Example sentences of "of a [noun sg] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pursuing , perhaps riskily , a computer analogy we can argue that while the body resembles the hardware of a computer the mind comprises the software , the programmes that analyse and organize information to produce responses to inputs . |
| 2 | But he revealed : ‘ That 's without a shadow of a doubt the hardest game I have ever played in . ’ |
| 3 | DIARY OF A MINK-WATCHER The cameraman 's revelations . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Gardeners Roadshow Owing to the inability of obtaining the services of a speaker the meeting had to be cancelled . |
| 6 | Gardeners Roadshow Owing to the inability of obtaining the services of a speaker the meeting had to be cancelled . |
| 7 | There was some friction in their relationship beneath the surface , since MacArthur wished to determine the nature of a peace treaty and for purposes of formal ratification of a treaty the circumstances in which a peace conference met ; it was his intention that a conference should be held in Tokyo under his own chairmanship . |
| 8 | After completing three quarters of a loop the model is reluctant to pull out of the ensuing dive . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | For n moles of a gas the equation is |
| 11 | ‘ And whatever kind of a rogue the quare fella is , he 's a good son to Minnie , is n't he ? ’ |
| 12 | In March 1979 Haferkamp visited Tokyo to discuss trade restrictions of a type the EEC is now imposing . |
| 13 | Where the property is part only of a building the draftsman should also consider whether some further visual description is necessary . |
| 14 | Where the demised property consists of part only of a building the draftsman may either include sanitary facilities in each demise or he may grant each tenant a right to use communal facilities . |
| 15 | Where the demised property is part only of a building the right should extend to entering the demised property for the purpose of repairing other parts of the building not included in the demise . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ( 7 ) Where a licensing board decides to order the suspension of a licence the suspension shall not take effect until the expiry of the time within which the holder of the licence may appeal to the sheriff , or , if the holder appeals to the sheriff or thereafter to the Court of Session , until the appeal has been determined in favour of the suspension or has been abandoned . |
| 19 | They are , as far as naturalists are aware , the only surviving members of a rapidly dwindling population of a bird the Siberians call the ‘ snow-wreath ’ . |
| 20 | A typical example is his remarks at the Cabinet meeting which approved the employment White Paper , when he suggested that at the beginning of a slump the Cabinet should declare a ‘ Salute the stomach ’ week along the lines of the wartime ‘ Salute the soldier ’ weeks , but with the emphasis on spending rather than saving . |
| 21 | The amount they will receive will depend on their income or in the case of a couple the income of the partner and the size of the family . |
| 22 | Midland Bank DECLINE OF A HEAVYWEIGHT The Midland 's disastrous immediate past has put a blot on its glorious history . |
| 23 | This question of an editorially constructed author is one which challenges our preconceptions of a fixed writer in charge of a manuscript the integrity of which was zealously guarded . |
| 24 | At the beginning of a cold the viral load will be very high . |
| 25 | In the teeth of a recession the reworked Labour Party and the reworked Mr Kinnock are level-pegging with the Tories . |
| 26 | The clocks are very expensive — some costing more than ten thousand pounds , but even in the depths of a recession the firm thought it had enough work to keep it ticking over . |
| 27 | So far as we can tell , the men-folk ruled in every sphere ; but it may be that the further one got from the world of high feudalism the less of a slave the woman became ; it is certainly true , in a rather different way , that the Norman Conquest brought both a more complete feudalism and a fall in the status of women . |
| 28 | He is drinking soda pop out of a can the same shrill dayglo orange colour as emergency road markings . |
| 29 | Generally the period for serving the counternotice will not be of the essence ( Davstone ( Holdings ) Ltd v Al-Rifai ( 1976 ) 32 P & CR 18 ) even where the clause also provides that in the absence of a counternotice the tenant is deemed to have agreed the rent specified in the landlord 's notice ( Mecca Leisure Ltd v Renown Investments ( Holdings ) Ltd ( 1984 ) 271 EG 989 ) . |
| 30 | But the building does not reveal the hand of a master the way that the Dallas Symphony Orchestra 's new Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center does . |