Example sentences of "[adv] of a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | undertake a range of non-chronological writing which includes , for pupils working towards level 2 , some at least of lists , captions , labels , invitations , greeting cards , notices , posters and , for pupils working towards level 3 , plans and diagrams , descriptions , eg of a person or place , and notes for an activity , eg in science or designing and making ; |
| 2 | Comic Les , 59 , collapsed and died yesterday , apparently of a heart attack , shortly after arriving at a Manchester BUPA hospital for a check-up . |
| 3 | ACE 3000 consists basically of a power unit and support unit . |
| 4 | And though we know also that in early periods , and especially and persistently in certain forms — drama , dance , choral song — production was not even in this manifest sense individual but was necessarily of a group kind , still the emphasis on ‘ the producer ’ , ‘ the author ’ , remains predominant , because it corresponds quite directly to the manifest conditions of production in writing and in print , and to certain oral forms which directly preceded them . |
| 5 | Especially of a man whose extreme scepticism about herself and her doings was daily expressed . |
| 6 | Strach 's had it just about — so Wilko 's decision to swap Rocky for White was a complete load of bollocks — if he ca n't manage players like Rocky and Cuntona then he should n't be a f*****g manager especially of a team with rather large delusions of grandeur . |
| 7 | This more frequent application , especially of a compound like malathion which has an unpleasant odour , has led to increasing refusals from householders and a consequent reduction in insecticide coverage . |
| 8 | The analysis below of a year of MMRC activity illustrates not only the nature of live business but also the volume and responsibility of the work it undertakes . |
| 9 | She believes that Hewlett-Packard has now carved itself enough of a breathing space to be able to consider various options at both ends of the market . |
| 10 | She believes HP has now carved itself enough of a breathing space to be able to consider various options at both ends of the market . |
| 11 | We have schemata for action , for example : we do not have to replan how to get dressed every day ; for many of us , the decision about what shoes to wear is quite enough of a problem for one morning . |
| 12 | Of course , for early EDI users , getting two computers , one 's own and one belonging to a trading partner , to talk to one another , was quite enough of a challenge , without worrying about other people you and your partners might want to communicate with some time in the future . |
| 13 | And as if Ontario was n't pretty enough of a picture , there are the galleries showing everything from the avant-garde to Old Masters . |
| 14 | Only when the barriers of ignorance and fear are destroyed will our mentally handicapped community be fully integrated into our society , and decisions and judgements — perhaps of a life or death nature — be made with a full and real understanding of the issues involved . |
| 15 | Think perhaps of a piece of lea , what could you do with that ? |
| 16 | Hers may be the problems of a lost or disgraced lover , of fears around childbirth or abortion , of whether or not her family will stand by her in the end , perhaps of a situation in which she has queered her own pitch for continuing fun , and above all , possibly , of the way she is seen by the others concerned . |
| 17 | Even just the memories of 1988 Winter Olympics folk hero Eddie ‘ the Eagle ’ Edwards , the British ski jumper who put himself in the Calgary Games regardless of a lack of skill or training , made more of an impact with the American sporting public than super-fit and talented rugby players such as David Campese , Jeremy Guscott or Wade Dooley . |
| 18 | Approaches such as these that assess a worker 's competence against nationally-established standards and that issue a qualification regardless of a person 's formal academic background need to be developed for larger groups of paraprofessionals . |
| 19 | He said the father of two ‘ died from a deep sense of duty , regardless of a generation , some of whom do not recognise or accept authority ’ . |
| 20 | Finally , a worthwhile person is always coherent , in the sense of being all of a piece . |
| 21 | Um , said Tor , but then went on to explain that only a week or two before he had been within a hundred metres or so of a school of orca . |
| 22 | Designated accessible polling stations , er will themselves have to cover fifty percent or so of a constituency initially and people will be allowed to have access to a designated station if their own station is one that has not qualified at that time , although the aim will be a hundred percent designated er polling stations with full access . |
| 23 | It was not that she was parsimonious or disapproving of alcohol , simply that she knew it had adverse side-effects on Liza and , not being much of a drinker herself , she only kept a small supply in the house . |
| 24 | But it has n't given him much of a clue about setting up a restaurant . |
| 25 | ‘ Oh , get up , ’ said Angalo , embarrassed at the Abbot acting like that in front of someone who , however much of a friend he was , had n't been born a Store nome . |
| 26 | No matter how much of a slavey she might really be , a chambermaid never thinks of herself as a maid . |
| 27 | ‘ Did the messenger put up much of a fight ? ’ |
| 28 | I consulted my conscience but it did n't put up much of a fight . |
| 29 | That seemed to me to be a fairly convincing argument , and I was too tired to put up much of a fight . |
| 30 | By the end of that first evening I 'd discovered that , however much of a rebel your younger sister might be , you were made of tougher , truer steel . ’ |