Example sentences of "of a [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's a reprimand on his record for improper treatment of a prisoner of war . ’ |
| 2 | But she did know she was badly in need of a dose of sanity herself right now . |
| 3 | Modularization is not easy to define , but can be seen as one end of a spectrum of course structures which ranges from the linear to the modular , as follows : |
| 4 | Identify , through unstructured interviews , the primary health concerns of a spectrum of women in South Wales ; 2 . |
| 5 | Analysis of the velocity distribution will reveal a ‘ vibrational spectrum ’ in the form of a spectrum of energy-losses by the particles . |
| 6 | Many of the sounds we hear emanating from insects , for example , are only the bottom end of a spectrum of sound signals much of which lie above the auditory frequencies to which our ears are attuned . |
| 7 | While such simple dichotomies are misleading — all categories of music live in the world of capitalist cultural production , while none can be entirely reduced to it , and a more accurate picture is of a spectrum of possibilities marked by internal conflict — their existence not only confirms the influence of the critique of mass culture in musical practice and popular consciousness , it also indicates that within the premises of such a critique , Adorno draws the net too tightly . |
| 8 | Many years later , in the mid-eighties , John Malkovich , who was rehearsing Death of a Salesman with Dustin , remarked , ‘ One night we were playing Trivial Pursuit . |
| 9 | She has since spent seasons at the Newcastle Playhouse and in Durham , taking part in Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and other plays . |
| 10 | They 've been the guests of a charity in Worcestershire , and Central News has been following their progress … for a special programme to be shown this weekend . |
| 11 | They 've been the guests of a charity in Worcestershire , and Central News has been following their progress … for a special programme to be shown this weekend . |
| 12 | For Hirst this means that there can be no Marxist ‘ science of history ’ that can be opposed to the essentialism and teleology of a philosophy of history . |
| 13 | Four ‘ change-facilitating factors ’ are picked out by Ramon ; heavy and unchanging reliance on segregated institutions ; the existence of a minority of psychiatrists prepared to act politically ( while not having the desire to act in a party political framework ) ; the autonomous nature of the regions leading to more enthusiastic reform beginning in socialist and communist areas ; and perhaps most importantly for the concerns of this book , |
| 14 | The five Home Secretary nominees with the support even of a minority of say three of the councillors will almost certainly be able to elect the Chairman of the authority who will then have in addition to his deliberatory vote a casting vote . |
| 15 | To suppose that the influence of a minority of party activists will not in the end prevail is to delude oneself . |
| 16 | Two of the agreements even noted that the job satisfaction of a minority of employees might be impaired by new technology but accepted this in order to maintain the security of employment of the majority . |
| 17 | This model acknowledges that social problems still arise , but the cause is located in the personal or social pathology of a minority of individuals and families whose behaviour or non-conformity must be controlled . |
| 18 | Finally , rather than stereotyping scientists as capitalist Frankensteins , making monsters for commercial gain , a more constructive approach would be to consider how the allocation of resources can be altered to meet the needs of the public majority rather than those of a minority in power . |
| 19 | Man is made from clay and a divine part ( " breath " in Genesis , the flesh and blood of a god in Atrakhasis ) : man 's task is to keep the earth in order ( arduous labour in Atrakhasis , control of a paradise in Genesis ) ; man is eventually destroyed by flood , all except one family . |
| 20 | They consisted of an elaborate sequence of libations poured into a large vessel on an altar between two double-axes mounted on painted pyramidal bases ; grave-goods were dedicated to the sheepskin-draped statue of a god in front of another altar ; offerings of food and drink were dedicated at a third altar set up in front of a sacred tree shrine ; music was played and an ox and two goats were sacrificed . |
| 21 | It includes , for example , language use , language study , literature , drama and media education ; it ranges from the teaching of a skill like handwriting , through the development of the imagination and of competence in reading , writing , speaking and listening , to the academic study of the greatest literature in English . |
| 22 | The principal difference between ECP and euronotes is that euronotes are issued with the backing of a syndicate of underwriters whereas ECP is issued on a non-underwritten tap basis . |
| 23 | She raised £110 , out of a total of £1,800 , to help three homes for mentally and physically handicapped children . |
| 24 | Income tax was minimal ; Marie Webster had an old demand showing that of a total of $604 only $3.90 was payable . |
| 25 | The NFU survey shows the devastating loss of a total of £6 million to our agriculture as a direct result of the MacSharry proposals . |
| 26 | Commercial fishing has recently been developed and the export of prawns is the principal foreign exchange earner ( providing US$39,400,000 of a total of $101,100,000 in 1989 ) . |
| 27 | The illumination consisted of a total of 150W of tungsten lighting . |
| 28 | The This Week programme made with Friends of the Earth centres on MPL , but a report claims many other companies were involved in defrauding the Ghanaian economy of a total of £30m by taking advantage of aid opportunities in its timber industry . |
| 29 | Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : The Scottish Development Agency , in syndicate with a number of other financial institutions , subscribed part of a total of £5 million new money raise by Stagecoach . |
| 30 | The agreement will cost the Basque authorities the equivalent of a total of £108 million ( $189 million ) , which is more than has ever been spent on a single cultural project in Bilbao since the city 's decision to create a Fine Art Museum in 1908 . |