Example sentences of "[noun pl] of [art] [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the potential political pitfalls involved in any attempt to confront the contradictions of a socialist and a Catholic Nicaragua were clearly demonstrated by the events of the pope 's 1982 visit . |
| 2 | On 1st August 1705 the system was changed , so that the interest on these sums should be received by the overseers of the poor and a fixed amount of £7 10 0d be paid annually to the Master . |
| 3 | Such combinations of a religious and a scientific approach to biology are particularly obvious in impressionistic work of this kind . |
| 4 | There 's a conscious rejection of the sonic values of the '80s but a bright-eyed optimism about the 1990s . |
| 5 | And , for as long as the robots of science fact were limited to the assembly lines of the automotive and a few other manufacturing industries , our general perception of the robot was unlikely to change . |
| 6 | There is a real risk of mice , especially young animals , drowning or dying from the effects of a soaking if a bottle or nozzle of an automatic system leaks . |
| 7 | Why is there a need , sir , to repay the five hundred and one thousand pounds of the three and a half percent cumulative pref shares it 's quite a low interest involved . |
| 8 | SUMMARY : The thermal histories of a Palaeozoic and a Tertiary coal have been investigated by laboratory simulation experiments in which a suite of samples , with natural maturities ranging from 0.4–3.0% vitrinite reflectance ( VR ) , were heated under identical conditions of time and temperature . |
| 9 | We find similar striking juxtapositions in the finale of the ‘ Jupiter Symphony , where the contrast between the signs helps set off two of the five main motives of the movement : the angular four-note motive with its downward leaps of a 5th and a 7th is marked throughout the movement by strokes , and the linear , stepwise ascending six-note motive is marked throughout by dots . |
| 10 | The broad-minded opinions and solid common sense of this robust story-teller are expressed sometimes in dialogue in which officers ( and , interestingly , sometimes officers and men ) exchange views on slave-trading , naval punishments , privateering , or discuss the attributes of a good or a bad captain . |
| 11 | The estimates of a 1 and a 2 are a source of the substitution and income derivatives in equation ( 12–1 ) , which , when combined with the mean values for H , W and Yin the sample , can give the three elasticities in ( 12–3 ) . |
| 12 | On average , a body is injected with approximately 12–16 pints of the one and a half per cent or two per cent solution and this takes place over a time period of approximately one to two hours . |
| 13 | If each family was to have the services of a senior and a junior counsel , the costs would be enormous , and at that stage no one knew what the position would be regarding the question of Legal Aid . |
| 14 | It is plain that the notions of a superior and a supreme criterion merely refer to a relative place on a scale and do not import any notion of legally unlimited legislative power . |
| 15 | The opening phase of the war , however , produced domestic difficulties and grievances not dissimilar to those experienced by Edward 's father and grandfather ; and it was only with the military successes and material gains of the 1340s that a change in attitude to war amongst both the nobility and the commons became apparent . |
| 16 | She complements it with vocal caricatures of the monstrous and a keening she calls a ‘ vengeful mourning cry ’ . |
| 17 | He also admitted fingering the private parts of a two and a half year old child for whom he was baby sitting . |
| 18 | Another way of stating the information , since the area under the curve represents probability , is any item taken from the sample at random will have a 68.3 per cent probability of lying between -1 and +1 standard deviations of the mean and a 95.4 per cent probability of lying between -2 and +2 standard deviations of the mean . |
| 19 | Another way of stating the information , since the area under the curve represents probability , is any item taken from the sample at random will have a 68.3 per cent probability of lying between — 1 and + 1 standard deviations of the mean and a 95.4 per cent probability of lying between — 2 and +2 standard deviations of the mean . |