Example sentences of "and [conj] a [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And where a work appears to refer to some external reality ( where the flowers seem , as it were , to be present ) the Formalists would regard this as a mere side-effect of the aesthetic function . |
| 2 | This road to promotion was even more conspicuous in Germany and the Low Countries , where the feudal hierarchy was less organized than in England , and where a king depended on his domain servants for administrative and judicial services , and military aid , far more than in England or France . |
| 3 | In reality , optimal performance is unlikely to be a condition of survival , and where a company dominates a market which is difficult to enter a high level of inefficiency may be tolerated indefinitely . |
| 4 | ‘ ( 1 ) The consent of a minor who has attained the age of 16 years to any surgical , medical or dental treatment which , in the absence of consent , would constitute a trespass to his person , shall be as effective as it would be if he were of full age ; and where a minor has by virtue of this section given an effective consent to any treatment it shall not be necessary to obtain any consent for it from his parent or guardian . |
| 5 | ‘ ( 1 ) The consent of a minor who has attained the age of 16 years to any … medical … treatment which , in the absence of consent , would constitute a trespass to his person , shall be as effective as it would be if he were of full age ; and where a minor has by virtue of this section given an effective consent to any treatment it shall not be necessary to obtain any consent for it from his parent or guardian . |
| 6 | Various factors could prevent the tenant from commencing to trade within a specified period and where a tenant has fitted out the premises and is paying a full rent ( or using up a rent free period ) the tenant would hopefully only delay opening for trade for a good reason . |
| 7 | A demand is made when and where a letter containing it is posted ( Treacy , by a 3:2 majority ) , and probably continues to be made until it is read by the victim ( Treacy 5:0 , but obiter ) . |
| 8 | … ( 6 ) In this section ‘ costs ’ means costs as between party and party , and includes the costs of applying for an order under this section ; and where a party begins to receive representation after the proceedings have been instituted , or ceases to receive representation before they are finally decided or otherwise receives representation in connection with part only of the proceedings , the reference in subsection ( 2 ) above to the costs incurred by the unassisted party in the proceedings shall be construed as a reference to so much of those costs as is attributable to that part . |
| 9 | At this stage , the translator need only be aware that there are different devices in different languages for creating ‘ texture ’ and that a text hangs together by virtue of the semantic and structural relationships that hold between its elements . |
| 10 | However , the evidence also suggests that information spillovers are more important in research than in development , and that a firm has to do quite a lot of its own R&D , if it is to be able to absorb information spillovers effectively . |
| 11 | It has been supposed that a vocal response must necessarily emanate from the left hemisphere and that a stimulus presented in the left half field of vision must therefore be transferred from the right to the left hemisphere . |
| 12 | But it is likely to prove empty in the end , even if the workers are right in thinking that , at this stage , they have nothing to lose and that a threat to withdraw their labour might help their union representatives wring a few more concessions from those in whose hands the firm 's fate now rests . |
| 13 | Before I could twist my face into anything faintly resembling a sneer , the vendor explained that there were four such structures in a similar state of repair and that a Frenchman had expressed great interest . |
| 14 | In the light of the facts which emerged subsequently , he believed that Evans ' execution was not justified and that a mistake had been made . |
| 15 | Congress recognizes that discrimination in employment is part of a wider pattern of discrimination against homosexual men and women in society as a whole , and that a campaign to achieve the objects ( listed above in the resolution ) will be more effective if this is taken into account and is conducted in association with gay rights and civil liberty organizations . |
| 16 | We can not escape the conclusion that many of those employed in the Service feel a deep sense of dissatisfaction with the organisation and management of it as a whole and that a gulf has grown up between the establishments in the field and the staff who work in them on the one hand and headquarters at the Home Office in London on the other . |
| 17 | He claimed that her private world had been little more than an experiment in frenzy , and that a breakdown had been inevitable . |
| 18 | But the problem is that this requires a teacher of genius ; and that a pupil has anyway only a brief time to get through work which has taken the lifetimes of many eminent predecessors : there must always be something artificial about heurism . |
| 19 | last year that there were n't enough , and that a lot did n't get one , and they were all disappointed . |
| 20 | It is worth mentioning , all the same , that a time will come when a frequent absentee can be fairly dismissed and that a failure to consult him at the time of dismissal will not necessarily mean that the company will be powerless to resist an unfair dismissal claim . |
| 21 | Predominant myths in this society are that thin people are somehow better than fat people — in health and in image — and that a failure to diet comes from weak will or subconscious fears . |
| 22 | But suppose that , as usually happens , the mortgagor is left in possession , and that a stranger turns him out , or tries to do so . |
| 23 | In a move reportedly designed to persuade the Soviet Union to abandon its rail-mounted mobile intercontinental missile system , the SS-24 , Bush said that the USA had given up plans to develop mobile versions of the MX and Midgetman missiles and that a programme to build the short-range attack missile ( SRAM ) had also been cancelled . |
| 24 | On the train to face trial in the north , Peace jumped through an open carriage window , and although a guard clung to his shoe he wriggled free , only to be found unconscious in the snow . |
| 25 | A total of eight calls were made that day and although a routine became evident , it was never repetitive . |
| 26 | There have been 43 objections to the compulsory purchase order and although a number have been resolved , a substantial number are still outstanding . |
| 27 | A play is primary a piece of action and although a script contains some scenic and character description , the essential interest lies in the dialogue and the action arising from it . |
| 28 | But they could be seriously jeopardised by the Zambian and Zimbabwean proposal because there is no adequate system for marking skins , and once a pelt has reached the fur markets of Frankfurt , London or New York there is no realistic way of knowing where it came from . |
| 29 | And once a choice has been made , this , in itself , imposes constraints . |
| 30 | If danger threatens powerful muscles can snap the valves tightly shut , and once a bivalve has closed itself in this way it can be very difficult to force it open — it has ‘ clammed ’ up . |