Example sentences of "[noun pl] of [noun sg] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Graham the guitarist is still dry to the point of death , only showing signs of life when a football appears . |
| 2 | The expert clause is a clause in a contract and it will therefore be subject to the same rules of interpretation as a contract . |
| 3 | There are a number of different forms of entertainment where a licence of some sort or other is required by law . |
| 4 | Vitor was tearing at jagged pieces of bodywork when a flame spurted from beneath . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | In principle all children , regardless of sex or parentage , were entitled to equal shares of property when a landholder died intestate . |
| 8 | 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 ’ . |
| 9 | 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 . |