Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [noun pl] of an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most practitioners undertake reviews of procedures at some time or other , whether they are procedures in the commonly accepted sense of the term , ie low-level processes or activities with a set order of steps ( Collins Standard Reference Dictionary ) , or the total activities of an organisation that combine to achieve the purpose of the business as a whole . |
| 2 | It was just that she knew that there was something seriously wrong with her — something far more dramatic than a grumbling appendix or the normal after-effects of an operation . |
| 3 | The two sides have given different interpretations of the accord , but officials on both sides have confirmed the broad terms of an agreement to a transitional government of national unity . |
| 4 | As we saw earlier , the fact that the producing units of an industry increase in size over a number of years may be explained by the functional relation between their size and the cost of production . |
| 5 | His eyes are like the over-tired eyes of an engraver |
| 6 | There under a wagon was the body of Uncle Albert and clutched in his hand was a plastic bag containing the splintered remains of an animal 's skull … |
| 7 | The Classic Signs Of An Attack |
| 8 | However , too much is made of the distinction between official policies and the lower levels of an organization , and the rotten-apple argument largely misses the point . |
| 9 | Industry-wide wage bargaining between national trade unions and employers ' associations , whether conducted across an entire industry or , as in West Germany , more partially for the regional sub-divisions of an industry , has been the prevailing practice in most Western European countries . |
| 10 | It is essential , though , to ensure that the reconstructed parts of an object are easily distinguishable , as in this restored anthropomorphic jar from Lachish , Israel , dating to around 1200–1000 BC . |
| 11 | A true feminist morality would strive to root the abstract principles of right and wrong in the firm ground of our tangible day-to-day existence : because one of the inherent limitations of an ethic based solely on rights — whether it be the fetus 's right to life or women 's right to control our bodies — is that it is one-dimensional . |
| 12 | Bishop was collecting the shattered fragments of an observation drone for later analysis when the klaxons began . |
| 13 | properly will depend on either the specific instructions given to him or arguments about the implied duties of an expert conducting a reference : for three possible examples , see 14.8 , 14.9 and 14.10. a breach of the implied duty under s14 of the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 , unless there is a specific time provision or the duty has been expressly excluded by agreement with the parties . |
| 14 | The sort of shade I mean is the dappled shade cast by mature apple trees and maples or by the high branches of an oak . |
| 15 | Member States may assume the validity of such extended powers through the implied powers doctrine , which allows competency to be implied from the express purposes of an organisation in order that it may function effectively . |
| 16 | Three-Five Systems Inc has turned in first quarter net profits up 537.4% at $1.5m , after $924,000 gains due to the cumulative effects of an accounting change , on turnover that rose 60.1% to $7.2m . |
| 17 | But the general thrust of the above discussion is relevant to all such cases : whatever the alternative to Ord. 53 procedure for dealing with a particular issue , the question is whether the peculiar features of an Ord. 53 make it inappropriate to use the alternative in the particular case in question . |
| 18 | Reasons for organising an individual exhibition will vary from artist , as well as being influenced by the different stages of an artist 's career . |
| 19 | The production of a group of related species on the different islands of an archipelago provided a model for divergent evolution , suggesting that , when a species was divided into separate breeding populations , each of those populations had the ability to change as it adapted to its new environment . |
| 20 | This chapter seeks to distinguish arbitration from references to experts by considering : ( 1 ) confusion between whether references have been to experts or arbitrators ( 15.2 ) ; ( 2 ) how the court interprets express words in the contract about a referee 's status ( 15.3 ) ; ( 3 ) the guidelines for assessing the referee 's status ( 15.4 – 15.9 ) ; ( 4 ) the procedural differences between arbitrations and references to experts ( 15.10 ) ; ( 5 ) the different consequences of an expert 's decision and an arbitration award ( 15.11 ) . |
| 21 | 15.11 The different consequences of an expert 's decision and an |
| 22 | They also encourage you to explore and rearrange the different components of an event to develop your understanding . |
| 23 | There may well be conflict between the different parts of an organisation as a result of its geographical and physical dispersal . |
| 24 | Similarly the social benefits of an activity are the private benefits accruing to the agent engaged in the activity plus any external benefits . |
| 25 | The social costs of an activity are its private costs — those costs incurred directly by the agent undertaking the activity — plus any external costs associated with it . |
| 26 | In modern linguistics , we are often told of our remarkable ability to construct meaningful sentences which we have never previously heard ; yet this is surely matched by our ability to absorb the social implications of an array of furnishing consisting of a combination which is not only almost certainly in some degree unique , but some of whose basic elements may also be new to us . |
| 27 | Arbitration is used in a wide range of disputes , and procedures can be tailored to suit the occasion , although practitioners are understandably cautious , given the serious consequences of an allegation of misconduct . |
| 28 | Plus , playing it cool … the dark secrets of an orchid grower |
| 29 | Korda , in between doing his national service , seemed to be building a tennis career that would merely reach the dizzying heights of an anthill at best . |
| 30 | John Stuart Mill notices this ( he quotes the sentence in question , italicising ‘ and of individual qualities ’ ) , and proceeds ( 1 ) to ask what is meant by an ‘ individual quality ’ ; ( 2 ) as if he knows the answer to this question ( namely , the individual qualities of an object are ‘ the individual and instantaneous impressions which it produces in us ’ ) , to deny that predicating a quality of an object is predicating of it one of its individual qualities ; and ( 3 ) to say what it is to predicate a quality of an object ( namely , ‘ to assert that the object affects us in a manner similar to that in which we are affected by a known class of objects ’ ) . |