Example sentences of "[det] a [noun] of " in BNC.

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1 Is this a characteristic of a Series III on radials or do you think there is something wrong ?
2 I hereby declare this a Court of Law with myself as judge and those present as jury .
3 This colonnade carried a classical entablature and above was a plain wall ( where the Medieval triforium normally is to be found ) and above this a row of small clerestory windows .
4 A repetition of the same sin under similarly testing circumstances does not make this a duplicate of 12:10–20 .
5 Is this a function of the mainframe business , or is it a function of IBM 's actions in this market ? ’
6 Following NN we allow for the possibility that the higher the wage the more competition there will be for the job ( ceteris paribus ) and make this a function of w .
7 If ‘ tight ’ diabetic control leads to restoration of platelet function to normal , is this a reflection of the fall in blood glucose , alteration in plasma lipids and fatty acids , restoration of normal endothelial cell integrity or other mechanisms ?
8 Is this a symbol of hope ?
9 Is this a symbol of hope ?
10 Is this a symbol of power ? ’ the albino spoke quietly .
11 Now although such a rule is not part of my physical or material world , its existence constrains my action just as effectively as they do ; we can call this a constraint of the world of ideas .
12 We went through all this a couple of years ago with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles toys and at first I thought Matchbox must be deliberately creating a shortage to whip up demand .
13 I have tried this a couple of times and have got away with it .
14 And watch out with the scale on these , on histograms , and on any graphs because , what happens I mean I was watching somebody do this a couple of days ago .
15 Visuals are very important in terms of information recall I modelled for this a couple of years ago .
16 Could I then come to the body of the report , rather than the East Grinstead by-pass , which I , I , I I agree is , is pertinent erm I was , I read this a couple of times because I was a bit confused about the rather if I may say so convoluted argument that was in it erm I think I understand the argument that the erm is that the Mid Sussex District Council have asked for advice and the recommendation is that advice .
17 What you should bear in mind of course , is that in the space of a month I probably look at this a couple of thousand times .
18 Was this a case of folie de grandeur , in which Britain 's economic recovery was sacrificed to anachronistic ( and unsocialist ? ) attempts to retain a great power stance in the world ?
19 But is this a case of all hype and no substance ?
20 Is this a case of clever marketing aimed at diversifying one product to fit two market groups — the ‘ poor cat owner buying cheap and nasty cat litter and the ‘ elite ’ fishkeeper buying state of the art filter media .
21 I do n't think it matters whether or not we call this a case of my distinguishing myself from others .
22 Is this a man of much more style than substance , and what test would you use to determine whether he 's had a good hundred days or a bad hundred days ?
23 To this a variety of solutions were given at different times .
24 For example , you might decide you want the speed of the processor to be over 33MHz but it 's not essential — so you 'd give this a rating of two out of five .
25 What 's this a recall of last week ?
26 The way this raid was organised , the commando landing , and street battles make this a classic of fighting raids .
27 ‘ I think I 'd better give this a bit of a read .
28 For whom is this a level of meaning ?
29 Occasional statistics sometimes throw light on the problem ; in 1875 Gladstone 's pamphlet on the Vatican Decrees sold 100,000 copies and it is difficult not to see in this a level of religious interest which later declined .
30 Was this a way of working on the quality of the strings ?
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