Example sentences of "of [noun] a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it is generally aimed at specific styles of mineralisation a wide range of elements are determined and a variety of techniques used . |
| 2 | Is a trace of insanity a necessary prerequisite for originality ? |
| 3 | His eyes were on Meredith , who was framed against the peeling ochre wall , her flame-burst of hair a startling contrast to her pale cream skin and the delicate snowflakes which lay scattered on her head like confetti . |
| 4 | These combinations , as they are called , involve simple one-step punching and blocking techniques , but even of beginners a greater variety of kicks is expected , nor surprisingly in view of the emphasis that taekwondo places upon them . |
| 5 | ( It should be noted here that the groom himself is of necessity a classifactory cross-cousin of the bride , for the rule is that all marriages must be between kinsmen of the same caste . |
| 6 | It is estimated that they have fallen from a peak of £62 a square foot to £38 . |
| 7 | In the context of the mental models theory of comprehension a specific account of anaphor interpretation must be developed . |
| 8 | That night I walked part of my way home with one of the other pupils , who lived in a group of houses a short distance from the school . |
| 9 | Advocacy is of course a central component in each , without which they would be weaker , but so , at the same time , is a certain scepticism and distance . |
| 10 | Waterford as highly encouraging — exploration between Kilmeaden and Kilmacthomas found primary gold traces of nearly two ounces per tonne — though this is of course a long way from a commercial proposition . |
| 11 | I presume that the before the mellowing year , the premature moment at which he 's dedicating himself is of course a personal reference concerning his own youth . |
| 12 | Indeed , instead of starting from the misleading contrast between ‘ material ’ and ‘ cultural ’ , we have to define two areas for analysis : first , the relations between these material means and the social forms within which they are used ( this is of course a general problem in social analysis , but the discussion is limited , here , to cultural means and forms ) ; and , second , the relations between these material means and social forms and the specific ( artistic ) forms which are a manifest cultural production ( these will be discussed in the succeeding chapters ) . |
| 13 | There is of course a famous poem by Mallarme on exactly that subject about how awful this white , virgin sheet of paper is . |
| 14 | Their solution was of course a key objective of the Powick project , which was still at an early operational stage in 1979 . |
| 15 | Local government is now of course a major provider of services to the citizen . |
| 16 | The hon. Gentleman is of course a great expert in hypocrisy , and in the Community too — because he served as a European Member of Parliament when he was last defeated as a Member of the House of Commons ; no doubt he will have to return there after the next general election . |
| 17 | Obviously the two works are very different : Paul McCartney started out without a classical music background , just with a guitar , some songs and of course a phenomenal gift for making the simple things in music work . |
| 18 | Davidson , who was of course a committed partisan of Baldwin 's , but a sufficiently skilful one to couch his arguments in moderate terms , probably got nearest to the nub of Curzon 's failings in a memorandum which he wrote for Stamfordham and through hint for the King . |
| 19 | Of course a certain amount of caution is necessary , for how else is the child to learn that he should not put his hand in the fire or stick his finger into an electric socket ? |
| 20 | There was of course a massive mistake in that general election campaign , but it was n't of the trade union making . |
| 21 | ‘ T is of course a flying muse by recent appointment to the Edinburgh International Festival . |
| 22 | Now my my conclusion from that , and I think is a conclusion which has been supported by the public on con during the consultation exercise on the Greater York study , was that peripheral development around Greater York would have an undue impact on the historic character of the city , and that of course is the fundamental , the protection of which is of course a fundamental aim of planning around Greater York . |
| 23 | She had of course a long-lasting career after that ; her voice survived , a little worn and reduced in range but still sturdy and steady , till retirement in 1951 , and her bestknown operatic recordings ( the HMV Rosenkavalier and first two acts of Die Walküre were made in her mid and late forties . |
| 24 | There is of course a fine line between ‘ direct support ’ and ‘ regular monitoring ’ but the main distinction is that people in the previous category were visited at least once a week to give support or help , whereas people in the ‘ monitoring only ’ category were visited about once a fortnight or once a month so that the development officer could ‘ see how things were going ’ . |
| 25 | It was of course a Whig jibe about his resistance to the Reform Bill and an indirect allusion to the iron shutters which Wellington installed at Apsley House to withstand the missiles of pro-Reform Bill mobs in the early 1830s . |
| 26 | It is of course a plausible pattern in educational terms , particularly in fields where practice involves the application of theory , as is more the case with natural science-based professions . |
| 27 | Er and erm that is of course a large section of our audience also . |
| 28 | There is of course a continuing controversy over whether the bureaucratic bourgeoisie of senior military , civil , party , co-operative and industrial administrators constitute a distinct class ; or whether they merely form part of a larger and more differentiated social stratum ; whether such a class is dominant or subservient to metropolitan capital ; where the boundary around such a class should be drawn ; whether it is fully formed or not , and whether the power of the state is equivalent to the power of the bureaucracy as a social entity ( Murray 1967 ; Leys 1976 ; Zieman and Lanzendorfer 1977 ) . |
| 29 | Forecasting employment land requirements over a period of fifteen years is of course a difficult exercise at any time . |
| 30 | There is of course a special interest in South Essex where the people are concerned that while the government wanted to give aid to South Essex because of its unemployment , this was unfortunately stopped by commissioner Mr and also of course by commissioner Mr Milan solely on their decisions and this is a fact that all the papers assisted area status was put forward by the government for South Essex . |