Example sentences of "an [noun sg] [verb] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alternatively , let him fly high to act as a aerial patrol to intercept an enemy trying the same thing . |
| 2 | In the north , while in Aragon the CNT militia pushed forward from Barcelona in an attempt to recapture the former anarchist stronghold of Zaragoza , elsewhere the rebels seized the initiative . |
| 3 | Thus , he claims IBM 's act of tearing up its price list was a purely symbolic gesture , simply an attempt to keep the same situation going . |
| 4 | Scientists have been holding a one-day strike in an attempt to get the same pay as their European colleagues . |
| 5 | And in an attempt to make the most of very limited quotas , even licensed vessels have been dumping back into the sea all but first-class specimens — an outrageous practice that fisheries minister Helmut Angula says Namibia ‘ will not tolerate . ’ |
| 6 | Does learning to ride a bicycle or give an injection involve the same processes as learning the anatomy and physiology of the alimentary tract , or a foreign language , or learning to solve problems ? |
| 7 | To accept the implication of this finding makes it difficult to explain away the dissociation obtained by Hall and Channell ( 1985b ) ( the observation that latent inhibition is context dependent when habituation is not ) , which came from an experiment using the same response measures , stimuli , and procedures as were used by Hall and Schachtman ( 1987 ) . |
| 8 | Eventually an issue affecting the latter brought matters to a head . |
| 9 | In an article published the same year , Kevin Sharpe questioned whether it was entirely accurate to label Laud as an Arminian , stressing that the archbishop saw as his main task not the propagation of a new theology but the prevention of divisive doctrinal debate . |
| 10 | It is much too easy to take for granted that both sides in an argument have the same over-all objective and are engaged in argument as to how that objective can be reached . |
| 11 | Even if the two sides in an argument have the same value system and the same objective there can still be a fierce argument because the perceptions of the same situation are different . |
| 12 | But , if the material is commonplace , there would be nothing to stop an ex-employee deriving the same or similar material again as long as he did not simply copy his employer 's material . |
| 13 | As one was under obligation to study the former , so too there was an obligation to study the latter . |
| 14 | In another test there was an item involving the same date and time interval but a calendar was provided . |
| 15 | Isotopes of an element have the same number of protons in the nucleus — and hence the same chemical properties — but different numbers of neutrons , and thus have slightly different masses . |
| 16 | All the isotopes ( see section 1.1 ) of an element have the same name . |
| 17 | What differences would you expect to find in the buying behaviour of an individual buying the same product for his/her own use and also on behalf of an organisation ? |