Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] a [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Section 15 of the Act states that , unless the contract fixes the payment or a method of calculating payment , the supplier will be paid a reasonable amount . |
| 2 | She remembered the difficulties they 'd had repairing Starlings after the war , when you could n't get a brick or a plank of wood , not even if you was royalty ; and she remembered comforting Nell as each granddaughter left home . |
| 3 | ‘ What 's more important , this magnificent building or a bit of grass ? ’ |
| 4 | The proposal may be to replace just a single building or a row of shops , or there may be plans for a comprehensive redevelopment involving a whole block or more . |
| 5 | Section 11(1) of the 1968 Theft Act provides : … where the public have access to a building in order to view the building or a part of it , or collection or part of a collection housed in it , any person who without lawful authority removes from the building or its grounds the whole or part of any article displayed or kept for display to the public in the building or that part of it or in its grounds shall be guilty of an offence . |
| 6 | Under such leases , the builder/developer would be responsible for erecting a building or a number of buildings upon a particular site , and detailed provision might be made for the manner of their construction and continuing maintenance , even down to the type of subsequent letting of the buildings which was to be permitted . |
| 7 | Most people need either life assurance protection or a means of regular saving — many need both — any they may also require insurance on their house and its contents and on their car or motor cycle . |
| 8 | Most heads felt that the quality of education in their school had increased due to either financial devolution or a change in personnel or a combination of both . |
| 9 | Under CONTEXT ( see the discussion of discourse situation , 8.1 ) we consider the external relations of a text or a part of a text , seeing it as a discourse presupposing a social relation between its participants ( author and reader ; character and character , etc ) , and a sharing by participants of knowledge and assumptions . |
| 10 | There was also a large new bookshop and several shops selling stationery and filing cabinets and offering the opportunity of faxing or photocopying documents of such significance that they must be duplicated , but Camille 's mother could not buy a mop bucket or a length of elastic or a wheel of cheese without going to the centre of town . |
| 11 | And if you 're going to do thin metal objects or a sort of aluminium frame , do not use the dye stamps on those . |
| 12 | Cover the salmon with kitchen foil and press the salmon down with a weighted board or a couple of heavy cans . |
| 13 | Is it a hiatal hernia or a portion of oesophagus lined by columnar epithelium ? |
| 14 | ( I recently watched a more formal version of this technique where a class of adolescents was invited to direct the teacher in how to appear as a King of a small Greek State in classical times who had lost his power to a conquering neighbouring state but who did not want to lose his dignity . |
| 15 | Game and Games — you might get the impression that this is a shop where you could buy either a brace of grouse or a set of Monopoly . |
| 16 | What is n't so clear to the pension investor is the impact on their final returns that results from a reduction or a termination of regular premiums , and the situation that arises on the investor 's death before drawing retirement benefits . |
| 17 | A herd of deer , a pride of lions or a pack of wolves has a certain rudimentary coherence and unity of purpose . |
| 18 | Such sites can be useful , however , as a collection of pottery may indicate earlier occupation on a site than could be discerned when it was pasture or a field of unploughed earthworks . |
| 19 | One of a family of six and me elder brother was me bro me dad had a little business in the keys in and er they were hard times and me elder brother we used to go and work for him because me dad said he must and er from , after school I used to go and perhaps do the errands or a bit of filing , the odd jobs and all that sort of thing and I grew up with locks and keys and files from twelve , even before I left school . |
| 20 | This is especially true for cursive handwriting where a number of alternative segmentations may be possible for a word . |
| 21 | There is nothing like the sight of death and blood to make old Shallot want a cup of sack or a goblet of wine ! |
| 22 | And at the same time , it owes its very existence to an alliance of social forces that sees government as the instrument of social domination — whether by a ruling class , a small party or tribal elite or a coalition of either with the bureaucracy of the state . |
| 23 | Should one simply observe , examine , or , if a mirror , reflect the times , or , should one be a guardian or a tribune of the people ? |
| 24 | Prices had already quadrupled during the siege ; now a frenzy of economic activity took place in which more than one lady gave a handful of pearls for a bottle of honey or a box of dates . |
| 25 | In language presentation and practice there should be a story of some kind or a series of anecdotes or incidents . |
| 26 | This dish , suitable for a light lunch or supper , needs only freshly cooked vegetables or a salad of endive to accompany it . |
| 27 | ‘ People just do n't crave vegetables or a slice of wholegrain bread , ’ says nutrition expert Audrey Cross . |
| 28 | To enter the book draw , just send your name and address on a postcard , and do n't forget to state whether you would prefer books from only one category or a mix of all ( please give the age of child if applicable ) , to SHE/Books for Giving Offer , BA Marketing , Minster House , 272 Vauxhall Bridge Road , London SW1V 1BA , by November 30 . |
| 29 | We say we are thirsty when we mean that we fancy a glass of wine , a pint of beer , a gin and tonic or a shot of whisky — the pleasure of naming our poison — at the end of a busy day or tiresome week . |
| 30 | Dalgliesh had a respect for Morgan as a man and a detective but was grateful that either duty , tact or a mixture of both had taken him away . |