Example sentences of "of a [noun sg] of [noun] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the absence of a Ministry of Justice the Home Office has acquired its responsibilities for criminal justice piecemeal over many years . |
| 2 | I know that his party would have preferred a separate Bill for Scotland , introduced by the Scottish Office , but it understands that because of a shortage of time the only way to achieve its objective is for one Bill to cover England , Wales and Scotland . |
| 3 | The other man was in no particular rush to be anywhere , being newly-divorced and having been thrust back into bedsit-land alone and at the age of forty-two , but out of a range of possibilities the prospect of hanging around on a station platform with Joe Lucas had to rank among the lowest . |
| 4 | To enable investigation of a plurality of views the modelling framework will be one which is designed to answer counterfactual or ‘ as if ’ questions rather than one which attempts to predict what the position of the economy will be in a number of years . |
| 5 | Where the Act prohibits exclusion of a head of liability the clause which seeks to exclude that liability remains valid and can be enforced in relation to other heads of liability , subject to the other provisions of the Act . |
| 6 | Under the guidance of a Head of Section the postholder will enforce all Trading Standards legislation , investigate complaints and provide advice and assistance to trade , industry and consumers as appropriate . |
| 7 | Benjamin explains the fact that film reception seems to be not only critical but also ‘ distracted ’ , the form not only a succession of ‘ shocks ’ but also a wraparound cultural environment , by means of an analogy with architecture , ‘ prototype of a work of art the reception of which is consummated by a collectivity in a state of distraction ’ ( ibid : 241 ) . |
| 8 | It is only part of a battery of equipment the cosmonauts use to counter the prolonged effect of weightlessness but it is an important one and some alternative will have to be found before women undertake long duration flights . |
| 9 | ‘ In the execution of a letter of request the person concerned may refuse to give evidence in so far as he has a privilege or duty to refuse to give the evidence — ( a ) under the law of the state of execution ; or ( b ) under the law of the state of origin … |
| 10 | In the case of a breach of condition the buyer has the additional right to reject the goods and recover the price . |
| 11 | Following assessment and successful completion of a period of consolidation the nurse is then encouraged to proceed into a two part professional studies programme which leads to the National Board for Scotland Diploma in Professional Studies . |
| 12 | We asked principal carers , therefore , which of a list of symptoms the person they cared for suffered from . |
| 13 | In the case of a star of mass the time constant is of the order , which means that when the signals from the probe begin to fade they do so quickly . |