Example sentences of "a [noun] [vb past] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ( j ) An example of a dishonest obtaining of exemption from liability to make a payment occurred in Firth . |
2 | The outbreak has been traced to a function held at Uncle Dick 's Restaurant . |
3 | LAST week , a case came to court in which a mentally unstable man was convicted of stabbing three policewomen and one policeman in a shopping centre . |
4 | Such a case occurred at Kirkcaldy in 1828 . |
5 | Nothing so depressingly encapsulates the heart-rending decline from imperial majesty to federal anonymity which the nation has undergone in her lifetime , than a case devoted to stamps and banknotes . |
6 | The testimony of a witness in a case tried at Matara early in the nineteenth century illustrates the lack of plausibility of much court testimony : ‘ I saw the two prisoners drive a head of cattle — It was in the high road — It was about two hours before dark — We asked them where are you going with the animal — Is this not the animal of the schoolmaster . |
7 | At this auspicious assembly , from the foaming waves of kindness and munificence , Prince Buland Iqbal received a gorgeous robe of honour with a vest ; a dagger studded with precious diamonds and sapphires and incised ornament and a girdle studded with diamonds … |
8 | Nao Naomi realizes there 's no point talking about it now , the dye has been cast the decision has been made , the commitment has been entered into , whatever the cost she was going gods way , there was nothing more to be said about it we find that a de a decision made before god and we all make those decisions , means nothing at all unless were determined to carry it through , whatever the cost may be , three women here make their decisions before god , they make their choices , Naomi she chooses to return to Judah once again and enjoy the inheritance god has given her , Auper she chooses to return to her own country and her own god , as far as were concerned that 's the end of the story , but Ruth she chooses , she expresses her faith in the one true god , she turns her back on the old ways and decides to follow gods way , no matter what the cost , she would of said with Joshua , but as for me and my husband were gon na serve god , whatever the cost , I du n no what 'll be and she did n't know what she was letting herself in for , and the , I counted it , although I do n't know what it is , I counted that cost , I 'm willing to pay it and Jesus said that that is the acid test of disciples , said to count the cost and weigh it up and Ruth had done that , then to make their decision and because if we make a decision without counting the cost , without weighing it all up , like Auper you 'll go back , it wo n't last , there is that choice for every one of us day by day , who will we serve , not to be like Joshua , its for us , never for any body else , I will serve the lord because and this is the reason for it , not because you 've done nice things for me , I will be your saviour because he is god , that 's the reason for our serving god , not because he blesses us because he blesses people who do n't serve him , blessing is not exclusive to gods people , blessing , god blesses across the board , god is generous he 's gracious , he causes the rain and the sun to shine on the just and on the unjust , blessing is not the ground for serving god , but because he is god that 's sufficient reason for our committing ourselves to him . |
9 | The accord followed a decision reached in July by the European Court of Justice that waste was not necessarily a " commercial good " , and could thus be exempted from the principle of free movement of such goods , as enshrined in the Single European Act . |
10 | In the test phase of their study ( the results of which are summarized in Fig. 4.7 ) all the subjects , thirsty rats , received presentations of a CS followed by access to water . |
11 | Austro-Hungarian foreign policy was both simplified and complicated by her forcible exclusion from Germany in 1866–7 ; this ended a struggle opened by Frederick the Great 's seizure of Silesia . |
12 | The idea for such a course came from Prof , member of the Christian Aid Board and Professor of Religious Studies at Leeds at a Board meeting on 2 Nov 1987 . |
13 | Blatantly selfish methods and policies and the degree to which Japan became entangled in the extremes of her own rhetoric inevitably resulted in the pursuit of a course devoted to Japanese , rather than Asian , nationalism . |
14 | Either unaided or acting upon a part bared by fire or other forms of human destructiveness , the wind starts to erode the dune . |
15 | It was over forty years before a trail led to Whitewright , Texas , where they were being offered for sale by the descendants of Joe Tom Meador , the lieutenant in question , who had died in 1980 . |
16 | The famous aqueduct seen working by St Cuthbert remains elusive , but a water tank inside the portico of a building uncovered at Tullie House was presumably fed by it . |
17 | In the convention used here , a plus sign signifies that a response was obtained at onset at that position , a minus sign that a response occurred at offset , and O means that no response was obtained there or outside that position . |
18 | ‘ Sir , your pleasure , ’ a whore said to Blake . |
19 | ‘ Jock ’ Norwell , Jim Pickering , Harry Ayre and ‘ Drac ’ Bowerman were flown from Luqa to Egypt in a Wellington piloted by newly-promoted and decorated Plt.Off . |
20 | 25 ( From left to right : a ) Julius Caesar , portrayed on a coin minted at Rome in 44 BC , the year of his assassination . |
21 | A whisky appeared in front of him . |
22 | In a computer oriented towards numerical calculation , the operations must include provision for addition and subtraction , and probably multiplication and division as well ; on a computer oriented towards character manipulation there would be various operations for moving and scanning character strings . |
23 | Tales of art martyrdom with the deaths of Warhol , Basquiat and Mendieta following a roadmap sketched by van Gogh seem to have elicited the greatest interest in Hollywood . |
24 | In 1893 , spectators burst on to the field during a game between Nottingham Forest and West Bromwich Albion , and a fight ensued between players and fans with the Albionites attempting to defend the referee , although it was observed ‘ that none of the home players could be seen assisting in trying to stop disorder or to protect the Referee ’ . |
25 | Secondly , he ignored folk memory of the English and the noble Scottish and their depredations : à propos , a story came to light much later , and recurs in local annals and in the works of many Johnsonian students |
26 | A squirrel scurried in fright up into a nearby beech-tree . |
27 | An airshow accident in which a Spitfire crashed in flames has been blamed on pilot error . |
28 | ‘ A porter came from Godstowe . ’ |
29 | The idea of becoming a monk vanished from Ramsey 's heart . |
30 | Behind him a photographer leapt into action and flash after flash turned the normally darkened corner of The International into an impromptu photo call . |