Example sentences of "of a [adj] [noun pl] [coord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Asturias a mob of a thousand peasants and university students , after pillaging the arsenal of its rifles , made an end of the hesitations of the Audiencia and the constituted authorities , who were afraid to defy Murat ; the general assembly of the province , which happened to be holding one of its triennial meetings , took the leadership of the insurrection , and , on 25 May , declared war on Napoleon . |
| 2 | The ethics committee of the US Senate on Feb. 27 concluded its investigation into the conduct of five senators — the so-called " Keating Five " — accused of having had improper links with Charles Keating , the owner of a failed savings and loan institution . |
| 3 | The demonstration went ahead on March 28 amid high tension , and in the face of a huge police and troop presence . |
| 4 | These do require a certain degree of inference , but it is clear that under some conditions such remains can suggest the name of a sponsor , the reason for sponsorship , and the presence of a respected craftsmen or group of craftsmen At Avenches — and probably at Bavay — in France , and at Seriana and Timgad in North Africa , the names of individual craftsmen are attested ( although , as is shown by the inscription from Timgad , even differing ideas of the practice in which the craftsman was involved are apparent ) . |
| 5 | The polygenic nature of ageing contains a baleful message for gerontologists ; it is most unlikely that engineering of a few genes or intervention in a handful of physiological pathways will prevent the process from occurring . |