Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [prep] a single [noun] " in BNC.

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1 With limited exceptions , it proposed that all functions of local government be undertaken by a single authority in each area .
2 What was previously assumed to be given for a single capital now needs to be explained .
3 It contrasts so vividly with the centesimal system where the remedy may well be given as a single dose and even when several doses are taken is usually stopped at the first sign of improvement .
4 The new system is to be sustained by a single super-power which , even if officially bankrupt , can still call on the financial resources of its wealthy clients and allies to support its global security activities .
5 Exposure to natural daylight will benefit everyone , and most people I have spoken with welcome the fact that the fair will be situated on a single ground floor .
6 Several young plants can be formed from a single stem by making a series of wounds at a convenient distance apart and burying each in a prepared hollow in the ground .
7 The range of processing times that will allow processing to be completed in a single revolution is shown in Fig. 7.20 .
8 There is no right to " cross-appeal " where the original appeal is against an interim care or supervision order made under s38. ( c ) Powers on appeal The appeal will be heard by a single judge , unless the President of the Family Division directs otherwise .
9 All permanent staff on Community Charge work , irrespective of department , will be regarded as a single staff group .
10 Secondly , all the terms of the lease should be regarded as a single bargain for letting the property .
11 The Court accepted that the two companies should really be regarded as a single family business .
12 Nearly all the Moulds , Molds , Mouldes and other variants of the name which appear in Shropshire parish registers can be placed on a single family tree .
13 Or the whole unit can be checked at a single tour , with a limit of 2,000 stock codes on the Psion .
14 The White Paper was worrying in its apparent assumption that user and carer could be treated as a single unit .
15 Although a member state may limit the number of members of an EEIG to twenty , it is envisaged that , in the UK , professional partnerships which may have over twenty members will be treated as a single member .
16 Once a control contract has been entered into , the dominant undertaking and the public company will in effect be treated as a single entity .
17 The Customs and Excise have the power to direct that where two or more people purport to trade separately to avoid registration for VAT , but are really part of a single business , they shall be treated as a single business for VAT purposes .
18 Should the Highlands be treated as a single region , or divided ?
19 Should the West be treated as a single region , or divided ?
20 In his Philosophie anatomique of 1818–22 , Geoffroy argued that the basic similarity that allowed all the vertebrates to be assigned to a single type of organization reflected something more than mere engineering efficiency .
21 Many valuable training experiences can be arranged within a single school or agency , or by a group of teachers from different schools meeting regularly to carry out an agreed task .
22 Ideas that can be developed beyond a single campaign into a campaign that will run for years are really worth their weight in gold .
23 Whilst we did consider that this site could be developed with a single storey dwelling without seriously affecting the amenities of the village , we were not aware of the strength of local feeling against any development on this site .
24 Applications can be developed on a single machine and then run in parallel later .
25 ‘ Even our most loyal customers will be limited to a single car each . ’
26 These products excel where text and graphics are to be mixed on a single page .
27 It soon became apparent that the whole report could not be considered in a single meeting and it was suggested that another meeting be arranged to continue with it .
28 Under the more inefficient system of the late nineteenth century , it was not unusual for over 2,000 cases to be reported in a single year .
29 The judge must decide whether , taking into account the issues involved and the nature of the evidence required for each issue , the disputes between the litigants can best be resolved by a single trial or by a trial in two parts .
30 The Director of Public Prosecutions brings this application for judicial review of these decisions of the single justice on Friday , 16 February ; the first , declining to deal with the issue of the alleged breach of bail condition by Mr. Bell on the ground that that issue could not be resolved by a single justice of the peace but required a court consisting of at least two justices , and the second , to adjourn the hearing of the alleged breach of condition to a court sitting on Monday , 19 February , and to remand Mr. Bell in custody in the intervening period .
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