Example sentences of "[adj] of a [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Advances ( loans ) : Advances are among the least liquid of a bank 's assets , yet they are the most profitable . |
| 2 | Later that day , and with a good half-inch of our respective hair on the floor of a Soho salon , we hit the black suede pump shop , where I was noiselessly relieved of a week 's rehearsal pay on a pair of boots the same as the ones which fell apart in three months last time and a pair of the suede pumps ( ‘ EVERYBODY 'S wearing them ! ’ ) which , one week later , were flat and circular like dinghies . |
| 3 | Well that is typical of a man int it ? |
| 4 | The range of drink-associated items buried as grave-goods may be symbolic of an individual 's role in society in the same way that pieces of weaving equipment in durable materials are found in richly accompanied women 's graves . |
| 5 | Financial problems can be severe , with women finding themselves riddled with large legal bills and deprived of a partner 's income . |
| 6 | In the previous chapter , some conditions that an hypothesis should satisfy in order to be worthy of a scientist 's consideration were mentioned . |
| 7 | Effective RE must therefore be concerned with the building-up of concepts which are worthy of a person 's total development , emotional , experiential and intellectual , and which fairly represent what is at the heart of all great religious traditions . |
| 8 | He was well aware of her view that spy stories were Boy 's Own Paper stuff , not worthy of a moment 's serious attention . |
| 9 | Are these two ( or this one ) not so much capable of loving a baby , as of being worthy of a baby 's love ? |
| 10 | While I had been away at the Wye , the silver-grey had either moved her family to a new nest of had fallen foul of a fisherman 's trap . |
| 11 | Before that , she worked as a secretary , but in 1972 she was really tired of a secretary 's life . |
| 12 | He had been brought-up in London and was stereotypical of a Londoner 's accent and use of language . |
| 13 | One of the most important of a lawyer 's accomplishments is the ability to resolve facts into their legal categories . |
| 14 | The record deal is certainly the most important of an artist 's longterm contracts . |
| 15 | The interior was paved with polished Italian , Belgian , and Norwegian marbles in a variety of designs , cool , full of an Aladdin 's Cave of objects and pictures , entertaining and informing the Glasgow way . |
| 16 | There is a stark contrast and , indeed , contradiction between the crowded hanging of the exhibition , at times reminiscent of a dealer 's show , and the permanent and elegant arrangements of the rooms of the second piano nobile of Palazzo Spinola , which provide a far more convincing picture of how paintings were actually used in a Genoese palace . |
| 17 | BELVILLE : Be tender of a lady 's reputation for your own sake . |
| 18 | Try , however , to find the most up-to-date of an historian 's works . |
| 19 | Until 1915 , there had always existed the possibility of making a short or wide turning movement of one or other of an enemy 's flanks ; that option no longer existed . |
| 20 | A series of studies by Patterson and her colleagues ( e.g. , Patterson and Kister , 1981 ) hypothesized that if children knew that they should ask questions when they were uncertain of a message 's adequacy , then they would have a procedure for resolving communication failure . |
| 21 | As you read you will probably be aware of a character 's potential as a role for the actor — particularly with those who have already an established place in theatrical tradition ( Dickens is full of such characters ) . |
| 22 | The initials stand for Tax Exempt Special Savings Account , but according to a recent survey not everyone it seems is aware of a Tessa 's principal attraction — its tax free label . |
| 23 | Never before had she been so aware of a man 's nakedness , of the beauty in a man 's strong , well-proportioned frame . |
| 24 | Now the fact that position is not a quality is certainly relevant to one 's awareness of the position of things ; it means that to be aware of a thing 's position it is logically necessary that one should be aware of how it stands in relation to something else . |
| 25 | The school or LEA would have to show that , for example , a requirement which affected one group more than another and which therefore resulted in indirect discrimination , was justifiable irrespective of a person 's race . |
| 26 | Irrespective of a man 's rank , it was not thought below his dignity to receive payments from the King for military service , and the wages payable varied with the rank of the individual . |
| 27 | Academic excellence comes to be defined in terms of research excellence , irrespective of an academic 's qualities as a teacher . |