Example sentences of "an [noun sg] of [noun] [is] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless an assemblage of tools is often found together comprising shears , combs and spindle whorls for spinning . |
| 2 | For his article , ‘ An assessment of black is best ’ , Kane assembled copious data and marshalled the support of medical scientists , coaches and sportsmen ( 1971 ) . |
| 3 | An ideology of peace is thus both cause and effect of the Buid 's situation in a larger regional system ( Gibson , in press ) . |
| 4 | These ‘ signatures ’ were mostly added by an employee of Kahnweiler 's when they reached his gallery ; this was usually , though clearly not always , within a few weeks of being painted . |
| 5 | They became a wild goose chase after an obsession of Heather 's very own , which , all else apart , cast doubt on Zohra 's confidence in her mental stability . |
| 6 | An Act of Parliament is not necessary to do that . |
| 7 | In law , then , the essence of an act of God is not so much a phenomenon which is sometimes attributed to a positive intervention of the forces of nature , but a process of nature not due to the act of man and it is this negative side which deserves emphasis . |
| 8 | An act of God is usually held to have been the spark which ignited Ceauşescu 's ambitions as a town-planner and architect of communism and spurred him to act on them . |
| 9 | But usually you want the goods , so an exchange of goods is normally considered quite acceptable . |
| 10 | The area near the Dounreay nuclear installation , where an excess of leukaemia is already well known , was within the rural high oil category . |
| 11 | An epitome of title is basically a list of the copy documents behind it , and the columns on the epitome should be appropriately completed , with each document being numbered consecutively . |
| 12 | An array of sculpture is also on view , revealing the influence of mythology and foreign culture in classical antiquity . |
| 13 | An array of sculpture is also on view , revealing the influence of mythology and foreign culture in classical antiquity . |
| 14 | An affidavit of service is only required where no defence or other evidence of service is available and judgment in default is being sought . |
| 15 | Erm the r everything else is , is , is an area of debate is n't it ? |
| 16 | An area of interest is not necessarily rectangular ; a GIS must be able to handle the general case in which the area of interest is polygonal . |
| 17 | But an acknowledgment of bias is not a license to parade personal prejudice as sound reasoning , which you do in this issue . |
| 18 | That paragraph does not give rise to the inference that an appropriation of property is not theft when there is a ‘ consent ’ — if it can be rightly so described — which is founded upon the dishonesty of the defendant . |
| 19 | However an audience of learners is not the same as the audience of native speakers for whom the film was made and the experience of some teachers has been disappointing . |
| 20 | At present an ethology of cognition is almost a contradiction in terms . |
| 21 | It is one of the advantages of this balance lift , that an increase of rise is relatively immaterial both as to the time required to make the ascent or descent and as to the cost of the parts . |
| 22 | Hence , an over-production of capital is also an over-production of commodities . |
| 23 | An intensity of energy is always present in his performances : it can be potent and concentrated ( as in late Brahms ) , or it can be layed out on a more expansive scale , as in Rachmaninov or here in the ‘ Emperor ’ . |
| 24 | The need for an element of surprise is also glaring , and it would be worth Cox 's monitoring the John Sheridan situation at Forest . |
| 25 | An element of prudence is not to be excluded . |
| 26 | Such an equilibrium of forces is not symmetry . |
| 27 | The presence of a restaurant and public toilets suggests , however , that an influx of visitors is sometimes expected , and such is the case , for across the water and soon reached by boat is the well known island of Handa . |
| 28 | In the pursuit of housework satisfaction an impression of perfectionism is easily created . |
| 29 | AN OUNCE of luck is always welcome in racing and I have to admit that I feel the most fortunate man around this morning having been asked to ride Docklands Express in the Grand National — a race I have never won . |