Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] a [noun sg] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , the early years of the decade saw numerous freight-only branches close because in most cases only a handful of wagonload traffic was being conveyed — uneconomically . |
| 2 | It is of course only a question of time and evolution . |
| 3 | Is the problem of losing weight just a question of vanity for most of us or a medical necessity ? |
| 4 | This process of interaction is for Marx and Engels both a source of conceptualization and also of a sort of natural religion , at least in the earlier stages of evolution . |
| 5 | The temptation for Germans now , even though the generation of which Mann was writing has largely passed away , is to see in the great breakthrough of the last few months simply a kind of vindication of Germany 's efforts to achieve hegemony in Europe , to see the first and second world wars and what is happening now as three chapters of the same story . |
| 6 | The temptation for Germans now , even though the generation of which Mann was writing has largely passed away , is to see in the great breakthrough of the last few months simply a kind of vindication of Germany 's efforts to achieve hegemony in Europe , to see the first and second world wars and what is happening now as three chapters of the same story . |
| 7 | Jaq had hired these bodyguards to lend credence to Meh'Lindi 's role as a mistress , of perverse tastes , a tourist of disaster through the savaged and demolished sectors where a degree of anarchy still ruled . |
| 8 | He moved rapidly down-river to Rouen where a number of merchant vessels had been driven in by the exceptional tide , and requisitioned twenty-eight boats . |
| 9 | In another two hours not a grain of sand is visible . |
| 10 | Now all Madame Butterfly had to do was climb down a piece of wood twice her height and fly free . |
| 11 | The presbytery of Hamilton 's proposed solution was a repeal of the nineteen sixty three act and a reversion to the nineteen thirty three act which required from parents only a profession of faith . |
| 12 | A tradition passed down by early historians of the Dominican Order would make Alexander already a teacher of theology at Toulouse in 1215 , when his lectures were attended by the order 's founder , St Dominic . |
| 13 | A fraction of a second later a wash of flame played over the stones where they had been standing . |
| 14 | ‘ I expected to curry quite a lot of disfavour from almost everybody , ’ he says . |
| 15 | erm I have had to do in my work quite a lot of work coming up against that act , so to speak . |
| 16 | More useful are term bills where a period of credit is allowed . |
| 17 | In each case a working relationship had to be established between employment and education sectors , not without difficulty in certain areas where a lack of trust and respect between potential partners served only to highlight the depth of the cultural divide . |
| 18 | The CNPF points out that industry spending will always appear lower in countries where a lot of government military research is carried out ( compared with Germany and Japan for example ) . |
| 19 | There may be circumstances where an exclusion of liability clause included in the guarantee for the benefit of a retailer , may be incorporated outside a consumer sale context into the main contract of sale where it is read pre-contractually . |
| 20 | They are even more important in Scotland where a process of reform is underway , but far from completed . |
| 21 | In its place only a sense of duty and a wish to be of help to the people she had come to love kept Shelley from despair . |
| 22 | Too often the car feels lurchy , with accurate placement largely a matter of guesswork . |
| 23 | Ten years later a state of emergency is still in force , renewed in May 1991 for a further three years , and political detainees held incommunicado under emergency provisions continue to be denied basic protection against torture . |
| 24 | Certainly as far as we 're concerned at Traidcraft , when we started eight years ago a packet of coffee was two pound twenty five . |
| 25 | Twenty five years ago a band of motoring enthusiasts who wanted more than rallying or racing teamed up to start the All Wheel Drive Club … |
| 26 | Traffic on Lanark Road etc A meeting of transport representatives from Balerno and Currie Community Councils and Dr. Watson , Juniper Green Village Association , under the chairmanship of Councillor Fraser will be held on Tuesday , 10th March . |
| 27 | Traffic on Lanark Road etc A meeting of transport representatives from Balerno and Currie Community Councils and Dr. Watson , Juniper Green Village Association , under the chairmanship of Councillor Fraser will be held on Tuesday , 10th March . |
| 28 | Is the Making Belfast Work initiative simply a lot of hype and nothing else ? |
| 29 | Such looking becomes the process whereby an object of experience is formed out of indeterminate data , first into figure against ground and then into other elements of an image . |
| 30 | In those days quite a number of Diamond heights were attempted in large shower clouds and cumulo nimbus , whereas very few are flown today because of the unacceptable risks involved . |