stage which you held in your mouth . |
| 30 | Consequently , as the temperature drops the composition of the liquid mixture travels along the curve a " -E . |