Example sentences of "an [noun sg] of [noun] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elsewhere in the sale four ‘ vortographs ’ — formal studies of fractured light produced by an assemblage of mirrors placed between the subject and the lens — by Alvin Langdon Coburn made £268,400 in total , nearly four times their estimate . |
| 2 | A review of the current accommodation and food and beverage operations and an assessment of changes required in the light of the proposed conversion to timeshare operation |
| 3 | Like Style in Fiction , this was a coursebook which grew out of an experience of teaching shared with colleagues at the University of Lancaster . |
| 4 | At the current time , all sorts of bodies and organizations can apply to have an attachment of earnings made on someone who owes money . |
| 5 | Similarly the court in Bullivant ( Roger ) Ltd v Ellis took note of the duration of a restrictive covenant in a former employee 's contract of employment in determining how long it would restrain the defendant from using an index of customers removed from his former employers . |
| 6 | Resource allocation from central to local government does take into account the a real disadvantage through the use of an index of deprivation derived by combining estimates of the proportion of the children under 17 in the local authority who were in households lacking amenities ; in one-parent households ; in households with four or more dependent children ; with a head of household in a semi-skilled , unskilled or agricultural occupation ; in families receiving supplementary benefit ; themselves born outside the United Kingdom , or in a family whose head was born abroad . |
| 7 | Meanwhile our Photographic Reconnaissance Unit had observed an armada of barges assembled along the Dutch and Belgian coasts . |
| 8 | He went from the light grey day into the gloom of a kitchen and immediately found his feet colliding with what appeared to be an armada of saucepans placed on every foot of the flagged floor . |
| 9 | Under an instrument of government made by an Act of Parliament , Dyfed County Council is the College 's maintaining authority . |
| 10 | ‘ The case is of importance both because of its possible effect on Mr Anderson and also because an allegation of murder made in a civil action , particularly after an acquittal , is a matter of justifiable public concern and interest . |
| 11 | The sculptor pioneered approaches to his medium that young artists today take for granted : sculpture conceived as an ensemble of elements scattered over a wide area ; site-specific installation ; public ‘ interactive ’ art and sculpture on a colossal scale . |
| 12 | Tablet Gg 702 from the Knossos archive refers to an offering of honey dedicated to ‘ da-pu-ri-to-jo po-ti-ni-ja ’ , meaning ‘ Potnia of the Labyrinth ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's an injection of cocaine mixed with heroin . |
| 14 | The revelation comes as Thames Water is trying to isolate the cause of contamination that led to an outbreak of illness caused by a germ called cryptosporidium . |
| 15 | Royal Bank ( Isle of Man ) staff raised £500 at an auction of goods donated by local businessmen . |
| 16 | There is a school of thought that claims that faith is an act of will made in defiance of the irrationality of believing that God exists . |
| 17 | An act of dispersal made in secrecy , often reluctantly at the behest of political masters , immediately becomes as public as the shelves of the local bookshop . |
| 18 | ‘ The private car was deliberately uncoupled , ’ he said , ‘ but we 're of the preliminary opinion that it was an act of mischief committed by someone in Cartier , the last place you stopped before Miss Lorrimore found the car was missing . |
| 19 | Escobar characterized his surrender as an act of peace influenced by the efforts of the Constituent Assembly to strengthen human rights and democracy . |
| 20 | An Act of Parliament passed in the first year of his reign recited that great numbers of persons : |
| 21 | A rather chilling symbol of what we would now regard as the male chauvinism of the times is furnished by the wording and the sentiments contained in an Act of Parliament passed in the year Charles and Elizabeth were married , 1770 : |
| 22 | Opposite , forming part of the choir screen , is a fascinating relief portraying the devastation of the cathedral by the Calvinists in 1620 , an act of desecration encouraged by Frederick of Bohemia . |
| 23 | As late as the mid-sixteenth century , Henry VIII acknowledged that when he decreed ‘ this realm of England is an Empire ’ it was an act of rebellion directed against the rule of the Church of Rome . |
| 24 | ‘ If an assassin were to dare to enter my kitchen , ’ Auguste announced in tones that made it clear that no villain would have the temerity , ‘ do you not think that poison would be his chosen means , rather than an arsenal of rifles hidden in a kitchen range ? ’ |
| 25 | Similarly , the notion of independence is stressed and is seen as ‘ essentially an attitude of mind characterized by integrity and an objective approach to work ’ ( para . |
| 26 | It is an independence of mind reflected in her choice of films as well . |
| 27 | Several watercolours and oils by Marc Chagall will be offered , amongst which ‘ Paysage au poisson rouge ’ , an accumulation of images inspired by his home town of Vitebsk ( est. $70,000–90,000 ; £36,100–46,400 ) . |
| 28 | The second was an exchange of letters mentioned in the rewritten final chapter of Andrew Morton 's book on Diana . |
| 29 | The overall accounting effect is similar to that of an issue of debt issued with warrants as illustrated in the section ‘ Notes on Application of the [ draft ] FRS ’ . |
| 30 | Of course , the NRPO reports were simply the tip of an iceberg of documentation generated by the New Range project . |