Example sentences of "a [noun] of [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If , on the other hand , he was stating as a matter of principle that the coupling of a protest with a payment of money unlawfully demanded per se rendered that payment recoverable , he was expressing views for which no authority prior to that date has been cited to this House and which were contrary to those expressed by Lord Reading C.J. in Maskell v. Horner . |
| 2 | Or is there some Steffi-crazy fan out there inundating the Tennis World office with letters cunningly disguised in a variety of handwriting just to confuse us ? |
| 3 | To perform this task the departments store a variety of information either electronically or in hard copy . |
| 4 | It was as if God had kicked a bucket of water over . |
| 5 | Tell you what I 've chucked many a bucket of water on over them |
| 6 | In the old cells you had to take a bucket of water in , get a wash , and then wash your underwear in it , in the same bucket . |
| 7 | You took took a bucket of water out , you put a bucket of water in . |
| 8 | information , er , they did it on erm , one of the programmes they actually put a bucket of water actually on the equator , I do n't know if you saw it . |
| 9 | You took took a bucket of water out , you put a bucket of water in . |
| 10 | As Lavandera ( 1978b ) has remarked , one paradoxical consequence of the ‘ sea-change ’ in the concept of the sociolinguistic variable evident in the Weiner and Labov paper is that the authors seem to be attempting to argue for a function of variation almost converse to that which emerged from Labov 's earlier work . |
| 11 | The shift factor is a function of temperature only and decreases with increasing temperature , it is , of course , unity at T o . |
| 12 | They are interested in what new machinery is available , certainly , but at the moment it 's a case of window-shopping rather than parting with hard cash . |
| 13 | If an accident happens as a result of driving which deviates from the proper standard , then that may well be a case of negligence even if the driver had never thought of the risk in that particular case , because the driver is presumed to know the Highway Code . |
| 14 | we refer victims onto victim support groups , if its a case of rape then their passed on to the rape counsellor 's and also |
| 15 | And and is it is it a case of misogyny basically rife within the Labour Party ? |
| 16 | With pressed flowers , it is very much a case of quality rather than quantity . |
| 17 | If a man was lucky it was a case of pop in for a quick half , then home to a meal of bubble and squeak with the Missus . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm afraid we get a bit of vandalism here , and practical joking . |
| 19 | Last year 's holiday was great , last year , and I might get a bit of enjoyment out of looking at the photographs , but I 'm still paying for one again this year ! |
| 20 | The physics department would tell you that chemistry 's only a bit of physics anyway . |
| 21 | you know if people wan na smoke a bit of pot then this is |
| 22 | And that a bit of meat there . |
| 23 | I sometimes like to think it was my eloquence , but the fact of the matter is that if I had got up on my hind legs and suggested a bit of Karaoke instead of the morning service , they would have leaped at it . |
| 24 | ‘ The moment you go from the rigid and valuable discipline of German bank and people to mixing it up with other disciplines , other views , other ‘ let's have a bit of inflation here and there ’ economies , you lose the very thing which leads you to want to join . ’ |
| 25 | They pointed out that economies prepared to allow ‘ a bit of inflation here and there ’ would include Britain , where the inflation rate is already one of the highest in the European Community and set to rise from 7.3 per cent to around 8 per cent later this week . |
| 26 | ‘ The moment you go from the rigid and valuable discipline of German bank and people to mixing it up with other disciplines , other views , other ‘ let's have a bit of inflation here and there ’ economies , you lose the very thing which leads you to want to join . ’ |
| 27 | They pointed out that economies prepared to allow ‘ a bit of inflation here and there ’ would include Britain , where the inflation rate is already one of the highest in the European Community and set to rise from 7.3 per cent to around 8 per cent later this week . |
| 28 | The stages were so enormous — about 60 feet across — that you had to poke out a bit of noise just to make yourself heard . |
| 29 | ‘ It was a varied , highly satisfying climb , ’ says Walsh , ‘ with quite a bit of ice up to 55 degrees ; VS standard rock , albeit with old fixed ropes , and some tiring plodding through knee-deep powder . ’ |
| 30 | Best thing to do is do a bit of gardening then go in and bake the bread . |