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

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1 ‘ You put me one step clear of a chain gang , two miles over the line . ’
2 ‘ You put me one step clear of a chain gang , two miles over the line . ’
3 This is an important topic ; it often happens that an approximate reciprocal of a matrix A is known : perhaps from a rough calculation , or one in which an error has been made , or even that belonging to a neighbour matrix of A. Refinement of this approximate reciprocal is then required .
4 Since an element in the reciprocal of a matrix M is defined as the ratio of the cofactor of the corresponding element in M to the determinant
5 Just my 1/100 of a punt worth .
6 Please reserve for me a sixteenth of a page space in the August issue of Folk Roots .
7 Look at LD-50 — that 's a mandatory test to establish the concentration of a product which will kill at least half of a test group of animals .
8 Tivoli Management Environment Release 1.6 adds configuration and change services to the software , claimed to simplify and automate the process of setting up , maintaining and changing large-scale client/server networks , a task that often takes up over half of a system managers time , according to Tivoli .
9 The Tivoli Management Environment Release 1.6 adds configuration and change management services to the software , and is claimed to simplify and automate the process of setting up , maintaining and changing large-scale client-server networks , a task that often takes up over half of a system manager 's time , according to the company .
10 A WOMAN badly injured when she was hit by a police car on a pedestrian crossing is likely to lose half of a £48,500 damages award after an appeal court ruling yesterday .
11 Flint arrow heads and many waste flakes have been found and there was half of a stone mace head of the period 1500–2000 BC .
12 Yeah when we 've had a look at fractions a bit erm we 'll play with those and we 'll find out things like what 's half of a quarter things like that .
13 They had your hundred a hundredth of a mile say , let's say it 's erm let's say it was a tenth of a mile .
14 ULSTER 'S Darren Clarke hopes to be free of a wrist injury by the time he catches a flight for France tomorrow .
15 However , the publication in 1903 of a Motu Proprio by Pope Pius X provided official recognition of its importance .
16 He was born in Hambleden , some of a farm labourer .
17 The E-VALUES package is introduced by the characters E-VALUES in columns 1–8 of a data record .
18 They also saw that , bereft of a power base or allies , the PLO was powerless .
19 Glycine 15 has a positive angle in both conformations , as residue 2 of a type II' turn in the holorepressor , and residue 3 of a type II turn in the complex , allowing it to donate a hydrogen-bond to a phosphate oxygen in the latter .
20 Pérez de Cuéllar 's mission followed the release on Aug. 2 of a UN report assessing damage resulting from the Iran-Iraq war [ see pp. 38309 ; 38408 ] .
21 P. H. George Low was very fond of a midday noggin .
22 Anfield 's clown prince is top of a hit list drawn up by Latics manager Joe Royle to replace injured Jon Hallworth .
23 Almost all the examples he gives for a restriction of client participation are atypical of a community work situation .
24 Swindon author Dr Colin Francome , who co-wrote the book , explained at today 's launch that research shows that one reason for the increase in Caesarean operations is that consultants are afraid of a law suit if the baby 's born naturally and is n't healthy .
25 I hope you are not afraid of a sham marriage .
26 And do n't be afraid of a patch dear .
27 What it does not convey are the undulations , the surprising humps and bumps more redolent of a seaside links .
28 Half past eleven of a hurricane morning .
29 He still had three hours outstanding of a community service order for another offence .
30 Below Growth and budding of a graptolite colony , enlarged about 20 times
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