Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun sg] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Beside it was an overturned bottle , a length of grubby cord and a sheet of newspaper on which lay a crust of brown loaf , the core of an apple and some crumbs of cheese .
2 The BFASS divided between a Sturgeite majority advocating a continued discrimination in favour of free-labour sugar and a minority , mainly of West Countrymen , for complete free trade in sugar .
3 Such desire for the other may be less the result of a desublimation of repressed desire than a consequence of desire itself being structured by social repression generally : thus the other may be cathected as ( an ) other beyond repression .
4 During a planned search last night a joint police/Army patrol found 13 rounds of assorted ammunition and a detonator attached to 15 feet of single core hidden in a hedge .
5 These fads for physical fitness invariably , in my experience , lead to two things : a great deal of unnecessary injury and a lot of profit to the people behind the scheme .
6 Victory and profit , together with the king 's affable personality and chivalric reputation , ensured that this co-operation , once offered , would not lightly be withdrawn ; but in dealing with the nobility Edward showed a degree of political skill and a sensitivity to their interests which went beyond simply sharing in a glorious and profitable enterprise abroad .
7 IT HAS BECOME one of the clichés of political debate that a concern for conservation is a new — and therefore probably transient — phenomenon and in addition that it is the hobby of an élite determined to fight against the inevitable overriding dictates of modern economic growth .
8 As a barometer of political opinion and a verdict on the political talks , the results can be read any number of ways .
9 In the event of a hung parliament there is the probability of constitutional deadlock , and the possibility of political breakdown and a realignment of parliamentary support for particular parties .
10 Mallerstang is one of the quietest of the Pennine valleys , unfrequented by tourists and free from heavy traffic : it is a pleasant ribbon of green deepset between lofty heights , sparsely populated and always giving the impression of rural contentment and a way of life that remains as unchanged as the landscape .
11 The board is made of insulating material and a conductor which is etched away leaving the circuitry to which electronic components are later attached by solder .
12 But in all social discourse a stable home was seen both as a microcosm of stable society and a sanctuary from an unstable and rapidly changing one .
13 We have seen in this chapter how a dual structure of production has been maintained in Japan through the interconnected activities of private business and a state which has supported the simultaneous existence of a limited number of larger companies and a massive network of smaller ones .
14 As they were built for use on the Crystal Palace route , they were fitted with Spencer track brakes , with a single pair of hard oak shoes under the centre of each truck and a brass wheel concentric with the hand brake staff on the platforms .
15 A small committee assists in deciding the financial benefit of each suggestion and a cash bonus is given to the employee concerned based on this .
16 A spring of guarded hope and a source of amusement .
17 Cities are the inverse , containing individual blocks , streets but few voids , lungs : an excessive impression of solid mass and a zero expression of space .
18 ‘ I had to offer her a round of toasted cheese and a cup of tea .
19 The United States Supreme Court has gone further , requiring as a matter of due process that a judge who has been vilified should step down — at least where the matter is left until the end of the trial .
20 After a cup of strong coffee and a slice of dry toast , she contemplated the day ahead .
21 Those who wished to do so gathered to share in the fellowship of a symbolic meal — a piece of dry bread and a cup of water .
22 His breakfast consists of dry bread and a cup of tea .
23 All aim to restrict calorie intake but most allow for one small treat a day , such as a small glass of dry wine or a chocolate biscuit .
24 Similarly , a child who has been receiving some form of individual help from a clinician , teacher or parent , might be expected to show the effects of that treatment and a comparison of changes over time on the basis of formal assessments would be an appropriate way of obtaining relevant information .
25 It is an essential part of that recovery that a request in writing for recovery shall be served on the offeree .
26 Most plainly , the causal circumstance fixes or secures the occurrence of just one thing , as distinct from fixing the occurrence of that thing or a second or a third or …
27 In the context of , we 'll be witnessing a change er we 'll be witnessing without a change on the part of the , the Health Authority , an eventual rundown of that hospital and a closure as a consequence of the internal market .
28 Now she 'd spoken his name she was committed , intent on preserving her dignity : making the point to her attractive companion that , whatever he might be thinking , she was n't in the market for love — or the poor reproduction of that emotion that a lot of men produced in the pursuit of sexual thrills .
29 In places where the sand has completely blown away there are patches of primitive ploughing and a complex of the remains of stone walls .
30 A meal of fresh pasta and a glass of Sancerre ensured that I was sound asleep in front of the television 's latest moronic soap opera by ten o'clock .
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