Example sentences of "of [noun pl] has a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The length of syllables has an important part to play in prominence . |
| 2 | As the subject of historical studies , and the heroine of romantic fiction , Mary Queen of Scots has a massive lead over all other earthly Maries , only the Virgin scoring more heavily — as even the most cursory glance at the British Library Catalogue of Printed Books makes clear . |
| 3 | The specialization of functions has a dispersive effect and a primary function of government becomes that of securing co-ordination amongst the parts . |
| 4 | The Institute of Directors has a total membership of 33,500 , only 2,600 of them women . |
| 5 | Since N. battus infection of lambs has a unique epidemiology , its control is best considered separately . |
| 6 | The transmutation of elements has an important place in modern nuclear physics ( as it did in mediaeval alchemy ) but ran completely counter to the aims of Dalton 's atomistic programme . |
| 7 | The dominating strategy is non-cooperative : an individual group of workers has a clear interest in standing firm in resisting money wage cuts even though workers en masse may be better off if a cooperative strategy were pursued . |
| 8 | The librarian 's choice of booksellers has an important effect upon the selection of material as well as upon the speed and efficiency of acquisition . |
| 9 | But if winding up is foreseeable when shares are issued , the limitation of rights has a commercial effect . |
| 10 | ‘ Where the seller of goods has a voidable title to them , but his title has not been avoided at the time of the sale , the buyer acquires a good title to the goods , provided he buys them in good faith and without notice of the seller 's defect of title . ’ |
| 11 | The veneration of saints has a long history dating back to the early martyrs ( meaning witnesses ) . |
| 12 | This concern about the calibre of councillors has a long history . |
| 13 | The traditional order of toasts has a certain logic . |
| 14 | A very large number of kilocreds has a loud voice , and the Fraxillian fee was still shouting in my ear . |
| 15 | Earlier we described a paradox which was that each user or group of users has a different need for information and the way that is presented to him . |
| 16 | Any one of us might be struck by lightning , but the probability is pretty low in any one minute ( although the Guinness Book of Records has a charming picture of a Virginian man , nicknamed the human lightning conductor , recovering in hospital from his seventh lightning strike , with an expression of apprehensive bewilderment on his face ) . |
| 17 | The mite of scabies has a particular preference for certain sites on the body , and , if placed away from one of these favoured places , will make its way to a more satisfactory area . |
| 18 | Yet , as Dr Archer explains , the uncontrolled bleeding of women has a negative value . |
| 19 | Capri is a classic holiday island where exquisite belvederes overlook sparkling seas ; palms neighbour olives and pines ; Monte Solaro soars and the coast of grottoes has a rugged charm . |