Example sentences of "of [noun pl] in a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One report is a series of essays in a common framework by national experts ; and the second is a more detailed examination of public attitudes to technical change in Britain with comparative material on France , Germany and Japan . |
| 2 | Such averages are found from techniques which effectively count the number of molecules in a given mass or volume , such as end group analysis or studies of osmotic pressure . |
| 3 | I was working and all of a sudden and one the woman began to sing Rock of Ages in a loud voice and then the man joined in and I sort of thought I heard sort of and I thought oh , they 've got a bottle which they 've taken out of their pockets which they were passing from side to side . |
| 4 | The first step in crystallite formation is the creation of a stable nucleus brought about by the ordering of chains in a parallel array , stimulated by intramolecular forces , followed by the stabilization of long range order by the secondary valence forces which aid the packing of molecules into a three-dimensional ordered structure . |
| 5 | Later in the same article ‘ Simultanisme-Librettisme ’ in which he expounded these views , Apollinaire , using Picasso 's work as an example , extended the idea of Simultaneity to cover the combination of various view-points of objects in a single image . |
| 6 | Call rate ( number of calls in a given period ) |
| 7 | However hard a head or a governing body may try to remain outside the arena of competition , the insistence of parent interests and community awareness and the effect on even the price of houses in a local estate agent 's listings will continue to make sure that parents believe that clever children , as measured in the national assessment , are produced by good schools and by good teachers . |
| 8 | The town has some fascinating historical buildings , among which must be mentioned the old Town Hall with its Black Tower , the Latin school with its allegorical front , the salt house with its striking black and white shutters , the house where Pestalozzi , the Swiss educational reformer , died in 1827 , a parish church dating from 1480 , and a cluster of houses in a happy jumble of styles around the Heimatsmuseum . |
| 9 | He was also the company 's standard bearer at the town 's annual common riding and as a former Master upholsterer he previously represented the Corporation of Hammermen in a similar capacity . |
| 10 | a sheet giving a breakdown of activities in a typical week — PE days , swimming days etc ; |
| 11 | Even in 1990 when the recession had started to bite deeply 46 per cent of employers in a major survey carried out by the Training Agency reported recruiting difficulties ( Guardian 14 September 1990 ) . |
| 12 | At Torry Bay the main constraints — involving questions like suitability of available soil substrate , survival of reeds in a brackish environment , and conformity of results to Purification Board standards — have been tested and overcome ; the pilot is to give way this year to a full-scale artificial reed-bed of 11 acres , treating domestic waste from a population of 8,000 people , and backed up by a £500,000 grant from an EC North Sea protection programme . |
| 13 | Carzo and Yanouzas suggested that if work is organised on the basis of small groups or project teams ( therefore narrow spans of control and a tall organisation structure ) group members would be able to plan their work in an orderly manner , encourage participation by all group members in decision-making and monitor the consequences of their decisions better , so that their performance will be more efficient than the work of groups in a flat structure with a wide span of control . |
| 14 | However , the scoring information they contain comes in the form of lists of performers in a given entrée that , although valuable , are subject to certain limitations . |
| 15 | LCH may open any number of accounts in a clearing member 's name , and the member may designate one or more of them as client accounts . |
| 16 | From where I 'm sitting ( in a Paris café as it happens , pal , limbering up for the days 500cl — I mean 500 word slog ) , a rest in that sense would take the form of a couple of shifts in a Bolivian tin mine — and Club Med do n't fly there . |
| 17 | Clock and distance , in confining police work-life , were reinforced by the dictates of superiors in a quasi-military organization . |
| 18 | Unlike the other Classes , a Super Class 1 transaction will also require the prior approval of shareholders in a general meeting . |
| 19 | They supplied $3.4 billion of exports in a total trade of about $60 billion in 1987 , notably from Brazil , Mexico and Taiwan , and have been increasing their share as better systems of production and reliable supply have been introduced . |
| 20 | Kulsrud now believes that ‘ the mechanisms for depolarisation of nuclei in a magnetic fusion reactor are surprisingly weak ’ . |
| 21 | The oak table ( 7x3ft ) and chairs are another attempt to create simple forms , this time geometric , that explore the interrelationship of shapes in a dynamic way . |
| 22 | ‘ I was looking for new challenges , and Cassell as a large independent commercial publisher offers me the scope to publish a wide range of books in a commercial environment . ’ |
| 23 | If detailed semantic and syntactical analysis of words in a commercial contract is going to lead to a conclusion that flouts business common sense , it must be made to yield to business common sense ( The Antaios [ 1984 ] 3 All ER 229 at 233 ) . |
| 24 | This icon is going to be used for a macro to count the number of words in a highlighted block — a very useful facility for making sure that any document you write is properly balanced . |
| 25 | The apparent English fluency of bilingual children may be dependent on the use of words in a social context . |
| 26 | In Parsons 's words , ‘ Stratification , in its valuational aspect , then , is the ranking of units in a social system in accordance with the common value system ’ . |
| 27 | As we have seen already when we have to cope with a large number of losses in a short time , it becomes much harder to deal with the grief that we feel . |
| 28 | The growth in world trade led to the development of multinational corporations and banks whose increased scope of operation made them more concerned with the placement of funds in a wide range of currencies . |
| 29 | It is also true that section 2(8) does not provide complete protection , since information obtained in answer to questions ( such as , for example , the location of funds in a foreign bank account ) can lead to the disclosure of damaging facts which once known can be proved by other means , even if the answers themselves can not be put in evidence . |
| 30 | ASUTRAMES drew up a series of demands in a 27-point petition addressed to the municipal government , The petition included the following Points : |