Example sentences of "a [noun sg] in [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Durkheim saw relations within localities as having a function in these processes , albeit a mainly facilitating one . |
| 2 | The majority of delegates favoured German reunification if approved by a referendum in both countries . |
| 3 | In the last analysis , the Parliament would be able to block a decision in those areas , but only if an absolute majority of its members turned out to vote the proposal down . |
| 4 | There is a masterpiece in most churches , or placed casually in a small chapel in a field . |
| 5 | This carries up to eight channels of sound for each vision channel and opens up the prospect of broadcasting a soundtrack in several languages simultaneously . |
| 6 | However , the fact that there is a reduction in these figures is itself indicative of a change in Anderson . |
| 7 | Finances and family responsibilities were a struggle in those days , with her eldest daughter minding her three-year-old youngest child while Brown was out acting . |
| 8 | Greed played a part in such expropriations : by governments for the profits from land sales or other income , by landlords , settlers or speculators for estates easily and cheaply acquired . |
| 9 | Sheriff Robert Younger told him : ‘ You are a first offender and perhaps your alcoholism may have played a part in these offences . |
| 10 | Disorders of colonic motility are thought to play a part in several diseases , especially the irritable bowel syndrome , and also ulcerative colitis , diverticular disease , and constipation . |
| 11 | If the law grants him a defence in these circumstances , then he may have sexual intercourse with her and use violence upon her with impunity . |
| 12 | For the law to grant him a defence in these circumstances would be to grant a licence for sexual exploitation . |
| 13 | It has been held , however , that consent is still a defence in these circumstances . |
| 14 | Therefore both courses could have induced a response in some patients and the double transaminase peak could thus be indicative of early and late responders . |
| 15 | Their match with Harrow was an exciting affair and a victory for the sort of positive leadership which a writer in these columns urged last month . |
| 16 | ‘ The fact that we failed to reach the second round is a blow in many ways and I am so disappointed for everybody . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ The fact that we failed to reach the second round is a blow in many ways and I am so disappointed for everybody . ’ |
| 18 | It 's causing a blight in many areas acrss the region , where the soil is mainly clay . |
| 19 | GUIL taps a hand , changes his mind , taps the other , and ROS inadvertently reveals that he has a coin in both fists . ) |
| 20 | For instance , Newtonian assumptions that all events are causally determined by the operation of forces and causal laws acted as a paradigm in both senses . |
| 21 | Shareholders ( assuming we take the partners in a partnership to be shareholders ) potentially provide a constraint in some cases ; in fact this constraint may be stronger in partnerships and limited companies than in public liability companies . |
| 22 | Once the product and marketing managers have gained the company a foothold in such markets , it will be up to production and operations management to produce and deliver the right quality goods at the budgeted cost . |
| 23 | It 's not common practice to register notice of a contract in all cases , but when , for example , there 's an unusually long deferred completion date , or when your buyer-client suspects the good faith of the seller , or if there is a contract by correspondence , or for any other special reason peculiar to the particular transaction , a Notice should be seriously considered and the client consulted and advised . |
| 24 | Although it was very rough at first , but I got used with it even when the seasickness caught me up going round the top of the highland , but once he was away from that and er I was n't a drinker in these days but some old man says to me , er before you go to a meal , he says , take a drop of brandy . |
| 25 | Any proposal would have to achieve a majority in both houses . |
| 26 | A measure having received the approval of a majority in both Houses and the Royal Assent is recognised by the common law as an Act of Parliament . |
| 27 | The interim government finally produced a new Constitution for the country in July which , as expected , guaranteed a majority in both houses of the bicameral legislature to the Melanesian population [ see pp. 37613-14 ; 37881-82 ] who , since 1987 , had become the majority [ see below ] . |
| 28 | As the country proceeded towards the inauguration of the Third Republic on Jan. 2 , 1993 , the nominally left-of-centre Social Democratic Party ( SDP ) emerged as the stronger of the two legally permitted parties , winning a majority in both houses of the new National Assembly in legislative elections held on July 4 . |
| 29 | Section 56 of the Consumer Credit Act also can operate to entitle a buyer in some cases to sue the creditor ( e.g. a credit card company ) in respect of a misrepresentation by the seller . |
| 30 | one man with a foot in both boats this years is 19 year old … |