Example sentences of "[noun pl] of [noun] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is necessary to look for concentrations of finds because a handful of finds could have got onto the land in any number of ways and is not necessarily an indication of the presence of a nearby archaeological site . |
| 2 | Graham the guitarist is still dry to the point of death , only showing signs of life when a football appears . |
| 3 | The expert clause is a clause in a contract and it will therefore be subject to the same rules of interpretation as a contract . |
| 4 | There are a number of different forms of entertainment where a licence of some sort or other is required by law . |
| 5 | ELEVEN people were treated for the effects of fumes after a truckload of chemicals caught fire yesterday at the M62-A1 junction in West Yorks . |
| 6 | Within a single ontological cluster C one can use all the elements of S to distinguish subclasses of C. When a training set TS is a subset of C , and all the tests made on instances use only functions and predicates from S , then the invented clusters are called simple . |
| 7 | Witnesses said the bus , carrying 49 Britons on a day trip from Cyprus , was driving through an underpass on the main road leading to the Pyramids of Giza when a man dropped the bomb from a bridge above . |
| 8 | Vitor was tearing at jagged pieces of bodywork when a flame spurted from beneath . |
| 9 | P&P Plc has quickly found a buyer for its volume computer distribution business which should mean that it can reverse at least a part of the £8.9m provision it took against its most recent figures to cover costs of closure if a buyer could not be found . |
| 10 | A high wind frayed the sails of clouds until a crescent moon limned each shred with white gold . |
| 11 | Since then , Stephen and Paul had discussed , argued , and occasionally fought their way through plans , revised plans and revisions of revisions until a design for the accommodation and service blocks had finally been agreed . |
| 12 | On and upward , slow now with the altitude telling on legs and lungs alike , the route was measured in numbers of steps before a rest was needed . |
| 13 | THE production of an average size family car gobbles up 3,000 litres of water while a pint of beer takes eight pints of water . |
| 14 | In principle all children , regardless of sex or parentage , were entitled to equal shares of property when a landholder died intestate . |
| 15 | During my first stay in China in 1984 , it was very rare indeed to see young people holding hands in public and I clearly remember the expressions of shock when a student dared to ask , in a packed lecture hall , if students in Britain were allowed to ‘ talk love ’ . |
| 16 | As a result , the government added an amendment to the Sex Discrimination Bill ( 1986 ) to make it unlawful for a woman to be dismissed on grounds of age when a man would not be . |