Example sentences of "of [noun] [verb] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result of the above decision and in respect of criterion ( a ) above , it is a matter for the Head of Department to consider if a workplace closure is desirable and , if so , to take account of the terms of this memorandum in seeking to effect the closure . |
| 2 | A tremendous amount of condensation remains after a building is completed and it can take weeks and weeks to dry out if left to itself . |
| 3 | His hopes of victory rose after a health authority QC appeared to concede , in answer to the judges ' questions , that regulations requiring consultations to take place had not been properly complied with . |
| 4 | Since a number of factors determine whether a form of expression will be taken up into popular speech , and somewhat different factors will operate within and outside the black community , not all Creole forms used by black speakers will achieve wider currency , though some will . |
| 5 | Mistakes can be costly and the author recalls one scheme where the beneficiary of a right of way waited until a house purchaser was due to move in before exercising his rights , thus deliberately causing the maximum disruption to the developer . |
| 6 | March 6 : Four people arrested and £1,000-worth of drugs seized after a bus is stopped on the Holywood Road in Belfast . |
| 7 | However , another striking example of this type of mismatch arose when a student teacher CDL used a very simple program that asked children to estimate angles : it was simple to run and at the time had no documentation . |
| 8 | A useful method of impromptu drilling when a phrase or sentence is causing difficulty , for example in long conditional sentences . |
| 9 | It is to say that whether it has done so can not be determined by asking whether the statute requires a certain state of facts to exist before a decision is reached : all statutes always do this . |