Example sentences of "of a [noun] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If 2342 scan lines from the MSS are placed together like the rows of a matrix then the distance from the first to the last scan line is just about 185 km . |
| 2 | The most important modification of the draft , agreed after several hours of reportedly heated debate , was the omission of a clause whereby the declaration would take immediate effect . |
| 3 | A fraction of a second later a wash of flame played over the stones where they had been standing . |
| 4 | A sodium azide-based gas generator inflates the bag with nitrogen in a fraction of a second when a sensor detects a sudden deceleration . |
| 5 | Early results of the DSR ( Dream State Reactivity ) — the so called , Night Jerk — research suggest the remarkable possibility that the inhibiting function of the DSD ( Dream Suppression Device ) , sometimes referred to as the ‘ Gateway ’ , may indeed be chemically overridden for periods as great as .073 of a second when the brain is in Dream Mode ; this state being identifiable by the usual REM ( Rapid Eye Movement ) sleep and related EEG brain rhythms . |
| 6 | How far laymen would have disapproved of his behaviour is another matter , for concubinage of a type whereby a married man could also have a relationship with a woman who had a recognised position and whose children might share in the inheritance had been common among Germanic peoples , and may still have existed in England in Cnut 's day . |
| 7 | Lazy bitch , she was : lying on this couch day after day feeling too bad to move ; but she could go upstairs and carry out the duties of a wife whenever the fancy took her . |
| 8 | For he can see in the X-ray picture of a chest only the shadows of the heart and ribs , with a few spidery blotches between them . |
| 9 | The new work also involved the construction of a road over a quarter of a mile long but no unexpected difficulties were experienced , either with this or the realigned route of the railway . |
| 10 | A quarter of a century ago the news broke that scientists had come near to taming the hydrogen bomb and turning fusion power into a source of energy for power stations . |
| 11 | Andrew married Chrissie K. , daughter of a shoemaker also a compositor , while Katie married an electrical engineer , son of an engineer . |
| 12 | There were no cries — no spitting of a cat , no squealing of a rabbit only the crackling of twigs and the tearing of the grass in violence . |
| 13 | It must be something of a surprise today the announcement ? |
| 14 | They escaped the scene of a massacre just a week ago , and have used the time since to come to terms with their ordeal . |
| 15 | The process of achievement of a state where the self is receptive to the love of God is that of a balancing act . |
| 16 | His caravan site is a quarter of a mile up the valley from his house at a place called Miller 's Bottom — here , it 's marked . |
| 17 | of a vehicle namely a … |
| 18 | The irrigation schemes in the Sudan , including the Gezira project , provide an example of a case where a poor response from tenant farmers , for a variety of reasons , has consistently dogged the major rehabilitation projects financed by the World Bank and other donors in the early 1980s . |
| 19 | Shill 's suggestion that his wife committed suicide was dashed by the evidence of Dr Norris , who insisted that most of the head injuries would have been impossible to achieve by someone attempting suicide and that , in the annals of crime , he had yet to hear of a case where a person attempted suicide by bashing his head with a flat iron . |
| 20 | Luton headmaster Brian Round tells of a case where a teacher was accused of rape . |
| 21 | So it could in theory , but I can not conceive of a case where a doctor , faced with the refusal of a mentally competent 16-year-old to having an abortion , would terminate the pregnancy merely upon the consent of the girl 's parents . |
| 22 | I heard recently of a case where a director nearing retirement was advised to restrict his salary and pay higher dividends , purely on the grounds that this would save national insurance contributions . |
| 23 | The example is of a case where the father should not , not where he can not , remain neutral . |
| 24 | ‘ We know of a case where the driver abused the car because of a superstition — there was a number 13 on the number plate . ’ |
| 25 | I find it equally difficult to conceive of a case where the court , faced with this problem and applying the approach I have indicated above , would authorise an abortion against the wishes of a mentally competent 16-year-old . |
| 26 | Now this steady-state comparison is a good example of a case where the criticisms of the orthodox model are well taken . |
| 27 | As Rain passed Tavett 's desk he cupped his face in his hands and moaned for her benefit , saying : ‘ Have you ever wondered what it would be like to work in an ordinary office instead of a newspaper where every kind of freak feels entitled to barge in and collar you ? ’ |
| 28 | By considering different facets of a company simultaneously the model is able to synthesise these to give a clear message , even if the individual ratios are giving contradictory signals . |
| 29 | The criteria for assessment of a return i.e. the balance sheet , could only be results . |
| 30 | If a process is distributed across a number of elements of a system then the situation is much more complex . |