Example sentences of "a [noun sg] of [noun] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It provides a payment of $10 a day up to a maximum of 30 days . |
| 2 | The very word ‘ Britain ’ is a device to give a variety of peoples a single political identity . |
| 3 | In a case of recognition an identification parade would often be pointless but in the present case an identification parade or at the least a controlled confrontation should have been held . |
| 4 | We just go down for a bit of practice a few nights before . ’ |
| 5 | Well yeah yeah a bit of humour a bit of humour |
| 6 | It also contributed to a shift in opinion at the Ministry of Education away from the curtailment or freezing of grant towards modest and flexible expansion — and the Eastern District was able to take advantage of the new grant regulations which followed the Report in 1955 to achieve a level of aid a few percentage points higher than the 75% hitherto regarded as standard . |
| 7 | From The Good Skiing Guide reports I estimate that for those with a taste for Cabernet-Sauvignon , a budget of £30 a day would not be extravagant , adding another £400 . |
| 8 | For example , in one scheme for 35 highly dependent elderly people introduced by Kent SSD , home care managers were given a budget of £66,000 a year to spend on buying appropriate services and/or particular equipment to aid independence . |
| 9 | The general form of the argument is always that ‘ real ’ elites find the political formulas and consecrated myths of decentralization or a fragmentation of powers a convenient cover for their monopoly control of the key decisions of state . |
| 10 | Councillors were told by David Begg , the finance committee chairman , that the regional council 's £9.2 million budget surplus was equivalent to a reduction of £18 a head in the poll tax . |
| 11 | Councillors were told yesterday by David Begg , their finance committee chairman , that the regional council 's £9.2 million budget surplus was equivalent to a reduction of £18 a head in the poll tax . |
| 12 | For example , coral islands such as the Maldives may keep ahead of a rise of 50-70m a century . |
| 13 | He was standing on a kind of pedestal a little above the others , thrusting both arms up into the air . |
| 14 | A recruiting sergeant wore as a badge of office a plume of coloured ribbons in his shako ; when a young man had been persuaded to enlist he was handed a shilling to bind the contract . |
| 15 | In order to satisfy the SGA 1979 , the definition requires that the following components be present : ( a ) Contract for the sale of goods It should be noted that within the definition of a contract of sale a distinction is drawn between an executory sale or agreement to sell , and an executed transfer . |
| 16 | Although for a majority of employees a protected rights contract is usually likely to offer a higher return , there are certain limitations and the accepted wisdom seems to be that the older the employee and the larger the transfer value , the more attractive a section 32 buy-out becomes . |
| 17 | So in a flash of generosity an extra prize will be my personal assurance that Elvira will not be coming around to kick you in the groin in the immediate future . |
| 18 | William , who has been on invalidity benefit since the accident , accepted a settlement of £70,000 a few days before the case started . |
| 19 | ‘ What is two feet tall , gives a gallon of milk a day and moos ? ’ |
| 20 | In this parched red rock desert , where you have to drink a gallon of water a day to prevent dehydration and heatstroke , a sight like this is pure euphoria . |
| 21 | The Tartars called a division of warriors a horda . ’ |
| 22 | Out of a stand of pine a slim grey beast emerged . |
| 23 | A grant of £10,000 a year for 3 years was approved . |
| 24 | Students were on a grant of £40 a year and a primary teacher 's salary was £18 a month . |
| 25 | This amounted in effect to a grant of £1,000 a year , the annual amount of the lease which was now extinguished . |
| 26 | The significant point here was that if four hours each week were devoted to the teaching of Science , the School would become eligible for a grant of £150 a year , under a scheme recently introduced by the newly-created Board of Education . |
| 27 | I 've worked out that a rent of tenpence a week on each log cabin , or sixpence for each bunk in a dormitory , will just pay me back by the end of this contract . |
| 28 | The farmer receives a rent of £15,000 a year and is relieved of the need to do any work for it . |
| 29 | The demands made by the rebels provide the clearest guide to their grievances , and according to the Anonimalle Chronicle those put forward by the Essex men at Mile End on 14 June were that they should be allowed to seize and punish traitors , and that no man should be made a serf nor do homage or any type of service to a lord in return for land ; instead they should hold it at a rent of 4d. an acre . |
| 30 | Nor can one tell the normal value of a mine , although some must have given considerable yields — Wolsey , as bishop of Durham , let out one at a rent of £180 a year ( 82 , pp.164–5 ) . |