Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] an [noun sg] of " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | This is clearly a literary phenomenon , or rather an example of literacy at work in place of the semi-literacy that might naively be associated with the film industry ; people who had read one book by the author then sought out his earlier book , putting it too on the best-seller list . |
| 2 | First , the restitutionary remedy is expressed to be available not only against ‘ that person , ’ i.e. the contravener of section 3 or perhaps an associate of the contravener , but also against ‘ any other person … knowingly concerned in the contravention . ’ |
| 3 | She had been waiting for Silas to assert himself and knew that sooner or later an outburst of authority must come from him . |
| 4 | If , on the other hand , we take prevalence rates as the most valid index of morbidity … then consultation rates for both years suggest equality of access , or even an under-utilisation of physicians by middle class patients . |
| 5 | Closely connected with this is the idea that sexual activity and love are concerned with youth , and that it is somehow undesirable , or even an object of mild amusement , for ageing people to indulge . |
| 6 | These were either the study of technology integrated within a general study of human adaption to the environment , which presupposed a particularly immediate relationship between society and the environment , or alternatively an anthropology of art which , by contrast , emphasized the greatest possible distance between people and their environment , in order to focus upon exotic and esoteric practices . |
| 7 | MacCormick suggests that it matters little , when faced with ‘ possible unjust exercises of the power of modern states organised under and in the name of ‘ law ’ … whether or not these represent a corruption of law in its ideal essence or simply an abuse of public power . ’ |
| 8 | But pointing out limitations in a writer can sometimes seem arrogant , or at least condescending , as in this extract : At times Eliot is too confusing , too abstract and too well read , but his poems initially only demand a first response or simply an appreciation of the words , their structure , sound and order . |
| 9 | It is perfectly true that there is nothing conclusively in the poem to make us identify the first stair with Dante 's Inferno , the second with his Purgatorio , the third with Paradiso ; as there is not ( a more piercing uncertainty ) anything to determine for us whether ‘ the broadbacked figure drest in blue and green ’ , with his ‘ music of the flute ’ , is an image of what must be renounced in order to achieve Paradise , or else an image of how terrestrial life can most nearly attain the paradisal . |
| 10 | By the late twelfth century , even in England , the function of the suitors had been reduced to this : a committee of them provided information to royal justices in a court which had become effectively or actually an offshoot of the king 's court . |
| 11 | There is more than just an element of truth in this conception . |
| 12 | It seemed to her a precious gift , far more than just an alleviation of present discomfort . |
| 13 | The examples given have also indicated that local government is much more than just an agent of the centre . |
| 14 | Everything else was on the same scale — an orchestra of sixty players to dance to , eight large buffets with four tiers on each so laden with food that hardly an inch of rosewood or mahogany showed , a winter garden where gentlemen could smoke their cigars , and a long terrace where perspiring dancers could escape the candle fumes and wander in the warm , starlit twilight . |
| 15 | Labour changes from being at a stage where it has not yet become a thing in itself and is merely an aspect of social life , to a stage when although still an aspect of social life it involves exploitation , i.e. slavery and serfdom , to a third stage when labour has become mysteriously represented as a thing and is used for a different kind of exploitation . |
| 16 | It 's not clear that new institutions are needed rather than simply an intensification of activities in the republics . ’ |
| 17 | It would not be me , nor even an image of me . |
| 18 | He stopped short as the two women stared up at him , and suddenly an expression of relief washed the tension from his strongly chiselled features . |
| 19 | Collecting bias seems to be greater for molars than for incisors , not surprising when it is considered that incisors are easier to locate in the pellets than are molars , and so an excess of incisors may be combined with a deficit of molars where there is collecting bias . |
| 20 | Mars , Cadbury and Rowntree between them controlled about 80 per cent of the market , and so an addition of 2 or 3 per cent would be unlikely to affect the competitive position ( refer to Table 2.4 ) . |
| 21 | The song is but brief , and perhaps an appreciation of Kerman 's penetrating , if occasionally purple , dissection and minute analysis would have been much easier to grasp had all the music been reproduced . |
| 22 | Considerably more detail is given in Chapter 7 , and only an outline of the major points as they contribute to understanding of this approach to soil erosion appears here . |
| 23 | This is an extremely complex field , and only an indication of three major provisions of the Act can be attempted here . |
| 24 | The selection of eighty-one canvases and other works of art has been made by Nicholas Serota , director of the Tate Gallery and long an admirer of Ryman 's work , which he showed at the Whitechapel Art Gallery in 1977 , and Robert Storr , Curator in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art , New York . |
| 25 | Three great volleys of shot at the interring of the body , and lastly an herald of arms proclaimed his titles . ’ |
| 26 | They should , however , be informed by principles and insights drawn from linguistics — for example , the idea that language in all its diversity can be approached in a non-prescriptive , non-judgmental way and that it is possible to treat systematically and objectively an aspect of human life which is often the focus of emotive and prejudiced reactions . |
| 27 | Even so , where money changes hands , it is part of an exchange and thus an expression of the social relationship which exists between the two individuals concerned . |
| 28 | The frequency of fluent restorations is thus an indication of whether mispronunciations occurred before or after the recognition point of a word , and thus an indication of where in a word the recognition point actually occurred . |
| 29 | Nigel had absolutely no intention of giving up any of his rights , and thus an examination of social security and tax together was impossible . |
| 30 | Thus in chapter thirty he restates the threefold division of the spiritual life which he starts in Scale 1 : the basic faith without any inner experience of God , a felt love of Christ and finally an experience of the spiritual reality of God . |