Example sentences of "[det] of a [noun] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Lawrence 's original ( 1949 ) experiment has not been replicated exactly , the work of his successors ( conducted both with animal subjects and with humans ) has confirmed the validity of his central contention — discrimination training , in which each of a pair of cues becomes associated with a different outcome , enhances performance on a further discriminative task involving the same cues . |
| 2 | Examples of search instructions are the " table look-up " ( TALU ) instruction on the University of Manchester MUS computer , which performs a masked equality comparison between the contents of one store location and the contents of each of a vector of elements , the similar " masked search for equal " ( SRCH ) instruction on the Burroughs B6700 computer , and the " linked list look-up " ( LLLU ) instruction , also on the B6700 , which performs a " greater than or equal " comparison between an argument value and each of a linked list of elements . |
| 3 | In some problems we require to obtain x for each of a set of values for p ; e.g. the elements of p may be functions of an independent variable , and we require x for each of a number of values of the variable . |
| 4 | In some problems we require to obtain x for each of a set of values for p ; e.g. the elements of p may be functions of an independent variable , and we require x for each of a number of values of the variable . |
| 5 | Multiple aptitude batteries are able to provide a measure of the individual 's standing in each of a number of traits , producing a profile on which job decisions can be made . |
| 6 | It was decided instead to select a few films from each of a number of categories ( i.e. types of driving situation ) and thus ensure that within each category there was enough similarity to create sufficient potential distractors for each target . |
| 7 | The paintwork was black , the walls covered in silver foil ; each of a line of doorways blazed with about a thousand watts of brilliance and there was a smell of greasepaint and cleansing cream that she had n't encountered since having a couple of bit parts in school plays . |
| 8 | These developments could avoid the present difficulties of having to go from one service to another in search for a solution to each of a multitude of problems . |
| 9 | The government announced on Dec. 2 , 1989 , that the value of the metical would in future be linked to that of a basket of currencies , of undisclosed content , rather than to the US dollar as had been the case since Jan. 31 , 1987 . |
| 10 | The difference of level now would be that of a hierarchy of functions and sub-functions within a single language , though one might still plausibly maintain that the above sequence beginning LIFT-RIGHT-LEG was the translation of WALK in that system . |
| 11 | Moreover , Dudek 's scholarship was of a more penetrating kind than anything under which Leonard had yet sat , or was to sit , as became that of a Doctor of Letters from Columbia University . |
| 12 | Another common form of deliberate burial is that of a hoard of objects , such as coins , scrap metal or jewellery . |
| 13 | One of the first ideas towards understanding number is accordingly that of a set of objects ( cars or people , etc . ) . |
| 14 | Perhaps wisely , Robert Fullerton did not insist on that particular post , and offered the politician an easier alternative , though one considerably inferior in value to that of an inspector of customs , by suggesting that a lieutenancy of marines might be had through political interest . |
| 15 | For example , the familiar red triangular sign picturing two running children , internationally accepted as a warning to motorists that they are approaching a school , was interpreted by almost all of a sample of children as being a sign for them to observe , not one for cautioning drivers . |
| 16 | How many of a set of points at which rainfall is measured lie within 50 km of Cambridge ( relative location ) or in the rectangle defined by the lines of latitude 55°N and 58°N and the lines of longitude 1°W and 3°W ( absolute location ) ! |
| 17 | In fact , such partnerships are run as if they were limited companies , managed by executive committees with functions equivalent to those of a board of directors . |
| 18 | It is a looser form of group association , primarily defined by shared theory and practice , and its immediate social relations are often not easy to distinguish from those of a group of friends who share common interests . |
| 19 | The only eyes that ever gazed thus into his were those of a succession of dogs . |
| 20 | No systematic attempt is made at this point to resolve the many doubts about the details of Hocazade 's career , particularly the dates of his various appointments , since his career impinges on those of a number of Muftis and the conflicts are more appropriately discussed in detail where they arise in these contexts . |
| 21 | Make us more of a church of soldiers , Lord , equipped by the Holy Spirit for Christian service and daily battle . |
| 22 | ‘ And if he 's lost any of his sharpness , he has the ability and intelligence to adjust his game and become more of a supplier of goals than scorer . |
| 23 | Benjamin 's income came from any one or more of a series of sources , as we have seen : at times he earned wages as a silversmith or a clerk ; he also dabbled in the retail trade as a general salesman , and picked up some spare cash from his boarding houses . |
| 24 | If it is by Rolle , it would seem to be more of a series of prompts for meditation on the Passion than a fully worked out structure . |
| 25 | As a result , investigators are finding situations where the methane could come from one or more of a number of sources . |
| 26 | THE seller who makes a false statement in connection with the supply of goods can find himself liable in one or more of a number of ways . |
| 27 | The analysis of labour markets is complicated further by the fact that they can be defined by reference to one or more of a number of characteristics . |
| 28 | The term is now used more commonly in a broad sense in which it connotes a looser grouping of individuals , each exercising power and united by one or more of a number of features such as wealth , social origins or pre-eminence in achievement in a particular field . |
| 29 | There 's less of a history of women writing outside of themselves , writing from other points of view . |
| 30 | For instance , it would let International Relations theories refer to ‘ the international system ’ if and only if there is enough of a set of rules ( explicit , tacit , or even perhaps latent ) which international actors share and follow . |