Example sentences of "of an [adj] [noun] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He went to work for an organisation that combined the roles of an issuing house and a conglomerate . |
| 2 | A modification in a theory , such as the addition of an extra postulate or a change in some existing postulate , that has no testable consequences that were not already testable consequences of the unmodified theory will be called ad hoc modifications . |
| 3 | Their main advantage comes when crampons must be put on and taken off several times a day — more of an alpine situation than a Scottish winter one . |
| 4 | In order to obtain such vital things as a ration card or a job , it was necessary to be able to provide evidence of loyalty to the regime , by means of an official certificate or a letter signed by a person who was , in turn , accredited as " approved " by the regime . |
| 5 | It was more of an annual rite than a business meeting , and always concluded with expressions of mutual goodwill and handshakes all round — provided the pub continued to show a profit . |
| 6 | The Assembly approved a law to " perpetuate the memory of the 1956 revolution and freedom struggle in law " and declaring Oct. 23 a national holiday ; it also unanimously approved a statement of intent on joining the Council of Europe ; and it accepted the resignation of outgoing Prime Minister Miklos Nemeth of the Hungarian Socialist Party ( the reformed successor to the Hungarian Socialist Workers ' Party ) , but requested him to remain in office at the head of an interim government until a replacement government had been formed . |
| 7 | But , with signs of an economic upturn and a strong balance sheet , Anglia faced the future confidently . |
| 8 | And now " The Meeting having given due consideration to the want of a regular and resident Surgeon in the Island , and conceive that such a person is much wanted , and they know that in general the practice and payments to a medical person is inadequate to support him in decency , and although a liberal subscription was opened and entered into by individuals still the supply would be scanty and unequal to the support of an educated person and a gentleman . |
| 9 | The dangerous journey in store for Sard is not in fact in pursuit of the ideal woman , but a prosaic attempt to get back to his ship before it sails , an attempt frustrated by the theft of his bicycle and by wanderings that involve him with a silver-train and a period in gaol , the traverse of an appalling desert and a rock-strewn mountain . |
| 10 | The dilemma for the Americans is that , if they reject the argument that Israel must be part of the Middle East peace process , they may be unable to secure international endorsement for any settlement procedure ; so they could be left with the invidious alternatives of an ignominious withdrawal or a long-term military presence . |
| 11 | Now if you 're the owner of an anxious Alsatian or a tense Terrier , a top dog breeder could have the answer — aromatherapy . |
| 12 | The remains of the Abbey are only a short distance from Canterbury Cathedral and include parts of an Anglo-Saxon church and a medieval monastery . |
| 13 | Born in London of an Irish mother and a Scottish father , she had been educated at a convent school in North London . |
| 14 | A patch of red soon appeared in retaliation at the other end of the ground but both were quickly silenced by the twin evils of an unimportant match and a cold , dull afternoon . |
| 15 | Robert Lord 's basic story-line provided a marvellous portrait of an ordinary worker and a very telling ‘ explanation of the roots of political prejudice ’ but these details had to be made real on film . |
| 16 | Minute dumb-bell-shaped pieces of metal were embedded in the two sides of the neural folds of an amphibian embryo and a magnetic field applied to prevent the folds coming together . |
| 17 | In addition , the safety net of being able to dispose of an ill-targeted acquisition or a business that becomes non-core as a result of an acquisition may not exist when times are hard . |
| 18 | Airtours rose 5p to 302p and its bid victim Owners Abroad advanced 13p to 129p , after the DTI nodded through the bid and revived hopes of an increased offer or a counter-bid . |
| 19 | There is one shining example of a literary man willing , with however many fastidious reservations , to collaborate with a compose — Hugo von Hofmannsthal , whose series of librettos for Richard Strauss , from Elektra to Arabella , is the most distinguished collaboration of an established poet and a famous composer since Busenello wrote for Monteverdi . |
| 20 | These area managers meet as a team monthly , and general managers meet with their own management teams [ comprising typically of an assistant manager and a head chef ] weekly . |
| 21 | This form is to be completed if proofing of an individual entry or a range of entries is required . |
| 22 | Legislative power is vested in a bicameral Parliament consisting of an appointed Senate and a 17-member House of Assembly which is popularly elected for a five-year term . |
| 23 | Legislative power is vested in a bicameral Parliament consisting of an appointed Senate and a 17-member House of Assembly which is popularly elected for a five-year term . |
| 24 | The essence of an EEIG is a joint venture vehicle which has the mixed characteristics of an unlimited company and a partnership . |
| 25 | A killer who was the son of an Argentinian playboy and a nightclub singer from somewhere near Catania . |
| 26 | Such an undertaking can appear to be a matter of stating the obvious — that speaker J , in his first contribution , for example , is answering the ‘ what ’ question in terms of an understood-to-be-known location and a time which is known from an interaction between knowledge of J's age ( context ) and knowledge that J was at least fourteen ( domain ) . |
| 27 | The difference between the rhetorical and social representational approaches can be illustrated by considering a quotation from Moscovici ( 1984 ) , in which he is discussing the social nature of social representations : ‘ The word ‘ social ’ was meant to indicate that representations are the outcome of an unceasing babble and a permanent dialogue between individuals , a dialogue that is both internal and external , during which representations are echoed or complemented ’ ( Moscovici , 1984 : 950 ) . |
| 28 | This will consist of an achievable target and a programme of recruitment events . |
| 29 | That is why the Lloyds Bank open learning centres currently use a hybrid system consisting of an IV workstation and a CD-Rom-XA system . |
| 30 | Navy cotton culottes were teamed with the soft centre of an avocado-green shirt and a navy jacket , long and loosely fitted . |