Example sentences of "[noun sg] of a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The incident happened late last night and was less than forty eight hours after fourteen year old Sally Cattell died at the wheel of a stolen car in a crash in Erdington , Birmingham . |
| 2 | The new berth will also be used for the import and export of a wide range of other cargoes . |
| 3 | The independent isolation of a murine homolog with RSS sequences suggests that recombination mechanisms may also play a role in processing of cisplatin-DNA adducts and thus in anticancer activity . |
| 4 | Conversely , then , a new variety can be formed if this conservative action of crossing is circumvented by reproductive isolation of a few individuals in new conditions , whether that isolation arises with or without geographical segregation . |
| 5 | The my proposal is simply this consider the feasibility of a theological examination of anti-semitism . |
| 6 | At talks on Feb. 26 , 1990 , in Madrid , the Spanish capital , Francisco Fernández Ordóñez , the Spanish Foreign Minister , warned that his government would study the feasibility of a second airport in the area . |
| 7 | He also expressed doubts about the feasibility of a rapid integration of east European countries into the EC . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , although it is easy to see why the thrust of the arguments has throughout been to concentrate on the charging of the suspect and ( in the light of Ex parte Saunders ) on the association of a renewed caution with any exercise of the Director 's powers where the person under interrogation has already been charged , I believe that the result has been to set the inquiry off in the wrong direction . |
| 9 | If the memory of the association of a given flavour with illness can be taken to be more important than the memory that the flavour has also been experienced without harmful consequences , then the latter memory would interfere after a short but not after a long retention interval . |
| 10 | He also acknowledged the kindness of a small group of friends at Queen 's Park who stood by her in prayer and practical matters which she could no longer manage herself . |
| 11 | The Ladies of Scotland League was holding its fall tea in the auditorium of a large store on Tollemarche Avenue . |
| 12 | La Belle Noiseuse ( 15 ) Now offered in two versions — the full , four-hour marathon or the two hour ‘ Divertimento ’ — Jacques Rivette 's luminous film explores the tensions generated when an elderly artist essays a final masterpiece using the beautiful girlfriend of a younger painter as his model . |
| 13 | A reward of six hundred and fifty pounds is being offered to anyone who can help police track down the killer of a seventy-six-year-old man in Northampton . |
| 14 | Hagglers seeking a better rise are therefore advised to ‘ accidentally ’ drop the business card of a rival firm on the negotiating table . |
| 15 | The Economics Ministry on Nov. 22 announced the lifting of a 40-year ban on free direct trade with North Korea . |
| 16 | This is well enough attested by the existence of a Hornblower Club in which aspects of his life could be canvassed seriously and by C. Northcote Parkinson 's ‘ biography ’ , The Life and Times of Horatio Hornblower , with its elaborate statement of provenance ( the lifting of a hundred-year-old embargo on three boxes of family papers ) . |
| 17 | More significant than feminist campaigns in raising the profile of women in the NHS was the perception of a developing crisis in staff recruitment and retention , particularly in nursing , which is discussed in more detail in Chapter 3 . |
| 18 | This is not surprising since there was little perception of a functional link between popular education and economic development . |
| 19 | Then followed a story about the ineptitude of a young policeman in handling a domestic dispute , who was only rescued from his incompetence by a wise reserve man . |
| 20 | He also initiated the successful architectural competition for the regeneration of a run-down area of Worcester . |
| 21 | " What is it made of ? " and " How was it made ? " are far better starting points and can lead on to the extraction of a great deal of information about the people and the society that produced it . |
| 22 | An Italian , Bartolomeo Gosio , in 1896 , described the extraction of a crystalline substance from culture filtrates of a Penicillium : the substance was later shown to be a compound called mycophenolic acid , with interesting biological properties but no valuable antibacterial ones . |
| 23 | Certainly duty can pull against one 's strongest inclination ; but could one recognize the force of a moral imperative without feeling some inclination however slight towards the course which it commands ? |
| 24 | This produced a flood of letters to Downing Street , which were kept from Baldwin during his long holiday , but which hit him with the force of a tidal wave on his return . |
| 25 | The survey involved an analysis of all statutory assessment documentation as well as the administration of a detailed questionnaire to heads , class teachers and welfare assistants . |
| 26 | Each of these Ministries will , in turn , have separate branches each charged with the administration of a particular facet of the Ministry 's affairs . |
| 27 | Administration of a supplemental dose of IPV or OPV , which requires no additional visits or changes in the existing immunisation schedule , might improve protection against paralytic poliomyelitis in communities with suboptimum seroconversion rates after three doses of OPV . |
| 28 | Dr. Lynne Michelle , of Edinburgh , has highlighted in her studies on the perception of children of the promotion of cigarettes the grave danger , almost the entrapment of a younger generation by irresponsible elements in the industry and , sadly , the example set by other adults , including parents . |
| 29 | While this solution lurked in the consciousness of a large number of US citizens and was eventually to appeal to Hitler and the SS , it was not the kind of thing the Americans admitted or believed about themselves , and was certainly not the kind of solution they wished to offer to their civilised European cousins . |
| 30 | The annihilation of the Baltic fleet a few days later in the Straits of Tsushima was almost unbelievable and was the first defeat of a great power in modern history by an Asian state and for that reason alone Japan 's success might have been an example for Vietnam . |