Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [art] [noun sg] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ For rather a lot of money . |
| 2 | He wrote articles for the magazine of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society , of which he was a founder , and for long a member of council . |
| 3 | In these conditions there was no place for what H. E. Bates called ‘ the air of silent refrigeration , the arid cross-examination of stares ’ ; the war had ‘ smashed the silence ’ , for long the hallmark of railway travel in Britain . |
| 4 | Residential homes and hospitals cater for only a minority of dementia sufferers and this situation is likely to continue for the foreseeable future . |
| 5 | The left is putting up candidates for only a handful of school districts in bohemian areas like lower Manhattan ; and even in these areas , few teachers are likely to have the courage to teach the rainbow curriculum . |
| 6 | There is therefore opportunity for only a trickle of legislation from this source and , for reasons stated below , even less than that flows . |
| 7 | After the 1989 elections tensions within the PSOE developed into a rift between the party itself and the government ; the latter was accused of moving politically to the right and of becoming involved in corruption after nearly a decade of power . |
| 8 | He 'd gone home after about a year of occupation . |
| 9 | At the time relations between the two countries had only just been normalized [ see p. 36631 ] after almost a decade of tension . |
| 10 | French attempts to relieve the pressure failed , and on 4 August 1347 , after almost a year of blockade by both land and sea , Calais fell to Edward III . |
| 11 | In May 1949 , after almost a year of crisis , Stalin conceded defeat and reopened land access to the city . |
| 12 | After quite a lot of persuasion and promises of chocolate bars , I finally got back into my canoe and headed off down the river to find my paddle and the rest of the group . |
| 13 | It prepared them for exactly the kind of material they can expect to see on the day — and because it is written by the examiners themselves , you can be sure that it tells you exactly what the examiners are looking for ! |
| 14 | The primary consideration should be to select an analytical laboratory where there is a formal , statistically based AQC system ; one that operates routinely for exactly the type of analysis we require . |
| 15 | It should become possible to pay for exactly the amount of bandwidth that you need — ‘ bandwith on demand ’ is the buzz-phrase here . |
| 16 | All that space , all that pomp , for just a bit of food . |
| 17 | Statistically the chemical industry is responsible for just a fraction of dioxin ‘ production ’ from combustion with domestic fires accounting for a much larger chunk . |
| 18 | At present , long-term lending is the preserve of only a handful of merchant banks , such as Mediobanca and Istituto Mobiliare Italiano , which have built strong ties with Italy 's leading industrial groups . |
| 19 | SIB Core Rule 18(2) and SFA Rule 5 — 33(2) permit disclosure of only the basis of commission to a private customer . |
| 20 | 1980 No. 1894 ) , has raised the question whether the long-established practice of both the Court of Appeal and this House in relation to the costs of appellate proceedings to make , in an appropriate case , a suspended order under section 18 ( or its predecessors ) to take effect after a lapse of time in the absence of objection by the Legal Aid Board ( or formerly the Law Society ) is one which runs counter to the strict requirements of those Regulations . |
| 21 | Parker 's study of caring within marriage has wider significance for understanding of both the experience of caring and the realities of being disabled than its title might suggest . |
| 22 | Any rule directly or indirectly restricting solicitors ' freedom to undertake all the actions necessary for the preparation and presentation of cases will need the approval of both the Secretary of State and the Lord President of the Court of Session . |
| 23 | Their chairman would have the support of both the Secretary of State and the LEA in discouraging , and ultimately forbidding , discussion of the performance of an individual pupil or teacher at an annual parents ' meeting . |
| 24 | He was an ex-president of both the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy ( 1914 ) and the Geological Society of South Africa ( 1905 ) ; and James Forrest lecturer to the Institution of Civil Engineers ( 1911 ) . |
| 25 | Furthermore , the system also came under attack as being unfair — hence undermining consent by calling into doubt the legitimacy of both the mode of election and the government produced by it — and for facilitating the adversary relationship between the parties , a relationship that significantly influenced public policy , but did so in a manner harmful to the interests of the country . |
| 26 | Hierarchy , catch-word of the Leader , never to be spoken of without the implication of obedience , uninquiring , instant obedience . |
| 27 | departure indeed from last year where the official parade went on for around 2 hours and there was really very little hint of even a bit of descent . |
| 28 | The floor was hard paving stone , the walls lime-washed , the room devoid of even a stick of furniture . |
| 29 | On top of even a glass of wine the effect of the sleeping pills was dramatic . |
| 30 | Is n't this an example of precisely the kind of person that Christ said ‘ Go out , find , and help bring into your bed ’ ? |