Example sentences of "a [noun] of [noun] with [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | • interesting discussions on a variety of topics with a visiting ‘ expert ’ ( eg Reflexology , Speech Therapy , Colour Analysis , Chiropractic , Music for Children , Assertiveness , Wills ) |
| 2 | A college which has close relations with a variety of companies with a good record in training can point young people in the direction of these ‘ good ’ employers . |
| 3 | The gynaecological department at Middlesbrough is now the leading unit in Britain , treating a variety of women with the latest technology and minimum surgery . |
| 4 | employing a variety of forms with a clear awareness of audience ; |
| 5 | Leaseholders were found to have experienced a variety of problems with the management of their block , including failure on the landlord 's part to carry out repairs , too little or excessive refurbishment , estimates ‘ rigged ’ by landlords or managing agents , failure to consult leaseholders and difficulty in obtaining information about accounts and insurance . |
| 6 | Intended as well to improve the educational chances of children in the deprived inner cities , when first proposed they had the somewhat dubious appearance of being the outcome of a bright idea , one that would kill a variety of birds with the same stone : up with the inner cities ; , down with Local Authorities ; up with privatization ; down with education in the arts . |
| 7 | A variety of celery with a large edible root , celeriac makes a delicious main meal when combined with turkey and courgettes in a rich creamy sauce . |
| 8 | Stephanie unwound it like a cocoon , stroked and spread its spiky boughs , spent time and effort stabilising it in a bucket of earth with the weight from the kitchen scales . |
| 9 | I 'd go in if Marie was with me , but I 'm on my own and I might have a bit of difficulty with the menu . |
| 10 | I wanted a good start and a bit of luck with the weather . |
| 11 | His fellow-curates found him liable to vast silences , during which he twisted a bit of cotton with the fingers of both hands . |
| 12 | ‘ … embarrassing to have to trouble you like this , but we 've had a bit of bother with the sheep hereabouts . |
| 13 | A spokesman said : ‘ We 've had a bit of bother with the council but it 's sorted out now . ’ |
| 14 | Well , you know , practically , the governor or the head you see , he knows what he 's got ta work , but erm , I , I know because the lads do n't , but he generally tells them well I wan na work so and so and he gives me a bit of paper with the horses names on wants galloping . |
| 15 | Before that I was Henry VIII — it was great , apart from a bit of aggro with the wives . |
| 16 | He could n't think why it had n't occurred to him earlier , as he marched briskly ( after a bit of trouble with the door latch ) out of the pub . |
| 17 | In the road a gang of boys with a makeshift ticket bat stopped their game to look at her . |
| 18 | A course of instruction with a pre-determined timespan , content and structure , whether a short or long course . |
| 19 | For those who can afford it , a course of treatment with a professional psychotherapist may be the best answer , although it is important to select the person and the approach carefully . |
| 20 | Well before the end of 1931 radical elements within the organization had swept moderates aside and launched the CNT on a course of conflict with the Republic . |
| 21 | The one position he or she should avoid is of being a kind of co-conspirator with the politician against the legitimate interests of the audience and that , it has seemed to me lately , is an increasingly easy trap to fall into . |
| 22 | They have harmonic and melodic qualities which make them complete in themselves , yet they work together as a separate layer , in a kind of dialogue with the soprano melody . |
| 23 | Instead of going home they fled , with their mother , to the manse , and sought a kind of sanctuary with the Reverend Morris Mackenzie and his wife Jan . |
| 24 | Switzerland is 75% German and of the seven members of the governing National Executive ( a kind of Cabinet with a rotating Presidency ) , five are always German , while only two are French or Italian . |
| 25 | The relationships that created a particular kind of community were real enough , but Warming resisted the temptation to regard the community as a kind of super-organism with a life of its own . |
| 26 | This sudden introduction of personal involvement into an essay which was otherwise a dispassionate description is disruptive , and sounds as though the writer really wanted to write much more personally ( so indicating a kind of dissatisfaction with the essay as it stands ) . |
| 27 | And he drew it out actually , remember he 's only six , seven years old and what he 'd done was to put this spring loaded hanger into the back of the tube and he 'd made a kind of trigger with a little , little plastic peg , and he said here 's your gun ! |
| 28 | It was a house , a kind of shop with a rather dingy entrance . |
| 29 | The only furniture was a wardrobe , a chest of drawers with no lining paper , a straight-backed wooden chair and a narrow single bed with a carved headboard . |
| 30 | She looked round the room , furnished only with a small table , a steel chair with a plastic seat and a chest of drawers with a Formica top . |