Example sentences of "[noun sg] of a [noun] the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Indeed , ’ said Henry , noting with the appreciation of an expert the inspector 's choice of words .
2 Following a casualty which results in the total loss of a vessel the remains of which are causing an obstruction or a danger to other shipping , the Policyholder may be requested by a Harbour Master or Receiver of Wrecks to remove the vessel .
3 In his paper on ‘ Mourning and Melancholia ’ Freud established that in depression following the loss of a love-object the ego absorbs that object into itself so that the exaggerated self-reproaches , self-deprecation and self-hatred which typify the condition can be understood as sadistic drives which have been unconsciously directed on to the object whose ‘ shadow has fallen on the ego . ’
4 They were the result of a meeting the previous day between Gorbachev and leaders of the 10 republics prepared to participate .
5 You know as the result of a fire the , the amount of money and goods that er are destroyed in the fire erm chemicals erm have come on the scene which bring with it their own particular dangers and risks from fire and from erm from the toxic effects of chemicals and the endanger to the environment .
6 If you were to die as a result of an accident the Plan would pay out up to £40,000 to your estate .
7 • If you were to die as the result of an accident the Plan would pay out £40,000 to your estate .
8 Analysis of the contractor 's programmes should begin at the tender stage so that from the onset of a contract the attainability of the programme ( and thus the completion date ) have been assessed .
9 Nevertheless she agreed to the luxury of a lie-in the following Sunday morning , even allowing her sister to fuss over her a little .
10 Six seconds of fame after hours of queueing for this fan of a fan THE Lamports had queued for four hours before they were interviewed for the Antiques .
11 In general , the longer the term of a loan the higher the interest rate .
12 The diesel car offers more and more people the benefits of reliability , longevity and fuel economy and with the aid of a catalyst the diesel car is as environmentally ‘ sound ’ as a fully catalysed petrol car .
13 It was just dawn in Shepherd 's Bush , and he could make out without the flame of a candle the narrow , tightly packed words crabbing across the paper .
14 One hostile dark eyebrow lifted briefly and a pair of diamond-hard eyes swept quickly over her , seeming to assess in the flicker of an eyelid the stylish dark red outfit she was wearing .
15 In the flicker of an eyelid the hostility had vanished and he had become a model of charm and smiling good humour , as he politely asked her all about herself and answered her questions in return .
16 In this assessment of an explanation the writer has disagreed with the main proposition and supported it by looking at the Liberal and Labour parties separately , and secondly at the other factors making for Liberal decline .
17 Executive responsibility — as part of a team the solicitor has the opportunity to participate to a greater degree than an outside solicitor in the commercial decisions resulting from advice .
18 Where oceanic lithosphere is subducted beneath another oceanic part of a plate the associated volcanic activity and produce an intra-oceanic island arc .
19 As with the basic advice for the textual part of a newsletter the message is keep it simple .
20 Secondly we have not heard of anything that has changed in this county since nineteen eighty sufficient to warrant or justify in this alteration the addition of a policy the effect of which , one one with a similar effect having been thrown out at that time .
21 Your share price seemed to take a bit of a knock the other day when Roy made some comments about referring media conglomerates to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission .
22 Clearly , one aim is to ensure the election of a Parliament the House of Commons of which is of an efficient size , and the Members of which are elected in such a way that the vote of one elector is worth the same as another , neither more nor less .
23 As a measure of the characteristics of the sediment they are of limited value , but as a method of characterizing the central segment of a curve the Trask Sorting coefficient or its equivalent , the phi Quartile Deviation may have some value .
24 For the main part , however , basic techniques are not employed correctly yet within the framework of a method the standard achieved is dependent on technique .
25 ‘ And whatever kind of a rogue the quare fella is , he 's a good son to Minnie , is n't he ? ’
26 Then you 'd put the flimsy over it and then there was a kind of a an e an absorbent kind of a rag the right size , not too wet , cos if it was too wet it would run .
27 Well I think that it 's difficult to say exactly what kind of an institution the European Parliament will turn out to be .
28 For this reason , the FRED proposes that on the expiry of a warrant the amount previously recognised in shareholders ' funds be recognised in the statement of total recognised gains and losses .
29 They were down to the last roll of flowered wrapping paper– The shop had the look of a battlefield the morning after .
30 In the course of a year the Sun passes through the 12 constellations of the Zodiac .
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