Example sentences of "of a [adj] [noun] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition to joint degree courses combining two disciplines , students can combine the study of a discipline eg Geography with a general topic of study eg Gender Studies or study of a geographical area eg South Asia in the final two ( Honours ) years . |
| 2 | The layout of a seventh century B.C. example shows a large hall with entrance porch . |
| 3 | A MINING town devastated by the closure of a nearby colliery just days ago was yesterday given a Government cash boost . |
| 4 | Now if th this side , the list on this side erm represents the sort of essential characteristics of a Marxist political party , and if that 's a reasonable er summary , and people might want to take issue with it argue that these are n't the essential characteristics , that there are other essential characteristics or one other important er characteristic which I 've ignored , but if these are , down this side , the essential characteristics of a Marxist party then Mao 's Communist Party in the late nineteen thirties can not , it seems to me , by any stretch of the imagination qualify . |
| 5 | If it is stretching the imagination to describe any West Indian fast bowler as a gentle giant he is nevertheless mild-mannered and easy-going , and it is significant that while the likes of Croft and Marshall were doing unpleasant things to batsmen 's heads , the damage that Garner inflicted was mostly confined to arms and hands ; obviously any broken bone is bad and obviously he sent down his share of bouncers , but there was never the suggestion that he was using his physical advantages maliciously ; six feet eight inches 12 metres ) tall and weighing seventeen stones ( 108 kilograms ) , the prospect of the carnage he might have caused had he been of an aggressive nature hardly bears thinking about . |