Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [prep] a [noun pl] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An investigation is underway into a fire which caused thousands of pounds of damage to a plastics factory . |
| 2 | Failure to obey any instructions he or she might issue in this context may amount to the statutory offence of obstruction of a police officer in the execution of his duty , for which the sentence can be either imprisonment or a substantial fine . |
| 3 | In due course , she was charged with and convicted of obstruction of a police constable in the execution of his duty . |
| 4 | Friends of the Earth is warning Mr Redwood to beware of talk of a jobs bonanza . |
| 5 | In consequence , it is not possible to define a rate of return on a futures contract , and some other type of analysis must be used which does not require the use of the sum invested . |
| 6 | The actual rate of return on a futures position depends both on whether the position is long or short , and on the amount of margin that has to be paid . |
| 7 | The picture of life in a goods station was painted by Ernest Protheroe : |
| 8 | The retailer may combine various forms of advertising in a promotions campaign , depending on what products he wants to promote , and the way he wants to use the advertising . |
| 9 | Culyer ( 1973 , p. 185 ) provides a useful illustration of a trial PPB system with respect to the allocation of expenditure in a police force , although he prefers to call this approach ‘ output budgeting ’ , a term used in the UK civil service ( see below ) . |