Example sentences of "of a [noun sg] [unc] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So if increasing the speed of a computer 's components is limited by the speed of light , how will one ever build increasingly faster computers ? |
| 2 | The criticism that Elliott and Ebbutt make of this approach is three fold : values underlying judgements are not revealed ; the analysis is atomistic and ignores the inter-relationships among features of a school 's activities ; and areas are inevitably ignored . |
| 3 | In a case study of a school 's discussions of an option scheme Hurman noted that they were really about the status of various subject departments , and that discussions on the core curriculum ignored what lay beneath the subject label . |
| 4 | By explaining the framework of a school 's aims , by giving opportunities for growth , by bringing separate contributions together and by , as far as possible , helping the colleague who needs help , a head can both lead and serve as an equal in collegial management . |
| 5 | The easing of compulsion in one part of a school 's obligations meant that those who managed curriculum balance , specific schemes of teaching and school policies of assessment at the primary as well as at the secondary levels grew uncertain about other issues . |
| 6 | The Secretary of State threatened the recalcitrant authorities that unless they met specific targets he would use his power under the Act to appoint an agent to take over the sale of a council 's houses . |
| 7 | YOUNGSTERS have the chance to follow in the footsteps of rugby Grand Slam greats Rob Andrew and Rory Underwood this Easter , courtesy of a council 's sports programme . |
| 8 | For example , in many cases local companies providing scientific equipment and other services were able to benefit from reduced delivery costs , personal contacts and a more detailed knowledge of a facility 's needs . |
| 9 | In fact , though , McGurk and MacDonald ( 1976 ) have shown the extent to which we use information about the position of a speaker 's lips to help us recognise spoken words . |
| 10 | The possible role of lexical accessibility in determining the syntax of a speaker 's utterances has been considered at length by Bock ( 1982 ) . |
| 11 | Someone who knew about these things had told Maman how the perpetual wearing of boots might encourage the proper shape of a girl 's ankles . |
| 12 | In Barat et Haimet the sexual innuendo of Barat approaching Marie 's bed in the dark , and successfully imitating her husband , Travers , is difficult to miss , and since we may know that bacon , the term generally used for the meat that is stolen and stolen back over and over again , can also be used of a girl 's thighs , there is a strong suggestion that the actions are really a sexual allegory : is it Marie that the three men are trying to appropriate ? |
| 13 | 8.1.4 any other act or thing by which but for this provision the Guarantor would have been released [ other than a variation of the terms of this Lease agreed between the parties that is prejudicial to the Guarantor ] Until the case of P & A Swift Investments v Combined English Stores Group plc it was believed that the benefit of a guarantor 's covenants could only be enforced by a successor in title to the landlord 's reversion , where there had been an express assignment to it . |
| 14 | Earlier in the century there was much less emphasis upon the exact valuation of a heritor 's holdings , but there was , equally , little doubt in the minds of freeholder-heritors that they should be the judges of the qualifications of a candidate , and that a presentation should be obtained in accordance with their views . |
| 15 | Special collections purchased from private or public sources may form the bulk of a university 's holdings of research materials , and the acquisition of one special collection may — if it is subsequently well maintained — lead to the offer of further collections in the same field . |
| 16 | Similarly , Pfeffer has identified ‘ dependence ’ as crucial to a group 's power , when the importance of a unit 's tasks are greater than any other 's : ‘ Power derives from having something that someone else wants or needs , and being in control of the performance or resource so that there are few alternative sources , or no alternative sources , for obtaining what is desired ’ ( Pfeffer 1981 , p. 99 ) . |
| 17 | The problem which arises from this is that we are never given any inkling of the totality of a king 's estates , and there is a particular difficulty in trying to construct a picture of crown land by listing all references to it from the whole Merovingian period ; if kings rewarded their followers by conferring estates on them , even though the grant might not be hereditary , the pool of land must have changed constantly . |
| 18 | And somewhere among them , not readily to be located , there was a centre of desperate but controlled unease , a disquiet that caused the air within the choir to quake , with a rapid vibration of disquiet and dread , like a heartbeat driven into the fluttering panic of a bird 's wings . |
| 19 | The taking up of a driver 's references , checking qualifications and licences are all done by Overdrive . |
| 20 | A system based solely on attendance does not take account of the range of a councillor 's duties ; leaves some councillors better off than others ( depending on their employment situation ) ; and does not adequately reflect the added responsibility carried by senior councillors . |
| 21 | The number of a male 's females is limited and males do assist them in rearing their broods . |
| 22 | … the sound of a cat 's footsteps , the roots of a mountain , the breath of a fish , the beard of a woman and the spittle of a bird . |
| 23 | He read aloud : ' ’ Delicate delineation of a boy 's sensations on discovering physical love … powerful and evocative description of adolescent suffering in an unsympathetic society … the best to come out of Canada for years … . ’ |
| 24 | The first great series of races , and forerunner to Grands Prix , was the Gordon Bennett series , introduced in 1900 and it was a real test of a manufacturer 's skills , as the rules stipulated that all parts of each competing car had to be manufactured in its country of origin . |
| 25 | It is commonly accepted that part of a nurse 's functions is to be sensitive to and provide care for the psychological needs of patients , achieved in part through interpersonal relationships . |
| 26 | How can you expect a computer man to understand in detail all aspects of a user 's requirements ? |
| 27 | This is the commercial equivalent of defamation and an example is where a person publishes untrue information concerning the quality of a trader 's goods . |
| 28 | Consideration of a Parent 's Wishes |
| 29 | Swift 's dislike of monosyllables and Dryden 's avoidance of final prepositions " are cases of a writer 's preferences being guided by a general sense of linguistic propriety , of what is good English " . |
| 30 | An image of a child 's bones burning . |