Example sentences of "[coord] a [noun] of [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Myth no. 3 : playing 18 holes of go If or a couple of sets of tennis at the weekend is enough to keep you fit Exercising once a week is not enough to make you fit . |
| 2 | I was offered a choice of steak and kidney pudding or a couple of chunks of local pig . |
| 3 | Perhaps he only wanted a cigarette , or a couple of bob for the meter . |
| 4 | a bit of texture or a pit of pattern in it when the light 's shining through it . |
| 5 | Other boys and girls were flitting hither and thither among the trees , singly , without a word or a sign of communication with one another . |
| 6 | Sometimes something relatively innocent such as a chewed sausage or a chicken bone , or a scrap of toast with a little fish paste sticking to it . |
| 7 | Fundamentalism at its simplest is the reduction of a faith , a political creed or a way of life to an extreme and recognizable core which dominates that faith . |
| 8 | Kay mentions ideas posited by various groups such as promoting ‘ sex cards ’ certifying alleged freedom from HIV infection ; stamps or tattoos to identify HIV-infected people ; or a type of quarantine in which HIV-infected persons may live in society yet could not marry , be employed or travel ; but these have all been rejected as unenforceable or unethical or unacceptable . |
| 9 | This is picture-by-picture finance , depending on such chancy things as the tastes of producers and directors , or a type of story in vogue at the moment ( a spy boom brings filmmakers to Europe ; a Western boom could drive them home ) . |
| 10 | There are proposals which relate to earmarking all , or a proportion of revenue from specific consumption goods ( Denton 1982 ) . |
| 11 | In different forms it could provide marriage market ( 21st birthday party or coming-out-ball ) , gynaecological information service ( women withdrew from male company at some point during the evening ) , a seasonal celebration of community spirit ( harvest home , yuletide ) or a mark of respect to a human life ( funeral , wake ) . |
| 12 | Pressure had been applied to the children 's chests ; they 'd died either from suffocation or a stoppage of blood to their hearts . |
| 13 | Theirfor would gladly by y[ou]r Gr[ace's] interest be promoted either to be a captain of foot , or a lieut[enant] of dragoons in the new levies ’ . |
| 14 | This low level of activity indicates a lack of extensive interior melting , or a thick lithosphere , or a lack of stress in the lithosphere , or some combination of all three , all of which can result from a long history of low internal temperatures . |
| 15 | Even where practices may not differ over time , or place , there may be an inconsistency about them or a lack of knowledge about them , or a long-standing dispute about them , which could make it equally difficult to argue that following or not following a practice was or was not constitutional or legitimate . |
| 16 | Conversely , a very high rate of short interactions may sometimes reflect a poor level of control or a lack of structure in the tasks set . |
| 17 | When assessing a nomadic rug do not be too concerned with technical perfection , variations in colouring ( abrashes ) or a lack of symmetry in the overall composition . |
| 18 | For those who believe rowing coaches are megaphone-wielding martinets , Spracklen 's style has been refreshing : a quiet , almost whining drone of a voice , softly pointing out technical faults or a lack of commitment in a way which commands almost total respect from his charges . |
| 19 | On the other hand , churches with poor workmanship , of small size , and altered rather than rebuilt , may well indicate poor localities , or a lack of interest in the church . |
| 20 | So these problems and similar ones to them are generally led to an abandonment I suppose , or a lack of interest in feat in a pure feature analysis view to how we build up and recognise objects . |
| 21 | When title is deduced the sellers will be obliged to produce a grant of probate or a grant of letters of administration to show they are entitled to sell . |
| 22 | Several times I was given money to go to the chemist 's for bitter aloes or penny royal or a bottle of gin from the outdoor . |
| 23 | The agreement declares that the member is admitted to clearing membership ; this requires the member to notify LCH of such events as a petition for liquidation , loss of authorisation under the 1986 Act , the imposition of any disciplinary measure by a regulatory authority or a change of control of the member . |
| 24 | A major change is one that we make to your holiday arrangements before departure , that involves changing your UK airport(s) , resort area or time of departure or return by more than twelve hours or a change of accommodation to a Club not featured in this brochure . |
| 25 | With inverted files the records are held in a data area on disk , but there is also an index which contains values or a range of values for some of the data . |
| 26 | The most common experiences in the two years before a cancer is diagnosed are a significant loss or a sense of meaninglessness in the whole process of living . |
| 27 | The men who scurried past him , and the increasingly large number of attractive young women , were thinking of commodity prices , buying long or short , or a flicker of movement in the money markets that might be a trend or just a flicker . |
| 28 | Various fund-raising events throughout the year finance a Christmas party , and give a gift , such a box of groceries or a basket of fruit to every pensioner in the village . |
| 29 | She has no winter coat or boots and she eats meat once a week , " and by the end of the month it 'll be beans on toast or a can of soup between us . |
| 30 | In symbolic representation the tendency ‘ indicates an object or a state of affairs as something else ’ ( Habermas 1974 : 153 ) and in the labour process it involves a ‘ subjection to the causality of nature ’ ( Habermas 1974 : 154 ) . |