Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] of a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus Kinsbourne 's attentional model views shifts in the magnitude or direction of a visual field difference as due to changes in the relative activation of one hemisphere as compared with the other . |
| 2 | The chief executive or clerk of a local authority is always anxious to assist members by giving and obtaining for them the fullest information for their work . |
| 3 | the operation of inserting the printed pages , sections or signatures of a book in the correct order for binding . |
| 4 | As an amateur ornithologist he knew himself to be far behind those people who could identify from a snatch of song or flicker of a wing . |
| 5 | It will be circulated freely and provides the public with one key contact for information on each sport or branch of a sport . |
| 6 | ‘ Belonging to another ’ is proved by showing that the property was appropriated from someone having possession or control of it , e.g. the owner or tenant etc. of a dwelling house would have possession and control of all the personal property in the house , and the owner or driver of a car would have possession or control of the contents of the car . |
| 7 | Provision of the context picture after presentation of the passage , or provision of a partial context , had little effect on either ratings of comprehensibility or recall . |
| 8 | Although the accounts are drawn up for the benefit of the proprietors or shareholders of a business , the primary objective of such accounts could be said to establish the amount of tax due to the Inland Revenue . |
| 9 | Ferguson ( 1989 , p. 5 ) mentions the idea that the pillar might have been a representation or reduction of a sacred tree . |
| 10 | The thoughts of Cailliet and Bédé point forward to the importance of communion with the dead in Four Quartets , with their intense , visionary moments ; more immediately the Frenchmen 's stress that , like primitive thought , ‘ Le symbolisme , en effet , requiert tout d'abord une détente de l'attention ’ , is paralleled in The Use of Poetry by Eliot 's presentation of poetic creation not as an act of concentrated attention , but as a relaxation , or removal of a normal barrier . |
| 11 | A change in the weight or fineness of a coinage can occasionally provide a link between an undated and a dated coin . |
| 12 | It means a dispute between workers and their employer which relates wholly or mainly to one or more of the following : terms and conditions ( including physical conditions ) of employment : engagement , non-engagement , termination or suspension of employment or of duties of employment ; matters of discipline ; membership or non-membership of a trade union ; facilities for union officials ; machinery for negotiation or consultation and other procedures , including recognition of unions . |
| 13 | You are the first of the king 's officers to know that Lord Grey of Ruthyn is carried off prisoner into Wales , and if this moment you turned out the muster of every shire between here and Denbigh , and loosed them into Clocaenog forest , do you think you would find hide or hair of a Welshman there ? |
| 14 | the first ideas or sketches of a designer noted down for future reference . |
| 15 | In the past eight years , some 5,400 police officers have been freed for operational policing duties by civilianising posts which do not require the powers or skills of a police officer , representing an efficiency gain of around £100 million per year . |
| 16 | There were no marks or signs of a struggle , and the body was without a blemish . |
| 17 | Identity , civil , political and social rights and duties , and civic virtue are not elements to be selected on a pick-and-mix basis for the convenience or advantage of a political party . |
| 18 | Premiums can also be cut by paying the first £150 or £250 of a claim and some insurers offer no-claim discounts , which should suit the super fit . |
| 19 | Could you spare a few hours a month to be a secretary or chairman of a group , a Panda keeper , or trading officer ? |
| 20 | The devaluation or revaluation of a currency against the dollar was permitted only when a country faced a severe economic crisis . |
| 21 | by the loading or unloading of a vehicle so far as concerns loading or unloading risk cover by a Motor Policy ; or |
| 22 | A traditional interior does not have to be incompatible with accommodating whole families , nor with providing meals ; yet an increasing number of old pub interiors are being sacrificed on the altar of the identikit eating house — whether the brewer 's concept be a downmarket steakhouse or part of a family restaurant chain masquerading as an independent local concern . |
| 23 | Put your best foot forward and walk all or part of a 25 mile route from London to Ware in Hertfordshire to raise money for the Heart Research Charity . |
| 24 | They must decide whether they want to be part of the decaying apartheid system or part of a new South Africa . ’ |
| 25 | Failure to meet programme promises could mean losing all or part of a substantial performance bond . |
| 26 | If owning a horse ( or part of a horse — only a minority of owners own a whole horse ) has been a lousy investment , racehorse ownership is also a form of conspicuous consumption and the 1980s were good years for that . |
| 27 | The blow was almost as great for John , who had begun to enjoy a family background after years of being on his own or part of a split family . |
| 28 | It is like those cases where women were , perhaps are , discriminated against because they were not ‘ strong ’ enough for a job or part of a job ; but most people would prefer for such a task a strapping wench to a seven-stone male weakling , who gets the sand kicked into his eyes by the beach bully , courtesy of the Charles Atlas advert . |
| 29 | a transfer of a business or part of a business ( usually including a transfer of its goodwill ) from one employer to another , where |
| 30 | For accountants who can make it to any of the superstores ( research shows that customers travel some distance but telesales are available to any destination in the UK ) , whether they are sole practitioners or part of a larger group , the benefits would appear to be great . |