Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [vb mod] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A prince can mak a belted knight , |
| 2 | Development of the worker-client relationship and of the case as a case may depend a lot on how far the client sees the worker as filling the position of parent adequately and how far the social worker is prepared to take account of the client 's expectations in this respect . |
| 3 | Any corporate member of a branch may nominate a candidate . |
| 4 | Such a revaluation might make a paper and cash offer for the remaining 85% of Midland 's shares feasible . |
| 5 | A lectern should have a minimum depth of 38cm and a minimum width of 5Ocm — space to hold two A4 sheets alongside each other — and a ‘ lip ’ of at least 1.5cm to stop papers sliding off onto the floor . |
| 6 | Tasks at these levels often involve controlled processes , this appears to be clearly demonstrated by the common observation that a driver may cease a conversation before carrying out a complex manoeuvre . |
| 7 | Experience with Atlantean buses suggested that a driver could operate a double-deck vehicle , and this principle was applied to 761 . |
| 8 | For example , a lecturer can teach on a number of courses and a course may use a number of lecturers . |
| 9 | The establishment of a course should permit a flow of publications from staff and research students , and possibly short summer courses and other networking . |
| 10 | Just as only a caterpillar can become a butterfly , the formal stage seems a necessary developmental step to the skilful stage . |
| 11 | We are keenly aware that a University can seem a large and forbidding place to those on the outside . |
| 12 | So the demise of a flat or a particular floor of a building will include a roof space accessible only from that flat where there is no reservation to the landlord of any rights relating to the roof space ( Hatfield v Moss [ 1988 ] 40 EG 122 ) . |
| 13 | sometimes a metalpoint would have a point at either end of the stylus , for sake of balance , or perhaps containing a different type of metalpoint . |
| 14 | Such a measure would have a dramatic impact . |
| 15 | For example , the representation of a temple on a coin may show a gap in the middle of the columns which is filled with an image of the relevant god ( fig. 12 ) . |
| 16 | A T-SHIRT may hold a clue to the ‘ cab driver ’ rapist who kept a mum prisoner for 16 hours . |
| 17 | We are a long way from the time where a computer could pass a reasonable judgement on the quality of an electronic document . |
| 18 | Before a computer can perform a simulation , it requires a blueprint of these physical laws , and that is where CFD comes in . |
| 19 | In drug addiction a sufferer may use a regular daily quantity of drug , a single dose of which might kill a non-addicted person . |
| 20 | Where the climate is dry a yard , a garden or the corner of a field can become a school . |
| 21 | The analogy is clear : just as a referee is necessary to interpret the rules , so a Chairman must guide a meeting . |
| 22 | The first was based on the concept that a contract might contain a fundamental term — a core obligation — so that a failure to perform the fundamental term would amount to a total failure to perform the contract . |
| 23 | The employer , or the architect on his behalf , for certain sections of a contract may provide a list , in or attached to the contract bills , of at least three sub-contractors from which the builder must select one able and willing to carry out the respective work . |
| 24 | A creditor may give a proxy to any person of full age ( who himself need not be a creditor or contributory ) ( r 8.1(3) ) requiring the proxy holder to use his discretion on voting ( a general proxy ) or requiring him to vote for or against any specified resolution ( a special proxy ) . |
| 25 | Neither the debtor himself nor a creditor can present a petition unless the debtor is domiciled in England and Wales ; is personally present in England and Wales on the day on which the petition is presented ; or at any time in the previous three years has been ordinarily resident , has had a place of residence , or has carried on business in England and Wales ( s 265(1) ) . |
| 26 | Alternatively , a retailer may have a supply of printed enquiry forms . |
| 27 | By way of preparation , a buyer should perform a thorough valuation exercise and define a range of prices within which a sensible deal can be struck . |
| 28 | In the family proceedings court a single justice or a clerk may request a report under s7 . |
| 29 | A bullfinch reared by a canary will sing a canary song ; and the male offspring of the aberrant male bullfinch will , in their turn , learn a canary song too . |
| 30 | A builder making a payment to a sub-contractor who does not have a certificate must make a deduction from the payment for tax . |