Example sentences of "a [noun sg] of " in BNC.

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1 This beeline may be reversed and used as a route of ascent from Horton but until a clear path has been formed by foot-traffic over the rough higher ground , it is not a way to be preferred to other more pleasant routes of ascent : apart from an exciting interlude midway , the climb becomes tedious .
2 Jim Simpson 's Zig Zag ( VS ) in 1948 was a fine effort up the Raven Wall — a bold venture taking a route of considerable quality .
3 This is not , of course , a route of any substantial technical difficulty , but it does present many would-be suitors with severe altitude problems , ranging from headaches to full-scale nausea , and some people thought the idea of taking the girl to altitude was an unjustifiable kind of medical experiment .
4 This may be your principal guide in choosing a route of re-entry .
5 Some nurses are very enthusiastic about the bank as a route of re-entry , as it enables you to sample different wards and departments and introduces you to new people .
6 In southern and eastern Europe uncooked meat , as dried or cured spiced sausage , is commonly eaten and may be a route of infection .
7 Forsaken as a route of any merit in ascent , it is the obligatory way down for parties summitting from the classic South Ridge of West Face climbs .
8 ‘ Competitions now seem derisory to me after the ascent of a route of this scale ’ .
9 Jibé is enthusiastic that a route of this length and level of difficulty will divert attention away from the fashion for ‘ microroute ’ 8c 's , like Ben Moon 's Maginot Line/le Plafond and Hubble .
10 Alternatively , sail independently in any of our yachts on a route of your choice .
11 We worked out a route of cafés , all the way down the Boulevard St. Michel to the river , velvet in the dark , and then up the Rue Saint Jacques to our home ground near the Pantheon .
12 Andrew and John were recruited with the objective of being prepared for Shell work on the Brent contract , and have systematically followed a route of planned training , to work for Wood Group Engineering Contractors on a Shell site and installation .
13 He told them that around £10m of the lost cash had been recovered and a payment of this would be made .
14 Farmer Input : a payment of £6-£7 per farm plus £1.25-£1.50 per arable acre per year for general administration ; a list of all machinery ( make and year of manufacture ) that he is willing to ‘ hire out ’ to the machinery group .
15 This must be accompanied by a payment of £10.00 per booking ) to cover our administration cost .
16 I note the agreement for a payment of £200 for the use of the animated dinosaurs for the purposes of filming .
17 If we fail to do this you will be entitled to a payment of £5.00 .
18 The terms were a payment of £325 and a ground rent of £1 a year .
19 Later on the same page he makes this challenging statement ‘ If any of us actually had the power to release souls from purgatory and refused to exercise that power except in return for a payment of money he would be considered cruel and unchristian — which indeed he would be . ’
20 In making a payment of interest to the lender and a contribution to a life assurance company , the debt remains constant and the borrower is offered the prospect of a maturing policy that will not only repay the mortgage but also provide a lump sum .
21 Therefore the effect of Rule 4.90 in reducing Mr Sawar 's liability to BCCI from £600,000 to £300,000 corresponded to a payment of the same amount by Mr Sawar to BCCI , thus reducing the total indebtedness of Fashions , Wholesale and Mr Sawar to £300,000 .
22 Individuals who receive such a distribution are treated as having received a payment of capital .
23 It is a specific and unconditional agreement to make a payment of a fixed amount on an agreed date .
24 Employees also receive a payment of £150 for each dependent child under 18 ( although children aged 16–18 must be in full-time education for employees to qualify for this payment ) .
25 The allowance will be based on a payment of £100 for each £1000 of agreed house price difference .
26 All the above allowances apply to existing employees relocating at company request too but existing staff also receive a payment of 10 per cent of salary ( instead of one month 's salary ) together with an additional three-monthly allowance of £150 per month towards accommodation and/or fares ( that is , making a maximum period of six months ) .
27 De Benedetti cited a payment of approximately $7m to Giuseppe Lo Moro for a contract to equip the Italian state Postal Service .
28 In the end , both parties agreed on a payment of £200 , and Crawford 's contract came to an end .
29 Administration is considerably more difficult to define briefly , but for our purposes may be taken to mean the application of general rules to particular cases by the making of some order ( for example , a demolition order ) , or some decision ( for example , that an immigrant 's entry certificate was obtained by fraud in contravention of some statutory regulation ) , or by performing some action ( for example , making a payment of social security benefit ) .
30 The emphasis of the ‘ tax credit ’ would be towards a form of tax relief rather than a payment of benefit .
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