Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [noun] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the New York borough of Queens a policeman rescued 13 children from a van trapped on a flooded road . |
| 2 | On Nov. 10 President Bush outlined to the National Association of Realtors a new $4,200 million housing initiative . |
| 3 | However , if the unit is likely to receive a great deal of use a higher capacity type ( such as six HP7 size cells in a plastic holder ) would probably be a more economic means of powering the unit . |
| 4 | Determine the electric field on the axis of a charged ring of radius a carrying a uniform line charge of p1 coulomb per unit length . |
| 5 | We shall assume that a ring of radius a situated in the z = 0 plane carries a current I ( Fig. 3.6 ) and we wish to determine the magnetic field at the point |
| 6 | It seemed clear to many that with the defeat of France a glorious peace was imminent . |
| 7 | Power Launcher takes speed of use a stage further , and also prompts the user to think a little more deeply about the way he works . |
| 8 | Ruth interrupted petulantly , refusing to give the mention of marriage a thought . |
| 9 | Division B's managers would probably reject this offer as they would see each unit costing that division £90 ( £50 + £40 ) but yielding only £80 ; Division B would make a loss of £10 a unit by selling at £80 . |
| 10 | The loss for the quarter of $285m , $0.50 a share , was in line with analysts ' estimates , which averaged at a loss of $0.49 a share , and cost controls are seen to be improving . |
| 11 | The loss for the quarter of $285m , $0.50 a share , was in line with analysts ' estimates , which averaged at a loss of $0.49 a share , and cost controls are seen to be improving . |
| 12 | As the result of excavations a certain amount has been discovered about life in the pre-historic era , and much has been published . |
| 13 | As the result of excavations a certain amount has been discovered about life in the pre-historic era , and much has been published . |
| 14 | I find the randomness of prostitutes a real turn-on . |
| 15 | Domesday shows that they provided Edward the Confessor with a revenue of £53 a year and the three works of the king — probably the maintenance of fortresses and bridges , and service in the army . |
| 16 | But with the Prime Minister at his shoulder and access to the seat of government a telephone call away , the new master in Century found such small irritations as insignificant as the raw blistered skin below his collar . |
| 17 | ‘ Humility and humour ’ were essential requirements , and Stirling declared that ‘ the S.A.S. brooks no sense of class … the idea of a crack regiment is one officered by aristocracy … in the S.A.S. we share with the Brigade of Guards a deep respect for quality , but we have an entirely different outlook . |
| 18 | What an interesting study of farewells a railway station affords . |
| 19 | This vital human element makes the study of penality a complex and uncertain business . |
| 20 | Thus by the outbreak of war a number of questions and problems had forced themselves onto the agendas of middle-class society , and by the end of the war all these factors were resolved into one major consideration : the nature and control of ‘ industrial democracy ’ . |
| 21 | In the months up to the outbreak of war a major cause of dispute was the status of non-practising Jews . |
| 22 | Within months of the outbreak of war a group of young men , most of them in the ILP , had established the No-Conscription Fellowship ( NCF ) . |
| 23 | It is therefore part of the mix of benefits a company offers its customers , although it differs in essence since the initial objective is to minimise its necessity . |
| 24 | He pledged : ‘ The Government has no intention of engineering a short-lived boom that would lead swiftly to higher inflation and higher interest rates . |
| 25 | Not every piece of work a child undertakes needs to proceed through successive stages of drafting . |
| 26 | The brace was permanently embedded in the earth surrounding the cottage ; a crude , heavy piece of metal a foot wide and three inches thick with a second , smaller ‘ collar ’ fixed by old-fashioned wing-screws to the base . |
| 27 | Changing the smallest details can give a piece of furniture a completely different look . |
| 28 | Also , the land which stretches back to Rockhill Farm from Swingswang on the opposite side of that road is all part and parcel of the County Council smallholdings , and only two fields away they sold off a piece of land a few years ago which has now been developed on to the frontage of the Banbury Road , which is in fact the Cromwell Business Park . |
| 29 | Well tha no that was n't padded that was for do n't quite know what they wanted to do with that erm but there was erm a face that was built up with three different sizes of felt , small , next size , next size up , not not much bigger each time , then you had a piece of calico a little bit bigger , you did a running thread all round the outside and pulled it so that it , lapped over the felt which you had stitched down first . |
| 30 | Blessed by the Holy Spirits the Lord and giver of life midwife of change catalyst inspiration the carpenter pregnant with a piece of God a distributor revealing the truth we abhor . |