Example sentences of "a [noun] of [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Andrew and John were recruited with the objective of being prepared for Shell work on the Brent contract , and have systematically followed a route of planned training , to work for Wood Group Engineering Contractors on a Shell site and installation . |
| 2 | Forsaken as a route of any merit in ascent , it is the obligatory way down for parties summitting from the classic South Ridge of West Face climbs . |
| 3 | ‘ Competitions now seem derisory to me after the ascent of a route of this scale ’ . |
| 4 | Jibé is enthusiastic that a route of this length and level of difficulty will divert attention away from the fashion for ‘ microroute ’ 8c 's , like Ben Moon 's Maginot Line/le Plafond and Hubble . |
| 5 | Jim Simpson 's Zig Zag ( VS ) in 1948 was a fine effort up the Raven Wall — a bold venture taking a route of considerable quality . |
| 6 | At the Temple of the Seven-Handed Sek a hasty convocation of priests and ritual heart-transplant artisans agreed that the hundred-span high statue of Sek was altogether too holy to be made into a magic picture , but a payment of two rhinu left them astoundedly agreeing that perhaps He was n't as holy as all that . |
| 7 | But I mean , that were a simple mista I mean you made a payment of two quid did n't you ? |
| 8 | In 694 the people of Kent came to terms with Ine by which a payment of 30,000 pence , signifying approximately 7,200 shillings and the value of an aetheling 's life , was made to the western Saxons in compensation for the burning of Mul ( ASC A , s.a. 694 ) . |
| 9 | Conditions under which plea bargaining might take place included a payment of substantial fines , restoring cash to the victims of fraud , full cooperation in the investigation and giving evidence for related cases . |
| 10 | A payment of this kind may be capital or income ( for tax purposes ) in the hands of the landlord , depending on the circumstances . |
| 11 | King John , for example , undertook a payment of 1000 marks annually to the Roman see from 1213 onwards , when he became a vassal of the Roman Church . |
| 12 | Administration is considerably more difficult to define briefly , but for our purposes may be taken to mean the application of general rules to particular cases by the making of some order ( for example , a demolition order ) , or some decision ( for example , that an immigrant 's entry certificate was obtained by fraud in contravention of some statutory regulation ) , or by performing some action ( for example , making a payment of social security benefit ) . |
| 13 | Bristling with moonstones , the collar was primitive and barbaric ; the mastiff of a prince of medieval Persia might have worn it for going out hawking in a miniature . |
| 14 | At one level , McLuhan brought together a variety of existing studies of cultural modes and forms in oral and in literate societies . |
| 15 | It assembled a variety of skilled sympathisers on the stage of the ICA that both set the audience hopping up and down and delivered music of such a strong African flavour as to make the issue and the entertainment inseperable . |
| 16 | Heclo and Wildavsky adopt an anthropological tone when they speak of the British policy-making system in Whitehall concerned with public expenditure as a ‘ village community with a variety of subtle norms about the type of behaviour which is acceptable and unacceptable , praiseworthy and condemnable . |
| 17 | The life review can provide a means of re-establishing and confirming individual involvement with current reality , and linking their past work and efforts with the social change that has occurred , for in a variety of subtle ways they will have been part of the changes and developments that they are witnessing . |
| 18 | With a variety of subtle tricks , morphological , behavioural and biochemical , these social symbionts are accepted into otherwise closed ant societies . |
| 19 | Results using the tachistoscopic paradigm and a variety of verbal tasks are as conflicting as those obtained with the dichotic technique . |
| 20 | The virus lies dormant in the tissues and will manifest itself , in those who suffer symptomatic recurrences , following a variety of provocatory factors . |
| 21 | A variety of fund-raising schemes are planned , including a relaunch of the group 's Penny Appeal , which encourages people to collect and donate their small change . |
| 22 | Museums such as the Victoria & Albert have responded to these pressures by experimenting with a variety of fund-raising schemes : commercial sponsorship of exhibitions and galleries , the establishment of ‘ friends ’ and — perhaps most controversially — the implementation of entrance charges . |
| 23 | A variety of major improvements will be carried out in the West Granton , Pilton , Muirhouse and Pennywell areas involving local residents . |
| 24 | Marion does not qualify for a maintenance grant because her parents are well off , but they are also estranged , from each other and from her , so she is obliged to support herself at University with a variety of part-time jobs . |
| 25 | The same year he resigned from teaching and , helped by influential friends made while collecting material for his museums , undertook a variety of part-time jobs and published his first books , until in 1862 he became a civil servant on the staff of the India Museum , where he remained until 1880 . |
| 26 | A variety of part-time courses are also offered for those who ca n't commit themselves full-time . |
| 27 | Conditions provided plenty of drama on the reach out of the Crouch , with a cold and vicious south-westerly and a lumpy sea which spread-eagled the unwary in broaches both to windward and to leeward , and a variety of spectacular gybes and blow-outs . |
| 28 | As he reached the door , with a variety of helpful obstructions he shouted his Parthian shot — ‘ You ca n't bloody have it both ways … ’ |
| 29 | Should there be specialist social workers in area teams with responsibility for developing dementia teamwork , or would this be more properly the function of the specialist social worker for the elderly ? iii Would the care of dementia sufferers as well as that of other groups be enhanced is care of the elderly was integrated at local level , uniting the functions of the geriatric and psychiatric services , or uniting both with social services for the elderly ? vi Alternatively would it be better to pursue the Griffiths proposal of Community care as an integrated organisation for the planning and delivery of care to a variety of disabled groups ? |
| 30 | We now also know that high intakes of bran may have a variety of adverse effects on nutritional balance , and in general vegetable and fruit fibre is a better bet . |