Example sentences of "a [noun] of [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ we ’ was left ambiguous , indicating , by its imprecision , a unity of feeling between the speaker and the audience , between high-level finance and the ordinariness of the YCs . |
| 2 | I do n't know whether it 's a case of preaching to the converted , but it 's fun |
| 3 | In Edinburgh , as in Cardiff , is it not a case of pandering to the nationalistic element in the crowd who , albeit a vociferous minority , chose in former years to whistle and boo when the National Anthem of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was the only anthem to be played ? |
| 4 | It 's just a case of looking for the body really . |
| 5 | So I do n't think it 's a case of geese and ganders , I think it 's a case of distinguishing between the different strategic policies that apply . |
| 6 | For most voters , when an election was contested , it was a case of staying with the safest , and strongest , patron . |
| 7 | Both of these will already be present in the patch to some degree , but if you want more reverb , for instance , this is simply a case of playing with the reverb ‘ level ’ and ‘ time ’ controls . |
| 8 | We have the club slides in our house so that you know really whoever takes over organizing the meeting should really have those and they 're all sorted out in order so it 's just a case of diving in the bag and looking for whatever you want , ever the I always try to bring some fish to look at , to the the scr to the screen erm some of the fish that were on show on the table for that particular sh er in erm table show because I think it shows interest and to learn more about the fish and it 's always nice when somebody else knows a lot more about the particular species than you do , and i is able to tell you quirks and fancies that they have . |
| 9 | For Scotland it 's now a case of rebuilding for the Five Nations Championship . |
| 10 | Some nymphs have specially shaped heads and legs , so that when facing the current , they are pushed against stones into which they fit , and which save them from being washed away — certainly a case of going with the elements ! |
| 11 | It is a case of going with the grain of one 's nature — the heart of which is the wisdom of God . |
| 12 | On this occasion congress exercised its constitutional right to declare war , but , in retrospect , this seems to have been no more than a case of going through the motions — the age of crisis was well underway and the constitutional balance of powers would never be the same again . |
| 13 | Twelve weeks later , the fourth wall was similarly treated , and it was then a case of waiting until the following spring , to see if any further scale build-up and weed growth would occur . |
| 14 | But almost every year one or more of these Siberian thrushes or warblers turn up to add a bit of icing to the bird-watching cake ! |
| 15 | The idea of combining two energy sources for cooking may take a bit of rethinking on the cook 's part initially . |
| 16 | ‘ There was nothing outside the building — just a bit of rustling in the trees . |
| 17 | Secondly you 'll be creating a bit of inconveniencing to the person who comes back er back in two year 's time to resell . |
| 18 | This means that in order to paddle a straight line in a white water boat we need to include a bit of steering into the forward stroke . |
| 19 | Sequoia Systems Inc 's fault-tolerant Unix systems business needs a bit of tweaking in the unhelpful climate , and the Marlborough , Massachusetts company has added a new low-end model , the Series 40 , which comes with up to four Motorola Inc 68040 microprocessors and has a starting price of under $160,000 . |
| 20 | The opposition , a diverse and mostly respectable group of people who have been clamouring for a bit of say in the new Kuwait , did not get even a token position . |
| 21 | ‘ If I walked on , ’ thought Cheryl , ‘ I could do a bit of signalling on the way with my new flags . |
| 22 | Although lengthy domestic and care routines are to some extent a reality of disability , it is necessary to work out a level of sharing between the women and their staff which allows a varied day and does not make a drudge out of anybody . |
| 23 | Now he 's found , but if there 's a hope of getting to the truth about Sabine Jourdain in the next day or two I could linger . ’ |
| 24 | It will be difficult or impossible to establish a course of dealing on the basis of a small number of transactions over a long period . |
| 25 | Her approach would be to treat spelling as a part of writing on the one hand and of pronunciation on the other . |
| 26 | The language is now rather grey and international , a kind of meandering through the pitch-classes , but there 's a kind of novelty in exploring such unfamiliar terrain . |
| 27 | It was doomed to become , as it did , a kind of plodding in the face of the facts . |
| 28 | There was a mass of shipping in the port , small skiffs , boats , the huge heavy-bottomed sterns of Hanseatic merchantmen . |
| 29 | Singer is a writer of standing in the matter of when , in what he sees as the ‘ disappointing ’ modern world , a Jew is not a Jew . |
| 30 | This may involve self-employment with a measure of backing from the firm . |