Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [coord] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also studied were the consistency of performance of individuals within and between topics , between mode of assessment and over a period of time . |
| 2 | Those images of chaos and of a nation purportedly tearing itself apart — despite much evidence to the contrary — demanded an immediate political response . |
| 3 | The minaret added to the present mosque is of brick and of a design to fit in with the rest of the church . |
| 4 | ‘ We are discussing the issues with a high sense of responsibility and in a way to permit a successful future for Palestinian-Israeli peace , ’ Balawi added . |
| 5 | The fact that Y may have been quite innocent and have genuinely believed at the time that the goods were his to sell , gives him no defence either to a claim by Z for breach of contract or to a claim by O for conversion . |
| 6 | It 's a very effective direct piece of lobbying and at a time when a lot of people who obviously were n't Green Party supporters behind the campaign . |
| 7 | The latter has allowed borrowers to take our mortgages that are larger both as a multiple of income and as a proportion of property valuation . |
| 8 | Constant purchasing power ( CPP ) accounting uses nearly all the same conventions and standards as historical cost ( HC ) accounting , except that it measures profit or loss not in terms of money but against a yardstick of maintaining purchasing power capital . |
| 9 | It was low with an agreeable trace of huskiness and with a hint of more power than the frail body would suggest ; not an educated voice but one on which education had imposed a discipline which had n't quite obliterated the provincial , probably East Anglian , accent of childhood . |
| 10 | Constitutionally , and in theory , Parliament as a whole was sovereign since the House of Commons was but a part of Parliament and for a bill to become law the assent of Lords , Crown , and Commons were all needed . |
| 11 | He felt her sudden shock of fear and for a moment , almost involuntarily , his hands strengthened on her shoulders . |
| 12 | Slipping between the pages of a magazine may work for a sachet of shampoo or for a soup mix , but the product can very easily slip out again and the end purchaser may not receive the sample . |
| 13 | All are searching for peace of mind and for a while it seem that Ilmorog can offer this . |
| 14 | Most of them seemed to be going in search of tea and for a moment , she hesitated . |
| 15 | But while some of these cases are of this simple kind , others are more directly involved with modern market conditions , whether as a form of investment or as a form of prestige advertising . |
| 16 | Which meant he was either out of condition or in a state of agitation . |
| 17 | A PAPER fan inherited among a job lot on her marriage led Mrs Lynn Lamport on a trail of historical intrigue unearthing tales of three-in-a-bed and of a Lady whose gambling losses brought her down to the level of street sweeper . |
| 18 | He was supported by David Buckley , who did n't consider using a consultant accountant as a weakness of management but as a strength . |
| 19 | It is this which leads to low levels of profitability and to a lack of incentive to undertake new investment . |
| 20 | Shortly stated , the section applies to transactions ‘ with another person ’ entered into by way of a gift , or in consideration of marriage or for a consideration significantly less in value than the consideration provided by the debtor : subsection ( 1 ) . |
| 21 | For instance , Finlay-Jones and Brown ( 1981 ) were able to show a markedly higher rate of events characterised by danger in the lives of general practice patients suffering from a recent onset of anxiety or from a mixture of anxiety and depression than in the lives of depressed and non-case patients . |
| 22 | Howard explains , hesitatingly , about how he is trying to establish contact , through parties like this , with as wide a cross-section as possible of people who sort of share his views about the world , and to act as a sort of focus of dissent and as a sort of clearing-house for sort of new ideas . |
| 23 | Yet the fact that up to 40 per cent felt under no compulsion to oblige the local magnates with their votes is revealing , and makes us wonder whether those who polled for the Whigs really did so out of deference or as a result of political conviction . |
| 24 | Some of their leaders , however , indulged in richer displays : in moments of leisure or on a Day of Truce a chieftain might sport a satin doublet or gold-buttoned jerkin , satin hose , and velvet breeches and cloak . |
| 25 | John Hill had queried Miller 's description and had published his views in Eden , or a Complete Body of Gardening ( 1759 ) and Justice retaliated in his British Gardener 's Calendar ( 1759 ) : ‘ I thought it my indispensable duty to give Mr. Miller his due , both from a love of truth and from a sense of gratitude to him for his public labours , as well as private friendship . ’ |
| 26 | Pre-exposure to a novel flavour normally results in both a reduction of neophobia and in a reduction of the ability of that flavour to serve as a CS in flavour-aversion conditioning . |
| 27 | Every year we read about people who have died as a result of hypothermia or from a disease caused by hypothermia , but nothing is done . |
| 28 | The utility of using readmissions as an index of outcome and as a surrogate method of identifying ‘ poor ’ clinical care is limited by the conceptual and methodological limitations noted earlier . |
| 29 | Erm and we talk about erm the stages of evolution or of a person and a group and then there 's the list there . |
| 30 | It is this degree of concentration I want you to work towards , using the haiku both as a point of departure and as a discipline you frequently return to . |