Example sentences of "of [noun] [adj] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a show of unity rarer than a dodo sighting , the US Big Six have issued a joint statement of position in an attempt to focus attention on the ‘ epidemic of litigation ’ that is beginning to threaten the very existence of many American firms . |
| 2 | * Brazilian timber company Gethal Amazonia has been fined a record of £1.4 million after a helicopter survey revealed it had illegally chopped down Amazon rain forest trees |
| 3 | Jay gags , this is where love has brought me , rooting through the bins like a vagrant , looking for a sheet of high-gloss photographic paper and a bad profile shot of Lucy smaller than a postage stamp . |
| 4 | In Pearlberg v. Varty the House of Lords considered whether a taxpayer should have the right to make written representations or have a hearing before a single commissioner prior to his granting leave to raise assessments for years beyond the normal time limit . |
| 5 | The incredible ruined cities , many more of which still remain to be discovered in the jungle areas , are one fascination , if only to speculate as to how they were built in a civilisation which had no beast of burden bigger than a llama , no wheels , and no cutting edge except stone . |
| 6 | Dangling from the hook came a length of rope and a piece of leather larger than a dog collar , large enough , indeed , to have fitted a goat . |