Example sentences of "a [noun sg] of [noun pl] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The very word ‘ Britain ’ is a device to give a variety of peoples a single political identity . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The Tartars called a division of warriors a horda . ’ |
| 5 | If experiments such as creep or stress relaxation are performed on the same sample of a polymer over a range of temperatures a pattern of behaviour is apparent that as long ago as 1943 led to the proposal of a " master curve " to which all observations could be reduced . |
| 6 | A Home Secretary spends many hours conscientiously reading background papers which set out the whole history of a single police officer 's alleged offences , sometimes in a bundle of papers an inch thick , in order that justice and equity may be done . |
| 7 | That night I walked part of my way home with one of the other pupils , who lived in a group of houses a short distance from the school . |
| 8 | Even better , but longer , is a track heading west from a meeting of waters a mile beyond Loch Coulin : this brings Sgorr Ruadh into full view , the route descending with its stream into Loch Coire Lair beneath the frowning precipice of Fuar Tholl to reach the rhododendrons of Achnashellach . |
| 9 | It had taken a score of masons a score of years to hammer the pitons for all those , hanging from their work as they progressed . |
| 10 | But his principal concern is to affirm that the relationship of A to B is only in a minority of cases an exact repetition , or a saying of the same thing in different words . |
| 11 | In a minority of cases an abdominal , rectal , or vaginal examination was performed . |
| 12 | Thus in a sample with a mixture of configurations a triple peak will be observed and the area under each of these peaks will correspond to the amount of each triad present in the polymer chain . |
| 13 | Such neutrons need not themselves be particularly energetic , but in a matter of minutes a free neutron will decay into an energetic proton and electron , though not so energetic as to readily escape from the magnetosphere . |
| 14 | In a number of countries a distinct shift took place during the course of the boom . |
| 15 | Doubtful if he ever dented a heart ; more than likely he gave quite a number of hearts a new lift after they 'd imagined the ball was over for them . |
| 16 | It is a bit like asking a number of students an exam question . |
| 17 | In Britain this is reinforced by such practices as attending a number of dinners a term in the Inns of Court while they are students for the Bar ; in both Britain and the United States there is the shared experience of dealing with problems from a legal perspective and extensive contact with other lawyers . |
| 18 | But it was clear , and is clearer still in retrospect , that on a number of occasions an old decorum had been deferred to , or embraced . |
| 19 | Notwithstanding the recent flurry of statutory and quasi-statutory regulatory activity in relation to insider dealing in the UK , there has operated for a number of years a range of sanctions aimed at deterring insider abuse in both the corporate/ unorthodox context and the individual/traditional context . |
| 20 | Although Iraq had achieved formal independence in 1932 , with the exit of the British administration installed under the League of Nations mandate , there remained for a number of years a substantial British presence . |
| 21 | Hawksmoor speaks the words of romantic duality , and is in a number of ways a double book . |
| 22 | ‘ I got a list of things a mile long fer the drapers . ’ |
| 23 | Which one wa I I ca n't remember what I sa I was saying a f a lot of things a few minutes ago . |
| 24 | Well it involved a lot of things a bit of everything . |
| 25 | A lot of times a lot of times it it it goes back to normal . |
| 26 | ‘ As far as the position of Top 40 radio in America and radio in Europe , I do n't think they give a lot of bands a fair shake . |
| 27 | Now here when you end up with a lot of having arguments and listening to a lot of arguments a lot of them are like win lose . |
| 28 | I think black music and dance have given a lot of kids a break , but I 'd like to see the kind of dance I 'm into opened up just as much . ’ |
| 29 | In my first week , I lost nearly a stone but since then I 've only lost a couple of pounds a week . |
| 30 | And sometimes it landed in a gay sorry mess and it really would n't there just a couple of feet a couple of stones high just the height of the jetty . |