Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun] [adv] of a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 've made yourself an enemy for life instead of a friend for life — very clever , that . |
| 2 | EVEN in these less affluent times , there are those who are happy to buy expensive , muddy carrots instead of bright orange ones at half the price , or an expensive piece of beef instead of a cut-price special offer . |
| 3 | This account of the formation of nation states in Western Europe , and of the development of the sense of nationality as a fundamental social bond , is far more comprehensive and thorough than the rather abstract and historically restricted theories which purport to explain modern nationalism and the emergence of new nations in terms either of a reorientation of European thought , or of some general process of industrialization . |
| 4 | It is absolutely essential that each parcel should be described with such particularity and precision that there is no room for doubt about the boundaries of each , and for such purposes if a plan is intended to control the description of part only of a building , an Ordnance map on a scale of 1:2500 is worse than useless ( Scarfe v Adams [ 1981 ] 1 All ER 843 ) . |
| 5 | The five reportedly reached a " preliminary consensus " on a plan to involve the UN in the governing of Cambodia ahead of a general election . |
| 6 | It is a spin-off from development work done on the Kodak disc camera , which has a circular disc of film instead of a roll , and lets very amateur photographers take usable photographs in unfavourable light . |
| 7 | She spoke , Ruth thought , as if she were the mistress of a large establishment in London instead of a country vicar 's wife in a remote Yorkshire dale . |
| 8 | ( 3 ) Stephen Small raced away from a defender and was brought down from behind inside the area — an indirect free kick for obstruction instead of a penalty . |
| 9 | When buying a property on a registered building estate or other development in respect of which the layout plan has been lodged and officially approved , make your search on Form 94B , when ( unlike other searches against part only of a title ) reference to the approved plan avoids the need to enclose a plan with your search . |
| 10 | The latest reduction , agreed after several days of wildcat strikes beginning on April 27 and involving some 250,000 employees , averted the prospect of a national strike in support also of an 8.5 per cent pay rise . |
| 11 | Insolvency practitioners were warned to keep their houses in order ahead of a new regime of Department of Trade inspections due to start in Scotland this month . |
| 12 | One of the problems which arose from Friedman 's definition of the natural unemployment rate was that , apart from a list of qualifications mostly of a microeconomic nature , it appeared to possess characteristics which were usually associated with an economy in overall full employment . |
| 13 | I was n't keen on the deep-fried banana served with many fish dishes , and the habit of using photos of food instead of a menu . |
| 14 | You 've got a total income coming in , er a total amount of benefit there of a hundred and three pounds thirty for this family . |
| 15 | Colchester GP Nick Dixon said a continuing increase in daytime work was making the responsibility of being on duty at night more of a strain . |
| 16 | Tell you what you can have a pair for Christmas instead of a computer . |
| 17 | Evidently there is something odd about the expression imperator noster divus Marcus , for noster is generally used of the current emperor , and divus of course only of a deceased one . |
| 18 | I mean there was a classic case a couple of years ago of a lady who was pushing a baby in a pram across a zebra crossing and as she was half way across out of the corner of her eye she saw a truck thundering towards her which was quite clearly was n't going to stop and that you know a sort of fairly anxious situation , and she froze . |
| 19 | A MEMORABLE Lester Piggott triumph ( on Fylde Flyer in the Abernant Stakes ) and a somewhat controversial Pat Eddery defeat ( on Alhamad in the Constant Security Maiden Stakes ) played crucial parts in the survival at Newmarket yesterday of a £195,497 Tote Jackpot pool . |