Difficulties arise when a use is abandoned and resumed. The question is whether planning permission is needed for resumption. Where a new planning permission is granted and implemented, the old use rights are lost. Planning permission runs with the land once implemented; cessation of use does not prevent resumption later on (this is particularly important in mineral working). Whereas a planning permission may be replaced by another planning permission, which is implemented, it is normally only uses that did not originally have planning permission that can be abandoned.

The use of A with GRAIN gives the class membership of the item and illustrates the countification of mass nouns, with the deletion of the understood type(s) of.

One vase is the pendant to the other vase.

On the phone, he sounded thrilled about the baby.