Example sentences of "of a [noun pl] [noun] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Both WACC and IAMCR share a vision of a communications future grounded in democratic alternatives to the present structures , ’ Mr Thomas said . |
| 2 | Charles made a cursory check for blood-stained fingerprints , the thread of a sports jacket made from tweed only available in a small tailor 's shop in Aberdeen , the scratch marks of an artificial hand or the faint but unmistakable aroma of orange blossom . |
| 3 | The name of a sports promoter disappeared from the list , and another candidate was downgraded from a peerage to a knighthood . |
| 4 | They are believed to have worked in the officers ' mess of a signals unit posted to Moortsel , a village near Tervuren , 10 miles east of Brussels , in September 1944 . |
| 5 | And there has been an unexpected spin-off — because SNIA Fibre is a subsidiary of a chemicals group controlled by Fiat , cars have been available for UK Novaceta workers at discounted prices . |
| 6 | Another binary is created here , for we became separated in our communitas of spontaneity from the rigid belief systems and certainties of a police structure rooted in language , law , and custom . |
| 7 | A failure on the part — ( a ) of a police officer to comply with any provision of such a code ; or ( b ) of any person other than a police officer who is charged with the duty of investigating offences or charging offenders to have regard to any relevant provision of such a code in the discharge of that duty , shall not of itself render him liable to any criminal or civil proceedings . |
| 8 | They had regenerated with incredible speed , comparable with that of a bacteria colony increasing in a lab dish — doubling itself within hours . |
| 9 | Colleagues , to allow a trades council delegate to represent a trades council view , which could mean an official or member of a trades union speaking in opposition to its national policy , would be unacceptable . |