Example sentences of "of a [adj] [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the first few devastating out-of-loves , she was warily certain that there would always be another goddess ; the old idol became a fond memory , like a photo of a dear friend long absent . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , the discussions broke down in acrimony on May 22 after the Japanese delegation raised the issue of a Japanese woman allegedly abducted by North Korean agents 13 years earlier . |
| 3 | Yet the tsar replaced Putiatin with Golovnin , appointed a commission which " conducted the most extensive investigation into the idea of a Russian university ever undertaken by the old regime " , took advice even from the liberal Professor Kavelin , and introduced a law which improved the funding of universities , gave professors a large degree of control over university affairs , maintained the principle that universities were open to all classes of the community , and allowed universities to go on dedicating themselves , first and foremost , to the study of the liberal arts . |
| 4 | Since for each item there is a 50 per cent chance of a correct response simply by guessing , children with scores of 8 or less on any set are regarded as in need of retesting , while very low scores ( 0–1 ) indicate that the child is systematically misunderstanding the meanings to be derived from word order . |
| 5 | Why is the height of a simple barometer lower at high altitudes than at low altitudes ? |
| 6 | Much more could be said of the implications of a natural-narrative analysis here . |
| 7 | To overcome this problem Brown ( 1980 ) advocated the use of a retrospective approach so that not only can the most recent stages be assimilated but also the knowledge of research on contemporary processes may be incorporated . |
| 8 | See if I can find you a picture of a of a , I 've got a picture of a Roman legionnaire here but not the standard bearer . |
| 9 | But while the large number of coins means that they give us a large quantity of information , their small size and the consequent brevity of their inscriptions greatly restricts the level of interpretation we can make from them compared with , say , a lengthy edict of a Roman emperor fully inscribed on stone . |
| 10 | I remember a horrifying dream I had during one Wimbledon wherein I was sitting on top of a tall step-ladder half-way down the garden in the umpire 's position — not awarding points to the thrusting vegetation below but conducting them with a baton . |
| 11 | This 17th-century country house in the heart of the North York Moors National Park lies in complete tranquillity at the end of a no-through road where sheep wander . |
| 12 | The alternative if the British public turns a blind eye , she believes , is the prospect of a dark day when , because of the colour of their skin , two young Middlesbrough-born and bred women may not be allowed to reach the safety of their home . |
| 13 | At this place the terrace was inaccessible , being several feet below the level of the room , and her first glimpse was of the back of a dark head down below . |
| 14 | It is rare for companies to have formal arrangements for finding work for the spouse of a relocated employee especially as a typical posting to the UK is only for two or three years . |
| 15 | If their commitment and reliability are seen to be less than that of a paid worker then the stereotype will be reinforced and the many totally committed and reliable volunteers will be misjudged . |
| 16 | The hearth itself became sacred , and the chief prop of a moral order no longer buttressed by belief . |
| 17 | The disclosures coincided with the start of a regional tour today by John Major , anxious to drum up greater financial support and bolster sagging party morale . |
| 18 | A huge explosion drowned the enemy fire and Killion caught a glimpse of a burning bomber slowly sliding along on its nose . |
| 19 | The prospect of a gentle ski out disappeared with the arrival of a metre of glutinous snow . |
| 20 | In addition to joint degree courses combining two disciplines , students can combine the study of a discipline eg Geography with a general topic of study eg Gender Studies or study of a geographical area eg South Asia in the final two ( Honours ) years . |
| 21 | However , other factors also played major roles in the revival of a brilliant career often blighted by putting lapses and finally threatened by the universally feared yips . |
| 22 | Thus , we have chemical control — albeit naturally derived — of a chemical contaminant not a biological one , and probably the first recorded instance . |
| 23 | These data confirm that the direction of transpiration is not reversed during the wound response and preclude movement of a chemical signal out of the wounded tissue via the xylem . |
| 24 | Bit of a , bit of a sad day though is n't it ? |
| 25 | It can be argued that American children are not always very intelligent or easy to teach , with catastrophically short attention spans , but one can see the beginnings of a sad muddle even in England , with the publication of a homosexual prayer book giving instructions for a ‘ coming out ’ liturgy next door to prayers for those who already suffer from the American disease . |
| 26 | A crushing piece of condescension that , worthy of a Spanish grandee in about 1700 , too proud to notice that the world has moved on . |
| 27 | His irreverent view of black states had already been comically revealed in Black Mischief ( 1932 ) ; and as a convert to Rome in 1930 he watched in 1936 , and without regret , the overthrow of a Spanish Republic violently intolerant of a Church he loved . |
| 28 | Yeah but you may spend that bloody standing at end of a bloody airfield here thinking nothing 's been done . |
| 29 | You pegged hell of a bloody lot then . |
| 30 | you know , it 's a hell of a bloody whack out when you , you know , when you 're short |