Example sentences of "of [adj] [pron] [vb base] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm I mean a few of things that I would say , first of all we operate on a freephone system , also we turn claims cheques round the same day , and the name of the game as far as we 're concerned is service . |
| 2 | First of all you advertise in a trade magazine , and your current chef , reliable , but limited in ability , sees the advertisement and leaves the kitchen never to return . |
| 3 | At the time of the second General Election of 1701 we hear of a club of Tory MPs who subscribed a guinea a head for batches of Davenant 's papers to be given away among acquaintances " as antidotes against the poison that is spread by the other side , who spare no cost to scatter their libels … round the kingdom " . |
| 4 | ‘ There was too much emphasis on how fast we could grow , ’ he says , but adds that the company is still turning down about 70 per cent of those who apply for an Amex card . |
| 5 | Other costs include the payment of sickness or invalidity benefits to those suffering from diseases caused by smoking and the payment of widow 's pension and other family social security benefits to the dependant 's of those who die as a result of their smoking . |
| 6 | The outlook is not entirely bleak and it is reckoned that of those who enrol at a clinic , for whatever reason , about 40 per cent will be drug-free within ten years , although within that time , too , 15 per cent of opiate addicts may well be dead . |