Example sentences of "an [noun sg] of [noun] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | For an aeon of time the words meant nothing . |
| 32 | The east frieze has a combat before Troy ( some painted names of heroes can still be read ) , and an assembly of gods no doubt disputing its outcome . |
| 33 | ‘ I 'm quite happy with my clapped-out old jeep and an offer of work every now and then . ’ |
| 34 | A survey of 1,500 ILF clients by health economist Victoria Phillips found community care cost an average of £228 a week , compared with more than £44 for residential care . |
| 35 | Over the past two decades the owners have been generous on pay because their revenues have increased by an average of 12% a year . |
| 36 | Darren has already banked over £125,000 in prize money this season , which boosts his career winnings to over £300,000 , an average of £100,000 a year . |
| 37 | Not all claimed expenses in the year to April 1991 , but those who did claimed an average of £92 a day . |
| 38 | Locals liken the potential impact of the BTU tax to the impact of the oil bust in the mid-1980s , when the oil price fell from an average of $18 a barrel in 1985 to $15.05 in 1986 . |
| 39 | Barratt sold 2,017 houses at an average price of £75,800 in the half year , down from 2,128 completions at an average of £81,200 the previous year . |
| 40 | It is reported on the front page of The Times today that the common agricultural policy — that squalid policy which is costing British families an average of £18.50 a week each — will destroy the world free trade talks , which have been going on for four or five years , and involve just about every country in the world . |
| 41 | The single unemployed living on their own are the only group who have lost significantly from the changes — by an average of £2.16 a week . |
| 42 | Yet their fuel bills will rise by an average of £2 a week and more in the colder areas . |
| 43 | Milk yields of up to 35kg a day in June were common , with an average of 25kg a day over the summer months , but the milk was not very creamy . |
| 44 | The report shows a typical family of a man , a woman and two children spends an average of £372 a week . |
| 45 | Overall , parents spent an average of £90 a year on toys for a child , £59 at Christmas . |
| 46 | 16 local authorities paid an average of £40,000 a year to send children to the school , aged between 6 and 13 . |
| 47 | Mr Dorrell , visiting Darlington Memorial Hospital , claimed during the 1980s the number of patients treated in the town rose by an average of 5pc a year . |
| 48 | Younger , more mobile employees , on an average of £13,700 a year , are enjoying bigger increases because companies are ‘ desperate ’ to keep them . |
| 49 | Using an example of e-mail the paper demonstrates the sorts of data that are lost to history . |
| 50 | The army occupies an area of land the size of Torness turbine hall with each soldier standing stiffly to attention a few inches from his neighbours . |
| 51 | In spite of an overdose of tourism the essential spirit of Bali is still alive . |
| 52 | But now she had an air of confidence a bloom on her skin , a light in her eyes . |
| 53 | 2 Circumstances importing an obligation of confidence The courts have found it difficult to determine a generally applicable test of the circumstances in which an obligation of confidence will arise . |
| 54 | By contrast , I make it clear that Labour believes it is right and just and should be the first priority for pensioners to get an increase of £5 a week for a single pensioner and £8 a week for a married couple , given the mean and miserable way in which they have been treated over the past decade . |
| 55 | One year , we were given an increase of 40p a week on our state pension . |
| 56 | As evidence of our continuing commitment to poorer pensioners , we have announced in the Budget an increase of £2 a week for single people , £3 a week for couples , in income support for pensioners . |
| 57 | Far from being an expression of decline the heteromorphs show the ammonoids adopting new ( and successful ) life habits . |
| 58 | Fortunately , technical developments have ensured that the increase in computing power per unit cost has been growing at about an order of magnitude every 6 years over the last three decades . |
| 59 | Here we use results from the Rosat all-sky survey , which increases by an order of magnitude the number of X-ray stars , to show that the dividing line is not an artefact of poor sampling . |
| 60 | Isabella was sentenced to lose all her lands , but was given an allowance of £3,000 a year to maintain her estate . |