Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] of [noun] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A broad awareness of the details of initial teacher education will not be of great assistance to a school other than to bring into some kind of focus an activity which used to appear to be both distant and unrelated . |
| 2 | Such developments keep Johnson and Boswell at a further remove , although on the wall of the castle hangs a framed letter in which Johnson , with his attractive spidery writing , gives thanks to his host : ‘ The kind treatment which I have found wherever I go makes me leave with some heaviness of heart an island I am not likely to see again … |
| 3 | The system was a form of gold exchange standard since all currencies were expressed in terms of the dollar and the latter was officially convertible into gold at the fixed price of $35 an ounce . |
| 4 | This is because production of gold , at the fixed price of $35 an ounce , was insufficient to provide for both its industrial and monetary uses . |
| 5 | For the moment , however , there was still an outside chance that when the nationalist and communist members of what was described as a good-will parliamentary mission from Hanoi — and Ho as President — arrived in the more liberal and relaxed atmosphere of Paris an understanding might have been reached . |
| 6 | NOTICE To : Smith & Jones ( Contracts ) Limited , whose registered office is situate at Coldharbour Road , Thames Marshes , Essex WHEREAS ( 1 ) You are justly and truly indebted in the sum of £1250 to Robinson Bros Ltd trading as Go Fast Transport whose registered office is situate at Cornmarket Chambers Ipswich Suffolk more particularly in respect of transport costs for the quick delivery of fragile machine equipment and related warehousing costs ( 2 ) By Section 517 ( 1 ) ( f ) of the Companies Act 1985 it is provided that a company may be wound up by the court if the company is unable to pay its debts ( exceeding £750 ) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to you pursuant to Section 518(1) ( a ) of the Companies Act 1985 that you are required to pay the said sum of £1250 to Go Fast Transport ( GFT ) not later than 3 weeks from tomorrow 's date AND that if you neglect to pay the said sum or to secure or compound for it to the reasonable satisfaction of GFT an application will be made to the court for your winding up by petition presented by GFT under the provisions of Section 519 of the Companies Act 1985 . |
| 7 | Here we see an illustration of the almost universal law that the term Normal being taken to refer to a short period of time an increase in the amount demanded raises the normal supply price . [ … ] |
| 8 | " By differential reinforcement of responses an individual can be led to make finer and finer distinctions among what originally may have appeared to be very similar stimuli . " |
| 9 | The ministerial portfolio of Mines an Energy , held by Aimé Emmanyel Yoka , was upgraded to a Ministry in the Presidency , and Yoka ( hitherto also Minister of State Control ) additionally took over from Auxence Ickonga as Minister in the Presidency for State Control . |
| 10 | As tannin is bonded onto an intermediate layer of scale an acid cleaner is usually more successful |
| 11 | Those who argued its virtues saw in this new kind of school an opportunity to blend the best in primary and secondary habits and , in particular , to extend for two extra years some of the freedom associated with good primary-school practice . |
| 12 | Mr Collins concludes : ‘ From a financial point of view an extension of the agreement to March 31 , 1997 provides the greater benefit . ’ |
| 13 | To a gentleman fond of sporting , or a family desirous of a truly elegant abode within a moderate distance of town an opportunity such as the present rarely occurs … , |
| 14 | The programme featured a group of workers at Bobtail , a small textile company in Nottinghamshire , all of whom were paid less than Labour 's proposed minimum wage of £3.40 an hour . |
| 15 | Labour , by signing up to the Social Chapter and introducing a minimum wage of £3.40 an hour , will make flexible jobs for women with families far too expensive for most employers to contemplate . |
| 16 | We will end the scandal of poverty pay and bring Britain into line with the rest of Europe by introducing a statutory minimum wage of £3.40 an hour . |
| 17 | The minimum length of notice an employer must give an employee under Section 49 of the Employment Protection Act 1978 is one week when the employee has been employed between one month and two years . |
| 18 | Nothing in the metal 's fundamentals has changed since a month ago , when the price languished at a seven-year low of $126 an ounce . |