Example sentences of "of a [adj] [noun] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in tucking a cover over the old man 's knees , for there was snow on the ground outside and in spite of a roaring fire the room was not as warm as he was used to , she felt her hand patted and then he said , ‘ Peace and goodwill , peace and goodwill , that is the secret after all . ’ |
| 2 | At the point of a successful match the worker is described in terms of the kinds of job he could do and the job is described in terms of the kind of worker needed to do it , Table 2.7 . |
| 3 | At the beginning of a drug-induced hallucination the subject often sees simple , coloured , geometric patterns . |
| 4 | In affording to them immunity from suit if they have acted in good faith in compliance with a legal or moral duty or in protection of a legitimate interest the law must take them as it finds them . |
| 5 | In the case of a salaried partner the position may be rather less clear . |
| 6 | For the purpose of a choreographic grammar the word ‘ impetus ’ can be interpreted in three ways ali of which are applicable to the design . |
| 7 | ( 4 ) At the hearing of a pre-trial review the district judge may exercise any of his interlocutory powers ( Ord 17 , r 4 ) . |
| 8 | In the general confusion of a heady battle the German F3 champion demoted Schlesser to third . |
| 9 | A Labour Council was elected in 1933 , and under the political influence of a left-wing cleric the city council adopted different policies from the previous Conservative administration . |
| 10 | The casing is much wider than it needs to be , I suppose bigger looks better , and although the top is made of a substantial plastic the base is n't and tends to give under pressure . |
| 11 | In particular it tends to be associational rather than communal — that is , they regard as a key indicator of a flourishing village the number of clubs , societies and other associations which it supports . |
| 12 | In relation to the concept of a new settlement the Department very firmly has an open mind at a time , we 've heard many statements drawing on the various P P G s , and from some of them you might have been excused for thinking that the Department had indeed turned it turned its back on the idea of a n new settlements , knowing that sort of situation we felt it appropriate before the start of this examination to sound out the residents of two Marscham Street |
| 13 | Otherwise there shall be an election in the House of Commons beginning within twenty-eight days of the opening of each new session of Parliament , except that in the case of a new Parliament the election shall be held not earlier than three months nor later than six months from the date of assembly of that Parliament . |
| 14 | Clause 25 allows employees to challenge the terms and conditions of a collective agreement the employer applies to them where the agreement appears to contravene the principles of equal treatment . |
| 15 | It was thought that Green took his large prepared copper plates out into the landscape and worked on them in front of the actual view , but when one looks at a print of a recognisable location the image is not reversed as would have been the case if a direct drawing onto the plate had been made from nature . |
| 16 | In case of a one-man company the founder exercises the rights of the members ' meeting . |
| 17 | Making the most of a vital resource The profession has decided to do something positive about women |
| 18 | But the register with which we are presently concerned is of little help ; in the case of a listed company the majority of the shares will probably be registered in the names of nominees . |
| 19 | Whilst under the protection of a sympathetic government the balance of power had unquestionably shifted perceptibly towards the lower classes , landlords and employers remained sufficiently strong and confident to be poised for a counter-attack should the political climate change . |
| 20 | In the course of a 24-hour drama the kidnapper , Orlando Ordoñez Betancourt , successfully demanded that they be flown with him to Honduras , where after an airport siege he was granted safe passage to Mexico . |
| 21 | The new apartment consisted of a single room the size of a small warehouse : wholewood desk and table , low-slung black leather chairs , filing cabinets , the playpen of the bed . |
| 22 | For December 14th 1804 he writes : ‘ finished the three drawings for Mr. Knowlys — Mrs. Green delivered of a dead daughter the child full grown ’ , and on January 23rd 1808 he wrote tersely ‘ My wife was delivered about one in the day of a daughter . ’ |
| 23 | In the case of a contested bid the offeror can expect little co-operation from the target or its directors . |
| 24 | Semantically , the less of a notional component the verb has , the more naturally it goes with the theme as a foundation-laying element . |
| 25 | In the course of a short time the farmer was sufficiently restored to relate his own story , as already recited , and in gratitude for his miraculous escape ordered a silver collar to be made for his friendly protector , as a perpetual remembrance of the transaction . |
| 26 | Instead of a swift resolution the siege dragged on into its second month . |
| 27 | Instead of a weekly meeting the course will be held on two Saturdays and one week-end per term . |
| 28 | ( vi ) Since the council is capable of committing the tort of libel and of being held liable to pay damages in respect of a defamatory publication the law should provide the correlative right to sue for libel . |
| 29 | As a cunning demonstration of the superiority of a free culture the scene required the girls to expose their pantied behinds to the visitor and a chorus boy to run his head beneath Shirley MacLaine 's petticoat and emerge with her underwear . |
| 30 | I encountered the reality of a penitential pilgrimage the moment I woke and levered my stiff limbs off the hard school-room floor where we slept last night , and winced as my blister contacted the floor . |