Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [adj] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By estimating how long after exposure such a surface would be colonised by lichens , scientists can calculate growth rate , and thus age , by measuring the lichens ’ present diameter . |
| 2 | She was already regretting her hasty words , which could make Doreen look upon her as a rival , when of course such a thought was ridiculous . |
| 3 | Of course such a supper , minus the wine , she might have eaten on any of the evenings ( and they now stretched back a long way ) when she found herself alone . |
| 4 | And of course such a class lays itself open to prejudice and bias on the part of the teacher , a bias that may be political , racial , or religious . |
| 5 | And of course such a perception produces its own reaction , in the emphasis on common sense and experience , in people who boast of having attended the University of Life , or feel it their duty to sort out young graduates when they enter their first job , or even in anti-intellectual or irrationalist currents in higher education itself ( Shils 1984 ) . |
| 6 | But of course such a thing was n't hereditary . |
| 7 | Of course such a stage is an essential preliminary to the formulation of a theory of the performance of action . |
| 8 | In the example of Figure 15–5 a tax on meals leads to too few meals being produced . |
| 9 | In terms of Figure 15–1 a move from A to B or A to G is a Pareto gain . |
| 10 | By judicious choice of the design limits in relation to the curve of Figure 7.5 a compromise may be possible at say , 2 standard deviations either side of the mean at which 4·6 per cent of the items will be rejected as unusable . |
| 11 | By judicious choice of the design limits in relation to the curve of Figure 7.5 a compromise may be possible at say , 2 standard deviations either side of the mean at which 4.6 per cent of the items will be rejected as unusable . |
| 12 | For if at the end of period 1 a rise in aggregate demand is predictable , the government could reduce its own spending and thereby maintain the position of the aggregate demand curve at AD and hence maintain aggregate real output at y n . |
| 13 | Charlie , 50 , battled for 35 minutes to beat the specimen which was hooked in 70 feet of water half a mile off Stout Point near Aberthaw , Mid-Glamorgan . |
| 14 | To a pound of sugar half a pint of water . |
| 15 | In Lockerbie yesterday the 270 victims of the bombing of flight 103 a year ago were remembered . |
| 16 | However , from the gravitational influence of Mercury on the orbit of Mariner 10 a mass was obtained with 5 times less observational uncertainty than radar had yielded , to give a mean density of 5430 kg/m 3 . |
| 17 | During one orbit the satellite observes a band of sky half a degree wide . |
| 18 | Music : All About Eve , Proclaimers , Hipsway , INXS , ( basically anything ) Seeking tall , dark male , 17+ sense of humour half a brain , blah , blah , blah . |
| 19 | Among other personal touches , he introduces seafaring imagery on several occasions : Christ is helmsman in psalm 31 , and in psalm 89 he adds to the raging sea of verse 9 a reference to the navy which is very expressive of his Englishness . |
| 20 | This would mean that at the end of year 1 a UK car would have a showroom price of £13,200 not £12,000 . |
| 21 | Were such a proof to be successfully produced , moreover — in other words if Anselm were shown to be right — then from our point of view such a success would undermine faith rather than establish it . |
| 22 | From a physicochemical point of view such a conversion seems inappropriate because the activities of the participating ions determine the solubility product for a given salt and hence the possibility for precipitation . |
| 23 | Under rule 17 a man may apply for entry clearance to the UK for marriage where he and his wife will leave the UK after the marriage . |
| 24 | Under Article 26 a State may , if required to do so because of constitutional limitations ( and on the basis of reciprocity ) , request reimbursement by the requesting State of fees and costs for the service of process on an unwilling witness and for his attendance , and for transcripts or evidence . |
| 25 | Under Article 6 a State which ‘ persistently violate(s) the Principles contained in the present Charter ’ can be expelled from the Organisation by the General Assembly acting upon the recommendation of the Security Council . |
| 26 | Ltd. v. The Irish Land Commission ( Case 182/83 ) [ 1984 ] E.C.R. 3677 , in which the court held to be compatible with article 52 a requirement to reside in Irish territory which was imposed on nationals of other member states , is not relevant . |
| 27 | Under section 8 a residence order can be made , or a contact order ( which does not apply ) , or a prohibited steps order , or a specific issue order . |
| 28 | Under section 224 a company may at any time before the end of nine months from the date of its incorporation give notice to the Registrar specifying what its accounting reference date is to be . |
| 29 | In Part 2 a reward was defined as anything that a child will change behaviour to have . |
| 30 | In addition such a scheme focuses on individuals and not groups of teachers , which , we will argue in Chapter 2 , is an important focus for evaluation . |