Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun sg] of [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead , it is sometimes useful to envisage a three-fold classification of constraints on transport availability for households . |
| 2 | On the Vistula delta the Mennonites bred black and white Friesian cattle just as their ancestors in Holland had done , and grew sugar-beet , tomatoes , rye , and a resilient variety of wheat on the rich alluvial soil . |
| 3 | WSR Company Chairman Dennis Taylor flagged off the first passenger train to call at the halt since 1990 on Tuesday , July 14 , accompanied by a grateful family of holidaymakers from the nearby holiday park who were spared the longer walk to Watchet . |
| 4 | The Palestinians are determined to reach agreement on Israel recognising the PLO before they will sign a historic declaration of principles on Palestinian self-rule worked out in months of secret talks between the two sides . |
| 5 | Jenny sat down , laughing even louder and eventually Antony , a pleasant glow of satisfaction in his mind , sat down laughing also . |
| 6 | Invite one person — perhaps to a meal ( you have prepared first ) — and you have an opportunity of a pleasant evening of conversation in your own home . |
| 7 | Worker ants sweep a rich flow of food from a wide catchment area into a central hoard which is a sitting target for freeloaders . |
| 8 | There are both native woodland and conifer plantations which gives a rich mosaic of habitats for wildlife . |
| 9 | Those who have cottoned on to the streak of genius in Brittain 's seemingly eccentric modus operandi have struck a rich vein of gold as the stable 's horses are often priced a good deal longer than they should be . |
| 10 | If social research always followed in the wake of social trends , there should be a rich vein of studies in which Black families , and Black women within these families , describe their poverty . |
| 11 | No other class of records provides such a rich vein of information on farming systems , old crafts and industries , household arrangements , furniture , utensils and the provision of credit in the form of bills , bonds and mortgages . |
| 12 | CHA make it easy by providing walking guides for groups — our group consisted of a rich mix of walkers of all ages and nationalities . |
| 13 | Gingko biloba is a deciduous conifer with beautifully shaped leaves which turn a rich shade of golden-yellow before falling . |
| 14 | As both soloist and conductor , Mr Jacobs is responsible for a rich catalogue of recordings for Harmonia Mundi in a vast repertoire that includes Buxtehude , Carissimi , Cavalli , Cesti , Marenzio , Monteverdi , Pergolesi and Schütz . |
| 15 | The Newsom Report provides a rich archive of information on the ways in which , by the early 1960s , the secondary modems had developed . |
| 16 | The destination — as so often with this ship — was Honduras in Central America , quite a rich source of exports to England at the time , including the mahogany which was used for so much 19th-century furniture . |
| 17 | If the Church provided the institutional framework within which Serbian national culture could be nurtured , the oral folk traditions of the peasants provided a rich source of inspiration to those who needed reassurance that the nation would eventually rise against its oppressors . |
| 18 | Farmers ' ingenuity in designing new bits of farm machinery and modifying existing tackle has always provided a rich source of features for this magazine . |
| 19 | Novels have been a rich source of material for the film industry since the talkies were introduced , and it 's very interesting to see how both classic and contemporary novels require skilled adaptation of the dialogue to make sufficient dramatic impact in a film . |
| 20 | This documentation is itself a rich source of material for evaluation . |
| 21 | Facial expression is a rich source of information regarding the emotional state of the individual and some evidence of this can be found in the amount of space and time authors and playwrights give to describing the facial changes in their characters . |
| 22 | One-and-a-bit pence per mile does n't sound much , but multiplied into billions , even trillions , of user-miles , it is a rich seam of gold for cash-strapped governments . |
| 23 | I lay there in a sort of wonderment , listening to a rich world of sound about me . |
| 24 | A glance at any newspaper will yield a rich crop of identifications of individuals in terms of the social role relevant to the news item . |
| 25 | This feature permits the investigation of a rich array of questions concerning individual 's labour market decisions . |
| 26 | This was n't even by the rusty old tramp which brought stores to Danu once a month , but on a smaller wooden vessel , captained by a cut-throat old Bugi from Makassar , whose bilge pumps were perpetually squirting a drooping arc of water from the sides . |
| 27 | Get them ( a ) to supply you with book lists and reading lists ( b ) to give you a dated list of topics to be discussed , so that you can study them before the date on which they will be treated ( c ) to become accustomed to questions from the class . |
| 28 | A sing-song round the fire perchance , a few spooky tales to swop , and then a friendly round of goodnights before slipping off to dreamland on a clean and functional bunk . |
| 29 | Wytch Farm proved more than a match for Savills , the property services and estate management consultants to BPX , during a friendly game of cricket in August . |
| 30 | By an extensive study of the tracheae which precede , and in a general sense coincide with the positions of the veins , these writers constructed a hypothetical system of venation from which all others might be derived ( Comstock , 1918 ) . |