Example sentences of "of a [noun] [adv] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example most teachers would prefer their students to make consistent use of style sheets rather than fix details of a document so that they are next-to-impossible to change . |
| 2 | I want to give it a bit of a rest now and I 'm trying to leave it as long as possible before I have it permed again . |
| 3 | I met executives who knew the inside of a Concorde better than their own back yard , who had telephones stuck permanently to their ears . |
| 4 | On his second , at Phoenix , Arizona , Mansell lapped two-tenths of a second faster than anyone had gone before — and on race specification tyres rather than the softer , short-lived qualifying type used by the previous fastest . |
| 5 | Where a defendant is familiar with the trade in question he may be taken to have knowledge of the existence of a contract even though he can not identify the other contracting party and even though he may have no direct information about any particular contract at all . |
| 6 | Sort of Oh we used to risk our necks walking across the ruddy this mill was a bit of a wreck actually and we used to go playing in places where we should n't have really . |
| 7 | Much of the exercise was done in front of a mirror so that he could see for himself and correct the sag on the right side where his ribs had been removed . |
| 8 | Simplicity of operation is paramount and to that effect the machine will begin replay of a CD soon as it is powered up . |
| 9 | I think secondly erm whichever country , and you do look back to your roots , and we for better or for worse here look back to the great public school headmaster of a century ago and I still think people want that kind of dynamic drive , that entrepreneurial drive , and who 's to say they 're wrong ? |
| 10 | Political activity here would undermine the credibility of a claimant only if it was designed merely to enhance a claim or to construct one that did not exist . |
| 11 | It 's a bit of a bummer really but you know when you 've got it on and you 're talking , cos I was telling jokes and you get carried away and you start thinking wah and you start telling all the jokes and everything there 's a , a lot of swearing on this tape , a lot of swearing , a lot of swearing . |
| 12 | In the hall she dreaded the advent of a parent less than she had dreaded it earlier . |
| 13 | Although anti-abortionists would maintain that it is morally wrong to dispose of a child even if it will live no longer than a week at the most , many more people doubt the right of a mother to dispose of a child with Down 's Syndrome who stands a very good chance of living a lengthy life . |
| 14 | I suppose we could do a classified count er on the A four eight seven sort of a bit away if we wanted a proper classified count could n't we ? |
| 15 | The extreme example of this would be to paralyse the animal , which would increase the pain and terror of a man even though he was unable to display any sign of pain . |
| 16 | Millwall v Arsenal Arsenal still have to find their form of a year ago but they continue to pick up points at regular intervals , and with Marwood fit and Groves recovered from a virus they should have the resources to beat a Millwall side again lacking Briley and looking for their first League win since September 23 . |
| 17 | That supply will be determined by , not current market prices but prices of a year ago when you made the planting decisions right . |
| 18 | Also , there was a pleasant inn about a quarter of a mile away where I could get a room if the tide — in the way of tides — served at some merciless hour of the early morning . |
| 19 | It moved three quarters of a mile downwind where it managed to hold station under its own power . |
| 20 | I 'm a bit of a bore really when it comes to food . |
| 21 | To reach or exceed tough targets , an executive 's company may offer the incentive of a holiday abroad if he or she succeeds , and so the business executive adds to the swelling tide of international tourists . |
| 22 | Duty- and tax-free alcohol , tobacco and perfume are standard perks of a holiday abroad and there are other duty- and tax-free savings you can make as well . |
| 23 | The second is that the British colonial rulers did not genuinely believe in independent , publicly owned public service broadcasting because when in government they made sure that they had full control and tolerated the idea of a corporation only when their rule was coming to an end . |
| 24 | Wycliffe always forced himself to envisage every detail of a murder so that he would never become reconciled to the enormity of the crime . |
| 25 | In many ways , the framework developed in this and the following chapters is consistent with Paasi 's definition of a region rather than his usage of place . |
| 26 | but of course erm as a sort of public to the er , er a gesture to the public erm but one stage during the war when things were getting a bit grim on the war front , it was decided that erm , we should work extra hours as erm , to show that we were pulling our weight , so we used to , instead of starting at nine o'clock until erm half past five , and working on Saturdays as well of course , erm , we had to start at half past eight and finish at six and it was a bit of a fiasco really because nobody erm , you know , well the end of the half past five you were pretty well tired out so erm the rest of the time |
| 27 | Despite both Arsenal and West Ham 's schemes being underwritten so they will get their money in the form of a loan even if their supporters turn them down , the ill-will towards the schemes means other clubs will think hard about implementation . |
| 28 | They know the cost of a mortgage today and they know whether they can afford it or not . |
| 29 | And Keith 's the same as mine do n't be in too much of a hurry today or you could miss something important to your future . |
| 30 | The report comes out strongly against the imposition of trade sanctions against countries on environmental grounds : in an implicit reference to the recent US action against tuna imports from Mexico [ see ED 55 ] , the report says , " a country may not restrict imports of a product solely because it originates in a country whose environmental policies are different . " |