Example sentences of "[conj] a [noun pl] [noun] of " in BNC.
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1 | His chief imperiall crowne upon his head , very precious ; his staff imperiall in his right hand , or an unicornes horne of three foot and a halfe in length , beset with rich stones . |
2 | According to Ilyushin chief designer I.Y. Katyrev performance targets include a cruising speed of 113–127 knots and a with-reserves range of 770 miles . |
3 | Congress should be asked to continue economic and military aid with the objective of achieving a well-trained , efficient army of 65,000 men , including air detachments adequate for maintaining political order inside South Korea , a coastguard of 4,000 men , and a police force of 35,000 possessing small arms and ammunition . |
4 | He used bronze maggot for fish to 12oz and a pools payout of £130 . |
5 | He needs to sharpen up before the Olympic decathlon trial in Sheffield on June 5 and 6 , when only victory and a points score of 7,850 will guarantee selection . |
6 | The 1927 Cinematograph Act imposed a distributors quota of 7.5 per cent , and an exhibitors quota of five per cent , both rising to 20 per cent , but it did nothing in itself to shift the economic balance in favour of British producers . |
7 | A line of 60 characters printed on a typewriter looks OK but a 6″ line of type set at 10pt is virtually unreadable , simply because the eye gets bored and stops short of the end . |