Example sentences of "[conj] a [noun sg] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like the Jews the Scots were a talented and creative people who had exported themselves all over the world ; there was hardly a country anywhere where a quorum of doctors , dentists , teachers , sailors , engineers , could not be assembled for a Burns Night supper or St Andrew 's Day dinner . |
| 2 | But his own world had stretched to the hinterland of the Gulf states , where a mixture of religion , politics and blood feuds made death a beginning rather than an end . |
| 3 | When Carco called to see the paintings Zborowski ran to buy a candle , stuck it into the neck of a bottle , then showed Carco into a narrow , unfurnished room where a stack of Modigliani 's canvases stood in the corner . |
| 4 | The Rifleman brushed aside their questions , going instead to the main staircase which led down into the brightly lit chaos of the entrance hall where a throng of officers demanded their horses or carriages . |
| 5 | Sealdah is less than half a mile from the Bowbazaar district , where a cache of explosives blew up on Wednesday , killing at least 66 people . |
| 6 | Where a system of conscription operated all sorts of expedients were used to avoid service . |
| 7 | They might work in the graduate school of a good American university , where a variety of methods already abounds . |
| 8 | They are also the end-product of a prolonged exercise where a variety of root definitions and conceptual models were developed , then discarded or amended as the analysis progressed . |
| 9 | Events are managed by a professional management team , unlike the World Match Racing Conference , which is run largely by a group of clubs overseen and interfered with by the IYRU or groups like the 50ft Association where a committee of owners organises racing to suit its needs . |
| 10 | A similar uncertainty is apparent in the third example where a bill of lading was issued by a time charterer , but the shipper sued the owner of the vessel . |
| 11 | Some , of course , deny that such purity of method is possible but few would argue with the proposition that where a description of law is coloured by the expositor 's own values it is a virtue for these values explicitly to be registered . |
| 12 | Where a hierarchy of units exists , multistage sampling is appropriate and often has administrative advantages . |
| 13 | Some commentators have put the case for separate facilities , particularly where a hierarchy of pedestrian provision exists . |
| 14 | Each Department plays a part in creating a stimulating environment where creativity and enterprise are valued and encouraged and where a sense of internationalism is evident in all areas of work . |
| 15 | Where a range of success rates is given , this indicates that there were several assessment items for a particular skill or task and that performance covered a fairly wide band — an immediate warning that a criterion statement based on such tasks will not tell us much about pupils ' achievements . |
| 16 | … whether norm or criterion referenced , the examination entails rank-ordering , even where a range of grades is not in the strictest sense being competed for . |
| 17 | The particular needs of London 's mobile residents , commuters , and tourists have been less well explored , but possible areas of ways of meeting them include an expanded role for primary health care in accident and emergency departments and north American style ‘ ambulatory care centres , ’ where a range of walk in services , including specialist clinics and diagnostic facilities , are available . |
| 18 | The specific volume changes linearly with temperature up to a transition region where a change of slope occurs , after which the curve continues linearly but at a steeper gradient ; Tg is usually defined s the point at which the tangents to the two curves intersect . |
| 19 | Where a change of use occurs the local planning authority is concerned with the intended use to which the property is to be put in order that the character of the locality may be maintained in accordance with other development schemes . |
| 20 | If English is to be dropped , parents worry over the ability of their children to hold their own in the jungle of career-making , where a knowledge of English carries a premium . |
| 21 | There is a suggestion that banknote paper was made here once , and there is also evidence of a button factory where a row of cottages now stands . |
| 22 | We passed a small park where a row of conscript soldiers slept beneath the trees . |
| 23 | Where a reduction of share capital of this nature is proposed which does not affect the cash resources of the company , and creditors are not affected because of the subsequent restoration of issued share capital , it is usual for the court to dispense with an enquiry as to creditors . |
| 24 | In the academy , where a semblance of pluralism persists , it is perfectly acceptable to introduce elements of Women 's Studies material into the curriculum which , during the last fifteen years or so , has also made space for Black Studies , the teaching of race relations and working-class history . |
| 25 | The history of invention is replete with instances , like Carothers ' discovery of nylon , where a flash of insight to the possibilities of totally unanticipated results led to great discoveries that would otherwise have been missed . |
| 26 | The circumstances are : where the adjudications authority failed to take into account specific evidence before it relating to a claim ; where a member of staff did not submit or record relevant evidence ; or where an adjudication officer overlooked and misconstrued a provision in legislation or case law . |
| 27 | Where a member of staff was previously satisfied with work practice in a section , he or she may become a discontented or frustrated worker , because expectations were increased , together with knowledge and skill , only to be stifled by lack of interest on return to work . |
| 28 | Isambard 's hand on his shoulder brought him to the bench at the end of the room , where a film of stone-dust coated the floor , and several fragments of carvings and half-cut blocks of stone lay pushed together against the wall , as though discarded long ago . |
| 29 | Other types of terrace also exist , such as the ridge terrace where a ridge of earth on the lower side and a channel on the upper side provide the mechanism for increased water retention and infiltration , and reduction and deceleration of surface run off . |
| 30 | 93 ) , where a border of crowstep pattern encloses a design of four swastika-peltae arranged around a small , chequered square . |