Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a variable period of fasting recording , depending on the assessment of the occurrence of a phase III , subjects were given an egg and mayonnaise sandwich , to stimulate the fed pattern . |
| 2 | In a retrospective study of 110 patients with rheumatoid arthritis who had surgical treatment we found recurrence of their cervical instability after a mean interval of nine years in 5.5% of patients with atlantoaxial subluxation who required only atlantoaxial fusion — but a 36% recurrence rate after a mean interval of 2.6 years in patients with atlantoaxial subluxation and atlantoaxial impaction who required fusion from the occiput to C3 . |
| 3 | In a retrospective study of 110 patients with rheumatoid arthritis who had surgical treatment we found recurrence of their cervical instability after a mean interval of nine years in 5.5% of patients with atlantoaxial subluxation who required only atlantoaxial fusion — but a 36% recurrence rate after a mean interval of 2.6 years in patients with atlantoaxial subluxation and atlantoaxial impaction who required fusion from the occiput to C3 . |
| 4 | Finally , nine patients with typical primary sclerosing cholangitis subsequently developed biliary tract stones after a mean interval of 58.7 months from diagnosis . |
| 5 | Patients in their 80s now constitute 3.5% of those undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting at the Mayo Clinic ; 79% of 115 survivors were free of angina after a mean period of 29 months . |
| 6 | The case notes from all patients were reviewed and a follow up questionnaire was sent after a mean period of four years to those 72 still alive , of which 56 replied . |
| 7 | Five per cent complained of diarrhoea that resolved after a slight reduction of the bile acid medication . |
| 8 | I had spent Monday , after a cursory check of the Poles , making one or two repairs and improvements to the Factory , working through the afternoon until my eyes got sore and my father had to call up to me to come down for my dinner . |
| 9 | If a patient returns after a prolonged course of antibiotic therapy and is still found to be harbouring the ubiquitous pus cell in the urethra , then it may well be that he has reinfected himself from his , as yet untreated , sexual partner . |
| 10 | After a prolonged course of elemental diet an elimination diet was repeated and it became evident that he was profoundly sensitive to salicylate . |
| 11 | Similarly , it is shrewd of him to play for the internationalist vote after a prolonged period of sullen Little Englandism during which Labour threatened to withdraw from the Common Market and called into question this country 's role within Nato . |
| 12 | THE APPOINTMENT of Robert Louis-Dreyfus as Saatchi 's chief executive and Charles Scott as financial director comes after a prolonged period of musical chairs involving top management . |
| 13 | Renewed progress was made , after a prolonged period of decline , when Catherine II 's acquisition of the northern coast of the Black Sea initiated a major shipbuilding programme . |
| 14 | Zimbabwe , now independent for a decade after a prolonged war of liberation against a white minority regime , has been primarily concerned to throw off its colonial legacy . |
| 15 | Recent internal disagreements within the MNR had culminated in a death threat which Lozada reportedly received , at gunpoint , from congressional deputy Ciro Humboldt Barrero after a turbulent meeting of MNR leaders in the southern city of Sucre , the official capital . |
| 16 | After a transitional period of three years from 1 January 1992 , such companies will only be operable as part of a solicitors ' incorporated practice . |
| 17 | After a long-winded description of the historical background to the war , and survey of the situation in the east — hinting that the war would continue to drag on over the coming winter — Hitler , in the part of the speech which attracted most attention , demanded full powers to act immediately and ruthlessly ‘ independent of person and status ’ where anyone was found not to be fulfilling his duties to the ‘ people 's community ’ and failing in the war effort and promised an ‘ inexorable challenge to every form of corruption and omission of duty ’ . |
| 18 | After a painstaking analysis of the data , Kepler arrived at his three laws of planetary motion , that planets move in elliptical orbits around the sun , that a line joining a planet to the sun sweeps out equal areas in equal times , and that the square of the period of a planet is proportional to the cube of its mean distance from the sun . |
| 19 | A salutary cautionary note is sounded by Zillmann who concludes after a painstaking review of experimental evidence that ‘ the amount of relevant data on animal aggression from both laboratory and field investigations is nearly overwhelming . |
| 20 | After a heroic week of earth moving , he went down with heatstroke . |
| 21 | Others who were present held that the altar could be used again without any reconsecration , after a simple ceremony of reconciliation . |
| 22 | The satisfaction may be deflected or inhibited after a certain degree of it has been obtained , and then Freud speaks of ‘ instincts which are inhibited in respect of their aim ’ . |
| 23 | The right to buy their home ( after a certain period of tenancy and subject to meeting financial criteria ) . |
| 24 | Coleridge was under contract to the Morning Post , and had to spend some time in London ; but in October 1799 he walked in the Lake District with William and John Wordsworth , and after a certain period of indecision arrived at Greta Hall , Keswick , with his wife and family in August 1800 . |
| 25 | After a certain period of time denying the cravings for fats and carbohydrates , the mind and body simply rebel . |
| 26 | Every loan should be followed up after a certain period of time . |
| 27 | After a certain amount of small talk , he says casually , ‘ Perhaps I might drop by some time . |
| 28 | Some require good manual dexterity , for example , the handling of forceps , the removal of clips and bandaging all require fine movements , and can be learnt only after a certain amount of practice . |
| 29 | The aim is to be the first rider over the finish line after a certain amount of time . |
| 30 | After a certain amount of deliberation , I decided to use Form 14 from Volume 22 of the Encyclopaedia for the agreement and Form 29 for the lease . |