Example sentences of "of a [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the case of a prisoner whose tariff does not exceed 20 years , these representations will not be relevant to the tariff but only to the question whether he should be detained beyond the end of his tariff period because of the danger he is thought to pose . |
| 2 | A statue shows a priest dressed in the skin of a prisoner who has been flayed alive . |
| 3 | Guarded talk , because she was never fully in his confidence , but he had spoken of a prisoner who was special and different . |
| 4 | Moreover , in the case of a prisoner who has been released on licence under section 61 , if his licence is revoked , he is entitled under section 62(3) to make representations in writing with respect to his recall and to be informed of the reasons for it . |
| 5 | Although when viewed as part of a spectrum their distinctness is questionable , they typically function in widely different semantic fields , and within these their discreteness and stability are not in question . |
| 6 | But erm we had a sort of a spectrum you know it covered such a wide well area if you like of er of engineering that one would n't have had a chance to have a any contact with in in any other works , you 'd be doing as one certain sphere you know a certain type of work , and there you are you that 's your lot eh ? |
| 7 | And we did Death of a Salesman which is an Arthur Miller . |
| 8 | The journal has now changed its status to that of a charity which will give tax advantages and will enable it to set up an endowment fund . |
| 9 | The trustees of a charity which was left a manor house in the will of a wealthy widow have defended their decision to sell it . |
| 10 | They were automatically members of a minority which was loathed and persecuted by a substantial section of society . |
| 11 | The overlap with husbandmen can be attributed in large measure to uncertainty as to the precise status of a minority whom one return called labourers ( or servants ) while the other described them differently . |
| 12 | The other change which took place was the growth of a minority who went on to take advantage of new opportunities to get a university degree . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , without the sense of a common interest , it is clear that democracy itself is at risk , whether from a privileged minority determined to obstruct policies aimed at helping the poor majority , or , as in Northern Ireland , from the forcible incorporation into the state of a minority who do not accept the legitimacy of that state and who are then systematically excluded from power and influence . |
| 14 | The peculiar nature of this journey , that the willed progress is experienced as a divine gift , is a consequence of this theology : In chapter twenty-four Hilton uses the repetitions and cadences of rhetoric to convey this recognition of the activities of a God whose powers are conceived in Trinitarian terms of creating giving and responding in love at the heart of the self : At this point Hilton widens the scope of the metaphor of the journey to Jerusalem — the knowledge of Christ in the soul — by warning that the way from the light of the world to the light of heaven leads through darkness which he describes as " a tymeful space bitwix two daies " ( 24.89v. – 234 ) . |
| 15 | True vision comes only with the insight of a God who allows differentiation . |
| 16 | What I have tried to show is that exposure to these arguments may represent the will of a God who often desires more of a risk and venture in the faith of His creatures than they are willing to undertake . |
| 17 | This chapter leaves crucial questions unasked , such as : What sense does it make to talk of a God who is both ‘ in ’ and ‘ out ’ of the world ? |
| 18 | Believe me , I am with you and you will get to Kano , but not with the help of a God who cheats for you . |
| 19 | Not only does that provide a common bond among humanity to evolve spiritually , but it gives an insight into the nature of a God who often reveals Himself in paradox . |
| 20 | The theology of Paracelsus celebrated the mercy of a God who had granted the human mind sufficient illumination to cultivate nature and to extract those gifts necessary for subsistence . |
| 21 | Ruether does not think in terms of a God who is transcendent above history and acts as an agent in history ; and this we might say lets her off the hook as far as the theodicy question is concerned . |
| 22 | The central problem developed when the participatory nature of ritual was destroyed and replaced with a concept of a god who had no need for the feelings of people , who was placed above them in ways that made any behaviour other than worship and penitence irrelevant . |
| 23 | Paul 's words and Paul 's example present us with a picture of a God who is the source of peace , and of a man who had learnt that God 's peace was on tap at all times . |
| 24 | It would be very difficult to explain why the universe should have begun in just this way , except as the act of a God who intended to create beings like us . |
| 25 | One can only question the wisdom of a god who gave shelled creatures a sex life . |
| 26 | The Cloud-author would not dispute this but , whereas Julian and the others communicate their experience of the being of the transcendent God in the inner self by means of focus on the combination of literal and figurative truths revealed in the story of the Incarnation and Passion , he is so concerned with the reality of a God who can not be " known " by intellect or sense , that he plays down these " means " . |
| 27 | He was one of the most regular lenders to the government , and in 1662 he became head of a syndicate which contracted to farm the excise for London , Middlesex , and Surrey . |
| 28 | The same is true of a total which is subdivided for any other purpose : for example to examine the effects of style . |
| 29 | Now would you like to do the same for yours , work out what fraction of a total yours are . |
| 30 | The principle indicated in those cases was a long way from the circumstances of the present case and was far from warranting the conclusion that by making a photocopy of a document which in the hands of the maker of the photocopy was not privileged , and then sending the photocopy to a solicitor for the purposes of obtaining advice , privilege was thereby cast on the copy sent to the soicitor . |