Example sentences of "the [noun] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We should ask national income estimators conceptual questions such as : which of the activities a farm family does for itself without payment , such as haircutting for example , have you included in the national income ? ’ , says a leading development economist ( Seers 1979 : 15 ) . |
| 2 | Since the defence must be given a copy of the statement of a proposed witness who has not made a deposition , it must follow that , if a Crown witness 's evidence is intended to depart significantly from his deposition and to be based on his statement to the police , it is the duty of the Crown to give the defence a copy of that statement in advance of the hearing . |
| 3 | You can imagine the response a member would feel , actually receiving such a gesture . |
| 4 | The disciplines a Designer works by demand some very special qualities — in effect they demand a specialist in many wide-ranging fields , coupled with virtual Sherlock Holmes powers of observation . |
| 5 | The $420m a year that America has been getting to compensate it for the loss in sales of farm products to Spain and Portugal after they joined the Community was due to run out in 1990 . |
| 6 | I wander round the park a bit looking at the trees and stuff . |
| 7 | When the scheme ended he stayed on and through his endeavours has helped to make the park a place of beauty . |
| 8 | Reaction 's high energy approach and commitment to producing a visual and musical spectacle has helped to make the Shakespeare in the Park a festival favourite . |
| 9 | On the extreme northern end of the park a stream some 20 feet ( 6 metres ) wide acted as a rabbit barrier along that side . |
| 10 | And the u a couple of them would come , a black and a white would be here and no bother at all . |
| 11 | For the purpose of the Acts a dealer is ‘ a person who in the normal course of his business attends sales by auction for the purpose of purchasing goods with a view to reselling them . ’ |
| 12 | The desire to teach the experts a lesson took on manic proportions . |
| 13 | Half of the 40 employees will lose their jobs this autumn and the remainder a year later . |
| 14 | Apparently the starting point for this design was the body of an 0–18 model Martin , but the slightly less angular shape and rounded Venetian cutaway have given the guitar a look all its own . |
| 15 | From the gully a pipe leads to an inspection chamber which may also have the soil stack connected to it . |
| 16 | That is , the link a church has , within a group of three or four other churches , with a particular missionary . |
| 17 | The same act gave the prince a life interest in the remaining moiety , so deferring the inheritance of the other heir , John Lord Howard . |
| 18 | The same act gave the prince a life interest in the remaining moiety , so deferring the inheritance of the other heir , John Lord Howard . |
| 19 | The City of Paris offered as its gift to the Prince a cradle which was fashioned in the shape of a Viking boat with the Imperial eagle at its prow , while above the infant 's head the City of Paris , personified by a young woman , held aloft the Imperial crown . |
| 20 | But at least they would clarify the current situation and offer the Prince a place in history alongside his great uncle . |
| 21 | It was the only building : U-shaped , with two lines of cabins forming the outward arms , the base a restaurant . |
| 22 | The rivers , though not themselves navigable , provided an east-west route from Cheshire Plain to Pennines , and the ridge a north-south route . |
| 23 | Near 100 per cent utilisation of the hop a acid is possible by this process . |
| 24 | In the mid-1970s a strain of Bt was found in Israel that was active against Diptera and in particular against mosquitoes and blackflies . |
| 25 | She kissed me on the arse a couple of times , kissed me on the navel a couple of times . |
| 26 | ‘ There are a surprising number of magazines that deal with graphics , but we find the coverage a bit soft . |
| 27 | Emily had meant to wait until her father had eaten but she could n't bear the suspense a moment longer . |
| 28 | You can feel the grip more and you can control the bike a lot better by forcing down on the peg when the rear steps out . ’ |
| 29 | More significant for domestic purposes is s10(4) ( b ) and ( c ) which give the retailer a defence provided : ( i ) that he supplied the goods , offered or agreed to supply them or , as the case may be , exposed or possessed them for supply in the course of carrying on a retail business ; and ( ii ) that , at the time he supplied the goods or offered or agreed to supply them or exposed or possessed them for supply , he neither knew nor had reasonable grounds for believing that the goods failed to comply with the general safety requirement ; or ( c ) that the terms on which he supplied the goods or agreed or offered to supply them or , in the case of goods which he exposed or possessed for supply , the terms on which he intended to supply them ( i ) indicated that the goods were not supplied or to be supplied as new goods ; and ( ii ) provided for , or contemplated , the acquisition of an interest in the goods by the persons supplied or to be supplied . |
| 30 | The supplier may send the retailer a debit note if for some reason the retailer has been under-charged and actually owes the supplier more money than was shown on the original invoice . |