Example sentences of "a [noun sg] of [noun sg] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are more living arthropod species than all other phyla combined ; if diversity is a measure of success then the arthropods are the easy winners . |
| 2 | Robert Savage referred to it as a box-iron piece , a piece of land roughly the shape of an old fashioned box-iron used for smoothing linen ; and he related that the old ploughmen used to refer to the ploughing of this type of field as goring work . |
| 3 | It was a gargantuan task : each year a piece of woodland approximately the size of a tennis court was brought into the garden . |
| 4 | Then you can put the test on a piece of paper just the questions and I 'm going to give the piece of paper to somebody else to answer . |
| 5 | It certainly erm , sent a shock of horror though the whole country , |
| 6 | ( b ) That if the effect of the proviso were to impose a restraint of trade then the consequence was that not only the proviso but also the whole of the paragraph to which the proviso related and which contained the stipulation that post-termination commission would be paid was void . |
| 7 | Now , what we 've got here is a lump of wood roughly the same shape trying to be a cricket bat , and if you hit a ball with it , the ball will travel about ten feet and you will drop the bat and dance about shouting ‘ Ouch ! ’ with your hands stuck into your armpits . |
| 8 | If they depart in a state of gloom then the chances of improvement are cut by at least half . |
| 9 | When we are in a state of disease then the smooth calm surface is disrupted by ripples ( or even waves ! ) spreading out from the site of disturbance . |
| 10 | A word of caution here the diagram for the DIP Switches screen-printed on the memory board is correct . |
| 11 | The star 's penchant for nymphet flesh is a matter of record yet the actresses chosen to portray these girls are all individuals who do n't look a day under 25 . |
| 12 | In constructing a scheme of work then the selection of content must be closely related to a judgement on the depth of coverage to be attempted . |
| 13 | It 's only a pile of rubble now the Great Killer has finished with it . |