Example sentences of "of [pron] [noun sg] [conj] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gill and Jackson ( 1983 ) found that five of the thirty-five children were to some degree proud of their colour but only a small minority of the children had positive feelings about their colour . |
| 2 | Since the notional content of adjectives , on the other hand , does not define the nature of their support but only a quality thereof they can be said to have external incidence . |
| 3 | The film 's musical score and song and dance numbers are surprisingly its weakest ingredient , though the shooting and editing of Earth Girls Are Easy is often highly original-especially the black and white dream sequence that 's a model of its kind and almost a music video in itself . |
| 4 | The conditions of its composition and even a precise date for the play are uncertain . |
| 5 | The jewel in the Cobra 's head has its counterpart in Australian Aboriginal folklore in the form of the quartz crystal which enshrines the colours and essence of the rainbow , and the Rainbow Serpent of Australian mythology is closely related to the Indian Spectacled Cobra in terms of its role as both a fertility symbol and a symbol of higher consciousness . |
| 6 | The proposed cuts had led to talk of its closure but today a reprieve was announced . |
| 7 | She exuded power : the power to change a boy 's destiny with a stern shake of her head and only a few official-sounding words . |