Example sentences of "[adj] of a [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The former , owned by Sheikh Mohammed 's uncle Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed , made light of a slow start in the Blackfriars Maiden and scored by a neck from Mitraas . |
| 2 | I 'll not have any man say I was ever afraid of a sharp edge in my life ! ’ |
| 3 | Spenser 's iterations that England and Ireland were representative of a key conflict in an unfolding revelation of good and evil become familiarly established with readers who find Spenser 's terms repeated in similar patterns in other texts and different contexts . |
| 4 | In another murder case , after a 19-year-old youth had been found guilty of a stabbing murder in Oakley Street , a woman who had given crucial evidence against him was ill-treated by neighbours and eventually turned out of her Oakley Street home amidst ‘ a terrible scene ’ . |
| 5 | But by mentioning them I have perhaps been able to show that when theists talk of God as ‘ both far and near ’ , or as ‘ visible and unseen ’ , they are not guilty of a simple contradiction in terms . |
| 6 | One bright young man who some years before had been a ‘ star ’ pupil , and assured of a successful career in technology said he had ruined his chances by joining the demonstrations . |
| 7 | Unemployment leaves many men without the means of providing for women and children , and increasing divorce and separation is symptomatic of a growing instability in sexual relationships between men and women . |
| 8 | This procedure is indicative of a fundamental difference in determining the place of a person in society . |
| 9 | There he remained through nearly nine years of sharp ministerial changes , an unprecedented term , perhaps indicative of a unique standing in the civil service but lack of personal political clout . |
| 10 | Among the club 's industrial modernist design , blatantly derivative of a certain club in Manchester , there are as many people drinking Lucozade , Orangina and Purdey 's energy drink as there are the Continental bottled lagers . |
| 11 | They were conscious of a tall man in the habit of a friar keeping a crew of ragged rascals at bay with his staff . |
| 12 | As the creature bent lower , bringing its face nearer to the point of being seen , she turned , conscious of a fleeting impression in the darkness at the top of the stairs of a pair of blazing eyes . |
| 13 | ‘ Which will just have to remain a necessity , ’ she advised him tightly , conscious of a sudden increase in the perpetual tension between them . |
| 14 | Lindsey stood in the doorway , conscious of a sudden tension in her limbs , a feeling of blind panic that made her want to draw back . |
| 15 | Fast ground is what Pay Homage needs and trainer Ian Balding is confident of a great run in the Daily Mirror-sponsored race if the rains stay away . |
| 16 | Soon after the verdict , lawyers confident of a similar outcome in the British courts advertised for people willing to be test cases here . |
| 17 | I 'm confident of a good start in Europe . ’ |
| 18 | Union leaders in Scotland said they were confident of a large vote in favour of the move . |
| 19 | Flaubert was emblematic of a further development in modernization , in which the referent of the work of art , having evolved from the timeless and ideal to the contingent , now had moved from contingency to virtual insignificance . |
| 20 | So far as practical consequences are concerned , we need still to bear in mind how far this falls short of a general protection in rem ; difficulty , as always , would arise in proving the bad faith of the possessor . |
| 21 | Not only does the increase of 6 per cent in the science budget fall short of a general increase in spending of 9 per cent and an inflation rate of 10 per cent , but four-fifths of the additional $ 13 million will be allocated to the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research ( CSIR ) , which carries out in-house research on applied science and technology . |
| 22 | More worrying were the attacks of the radicals and reformers who accused Roosevelt of stopping short of a real change in American life . |
| 23 | Having made his way into the main draw via six rounds in the preliminary and qualifying competitions , he fell just short of a major upset in the first round proper . |
| 24 | Nothing short of a compulsory system in which both physical and mental training are combined , can hope to do both successfully . ’ |
| 25 | The nation has always been aware of its pre-eminent position , and proud of a moral ascendancy in the political sphere which has been sustained for centuries . |
| 26 | Royston-based Blundell finished one lap behind the brilliant duo but had every reason to be proud of a fine drive in his first Formula One race since 1991 . |
| 27 | He finished one lap down but had every reason to be proud of a fine drive in his first Formula One race since 1991 . |
| 28 | The Etruscans lived an urban life in fine cities and were capable of a high standard in building and the visual and literary arts . |
| 29 | He went about his work mechanically , withdrawing from contact with other children as much as he could but aware of a subtle shift in the groundswell of opinion around him . |
| 30 | In 1987 , the British public became aware of a new dimension in the natural world — the ozone layer . |