Example sentences of "a [noun sg] of [noun] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like birds , fish produce a variety of calls to attract a mate . |
| 2 | Barron and Baron ( 1977 ) had children of a variety of ages compare a word with a picture to make either a rhyming decision or a meaning decision . |
| 3 | When the performance of jungle-born and laboratory-reared monkeys was compared on a variety of tasks requiring a wide range of cognitive abilities , the wise monkeys were superior in every test . |
| 4 | However , as the preceding section shows , a variety of circumstances determine an individual 's vulnerability to certain hazards in the environment , and result in individuality in the way necessary preventive activities are carried out . |
| 5 | Yes , we 'll encourage people to stand on their own two feet , but we 'll also seek to aid those who for a variety of reasons need a bit of extra help . |
| 6 | A variety of races attracted a range of talents , from complete novices to professionals . |
| 7 | Richard Durrant is a local classical guitar player , he will be using a variety of instruments to play a varied programme of contemporary and other music . |
| 8 | There may be problems of a technical nature , but these are of little substantive consequence for sociological theory which is capable of being sustained , or not , by data culled from a variety of sources using a variety of methods . |
| 9 | Most muscle rubs use a variety of chemicals to produce a superficial heat . |
| 10 | 17.60 The attainment targets suggested above should be assessed through a variety of writing using a combination of internal and external assessment . |
| 11 | Many years ago it was found that a variety of solvents extracted a acids and refinements have continued to perfect the process . |
| 12 | Drainage , street lighting , gas , public transport and a variety of shops created an aura of improved living standards attainable even by the poor . |
| 13 | The indicators of success in a compliance system , however , are vague because compliance itself is a vague and open-ended concept ( ch. 6 ) , and the enforcement agent has to fulfil a variety of roles demanding a wide range of skills and knowledge . |
| 14 | So often it was a case of Scotland knocking a much more fancied , often very cocky , Wales XV out of their stride . |
| 15 | It could also be , dare I state it , a case of criminals enjoying a more active sex life in the long winter nights . |
| 16 | Must have a bit of money to drive a car , and that great leather handbag had cost something , he should n't wonder . |
| 17 | ’ It needs a bit of money to modernise a place like this . |
| 18 | I just need a bit of money to get a you know a bar of chocolate at work . |
| 19 | Erm so if you 're getting another job obviously , you 've got to think that you may not need as much income , er if you 're taking the early retirement well obviously you may be more income dependent , and do a personal budget , going back to that pro forma , if you spend a bit of time doing a budget , you will find it beneficial . |
| 20 | Sgt Forth and colleague PC Bill Hay , 35 , went to the Clover Hill area of Sunniside , Gateshead , Tyne and Wear , just after midnight after a report of a disturbance , said to have involved a gang of youths threatening a teenager . |
| 21 | A gang of workmen put a fence up across the private lane leading to the house in Beaconsfield . |
| 22 | And not a few thought it was a kind of desecration to use a voice like that in uttering such common words : |
| 23 | A great bed with a dark carved headboard like an ecclesiastical panel reaching half-way up the wall , a chest of drawers supporting a mirror between brass pillars , a desk dropped open exposing drawers and pigeon holes stuffed with papers : these high-polished , sombre items , out of keeping with the rest of the house , subsided within the airtight hush of the room curtained and shuttered against the light . |
| 24 | A mass of shrubs creates a secluded hideaway |
| 25 | Zen thought he was going to be shown some decisive new piece of evidence , but Bartocci simply reached through the space left vacant on the shelf and with a grunt of effort manipulated a lever . |
| 26 | At the heart of the essay is a description of Karajan conducting a Lucerne Festival performance of Honegger 's Symphonie liturgique . |
| 27 | The knowledge which research provides is most useful when it goes beyond a description of events to provide a basis for future action . |
| 28 | Suppose a contract of sale contains an exemption clause ; suppose also that exemption clause is rendered ineffective by the Unfair Contract Terms Act . |
| 29 | Prior to World War I , a majority of spinsters faced an often lonely and marginal life in their parents ' home or in the households of a male relative . |
| 30 | In 1930 the owner of a strip of land fronting a highway sold the land to the council , which contemporaneously leased it back to him upon terms set out in a memorandum of agreement providing that ‘ the tenancy shall continue until the … land is required by the council for the purposes of the widening of ’ the highway . |