Example sentences of "of a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the pre-eminent impression of the 1970s and 1980s is of a contrary trend : increasing centralisation . |
| 2 | Dissenters from this discredited and scientifically arid theory were banished , or worse , and the Soviet scientific literature was purged of any and all data of a contrary nature . |
| 3 | That he could even think of illustrating that perversity with purveyors of a contrary cosmology suggests that his opposition was born of the common conviction that a moving earth violated common sense . |
| 4 | This is that , where there is judicial uncertainty over the meaning of a legislative text , in the absence of any consequent overt expression of a contrary parliamentary view , certain categories of statement on the effect of the provision of a Bill by one of a narrowly defined group of parliamentarians , if not later withdrawn or varied , can be assumed to be an expression of parliamentary intention . |
| 5 | The mischief of a contrary course pointed out . |
| 6 | It is not easy to find a general definition of the normal meaning of irony , but it usually stands for a process by which the content of a statement is qualified either by the reader 's attribution of a contrary intention to the author , or by the reader 's awareness of factors that are in conflict in one way or another with what is being said . |
| 7 | In the absence of a contrary statement in the contract between X and Y Ltd. , property will normally have passed by virtue of sections 16–18 of the Sale of Goods Act ( paragraphs 3–07 to 3–24 ) . |
| 8 | For , in the absence of a contrary agreement with the original lessor , the original tenant remains liable throughout the entire term of the lease irrespective of the fact that he or she may have assigned or sold the tenancy to another . |
| 9 | Nonetheless , the auctioneer does not , in the absence of a contrary agreement , warrant the vendor 's title . |
| 10 | That was followed by an unnecessary operation to remove her appendix and the eventual discovery of a contraceptive device left inside her body by mistake . |
| 11 | The episteme rather delineates what Foucault calls a ‘ cluster of transformations ’ ; these , he suggests , enable the substitution of ‘ differentiated analyses for the themes of a totalising history : |
| 12 | The vestibule leading to the Governor 's quarters was the mouth of a toothed monstrosity . |
| 13 | An example of a profit-oriented organization is of course a public limited company , while an example of a Type B non-profit is a local government , because it receives the bulk of its finance from taxes , grants and borrowings . |
| 14 | Budgetary information is rarely included in the accounts of a profit-oriented or Type A non-profit organization . |
| 15 | It subsequently transpired that the conveyancing arrangements I have described were part of a fraudulent scheme of the Hammonds to obtain money for themselves using the property as security . |
| 16 | ( In the case of a fraudulent misrepresentation , the purchaser is allowed a reasonable length of time from when he discovers it to be untrue . ) |
| 17 | But a justice ministry spokesman said yesterday : ‘ The state prosecutor found no evidence to suggest the loan was of a fraudulent nature and the ministry decided there were no grounds to extend the ( judge 's ) mandate . ’ |
| 18 | But since on this occasion the words were dictated to the child it is more likely to be the child 's efforts to repeat the sound to herself and to write down her idea of a phonic equivalent . |
| 19 | But perhaps it is the paradox conveyed by that closing glimpse of a parodic but unprecedented Eliot which carries the sharpest conviction of any feature of the book . |
| 20 | I am interested in an aspect of it which exists , it at all , in terms of that contradiction — of a parodic critique of the essence of sensibility as conventionally understood . |
| 21 | For any and every straightforward genre , any and every direct discourse — epic , tragic , lyric , philosophical — may , and indeed must itself become the object of representation , the object of a parodic travestying ‘ mimicry ’ . |
| 22 | Thru demonstrates by means of a parodic conflation and manipulation of selected literary theories the problems inherent in such an approach to literature , and it uncovers the value-laden stories which subtend it . |
| 23 | An indulgence constituting a common feature of commercial life is that of waiver which is essentially acceptance of a substituted performance . |
| 24 | This , which is exposed at the very lowest tides , consists usually of a 300–500 m ( 1000–1600 ft ) wide surface of dead coral and debris partly cemented with encrusting algae . |
| 25 | Mrs Thatcher , although she has criticised the Delors monetary union plan for being ‘ undemocratic , ’ is determined to try to exclude consideration of a bigger role for the European Parliament from the Rome Treaty review process . |
| 26 | In California , Wells Fargo 's acquisition of Crocker National in 1986 is an example of a bigger deal that was planned and executed with military precision . |
| 27 | The ability of a bigger bank to absorb a smaller one into its systems is a main reason why purchases of smaller banks bring up to three times bigger savings than mergers of equals . |
| 28 | In fact , the most popular dog continues to be the German Shepherd , with the Dobermann a perennial favourite and the Staffordshire Bull Terrier enjoying a surge of support among white householders in search of a bigger bite . |
| 29 | But anything of a bigger scale that involves attracting the public or rallying the faithful or listening to a guest speaker does need forethought and care if it is not to be a shambles . |
| 30 | The landscaping business was part of a bigger horticultural company in which their father was involved . |