Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] a [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Along the west coast a narrow fringe of land is affected by salt spray and carries a close-cropped vernal squill maritime pasture ( Scilla verna — Festuca rubra , Robertson , 1984 ) much favoured by grazing sheep . |
| 2 | The choreographer can make an overall rhythm fur a long phrase of music and within it shorter phrases . |
| 3 | In this way the fabliaux present a consistent world of characters and events , a world that in terms of the motivation and execution of actions , of the basic set of relationships noted above , is very much a human world . |
| 4 | Experts meeting at Thames Water 's Oxford Headquarters today are about to give Farmoor Reservoir a clean bill of health . |
| 5 | She was unimpressed by both her grandfather 's reputation and his work : she had removed from her bedroom wall a large still-life of gladioli and a small representation of a baby 's head and stacked them carelessly on the landing in order to make room for a poster of Humphrey Bogart . |
| 6 | In choosing a motor for high speed operation a low value of kH is desirable , as the denominator in the expression for maximum operating frequency is then minimised . |
| 7 | Make crime prevention a major focus of community involvement . |
| 8 | With the spark gap system a smaller number of shock waves seems necessary , most patients needing only one session . |
| 9 | With a large entry angle a large proportion of the 4 minutes is taken up in the first turn overhead . |
| 10 | The elastic network of tiny family businesses and the high proportion of self-employed workers give the whole labour market a greater degree of fluidity than other leading capitalist economies . |
| 11 | In their ensemble , these practices and privileges afford the defence sector a considerable degree of protection from the vagaries of the economic system . |
| 12 | It is important that MMRC establishes for the Course management a clear set of academic priorities . |
| 13 | It also recognizes that occasionally the ruling class is forced into a tactical retreat by organized subordinate groups , and the resulting shifts in criminal law enshrine a broader spectrum of interests . |
| 14 | In the operating theatre a small area of her skin was shaved and cleaned with an antiseptic lotion once she was anaesthetized . |
| 15 | Even at the level of the Nikol'sk village Soviet a high proportion of time was spent on tax problems . |
| 16 | It is a pity some of the professionals were not there learning alongside them : back on the South Bank a full-scale festival of Canadian music is running all week , but its profile has barely risen to the Plimsoll line . |
| 17 | If I became part of his fantasy landscape a certain amount of security , great pleasure even , was possible , at the cost of feeling split and unknowable afterwards and unsure whether I as I felt I really was had experienced anything . |
| 18 | To administer and collect income tax a new arm of administration had to be created comprising experts , officials and clerks : an " army " which in terms of its efficiency and rapacity came to be the equal of the long-esteemed Excise . |
| 19 | Thursday 11 January — Saturday 3 February Alistair S. MacMillan , Theatre Animateur , and Michael Anderson , Harlow 's Artist in the Community present a joint exhibition of recent projects . |
| 20 | Floor-length curtains which hug the curve present a beautiful flow of fabric , and can be drawn back to the sides of the window to expose the sweeping curve during the daytime . |
| 21 | Ham pp16–21/ A whole leg of pork , cut from the carcase before curing Ham , Bayonne p17/ A lightly smoked ham from south-west France Ham , Parma pp16–17/ An Italian air-dried ham , served very thinly sliced Ham , Smithfield p21/ Traditionally made from pigs fed on nuts , mainly acorns Ham , Virginia p21/ Traditionally made from pigs fed on peaches and peanuts Ham , Westphalian p17/ A German smoked ham Ham , York p21/ A dry cured ham , traditionally eaten at Christmas Ham , Bradenham p21/ English hams , cured in a mixture of juniper and molasses to give a very black appearance to the uncooked hams Haslet p14/ An English spiced meat loaf made from pork and sold sliced Hoisin p52/ Chinese barbecue , sweet and sour sauce |
| 22 | In the long run it may be possible to go further than this , to appropriate in the form of tax revenue a large part of the income which workers would otherwise have put into long-term savings schemes , and to expand commensurately the socialised provision for retired workers ( state pensions plus appropriate social amenities ) . |
| 23 | There are many more , far too numerous to mention here , but The Body Shop stock a good selection of aromatherapy oils as do most health food sores . |
| 24 | There is , however , in the site museum a remarkable collection of stone statues and sculptured reliefs , bronzes and altars ( listed in the Appendix ) , all of a religious nature and involving at least five different deities ( Lenus-Mars , Diana Venatrix ( ? ) , |
| 25 | A Quality Circle team of Coalport flower makers , ‘ Simply the Best ’ , has brought new thinking to the making of bone china floral studies , which has given the marketing team a sweet smell of success . |
| 26 | In order to create a charge distribution a certain amount of work has to be done , and that is available to us in the form of electrostatic energy . |
| 27 | Main picture : In the kitchen/dining room a magnificent arrangement of satin ribbons finishes off the table setting |
| 28 | Unionists did though make war service a main plank of their electioneering whenever they had the chance . |
| 29 | There 's a lot of training and safety instruction a huge amount of effort put in by the Civil Aviation Authority amongst others who explain to pilots and bring safety considerations to the forefront . |
| 30 | As we pass under the junction bridge a severe blast of wind hits the car like a punch in the ribs . |