Example sentences of "a [noun] of [noun] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Babies are conceived for a variety of reasons apart from basic urges — some over a wayward partner who shows signs of straying from the fold ; in competition with a sister who has recently conceived or in determination to produce the first grandchild . |
| 2 | At the newer universities and polytechnics the process of institutional growth had led to a variety of adjustments both in the modes of teaching ( most notably through the introduction of the seminar ) and curriculum ( with a more modern and selective emphasis , and the use of the period study ) . |
| 3 | Algal , lichen and moss communities grow wherever there is a hint of moisture , in a variety of habitats all over the continent . |
| 4 | All such knowledge must be of value in nursing , where a wide range of people from a broad range of cultures are cared for daily in a variety of contexts both at home and in the hospital setting . |
| 5 | information , er , they did it on erm , one of the programmes they actually put a bucket of water actually on the equator , I do n't know if you saw it . |
| 6 | As violence continues in Sarajevo , the United Nations has asked France to delay sending a squadron of helicopters there for safety reasons . |
| 7 | I sometimes like to think it was my eloquence , but the fact of the matter is that if I had got up on my hind legs and suggested a bit of Karaoke instead of the morning service , they would have leaped at it . |
| 8 | Mind you , I think they 've had a bit of luck lately with a couple of wealthy chaps coming to live in the area and showing signs of interest . ’ |
| 9 | He put it away , a bit of hesitation there in the Oxford United defence , and it 's a goal to Spurs scored by Gary Mafford , in fact he 's put the ball in the net ; mistake from Andy Melville gave Spurs a corner , the ball was n't cleared , Gascoigne played a one two , was blocked by United , it came out to Mafford in the end and the goal 's in so Spurs take the lead after eight minutes . |
| 10 | Half a tick — I 've got a bit of bumph somewhere with the drill in case of air raids . ’ |
| 11 | Reggane was forty miles away , with a bit of sand just before it , but nothing serious . |
| 12 | I saw him play last week against Sunderland reserves , he had another magnificent game , his passing was absolutely immaculate — got a good goal , hit a great volley that for another goal ; he can just pass the ball , and I think that 's what we 've lacked a little bit of , er a bit of guard sometimes for our midfield . |
| 13 | JB : There 's a bit of painting there on the wall that I rather like — well in fact I do like it , it took 20 minutes . |
| 14 | Steep routes , close to the road , sunshine , pleasant surroundings and generally good quality rock ; plus there 's a bit of adventure away from the crowds for those prepared to look for it . |
| 15 | The dealer got more and more paranoid sitting there , noticing these two guys in the corner who kept looking at a bit of paper then at him , then having a bit of a conflab . |
| 16 | do you remember the time though as being , you , you certainly imply that it was a , a time when there was a quite a bit of unrest perhaps at the complexity of the scheme , as much as anything else . |
| 17 | So erm I 've got a bit of time also in which to apply for a few things and go and see a few people erm |
| 18 | Begged a bit of dosh together by laying a hat on the floor down the underground and sucking a harmonica . |
| 19 | Well I I know I 'm putting you under a bit of pressure here on the basis that erm it 's lovely to be able to have a choice . |
| 20 | So you had a bit of swamp just off the bottom of your garden |
| 21 | For this general practitioners are rewarded with an income below the national average and a level of frustration much above it . |
| 22 | This had been the basic premise of a proposal made in late August by the Netherlands ( holder of the presidency of the Council of Ministers in the second half of 1991 ) specifying four conditions for economic convergence : ( i ) a high degree of price stability , indicated by a level of inflation close to that of the best-performing state for a two-year period ; ( ii ) a sustainable government financial position , indicated by budget deficits deemed not to be excessive ; ( iii ) currency within the 2.5 per cent fluctuation margins of the exchange rate mechanism ( ERM ) of the European Monetary System for at least two years without devaluation against other member state 's currency ; and ( iv ) a close approximation of comparable interest rates to those member states with the best performance in terms of price stability . |
| 23 | Then , on Tuesday 22nd , a blast a Hampstead tube station disrupted late shopping , and a security alert temporarily closed a branch of Books Etc in the City of London . |
| 24 | Summarizing , we can conclude that the GGGCCC motif seems to adopt a strongly curved conformation with a direction of curvature opposite to and the magnitude similar to the A-tracts . |
| 25 | The checks and balances of the US system lead to a fragmentation of power both within the executive and between it and the legislative branch , while executive dominance within the Canadian parliamentary system assures a more unitary approach . |
| 26 | ‘ The fact that the regime has so quickly and so completely imploded in East Germany could risk a reunification of Germany almost by default before long , ’ one diplomat said . |
| 27 | It would be a foolish and expensive form of self-indulgence to pay for a course of treatment just for the pleasure of making up fancy tales about previous incarnations . |
| 28 | It was possible , of course , that their man had taken his taxi to a part of London far from the place he was staying in . |
| 29 | Yet a kind of relief now at writing all this down . |
| 30 | In his view , in the 1970s the drop in children available for adoption led adoption pressure groups to advocate a kind of fostering closer to adoption , with the natural parents having fewer rights to intervene in the foster placement . |