Example sentences of "between [pers pn] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 To those observers looking on it seemed hard to believe that the average IQ of the room 's inhabitants was 149 , and that they had more honours between them than a collection of top class civil servants — and to think that they had been reduced to such a pitiful state as this .
2 In cases where a papilla arises on two adjacent areas the m is split into 2n 's with a comma between them and a linking bar above them .
3 ‘ These provincial councils were meant to act as part of central council within their own area , but they have grown more independent and now we have a situation where there is both competition and conflict between them and a reluctance to accept the authority of central council . ’
4 It is clear that the relationship between you and a resident is a very personal and intimate one .
5 Would you like to be more assertive , to dress with style and authority , to break down the confidence barriers standing between you and a return to work , or a new job ?
6 Probably the first contact between you and a bank is when you open a current account .
7 Her foolhardy Aries courage might be all that stood between her and a lifetime of misery .
8 In Guinness plc v Saunders and Another [ 1990 ] AC 663 , a director claimed a payment was due to him as a result of an agreement between him and a committee of the board , but not authorised by the board of directors .
9 Better , at all costs , however , or so she had reasoned , to put twenty miles and a border between him and a hanging .
10 At 23 , fitness seems the only barrier between him and a Test career .
11 In reality , however , the difference between him and a shareholder may not be anything like as clear-cut , for the debenture may give the holder a contractual right : — to appoint a director ; to a share of profits ( whether or not available for dividend ) ; to repayment at a premium ; to attend and vote at general meetings and even to convert his debentures into equity shares .
12 Her researcher , Anthony Massey , said : ‘ The shrapnel flew between us and a piece bounced off Kate 's helmet .
13 But , say what you like about him , he was probably the perfect bridge between us and a being from another world , especially when that being proved to be as mean and nasty as Argol looked to be .
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