Example sentences of "[be] a [noun sg] of [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was a short man , barrel-built , and his physique was suited to the paratroop unit he had been a part of before his transfer from the active service troops of the Red Army , to the mind-twisting boredom of Ministry of the Interior camp supervision . |
| 2 | I would have been standing erm about two or three foot away from him anyway sir , so that , including the distance height wise , I could have been er from the end of my weapon to his head or any part of his body there would have been a maximum of between four to five feet at least . |
| 3 | In 1984 he had nothing left to prove — he was successful , shooting stock shots for The Image Bank , which he 'd been a director of for six years . |
| 4 | and and and and and and in fact the the provision of sewerage and er and and water supply are are are a matter of of er things which are done on demand and er are are covered by infrastructure charges . |
| 5 | While there will be a delay of between four to six months before the NT and NetWare releases become available , Brown reckons that by 1995 , or three versions of the database on , Informix should be able to launch the three versions simultaneously . |
| 6 | While there will be a delay of between four to six months before the NT and NetWare releases become available , Brown reckons that by 1995 , or three versions of the database on , Informix should be able to launch the three versions simultaneously . |
| 7 | However , there will always be a pause of at least one minute between successive stages . |
| 8 | Unfortunately there seems to be a resurgence of of this now does n't there in Europe ? |
| 9 | Erm , I heard Mr Curtis say that the shortfall of affordable houses was seven hundred , he had a target of two thousand two hundred and felt they could find fifteen hundred somewhere already , so another shortfall of of seven hundred that actually contrasts with para' four one one of the one eleven should I say , four one eleven , of the York housing strategy , which has been submitted , and appendix four of the York evidence which actually says that , yes there 's a two thousand two hundred target , but there would still be a shortfall of about one thousand one hundred dwellings if this land , they 're talking about land that they own outside of York , is developed for affordable housing . |
| 10 | And every year after Christmas , when the sales were about to begin , there 'd be a queue of at least twenty idiots sleeping in the winter cold outside the big stores for two days before they opened , wrapped in blankets and lying in deckchairs . |
| 11 | The directors consider that ‘ the value of the properties on this basis could be a minimum of between 60% and 80% of the open market value based on vacant possession ’ . |
| 12 | There seemed to be a period of of much more stability in the population |
| 13 | After that , there could be a gap of at least three years during which the European nations will play no part in satellite meteorology . |
| 14 | Whatever the truth of the matter , however , it is enough for present purposes to note that the latest date given in any of the sources is 873/1468 and that there thus appears to be a gap of at least five years between the death of Fahreddin Acemi and the accession of Molla Husrev to the Muftilik . |
| 15 | The responsibility for the reviews rests with the review officer who , under section 40(1) ( b ) , must be an officer of at least rank of inspector and who has not been directly involved in the investigation . |
| 16 | Might be an anagram of for a . |
| 17 | Her job , her leisure , her religion were devoted to being a provider of at best health and knowledge , at the least of time or food . |
| 18 | I actually I I intend to believe you actually have been sent by the Jehovah 's Witness to defend the indefensible , it 's a kind of like a and I I y'know , I 'm I 'm sorry but I do n't really think this actually deserves that . |
| 19 | There 's a couple of on there . |
| 20 | There 's a grin of across here of these two P's they keep chucking out ! |
| 21 | I know it must sound terribly irresponsible to get into this position but , truthfully , it 's a case of of ‘ heart ruling head ’ . ’ |
| 22 | I mean it 's a case of of what time we 'd make the journey is n't it ? |
| 23 | It 's a way of as a Council taken the position that we ought to be spending your money effectively , right . |
| 24 | Right , there 's a bit of about anticipation . |
| 25 | Other documentation you receive and certainly is this one and you ca n't do your job without that and that 's a blank of of the layout . |
| 26 | I mean , I know that 's a method of of counting |
| 27 | There 's a lot of about tha , like that though is n't there ? |
| 28 | I suppose there 's a lot of to and fro over your mother 's affairs ? ’ |
| 29 | There is there 's a lot of in that at erm cos erm |
| 30 | It 's a comparison of of what 's happening in the county in terms of registrations of births and deaths , and what 's happening nationally . |