Example sentences of "[verb] of a [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I decided to put pen to paper and let you know of a few problems some of us have in trying to become machine knitters . |
| 2 | The son of Caerleon is a progressive type , apparently certain to come of a few pounds for that introduction , and should be good enough to take the Queen 's Own Yorkshire Dragoons Stakes . |
| 3 | As part of the process of writing from the very beginning , and writing in small steps , from the first day you should write down , and keep available , notes consisting of a few sentences on each of the following : ( a ) the essay 's hypothesis ( the claim it is interested in exploring ) ; ( b ) the evidence or data you are going to use ( the facts , quotes , parallel cases from other texts , etc. , that you are in the process of collecting ) ; ( c ) brief statements of your ideas so far ; ( d ) in the case of a longer dissertation , the preliminary results of a " literature search " ( a survey of bibliographies to find things to read ) . |
| 4 | The cost of evening courses or those consisting of a few sessions in a school of nursing cost considerably less than residential week long courses or part-time variations held over a period of several months . |
| 5 | The coffin , consisting of a few planks , was carried from the workhouse by other inmates ; it was not allowed in the church , but was met by the parson at the graveside . |
| 6 | ‘ I can think of a few consultants , not to mention some very tired registrars , ’ she added ruefully , ‘ who 'd give their right arm to work in conditions like these . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I can think of a few names . |
| 8 | if you would n't mind in the meantime if you could think of a few names you know as you 're going about your daily business . |
| 9 | This will probably involve a social worker in an area team putting together a package that might consist of a few hours of home care , a couple of days of day care , and night sitting for one night . |
| 10 | The University 's Alumni Office can provide help and advice to groups , whether they consist of a few friends who meet informally from time to time , a group from a particular department or year who wish to arrange a special reunion , or a more established society like the ones described on these pages . |
| 11 | The vertical fins are marked with yellow and the ventral just consist of a few rays . |
| 12 | His cider sodden mind was causing him to treat his beloved motorcycle in a way he would never have dreamed of a few hours before . |
| 13 | Virginia like most of the mainland colonies consisted of a few ports with an extensive hinterland that was left untouched until the coastal sections had been fairly fully settled . |
| 14 | My celebration consisted of a few beers with my caddie friends at Edinburgh station and on the night train . |
| 15 | The rest of us left Addis Ababa by train on the morning of 1 October 1933 , arriving three hours later at Mojjo , which consisted of a few sheds and huts . |
| 16 | His note consisted of a few words , impersonal , noncommittal , on a tiny scrap of paper written with a burned matchstick . |
| 17 | Mr Fallon said streamlining services and ‘ getting rid of a few managers ’ would benefit patients but moves towards a full merger would not win his support . |
| 18 | As the requirements of our living spaces alter , and more efficient central heating and draught-proofing keep our homes warm throughout , it 's tempting to get rid of a few doors or even eyeless to give our homes a more spacious feel . |
| 19 | You think you can be safe by getting rid of a few hippy revolutionaries you used to know ? |
| 20 | A set consists of a one-to-many relationship between two record types ( relations in the relational model ) . |
| 21 | As for England , although the lute was played at the beginning of the century , the only music for it in any source earlier than c. 1540 consists of a few pieces in the British Library manuscript , Royal App. 58 ( see p. 186 ) , two of which bear titles showing that they were settings of songs by Sir Thomas Wyatt ( ‘ Hevyn and erth ’ ) and Henry Howard , Earl of Surrey ( ‘ In winter 's just return ’ ) . |
| 22 | Its central nervous system consists of a few ganglia , no more than about 20,000 neurons in all . |
| 23 | You are talking of a few pennies ’ pittance added to my weekly wage . |
| 24 | It is hard to think of a more signal change of economic course in the post-war history of the world 's biggest trading nation . |
| 25 | So let's have about six different characters , before we do it I 'd like you need drafting books , just to think of a few questions that you would ask the characters . |
| 26 | So it is worth sitting down and trying to think of a few ideas . |
| 27 | " The neighbourhood was not very populous and during the first three days our visitors were few , some children from the village below , a gypsy woman or two with dark eyes , who carried of a few halfpence , and perhaps a chance passer by . |
| 28 | Cystoids ( class Cystoidea ) are even odder animals : often rather irregular bags of calcite plates , or if composed of a few plates these may carry powerful ribbing . |
| 29 | As we saw , Montagu 's contemporary James Parkinson , the radical surgeon , made a visual point in the frontispiece to his Organic Remains of a Former World ( 1804–11 ) which shows Noah 's Ark grounded on a rock in the middle distance with the rainbow beyond it , while on the beach in the foreground are various shells of extinct creatures which had missed the boat . |
| 30 | The battlefield must be cleared of a little smoke . |