Example sentences of "a [noun] of [noun sg] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | We just go down for a bit of practice a few nights before . ’ |
| 2 | Well yeah yeah a bit of humour a bit of humour |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He was standing on a kind of pedestal a little above the others , thrusting both arms up into the air . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ What is two feet tall , gives a gallon of milk a day and moos ? ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Out of a stand of pine a slim grey beast emerged . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Is a trace of insanity a necessary prerequisite for originality ? |
| 12 | A graphic example was given me when on my first day of lecturing in a college of education a student came up and earnestly asked me : " Do you believe the Bible — yes or no ? " |
| 13 | We shall assume that a ring of radius a situated in the z = 0 plane carries a current I ( Fig. 3.6 ) and we wish to determine the magnetic field at the point |
| 14 | Changing the smallest details can give a piece of furniture a completely different look . |
| 15 | Also , the land which stretches back to Rockhill Farm from Swingswang on the opposite side of that road is all part and parcel of the County Council smallholdings , and only two fields away they sold off a piece of land a few years ago which has now been developed on to the frontage of the Banbury Road , which is in fact the Cromwell Business Park . |
| 16 | Well tha no that was n't padded that was for do n't quite know what they wanted to do with that erm but there was erm a face that was built up with three different sizes of felt , small , next size , next size up , not not much bigger each time , then you had a piece of calico a little bit bigger , you did a running thread all round the outside and pulled it so that it , lapped over the felt which you had stitched down first . |
| 17 | The nineteenth-century agricultural historian Youatt calculated that in the second half of the eighteenth century every Londoner purchased an average of half a pound of meat a day — more than twice as much as the average in Paris or Brussels . |
| 18 | We have one of th we have a la we have a large jar of coffee of that a week , and we have er a jar and a half of jam a week . |
| 19 | So we says to him , why did n't he get a half of lager a h a bottle of Kaliber which is a half of lager non-alcohol , and put it in a pint glass . |
| 20 | A point of contrast a century and a half later is provided by the 1671 hearth tax return , by which time the seventy householders had grown to 122 . |
| 21 | After a period of chaos a sequence of Agaw monarchs , known as the Zagwe dynasty , established themselves . |
| 22 | Aim to collect over a period of time a variety of texts covering different types of oral literature , the formal and the informal , fiction and truth , narrative and exhortation , and so on . |
| 23 | This stage is followed by a search for means to implement the desired change and over a period of time a cycle of problems are handled by this method . |
| 24 | In order to gain a Record of Achievement a student must have successfully completed the assessment schedule(s) of the single area(s) of study for which he/she is registered . |
| 25 | In order to gain a Record of Achievement a student must have successfully completed the assessment schedule(s) including the examination(s) for the single area(s) of study for which he/she is registered . |
| 26 | It is conceivable that on a charge of rape a man might argue that he had in fact meant to perpetrate an act of buggery and that the sexual intercourse that took place was unintended . |
| 27 | Some of their leaders , however , indulged in richer displays : in moments of leisure or on a Day of Truce a chieftain might sport a satin doublet or gold-buttoned jerkin , satin hose , and velvet breeches and cloak . |
| 28 | main meal , a biscuit , and a drink of Coke a , a sweet , and a tea , one bis a chocolate choc-ice and a what 's that ? |
| 29 | about a pint of milk a day |
| 30 | Question two : if you want to avoid heart attacks should you drink a pint of milk a day ? |