Example sentences of "[adj] of a [noun sg] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Set aside the question of law , whether the corporation is guilty of a crime or legally responsible to compensate victims or their families . |
| 4 | surpasses that of a cow or pig ; but it does not follow that the foetus has a stronger claim to life . |
| 5 | A second and much more general form of patronage was that of a court or powerful household in which there was no intrinsic organization of artists as part of the general social organization but in which , often very extensively , individual artists were retained , often with titles which represent the true cases of ‘ official recognition ’ . |
| 6 | The Court appears to have taken the view that although the victim was staying overnight in the offender 's house , and therefore he had a degree of responsibility for her welfare , his responsibility was not so strict as that of a parent or other person with a longer lasting relationship with the victim , and that the degree of responsibility in this case did not justify the adoption of eight years as a starting point as opposed to the normal five years . |
| 7 | The line and infill technique imparts to the work a certain quality not unlike that of a woodcut or sometimes even stained glass and the effect can be most attractive . |
| 8 | A married woman 's position before the law was approximately that of a child or an incompetent . |
| 9 | Eck 's reputation was that of a sophist or dialectician rather than a profound thinker but in his day he exercised tremendous influence . |
| 10 | Your attitude can be that of a winner or a loser . |
| 11 | It should have the same meaning for each person , whatever his contribution to the world , whether it be that of a labourer or that of the highly qualified expert in , for example , quantum mechanics or any other of those disciplines for the erudite which , to the laity border on unreality . |
| 12 | Sinhalese , of status equivalent to that of a mudaliyar or ratemahatmaya , were appointed as presidents of the tribunals . |
| 13 | But to fill a material role such as that of a steelworker or a lawyer , an individual must have been subjected to numerous other ISAs . |
| 14 | However , they also play an important part in other types of political system — that of a tribe or a city-state — so that it is necessary , secondly , to enquire into the more specific conditions in which nation states emerge . |
| 15 | 1ff ) and for the sin or guilt-offering of a commoner as opposed to that of a priest or ruler ( Lev . |
| 16 | It has after all become a commonplace that the creative imagination of the philosopher , mathematician or scientist is not much different from that of a prophet or poet ; what distinguishes him is how he treats his findings in retrospect . |
| 17 | It is sonar ‘ visibility ’ , the term to use is difficult to find , because of our own personal human associations , and because our human language relates to our mental and sensory experiences , not to that of a bat or a whale . |
| 18 | whether she 'll have much of a tan or not , I do n't know . |
| 19 | It 's not that she 's much of a hausfrau or hoover-wielder . |
| 20 | Retail companies may want to know the answers to the following kinds of questions : * How far do its customers travel to a specific store or " branch ? * What is the direction from which they travel ? * In what type of area do they live ? * That are their lifestyles and purchasing habits ? * How much of a town or area remains untapped by a shop located in it ? |
| 21 | Others become symbolic of a group or a nation — the bowler hat , the kilt . |
| 22 | Is it symbolic of a theme or topic that is not itself explicitly mentioned in the passage ? |
| 23 | Christian pilgrims always made sure to take a sample home with them , and then ‘ when anyone falls sick of a quartan or tertian ague or some such fever , they give him a little of this earth to drink . |
| 24 | Usually δ for a polymer is established by finding the solvent which will produce maximum swelling of a network or the largest value of the limiting viscosity number , as both indicate maximum compatibility . |
| 25 | the rough visual of a publication or design . |
| 26 | H e certainly would n't be short of a dollar or two . |
| 27 | And as she sat down she added , ‘ Now tuck in ; we 're not short of a thing or two up here . |
| 28 | And a fear of commitment itself is a real possibility for those of a parent or loved one during childhood . |
| 29 | It was thought by some that too great a burden might be placed on principals in smaller firms or on sole practitioners if such a proposal were made mandatory , and that either the ‘ net ’ of suitable signatories should be widened to include assistant solicitors or Fellows of ILEX , or that the category of undertaking to which the ‘ rule ’ might apply should exclude those of a routine or non-financial nature . |
| 30 | In this respect at least , the procedures reflected those of a lineage or tribal meeting of elders and shaikhs . |