Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun sg] and [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It offered opportunities for the reception and use of the precepts of economic liberalism and thus a break from intellectually old-fashioned mercantilist conceptions of public policy . |
| 2 | He was running what was mostly a sixties disco with a sprinkling of classic rock and only a few recent standards . |
| 3 | Er and I think we would all er acknowledge er the the precise difficulties of that wording and perhaps a , an amendment may need to be considered on the second line following the list of districts . |
| 4 | The German blitz was resumed in the early months of this year and then a fresh terror , the " flying bombs " , was directed against London in the summer . |
| 5 | English was the most far-flung language in 1880 ; not only in new nations , but in British colonies where it was the language of official life and therefore a language of record and social advancement for the native . |
| 6 | A few hundred years of Imperial rule and already a coterie surrounded the throne which , by its very nature , endangered the survival of the Imperium . |
| 7 | The need for teacher education and staff development for further education is therefore urgent and is the subject of much debate and not a little progress . |
| 8 | messageRoutines — Two procedures each allowing the output of a message of fixed length and also a procedure delivering a warning message . |
| 9 | So there were going to be four months of hard training and probably a lot of violence . |
| 10 | Not all information will be regarded as of equal weight and therefore a truly total assessment is unattainable . |
| 11 | The Blue Elephant , 4 Fulham Broadway , SW6 ( 01 385 6595 ) has brought the jungle to London in an imaginative series of bamboo-roofed spaces broken by walls of trellised greenery and even a lacquered bridge with a real stream trickling under it . |
| 12 | We found that only about one in five of all establishments used either form of temporary worker and only a third of those used them in numbers equivalent to at least five per cent of their labour forces . |
| 13 | You should provide them with a list of topics of general interest and also a list of any specific cases in which the firm is involved . |
| 14 | Rapid growth ( high productivity ) means ready absorption of red light and so a greater difference between red and NIR bidirectional reflectance than one with slower growth . |
| 15 | The area is as yet largely untouched by the ugliness of mass afforestation and still a paradise for lovers of the outdoors . |
| 16 | This woman was never taught how to cope with the stresses of modern living and how a good diet and lifestyle can help . |
| 17 | Like marrying a soldier , as Marjorie had , seventeen moves in twenty-four years of active service and never a bellyache out of her . |