Example sentences of "[adj] of a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and a half , one over two the reciprocal of a half if you turn it the other way round it 's two over one |
| 2 | He gave me one half of a clasp that belonged to the Lion of Venice . |
| 3 | they 'd come out with half of one , they 'd come out with things like I think you 're er I du n no er , not barking up the wrong tree that was the wrong one , but the they 'd sort of come out with half of a pun and they would n't finish it off , like oh th , this is smashing ! |
| 4 | The oilbird 's click lasts for about a hundredth of a second and is not a single sound but a burst of pulses , each only about a thousandth of a second long . |
| 5 | Each Dobson unit is a hundredth of a millimetre and refers to the thickness of the stratospheric ozone layer that would result if it were brought to sea level pressure and temperature . |
| 6 | He kicked his feet free of a vine and rolled into the water , the drag of the rope almost strangling him . |
| 7 | It was as if there was something out there — or perhaps several somethings — struggling to break free of a force that had held them for a very long time . |
| 8 | Mention was made by some of a belief that Blacks get custodial sentences more often . |
| 9 | ‘ You 've got to do something in the close season when there 's no jumping , ’ Elsworth joked , making light of a triumph that clearly thrilled him enormously . |
| 10 | ‘ Mind , I do a bit of tourist guiding of an August and it 's amazing what I can find then . ’ |
| 11 | It 's laughable , afraid of a storm but brave enough to wait in the dark down by the river and bash your friend over the head . |
| 12 | But no one needed to be afraid of a future where 17 million ‘ dynamic ’ East Germans were united with 62 million West Germans . |
| 13 | Governors say they are afraid of a rebuff if they venture too near territorial waters . |
| 14 | Descriptive of a word or phrase used as an adjective before a noun , eg in a red rose , red is attributive ; in the rose is red it is not . |
| 15 | How can Darby O'Gill be dismissed as superstitious nonsense when it is part descriptive of a society where even now devotional queues are forming to watch supposedly moving statues . |
| 16 | All the male terms in the following list are relatively neutral and descriptive of a job or a position — master/mistress , host/hostess , fisherman/fishwife , prince/princess , bachelor/spinster . |
| 17 | Indeed , behind the fears and accusations which surrounded the villainous working-class ‘ scorcher ’ , his emancipated female accomplice , and the unruly cyclist juror we can perhaps sense the vaguely incoherent feeling that the democratic bicycle — which was now only upsetting the respectable pleasures of a quiet Bank Holiday weekend in the countryside — was representative of a force that might be calculated to upset a few other things as well . |
| 18 | We believe that no one should be found guilty of a crime unless the statute or other piece of legislation establishing that crime is so clear that he must have known his act was criminal , or would have known if he had made any serious attempt to discover whether it was . |
| 19 | Set aside the question of law , whether the corporation is guilty of a crime or legally responsible to compensate victims or their families . |
| 20 | Failure to comply with the section renders every officer of the company who is in default guilty of an offence unless he shows that he acted honestly and that , in the circumstances in which the company 's business was carried on , the default was excusable . |
| 21 | I hope that the House will never forget that no one is guilty of an offence unless they have been duly tried and convicted and that everyone is entitled to the same presumption of innocence . |
| 22 | ( 2 ) If any person unlawfully deprives the residential occupier of any premises of his occupation of the premises or any part thereof , or attempts to do so , he shall be guilty of an offence unless he proves that he believed , and had reasonable cause to believe , that the residential occupier had ceased to reside in the premises . |
| 23 | ‘ Any person who without reasonable excuse fails to comply with a requirement imposed on him under this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the fifth level on the standard scale or to both . |
| 24 | ( 3 ) Any person who intentionally obstructs a person exercising rights conferred by this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the fifth level on the standard scale or to both . |
| 25 | If a proper return is not so delivered the company is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine and a daily default fine so long as the contravention continues . |
| 26 | If the approved accounts do not comply with the Act , every director who was a party to their approval and who knows that they do not comply or is reckless as to whether or not they comply is guilty of an offence and every director at the time the accounts were approved is taken to be a party to their approval unless he shows that he took all reasonable steps to prevent their approval . |
| 27 | ‘ ( 1 ) Any person who assaults a constable in the execution of his duty , or a person assisting a constable in the execution of his duty , shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to both . |
| 28 | ( 3 ) Any person who resists or wilfully obstructs a constable in the execution of his duty , or a person assisting a constable in the execution of his duty , shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month or to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale or to both . ’ |
| 29 | But what is one to make of a solemn pronouncement in a Companies Act that ‘ an insurance company which contravenes a restriction to which it is subject by virtue of subsections ( 1 ) or ( 2 ) above shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years ’ ? |
| 30 | Indeed , the scope of s2(2) is extensive in this respect : ( 2 ) A person who , not having reasonable cause to believe there is a right to payment , in the course of any trade or business and with a view to obtaining any payment for what he knows are unsolicited goods sent as aforesaid ( a ) threatens to bring any legal proceedings ; or ( b ) places or causes to be placed the name of any person on a list of defaulters or debtors or threatens to do so ; or ( c ) invokes or causes to be invoked any other collection procedure or threatens to do so , shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [ level 5 on the standard scale ] . |