Example sentences of "[coord] of a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any suggestion of a re-enactment of Christ 's sacrifice or of a bodily presence in the bread and wine was now removed from the communion service . |
| 2 | This may not be the case in a small house fellowship , or of a small church in a face-to-face village community where everyone knows everybody else . |
| 3 | Certainly for the launch of a new brand , or of a new campaign for an old brand , there can be little doubt that an initial burst pattern offers the best chance of building awareness among the target audience . |
| 4 | Society at large is naturally uneasy with the notion that doctors — even if acting humanely — may put an end to the life of a terminally ill person , whether young or old , or of a malformed baby with no prospects of survival . |
| 5 | It is available smooth for spreading , or of a coarser texture for slicing when it may be heated before serving . |
| 6 | He concluded , however , that it was not a necessary precondition of a restitutionary order under section 6(2) or of a remedial order under section 61(1) that the person against whom the order was made , whether the contravener or the person ‘ knowingly concerned ’ in the contravention , should have received the money or property ordered to be restored to the investor . |
| 7 | Such skills and abilities are not the prerogative of a particular sort of teacher or of a particular style of teaching — nor are they to be found only in teachers who work with the youngest children in our primary schools . |
| 8 | The test would seem to be the likelihood or otherwise of the amenity of the objector 's property being adversely affected by the grant of any licence , or of a particular form of licence , in respect of the premises , or by the grant of a licence to a particular person . |
| 9 | In ( c ) this ‘ basic condition ’ can be variably referred to the nature of a whole epoch , of a particular society at a particular period , or of a particular group within that society at that period . |
| 10 | is that a person who acts as a representative of another is in a conflict of interest situation if , either at the time when he accepts appointment or subsequently while he acts as a representative , there is a material interest of his own or of a third person for whom he also acts , and the pursuit or protection of that interest would create a substantial risk that he may not act in the best way to pursue or protect the interest of the person he represents . |
| 11 | From then onwards the transformation of the English landscape , or of a considerable part of it , went on at a revolutionary pace . |
| 12 | In the case of a conversion of a limited-liability company or of a joint-stock company into a partnership , the above-mentioned rules apply mutatis mutandis . |
| 13 | C can not challenge the conclusion of the agreement between A and B , unless that agreement constitutes a violation of either a prior agreement between A and itself , or of a multilateral agreement to which both are parties . |
| 14 | The therapist did not think that Tony was suffering from a psychiatric disorder , or that there was a risk of suicide , or of a further act of self-harm in the near future . |
| 15 | Now , however , four days later , having escaped into Austria himself , Loehr was making a final attempt to surrender his forces to the British , saying that he was not longer able to control the movement northwards into Austria either of his own German troops , or of a huge column of Croat troops and civilian refugees advancing from Zagreb on the frontier town of Dravograd , south-east of Klagenfurt . |
| 16 | MEDIAN AGE AT FIRST MARRIAGE ( or AT FIRST BIRTH ) — It relates to a central tendency in the age of first marriage ( or first birth ) of women ( or of a specified group of women ) . |
| 17 | The English were in fact trying to claim the authentic characteristics of a nation irrespective of how it was defined , including an attempt to cover English claims over Scotland and Ireland , despite the absence of any ‘ habit of unity ’ in the former case or of a shared language in the latter . |
| 18 | C was not advised of this call , nor of a further call from the solicitor the following morning . |
| 19 | Solutions to the problem of prejudice are implied , usually on the lines of ‘ more knowledge equals less prejudice ’ , but only solutions within the framework of social realism and of a liberal perspective on ‘ race ’ . |
| 20 | Because of this experience he came to champion the cause of psychiatry and of a high-minded version of socialism . |
| 21 | An agreement was reached on the establishment of a Chinese consulate in Khabarovsk ( in the Soviet Far East ) and of a Soviet consulate in the Chinese city of Shenyang . |
| 22 | Overall , there is an abiding impression of emptiness , of a natural pace and rhythm and of a traditional way of life that has all but disappeared from superficially similar island communities elsewhere in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland . |
| 23 | During the 1980s there was evidence of harsher punishments being handed out to reckless drivers , and of a wider appreciation of the risks created and the misery inflicted by deviations from proper standards of driving . |
| 24 | A further reshuffle on Nov. 8-10 , following the general election in October , included the appointment as Prime Minister of John Malecela , a former high commissioner to the UK , and of a second Minister without Portfolio , CCM secretary-general Horace Kolimba . |
| 25 | It was an unusual face , the skin stretched tight across high cheekbones and of a yellowish-ochre colour like old parchment , the features themselves almost patrician with their high forehead and prominent nose . |
| 26 | A French engineer officer , Major Berthois de la Rousselière , and a companion disguised themselves as British seamen and during April ‘ made several tours of the fortifications on the outside , and of a great part on the inside ’ of the town . |
| 27 | Howard later said that ‘ my continuing long … in any place lowers my spirits ’ , and he tried to cure what was described as ‘ a species of nervous fever and of a general weakness of the whole system ’ by visiting resorts such as Bristol Hot Wells . |
| 28 | It was clever use of classic ploys : the evocation of a common external enemy and of a stark choice between Franco and the abyss . |
| 29 | Aloof in temperament , in private life he was pious , charitable , and of a simple way of living . |
| 30 | As I have said , he was a victim of circumstances , and of a strong concentration of parental love . |