Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the most beautiful things about Ballycollton is its setting ; runners follow a route along country lane with the sea as a backdrop/ The sounds just perfect , unless it rains ! |
| 2 | He said : ‘ We were the most exposed vessels going ahead to clear a route into fire support areas for the American ships . |
| 3 | This beeline may be reversed and used as a route of ascent from Horton but until a clear path has been formed by foot-traffic over the rough higher ground , it is not a way to be preferred to other more pleasant routes of ascent : apart from an exciting interlude midway , the climb becomes tedious . |
| 4 | This may be your principal guide in choosing a route of re-entry . |
| 5 | Some nurses are very enthusiastic about the bank as a route of re-entry , as it enables you to sample different wards and departments and introduces you to new people . |
| 6 | In southern and eastern Europe uncooked meat , as dried or cured spiced sausage , is commonly eaten and may be a route of infection . |
| 7 | What we need is , firstly , a more specific indication of what is meant by a route to chaos and , secondly , some ideas on which we can draw in Sections 24.5 and 24.7 . |
| 8 | Nor is sharing or giving help a route to dominance ; it is merely what is expected , part of the minimal definition of what it is to be a member of a Semai community ( see Robarchek 1986a ; see Dentan 1968 : 134 for a discussion of implications of the distinction between reciprocity and sharing ) . |
| 9 | But , as at Pittodrie a fortnight ago , the Kilmarnock defence held firm , and even on the rare occasions when Rangers did find a route to goal , veteran goalkeeper Bobby Geddes was on hand to snuff out any danger . |
| 10 | It offended the religious , because it seemed to make God out to be untruthful or deceitful ; in the scientific age , science was after all a route to truth , and only the Devil was the father of lies . |
| 11 | This can represent a route to technology evaluation at low risk to the user and there are many examples of useful ventures which have been developed in this way . |
| 12 | If the non-Tory intelligentsia truly wants to do more than tinker in its own backyard , it must look for a route to power that can connect Cambridge with Basildon . |
| 13 | So long as there is the prospect that a majority Labour government can be elected to a position of absolute power at Westminster then our unionist wing is content not to question the democratic credentials of such a route to power . |
| 14 | Madonna has often talked of her Ten Year Plan , a route to megastardom designed to keep her in the manner to which she has quickly become accustomed for years to come too . |
| 15 | Accepting help thus does not entail an accumulation of debt nor does it imply subordination , and is not a route to subjugation . |
| 16 | ‘ But they are cowards at heart and hang back until they are sure they are safe , even then leaving themselves a route for escape . |
| 17 | Shortly after anaesthesia an intravenous infusion may be commenced to provide a route for fluid replacement . |
| 18 | Thus , these trends towards a greater stress on educational qualifications imply that intragenerational mobility within work caused through promotion becomes much less important as a route for advancement . |
| 19 | The management of these relationships is expected to be an important determinant of success in the use of new technology by customer firms and should provide a route for product innovations by suppliers . |
| 20 | However , it is misleading to think of the Central Wales Line as having developed originally as a route from NW England to S Wales . |
| 21 | Individuals who receive such a distribution are treated as having received a payment of capital . |
| 22 | The emphasis of the ‘ tax credit ’ would be towards a form of tax relief rather than a payment of benefit . |
| 23 | It was not simply a payment of part of the debt . |
| 24 | Later on the same page he makes this challenging statement ‘ If any of us actually had the power to release souls from purgatory and refused to exercise that power except in return for a payment of money he would be considered cruel and unchristian — which indeed he would be . ’ |
| 25 | If , on the other hand , he was stating as a matter of principle that the coupling of a protest with a payment of money unlawfully demanded per se rendered that payment recoverable , he was expressing views for which no authority prior to that date has been cited to this House and which were contrary to those expressed by Lord Reading C.J. in Maskell v. Horner . |
| 26 | In making a payment of interest to the lender and a contribution to a life assurance company , the debt remains constant and the borrower is offered the prospect of a maturing policy that will not only repay the mortgage but also provide a lump sum . |
| 27 | A payment of interest , however , would be charged to corporation tax in the recipient 's hands and would attract a liability to pay ACT if it is then distributed to the recipient 's own shareholders . |
| 28 | It is symbolic that a Babylonian text records a payment of oil to Jehoiakin , the son of the king of Judah , and to seven Greek carpenters who worked for the Babylonian court ( Ancient Near Eastern Texts , 2 ed. , p. 308 ) . |
| 29 | No figures were given and no equity is involved , but MTI clearly sees the investment as a payment for partnership . |
| 30 | The first procedure is the payment into court At any stage after an action has begun in the High Court or the county court , the defendant may make a payment into court in satisfaction of the plaintiff 's claim . |