Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] a single " in BNC.
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| 1 | With limited exceptions , it proposed that all functions of local government be undertaken by a single authority in each area . |
| 2 | The problem with all these formulations is that they are reductionist : that is , they claim that complex and multi-faceted phenomena can be explained by a single , simple cause . |
| 3 | While the decision can not be impugned on the facts , it undoubtedly confirms the difficulties which inventor employees face where the employer 's sales can only be traced to a single main purchaser of the patented product . |
| 4 | What was previously assumed to be given for a single capital now needs to be explained . |
| 5 | It contrasts so vividly with the centesimal system where the remedy may well be given as a single dose and even when several doses are taken is usually stopped at the first sign of improvement . |
| 6 | The new system is to be sustained by a single super-power which , even if officially bankrupt , can still call on the financial resources of its wealthy clients and allies to support its global security activities . |
| 7 | Exposure to natural daylight will benefit everyone , and most people I have spoken with welcome the fact that the fair will be situated on a single ground floor . |
| 8 | Several young plants can be formed from a single stem by making a series of wounds at a convenient distance apart and burying each in a prepared hollow in the ground . |
| 9 | The range of processing times that will allow processing to be completed in a single revolution is shown in Fig. 7.20 . |
| 10 | There is no right to " cross-appeal " where the original appeal is against an interim care or supervision order made under s38. ( c ) Powers on appeal The appeal will be heard by a single judge , unless the President of the Family Division directs otherwise . |
| 11 | The Court accepted that the two companies should really be regarded as a single family business . |
| 12 | All permanent staff on Community Charge work , irrespective of department , will be regarded as a single staff group . |
| 13 | Secondly , all the terms of the lease should be regarded as a single bargain for letting the property . |
| 14 | Knowles ( 1978 ) , who is particularly critical of Labov , argues that while the assumption that variants of a variable may be placed on a single social and phonetic continuum makes quantification relatively easy , it also oversimplifies the real range of choices open to speakers . |
| 15 | Nearly all the Moulds , Molds , Mouldes and other variants of the name which appear in Shropshire parish registers can be placed on a single family tree . |
| 16 | Or the whole unit can be checked at a single tour , with a limit of 2,000 stock codes on the Psion . |
| 17 | Once a control contract has been entered into , the dominant undertaking and the public company will in effect be treated as a single entity . |
| 18 | Although a member state may limit the number of members of an EEIG to twenty , it is envisaged that , in the UK , professional partnerships which may have over twenty members will be treated as a single member . |
| 19 | The fungi can be treated as a single , collective entity ( see Profiles ) . |
| 20 | Should the Highlands be treated as a single region , or divided ? |
| 21 | Should the West be treated as a single region , or divided ? |
| 22 | The Customs and Excise have the power to direct that where two or more people purport to trade separately to avoid registration for VAT , but are really part of a single business , they shall be treated as a single business for VAT purposes . |
| 23 | The White Paper was worrying in its apparent assumption that user and carer could be treated as a single unit . |
| 24 | Equation ( 2 ) assumes that the fragments of the disrupted object may continue to be treated with a single , collective bow shock . |
| 25 | In his Philosophie anatomique of 1818–22 , Geoffroy argued that the basic similarity that allowed all the vertebrates to be assigned to a single type of organization reflected something more than mere engineering efficiency . |
| 26 | Many valuable training experiences can be arranged within a single school or agency , or by a group of teachers from different schools meeting regularly to carry out an agreed task . |
| 27 | Ideas that can be developed beyond a single campaign into a campaign that will run for years are really worth their weight in gold . |
| 28 | Whilst we did consider that this site could be developed with a single storey dwelling without seriously affecting the amenities of the village , we were not aware of the strength of local feeling against any development on this site . |
| 29 | Applications can be developed on a single machine and then run in parallel later . |
| 30 | ‘ Even our most loyal customers will be limited to a single car each . ’ |