Example sentences of "an [noun sg] of the [noun] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The numbers of Indians at stations did indeed become an index of the distance the American traveller had journeyed westwards . |
| 2 | An indication of the expectations the Act has aroused among fund managers can be gauged from the fact that , just over a year ago , merchant bankers Kleinwort Benson decided to bring together previously dispersed skills and set up a specialised division , headed by Rupert Marlow , to look after their charities fund management . |
| 3 | The evidence already cited on the worsening position of the poorest in the unemployment stakes suggests that these assumptions will lead to an underestimate of the difficulties the poor have in finding work . |
| 4 | Although the " offices " might be peripatetic , going outside Rome with the pope , and although the pope might still play a dominant personal part , only a total reversal of policy — an annihilation of the authority the papacy had set itself to achieve during the previous 150 years — could have stemmed the march towards authority and central administrative offices . |
| 5 | In the event , the formula was never put to the test , but it provides an idea of the way the Palace would expect to pass the buck . |
| 6 | As part of our continuing review of quality systems , we are completing an evaluation of the way the new system has worked in the first year . |
| 7 | You should try to form an impression of the person the adjectives describe . |