Example sentences of "of an [noun sg] of [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First race there twelve fifty the going at the moment is good but they have had a quarter of an inch of rain overnight so of course I suppose there 's every chance it could go to good to soft by this afternoon . |
| 2 | That 's about a third of an inch of rain overnight and again it 's gon na be wet for the rest of the day . |
| 3 | An eighth of an inch of rain overnight but that should n't make any difference at all but a wet windy day . |
| 4 | Our courts have refused to consider the validity of an Act of Parliament either on the ground that Parliament had no power to pass it or on the ground that the statute had been improperly passed . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's a refreshing change to hear of an act of goodwill rather than yet another tale of violence and vandalism , ’ says marketing manager Ken James . |
| 6 | The income of Henry Tudor was perhaps three times that of Henry VI in 1433 , but it was not of an order of magnitude greatly different from that of the richer medieval kings . |
| 7 | Morland J. held that there is no valid distinction between a private trading company and a local authority for the purposes of an action of libel not alleged to have caused actual financial damage . |
| 8 | You must develop the ability to find the centre of an area of lift quickly instead of losing it , and you can not have too much practice and experience . |
| 9 | References in the text of the rules to ‘ custody ’ and ‘ observation ’ support a decision that the court could properly order the sending of an item of property out of the jurisdiction , in the instant case to South Africa , so that it could be identified by a witness whose evidence was being taken on commission there . |