Example sentences of "and with [det] a [noun] of " in BNC.

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1 The frogmen had been briefed — and with such a degree of certitude ! — as to the exact point on the hump-backed bridge whence the Tongue had been thrown .
2 The young Aberdeen side were relegated from the first division of the indoor league , but they are better disciplined outdoors and with such a wealth of talent at their disposal they will take some shifting .
3 From a purely technical point of view , this may not have been the standard performance , but in a place almost completely lacking in a tradition of classical dance , it is a delight to watch native talent channelled so joyously and with such a spirit of challenge to the myth that we exist only from the neck upwards .
4 we replied that our only object was to secure a Government on such lines and with such a prospect of stability that it might reasonably be expected to be capable of carrying on the war ; that in our opinion his Government , weakened by the resignations of Lloyd George and Bonar Law and by all that had gone on during the past weeks , offered no such prospect and we answered the question therefore with a perfectly definite negative .
5 Certainly , I 've never met anyone in football with as big a will to win and with such a hatred of losing as Ian .
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