Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [vb -s] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A kitchen needs something like 10 to 15 changes of air an hour when it is in use , which means , for example , that for a 3m × 2.5m kitchen an extractor fan with a capacity of around 250cu m/hr is needed . |
| 2 | For the first time ever there 's racing at Cheltenham this sunday … its going to be a fun day … and so too is tomorrow for the winner of the first big steeplechase of the year … it 's the Mackeson Gold Cup … there 's fifty five thousand pounds in prizemoney … our search for a winner takes us to Herefordshire and a horse called Spacefair |
| 3 | But where a decision affects everyone in general and no one in particular it is much harder to define sufficient interest . |
| 4 | Because the relationship of the two lines within the couplet is not predetermined , the reader is more fully engaged in the process of interpretation , a more active participant in the construction of meaning , than when a text presents itself in more straightforward linear fashion . |
| 5 | Polls had until recently shown support for Mr Patten but now a majority wants him to back down . |
| 6 | The species are ‘ christened ’ when a scientist describes them for the first time , illustrates their peculiarities and publishes the name in a scientific journal . |
| 7 | In the first place , becoming a housewife impresses them by the very openness of the role [ ? ] and by the freedom they now have from constraining supervision … |
| 8 | A manacle secures them to the Dubrovlag . |
| 9 | Suppose that an infant who has hired a horse injures it by careless riding . |
| 10 | The infliction of pain upon a horse affects it in a very profound way . |
| 11 | He is represented as granting land at Hoo in Kent to an Abbot Ecgbald ( CS 89 : S 233 ) , and a grant of land at Farnham , perhaps dating to 686 , for the founding of a monastery reveals him with authority in Surrey ( CS 72 : S 235 ) . |
| 12 | Figure 4 Daily counting chart to show how often a child does something within a given period of time Source : M. Herbert , Behavioural Treatment of Children with Problems ( London : Academic Press , 1987 ) |
| 13 | She says the volunteers who answer the phone are prepared to deal any problem a child contacts them with , no matter how small it may seem . |
| 14 | If a child has it for the first ten years hardly anything else matters . |
| 15 | When a child loves you for a long , long time , says the Skin Horse , then you gradually become Real . |
| 16 | What if a council finds itself on the brink ? |
| 17 | A US-German committee that issued a preparatory report on the need for such a council sees it as a forerunner for an institution to promote cooperation between the United States and all of Europe . |
| 18 | Hazel heard its beak hit a pebble in the grass with a sound like a snail-shell when a thrush beats it on a stone . |
| 19 | A promenade links it with Alassio . |
| 20 | A butterfly sticks them on the leaves of the particular plant that her caterpillars eat ; a blowfly on the dead flesh that her maggots will relish ; and some wasps , for the sake of their young , become body-snatchers . |
| 21 | ‘ If a girl returns it to you , good and well ; though a jeweller will not give you as much as you paid for it . |
| 22 | Similarly there is no liability if a railway company , acting upon A 's directions , carries B's goods , honestly believing that A has B's authority to give such directions or , of course , where a finder removes them to a place of safety . |
| 23 | R v Stanley ; CA ( Crim Div ) ( Bingham LJ , Ognall , McKinnon JJ ) ; 2 Oct 1989 Where a judge has it in mind to make a compensation order but the possibility has not been raised by counsel , it is the judge 's duty to raise the matter of his own motion so that it may be properly and fairly ventilated . |
| 24 | In the same way , when a teacher adjusts you into an upright position you will probably feel as though you are about to fall over in a forwards direction . |
| 25 | But such a move does nothing for women , or for the concept of the feminine per se : it expands our understanding of what is to be considered authentically male . |
| 26 | Britain had beaten Poland 4-3 in the World Championships Pool B in Eindhoven earlier this year , and the loss of a point leaves them with a formidable task against tournament favourites Latvia and Slovakia next week , with only one team qualifying for Lillehammer . |
| 27 | The second , call it " soft " conventionalism , insists that the law of a community includes everything within the implicit extension of these conventions . |
| 28 | Only one shower for the whole crew today , and just a curtain divides us from Pearl Jam . |
| 29 | Whereas a junior does both advocacy and the preliminary paper work , a leader confines himself to advocacy ( apart from the giving of oral and written opinions , an activity common to both grades ) , |
| 30 | When the facades are swept away it is the use , misuse or disuse of courtesy that indicates whether a person respects you as a human being — or sees you and treats you as a nuisance , servant Or enemy . |