Example sentences of "a sort of [noun] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a rubber ball , a few of Emily 's textbooks and a sort of forcefield of nails resting heads down and points upwards towards the unseen burglar 's face . |
| 2 | The economic realities meant that Prussia 's weight was thus far greater than the constitutional arrangements suggested : the Zollverein was administered by a sort of Council of Ministers which met annually in one of the capitals , and it took decisions by unanimity . |
| 3 | Starting from this background the painter now works toward the front by a sort of scheme of forms in which each object 's position is clearly indicated , both in relation to the definite background and to the other objects . ’ |
| 4 | I think here in the United Kingdom , we have to continue trying to urge our governments to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child , which is a sort of Bill of Rights for children . |
| 5 | I think a lot of people are put off computing by the thought that it 's very technical and very difficult to get into , and I think in some ways it still is and there 's a sort of group of experts who rather jealously guard their knowledge , so in that sense , yes , they could short cut and remove skills that perhaps people should have . |
| 6 | Another , closely related , hypothesis is that at the end of each day we have in our unconscious a sort of ragbag of bits and pieces of experience which our conscious mind has not had the time , opportunity or inclination to process ; once again , the function of the dream is to deal with this material . |
| 7 | Olive MacDonald does the choir , soloists look after themselves , all the producer has to do is arrange a sort of ballet of tableaux to the music . |
| 8 | Superficially it might seem logical to place ‘ individual selection ’ on a sort of ladder of levels of selection , half-way between the ‘ gene selection ’ advocated in Chapter 3 and the ‘ group selection ’ criticized in Chapter 7 . |
| 9 | Yes , I 've always , I 've always understood , understood more recently the reason why that there would always seemed to be enough prisoners , when we know there really must be enough prisoners throughout the world is that the betting procedure and they 're making quite sure they 're the right people takes time and money and effort , erm , that 's part and also there are some areas of the world now , where , where there are n't as many prisoners as there were , there are very few , there are very few prisoners of conscience in Latin America because they do n't put them in prison they just get rid of them , they just disappear and there are practically , practically none from Latin America countries , cos of these , these disappearances rather than being put in prison , erm , but it 's a sort of combination of reasons I think but er quite a long time now , ten , fifteen years I think groups have only had one prisoner , whereas when I first joined and Ann 's there , we had three did n't we at one time ? |