Example sentences of "that of a [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government announced on Dec. 2 , 1989 , that the value of the metical would in future be linked to that of a basket of currencies , of undisclosed content , rather than to the US dollar as had been the case since Jan. 31 , 1987 . |
| 2 | The difference of level now would be that of a hierarchy of functions and sub-functions within a single language , though one might still plausibly maintain that the above sequence beginning LIFT-RIGHT-LEG was the translation of WALK in that system . |
| 3 | Moreover , Dudek 's scholarship was of a more penetrating kind than anything under which Leonard had yet sat , or was to sit , as became that of a Doctor of Letters from Columbia University . |
| 4 | Another common form of deliberate burial is that of a hoard of objects , such as coins , scrap metal or jewellery . |
| 5 | One of the first ideas towards understanding number is accordingly that of a set of objects ( cars or people , etc . ) . |