Example sentences of "and a [noun sg] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | At specific points on the journey , the taxi pauses , and a window is lowered , to allow for the spitting out of a hoarsely whispered phrase , in a guttural ghetto tongue : ‘ May tall buildings fall on them , when they walk down the street . ’ |
| 2 | I buy a chest from you and a price is agreed . |
| 3 | If it is discharged and a person is injured or killed , the appropriate offence against the person can be charged . |
| 4 | The difficulty is that the violence referred to by the subsection must be immediate ‘ unlawful ’ violence , and a person is entitled to employ a certain amount of force in the protection of his property . |
| 5 | The important point about this category of moves , is that the ‘ home ’ remains in existence and a person is required to establish a new life elsewhere . |
| 6 | Where the person under disability wishes to be a plaintiff or applicant , before commencing proceedings , if he is a mental patient and a person is authorised by order of the Court of Protection to conduct the proceedings , then that person must file in the court office a sealed office copy of the Court of Protection 's order ( Ord 10 , r 2(a) ) . |
| 7 | The criteria refer to learning objectives for this topic and a separation is made where the task requirements differ . |
| 8 | In this latter context , it should be noted that RSC Order 53 rule 3(8) provides that where certiorari is sought to quash any decision which is subject to appeal , and a time-limit is fixed for that appeal , the court may adjourn the application for leave to seek certiorari until the appeal is heard or the time limit for appealing has expired . |
| 9 | And a killjoy is one that do n't enjoy himself and let other people |
| 10 | The breach of the special trust that exists between a child and a parent is no less violated where sexual acts other than vaginal penetration are induced or performed . |
| 11 | I think that to be a loner and a writer is hell enough , but many would instantly tell me how horrendous it is to work in a factory — 1 did it for three months and loathed it — or to go to their office and stop from biting their nails when their boss has to score petty points off them . |
| 12 | Remember that those below you should be doing likewise , and a fall is often stopped by a joint effort . |
| 13 | THE trial of Speke man Gary Grugel was halted yesterday , and a retrial is to take place next month before a new jury . |
| 14 | And a split is what is needed if democratic politics is to develop in the Soviet Union . |
| 15 | Thus , the distance between a sparrow and a kestrel is 4 . |
| 16 | A coffee morning with stalls and a raffle is being held at Harewood House in Harewood Hill , off Grange Road , Darlington , today from 1011.30am . |
| 17 | You see , it 's very nearly the Sabbath , and a Jew is not allowed to ride on the Sabbath . |
| 18 | The winner of the best adult joke is Mrs May Jones from Prescot , and a T-shirt is on its way to her for this the Echo office favourite . |
| 19 | The winner of the best adult joke is Mrs May Jones from Prescot , and a T-shirt is on its way to her for this the Echo office favourite . |
| 20 | The event 's promoter will pay an agreed fee to the PRS for the works which are to be performed , and a payment is then made by the PRS to the writers and publishers for the works listed as being played . |
| 21 | Eventually they become saturated and a clean-down is the only answer . |
| 22 | The items are then bagged by the Scenes of Crime Officer , and a date is agreed with the Police for a statement to be taken . |
| 23 | The timetable proposal is currently under investigation by the Monopolies and Mergers Commission and a decision is expected before the end of 1989 . |
| 24 | Input is coded and a decision is made about the possible characters it represents ( Frishkopf and Harmon , 1961 ; Munson , 1968 ; Tappert , 1982 ; Wright , 1989 ) . |
| 25 | In this case , visual information will have been used as the basis of a decision , and a decision is necessary because English orthography allows one of two letters in this position in our target word . |
| 26 | four for two and a go is three . |
| 27 | One woman , 100 yards away was hit in the leg by a piece of the van and a policeman is believed to have suffered serious leg injuries . |
| 28 | This makes no biological sense , of course , but it has a certain psychological validity , in that the significance to most members of our society of the difference between , say , a thrush and a blackbird is roughly comparable to that between a collie and a spaniel . |
| 29 | There will , of course , be no severance pay , and a reference is out of the question . |
| 30 | This provision applies if there is relevant income arising in the trust and a benefit is provided to a person who is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom . |