Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [v-ing] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The narrow High Street is easily blocked as traffic builds up behind the heavy goods vehicles trying to get through on a route avoiding the increased toll on the Severn Bridge . |
| 2 | The exceptionals are thought to include a provision covering the potential loss of the management contract . |
| 3 | The Model Forms of Rent Review Clause contain a provision entitling the other party to pay the expert 's fees in full and then reclaim the balance from the non-paying party as a debt payable on demand . |
| 4 | upholding the validity of a provision enabling the floating charge holder to serve a notice of crystallisation on the company . |
| 5 | Firstly , a chart showing an overall plan of study for , say the next nine months . |
| 6 | On Thursday 23 May 1974 , little more than a week after Jinky had set out on his transatlantic crossing , the player was the focus of a controversial legal wrangle when a judge at Airdrie Sheriff Court postponed a trial involving the Celtic winger to allow him to prepare for Scotland 's forthcoming World Cup campaign in Germany . |
| 7 | It was similarly easy to convert the head-teacher 's office into a kitchen adjoining the side-entrance lobby . |
| 8 | A function converting a real number to the lower integer . |
| 9 | A function returning the horizontal position of the cursor on the screen . |
| 10 | A function returning the vertical cursor position . |
| 11 | A function returning the square root of its argument . |
| 12 | A function giving the absolute value of its argument . |
| 13 | A function giving the base-10 logarithms of its argument . |
| 14 | A function giving the natural logarithm of its argument . |
| 15 | ( But see Murphy v Culhane [ 1977 ] QB 94 for a case involving a criminal affray where the plaintiff got more than he bargained for and it was stated that the defence could apply . ) |
| 16 | ( For a case involving a real " Bleak House " , see Flegg , Chapter 10 , p.282 . ) |
| 17 | Ex parte Handscomb was a case involving a discretionary life sentence , and on 23 July 1987 the Secretary of State made a further policy statement explaining some modifications to the procedure . |
| 18 | In a case involving a brutal sexual assault by a guardsman , Slynn J. stated : ‘ It does not seem to me that the appellant is a criminal in the sense in which that word is used frequently in these courts . |
| 19 | Similarly in a case involving a French corporation , an order for depositions and document production at the offices of New York attorneys was not regarded as in conflict with the Convention ; all that was to happen on French soil was ‘ certain acts preparatory to the giving of evidence ’ , the selection of appropriate employees to travel to New York and of relevant documents to be disclosed in New York . |
| 20 | The extent to which trade unions are disadvantaged by the rules developed by the judiciary is shown in a case involving the National Union of Teachers . |
| 21 | The trend of judge-made law may be set off by a case involving an atypical trade or may be located in a consumer transaction . |
| 22 | It had been decided in a case following the 1976 act that that right still existed . |
| 23 | We present a case illustrating the particular caution necessary in subjects at risk of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency . |
| 24 | It was a bit perplexing the first time I heard the chant though , because of the other associations that could be drawn from it ! |
| 25 | With respect to the other products covered by the agreement , the Commission considered that no competition issues have arisen and the Commission adopted a decision allowing the proposed concentration with respect to these aspects of the transactions . |
| 26 | On Nov. 27 the Federal Court ruled that the half-canton of Appenzell-Innerrhoden should grant women the vote at cantonal and communal level with immediate effect , a decision breaching the last bastion of all-male suffrage in Europe . |
| 27 | Then I asked for half the fee in advance , and was given a wafer confirming the immediate transfer of the amount to my Fedbank . |
| 28 | Startled , she glanced back to find a man clad in the scarlet overalls and white crash helmet of a driver standing a few yards away . |
| 29 | The thump of a shell hitting the far end of the barrack building brought him wide awake . |
| 30 | They were attracted by a course having no direct A- Level antecedent . |