Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] a [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The total is slightly up on 1991 when DEC sold a total of 5,225 workstations in the UK worth £47.9m — 3,855 of which were VAX/VMS workstations worth £33.1m , against just 1,470 Unix systems valued at £47.9m . |
| 2 | On March 12 Hawke announced a package of market-liberalization measures designed to make the economy more competitive and to reduce the current account deficit . |
| 3 | In its first full financial year , RBIC made a profit of more than £4 million but even better results are promised . |
| 4 | " Well , perhaps — no , I do n't think so , " somehow Lalage conveyed a feeling of being unwanted . |
| 5 | Harvey produced a couple of cigars and we looked at the glow above the dark city and smoked , and Harvey said , ‘ It 's a millionaire 's toy , ’ and I said , ‘ Yes , with eight million working parts . ’ |
| 6 | Moreover , Allan offers a description of her which seems more explicit than any offered through another mouthpiece . |
| 7 | Their first recorded connection with Richard is after his accession , when the second son Roger became a yeoman of the crown . |
| 8 | Their first recorded connection with Richard is after his accession , when the second son Roger became a yeoman of the crown . |
| 9 | David Macdonald made a series of quota quickies before going on to a larger budget with the striking comedy-thriller This Man is News ( 1938 ) , and Michael Powell built a reputation as a director of energetic quota films before making his mainstream début with Edge of the World ( 1937 ) , about the depopulation of a remote island in the Shetlands . |
| 10 | Marianne Farningham became a member of the Northampton School Board in the mid-1880s , but she declined to canvass or address meetings , preferring to send a printed letter round to electors , though this ladylike course of action did not prevent her heading the poll . |
| 11 | Galerie de La Scala sold a drawing of two boys by nineteenth-century artist Guiguet for FFr14,000 . |
| 12 | Ian produced a string of good results to finish fourth in last year 's 600cc British Motorcycle Clubman 's championship . |
| 13 | Mrs M Brett from Norfolk receives a copy of Ian Orr-Ewing 's Celebration Of Lords And Commons Cricket . |
| 14 | Jake and Tumbleweed led a group of ecologically aware senior citizens up to the bog , taking the newly established nature trail through the woods . |
| 15 | A gnarled hundred commander named Jenjin produced a snort of disagreement . |
| 16 | Amitai Etzioni made a study of authority and motivation in differing environments . |
| 17 | Jenny Weston , 34 , claimed Colin Webb made a barrage of unrelenting sexual demands and once pinned her down on a hotel bed . |
| 18 | Westwood offers an account of how the structures of gender , ethnicity and class fit together for a specific group of women workers . |
| 19 | In 1952 after Freud completed his small but outstanding portrait of Francis Bacon , Minton commissioned a portrait of himself . |
| 20 | ( In 1874 , whilst at her favourite residence at Osborne in the Isle of Wight , Queen Victoria made a number of trips to the post office at nearby Whippingham where she would stay for some hours comforting a dying deaf woman , Mrs. Elizabeth Tuffield , nee Groves . |
| 21 | Of course , when the time came , Doyle became a victim of an attitude which he had helped to foster . |
| 22 | Harvey got a piece of canvas out of the front of the car and then pike took his overcoat off and they wrapped the coat into the canvas and strapped it up very tight on a long strap , the other end of which they fixed to the belt of Ralph pike 's overalls . |
| 23 | Crawley shared a stand of 64 with Matthew Roberts in the last four overs . |
| 24 | One Neath player had been sent off , another threatened with dismissal and , as a result , the Welshmen passed a vote of no confidence in the referee . |
| 25 | Sunderland made a profit of more than £500,000 in the last financial year , which finished with a Wembley final appearance . |
| 26 | Melanie experienced a jolt of surprise . |
| 27 | Kelly produced a plateful of what passed as eggs , and Carradine launched into them with a fork . |
| 28 | The Federal Republic of West Germany was formally recognised , in 1952 , as a complete sovereign state , by Britain , France and the United States of America , so those powers ended their respective ‘ occupation ’ and West Germany became a member of the European Economic Community also . |
| 29 | No hard disk is included in the price as Hamcom offers a range of different configurations , up to a total of 2.4Gb . |
| 30 | Many of the small boats which usually travelled its waters were moored for the night and The Sandhopper passed a number of them as it made its way up river . |