Example sentences of "of [art] [adj] [noun pl] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She spoke recently of the strain of the six days a week work schedule that she said had left her shattered . |
| 2 | Betacom is giving each of the six finalists a Betacom Venture cordless telephone ( £79.99 ) . |
| 3 | A ‘ Grolier ’ binding is one of the greatest treasures a collector could wish for . |
| 4 | Well one of the greatest qualities a fisherman can have is of course patience . |
| 5 | Hair apparently benefited : of the 120 volunteers a total of 37 stated that the condition of their hair had actually improved whilst almost all the remainder reported no deterioration whatsoever . |
| 6 | Indeed , as we shall see in the final chapter , one of the principal skills a drama teacher requires is the ability to recognise the potential and suitability of each mode for the particular topic and the particular group and to recognise that the incipient performance mode in dramatic playing and the incipient dramatic playing mode in performance provide the means for an imperceptible movement between the two . |
| 7 | In Constantinople the Porte , until far into the eighteenth century , paid to representatives of the western states a maintenance allowance ( ta'in ) graduated according to their rank . |
| 8 | The spiritual care of the bereaved demands a book all on its own and we can not do it justice here since we have been more concerned with the human experiences that people undergo . |
| 9 | One of the great difficulties a teacher has is to recognise a good drawing or painting from a bad one — or to know when a child has achieved through his effort a simple personal expression . |
| 10 | ’ We did it to give some of the great youngsters a chance ’ |
| 11 | By the 1780s Bath and Bristol as well as London were the receivers , via Exeter , of the 500 vanloads a year which were sent from Brixham in Devon . |
| 12 | To women , entering the trade without undergoing any of the initiation rites , excluded from the union , the whole business of fat and lean — one of the first things a boy apprentice would learn about — can have meant little . |
| 13 | They thought the division of the two provinces a check on Russian influence . |
| 14 | The men were the brothers of Patrick Welsh , one of the two men a jury had just cleared Mr Thompson of killing by using his Jaguar to force their van off the road and into a wall and lamp post . |
| 15 | They said I could work just in termtime as long as I give them notice of the definite weeks a month in advance . ’ |
| 16 | Stratification can also weaken social integration by giving members of the lower strata a feeling of being excluded from participation in the larger society . |
| 17 | Third , within the territory of the northern Angles a Bernician leadership had reasserted itself and the political centre of gravity shifted northwards away from the plain of York . |
| 18 | Many M16 officers made no pretence at co-operation as a desirable aim , instilling in some of the newer men a conviction that M15 saw its main purpose to encroach on M16 domains , and suggesting that all such moves should be pre-empted . |
| 19 | By contrast , Marx saw in Morgan 's emphasis on the primacy of the matrilineal gens a challenge to these principles . |
| 20 | Dr Neil Cochrane was engaged in one of the worst tasks a doctor had to face : attempting to save the life of a young girl and the child she was trying to bear , after earlier neglect and mismanagement from the moment the birth had begun . |
| 21 | Born in South Shields , Scott was one of the 12 months a year men who played League football and County cricket . |
| 22 | The demise of the 12 months a year man is due mainly to the extra pressure , and greater financial rewards , in both sports . |
| 23 | However , this issue can be looked at positively : perhaps someone may do something about their abuse as a result of Mr Rose 's coming forward — telling someone is one of the hardest things a victim can do . |
| 24 | Southend are one off the bottom … but they 've given some of the top teams a run for their money this season … |
| 25 | One of the top skills a driver 's got have on a road if he 's gon na maintain safety . |
| 26 | Hong Kong 's Victoria Harbour is used by over a quarter of a million ships a year . |
| 27 | You might earn almost a quarter of a million pounds a year — ’ |
| 28 | However , after spending some time amid the pandemonium of this noisy office , Anita had come to one definite conclusion : Laura might well earn an absolute fortune — reputedly a quarter of a million pounds a year — but , as far as Anita was concerned , she certainly deserved every penny ! |
| 29 | A property developer is hoping to defy the recession by putting flats in a converted Mill on the market at up to a quarter of a million pounds a time . |
| 30 | This is pa at least in part due to the glossy advertising that they 've launched at a cost of a quarter of a million pounds a week . |