Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [be] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In all cases it is necessary that the defendant specifically pleads that a certain term in a contract is in unreasonable restraint of trade . |
| 2 | SAVE 's contention was that the entrance to a park was of crucial importance , however distant it was from the house itself . |
| 3 | However , the fact that a dictionary is in machine-readable form does not necessarily mean that the required information is instantly available — pre-processing may be necessary to organise the information . |
| 4 | The radiating ribs of a fan are of equal length and the bounding line is in the form of a semicircle . |
| 5 | And when a club is in dire straits there is a tendency to be over-critical , but Everton are not just in trouble , they are in big trouble . |
| 6 | Indeed , not only was there a tremendous rapport between the members of the company , there was also a recognizable repartee between them , led by Ken , which was so fast that unless he actually knew the language , a stranger was in foreign territory . |
| 7 | Japlac complies with BS 5665 Part 3 1989 and the European Toy Safety Standard EN71 Part 3 1988 , enabling you to give an exceptionally glossy finish to toys , nursery furniture , climbing frames , and indeed any surface where the safety of a child is of tantamount importance . |
| 8 | The actions of such a council are of general public importance and the free discussion of their activities is one aspect of the right of freedom of expression which is of the utmost importance . |
| 9 | The truth is , few people believe that revelations are going to be made to them in dreams — and even on the rare occasions that an individual really felt a dream was of overwhelming " significance " , the so-called dream-books could only taken in the most gullible . |
| 10 | A burn is from dry heat and a scald is from wet , but the first-aid treatment is the same for both . |
| 11 | Such a test is of obvious value to the shoemaker and is the correct test to use but it is not an easy one to analyse in terms of material as opposed to constructional variables . |
| 12 | Within each realm there is a hierarchy , so in very general terms in the physical sphere a skin rash or a cold is of minor significance whereas a heart , lung or brain disease is much more serious . |
| 13 | A burn is from dry heat and a scald is from wet , but the first-aid treatment is the same for both . |
| 14 | It means that similar — perhaps even dissimilar — species of plants and trees , growing in a group are in constant communication with each other . |
| 15 | If a body was in poor condition , family viewing was virtually impossible due , in some cases , to lack of expertise . |
| 16 | The rate of economic growth in Britain slowed down and for a period was in absolute decline . |
| 17 | High-tech tools are of little help here , and even a saw is of limited use : it 's a job for mallet and chisel . |
| 18 | When a product is in regular production , however , there may be , with the passage of time , unsuspected and undetected changes in raw materials , methods of product handling or some other change that can affect the stability of the product . |
| 19 | In cost-benefit analysis , the more important a site is in conservation terms , the smaller the monetary value placed on it when calculating likely compensation payments to be incurred by a road scheme . |
| 20 | Management is harder when risk factor stratification shows that a person is at increased risk but does not have a likely or predominant mechanism at which treatment can be targeted . |
| 21 | Such a development is of doubtful desirability . |
| 22 | But at Rediscovering Pompeii there are enough screens to satisfy demand , and a technician is in regular attendance . |
| 23 | A Merkhet is on permanent exhibition in the Science Museum , London . |
| 24 | The second — much less scientific — is that the arguments put forward in popular potboilers supporting such a notion are in general so specious that one is embarrassed to allow oneself to be associated with them . |
| 25 | A Bill may be ‘ hybrid ’ , i.e. whilst the Bill as a whole is of general application , it contains particular provisions applying to particular persons specifically . |
| 26 | By comparison , 36% of men in the population as a whole were in non-manual occupations and 64% in manual occupations ( OPCS , 1989 , Tables 9.29 and 10.1 . |
| 27 | The main interest of barley to a smallholder is as stock feed , particularly for fattening pigs or poultry . |
| 28 | On the other hand , the monetarist recommends that control of the money supply should be the major concern of the monetary authorities and that such a policy is of paramount importance for the conduct of macroeconomic policy . |
| 29 | In many ways , I feel , such a policy is against proper footwork , so then , of course , bodywork becomes so important . |
| 30 | In one review Apollinaire referred to ‘ the very abstract painting of Mondrian ’ , and added in another , ‘ his trees and his portrait of a woman are of great interest . ’ |