Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] of [noun] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This division is intended only to simplify the analysis and should not be taken to imply that the aggregate level of unemployment in a country can readily be divided into completely separate and distinguishable categories . |
| 2 | Accidental change of gear in a driving career |
| 3 | By the same token , the exchange relation expressing the social division of labour and the separation of the socio-production organisation into independent capitalist enterprises is replaced by a technical division of labour within an organised ‘ national economy ’ . |
| 4 | British farmers are not producing the right kind of food for a healthy diet . |
| 5 | If you decide to use an active sentence to describe Figure 14 , you might create a frame such as ‘ The N V-ed the N with a N ’ : this is the right kind of frame for an active sentence with three nouns and a verb . |
| 6 | How could a human being experience such total contrast of feelings in a matter of seconds . |
| 7 | There was a ha-ha , and there had once been a maze : garden features which one might take to represent the outside and inside views of B.P. as an institution ! |
| 8 | The following is a possible course of action for a school . |
| 9 | They tested the comprehension and recall of matched groups of subjects on a simple passage . |
| 10 | A rather more subtle case of silence on a point which appears to be dealt with exhaustively in the Convention is to be found in article 7(3) , which prescribes a conflict rule to determine the law governing public-notice requirements ( if any ) needed to perfect the lessor 's title against a trustee in bankruptcy and creditors . |
| 11 | Nonetheless , motivated by the strong signs of change towards a more democratic and hopefully ultimately peaceful New South Africa it is advisable to have some plan for the future . |
| 12 | ‘ Federalism is not meant to serve unlimited freedom , but rather the highest possible measure of freedom within a systematic order . |
| 13 | It would , however , be a great mistake to dismiss the event as an act of folly without any serious consequences , for the proof of the existence of a serious candidate led to the definite rebirth of Bonapartism as a political force in France and it was this movement which was later to carry Louis-Napoleon to power . |
| 14 | In 1986 Sommer et al reported a seminal randomised trial showing a 34% reduction in the all cause mortality of preschool Indonesian children without florid signs of deficiency as a result of two 200000 IU doses of vitamin A given six months apart . |
| 15 | An alternative way of examining harmonic distortion is to display the total spectrum of frequencies on an oscilloscope ( Fig. 4 ) . |
| 16 | Rather , information is sought on broad patterns of variation across a wide social range in the urban community . |
| 17 | In some instances , the complete removal of carbonate from a thin section can provide additional information ( Lees , 1958 ) . |
| 18 | In the lower reaches of the forest , then , there is a constant but low level of presentation of a few flowers dealt with by low but more or less constant densities of animals , whereas in the upper layers , the flowers are more conspicuously advertised and draw such animals as birds , which are wider-ranging and with good sight , as well as the local , more stationary pollinators from lower in the forest . |
| 19 | The buyer in possession must have acted in the normal course of business of a mercantile agent . |
| 20 | Conversely , if the accused can show that the material came to him in the normal course of business from a reputable supplier , he may have a defence . |
| 21 | South Vaagsö lies on a narrow strip of shoreline beneath a sheer rock face several hundred feet high , the town 's unpainted wooden buildings straggling along the three-quarters of a mile of main road running parallel to and some 50 yards from the shoreline . |
| 22 | The economic base of Japan as a whole remained overwhelmingly agrarian . |
| 23 | Contrary to this general trend , the U.S. market showed solid signs of recovery with an overall sales gain of 9 per cent , within which Johnson Brothers was up a robust 22 per cent . |
| 24 | The classic division of labour between a head and class teachers , each with clearly defined roles and ‘ zones of influence ’ . |
| 25 | In theory , but not usually in practice , the total mass of products of a chemical process should equal the total mass of reactants used in the process . |
| 26 | The Principal , a frightful piece of lava from a volcano long extinct , actually insisted that I relinquish domestic tuition , simperingly permitted the murky phrase sexual harassment to hover in the air between us , and indicated that in the course of the aestival recess he might be reconsidering the terms and conditions of my employment . |
| 27 | The electoral cycle ( and thus the normal term of office for a councillor ) is three years and the pattern is as follows : |
| 28 | ‘ Alongside the coffee machine , a fryer is the most profitable piece of machinery in a restaurant — providing you use the right equipment for your purposes . |
| 29 | Instead they see low concentrations of magnesium as a natural phenomenon exacerbated by air pollution . |
| 30 | Polls in medium or small communities were not often violent ; but it is probable that the same tensions were present as in Ajdabiya , and that they were exacerbated by the absence of campaign , by the necessity of choosing among ideologically undifferentiated candidates , and by the prolonged confrontation of voters in a confined space . |