Example sentences of "[adj] of a [noun] [noun sg] " 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 | ULSTER 'S Darren Clarke hopes to be free of a wrist injury by the time he catches a flight for France tomorrow . |
| 4 | They also saw that , bereft of a power base or allies , the PLO was powerless . |
| 5 | P. H. George Low was very fond of a midday noggin . |
| 6 | Anfield 's clown prince is top of a hit list drawn up by Latics manager Joe Royle to replace injured Jon Hallworth . |
| 7 | Almost all the examples he gives for a restriction of client participation are atypical of a community work situation . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I hope you are not afraid of a sham marriage . |
| 10 | And do n't be afraid of a patch dear . |
| 11 | He still had three hours outstanding of a community service order for another offence . |
| 12 | Below Growth and budding of a graptolite colony , enlarged about 20 times |
| 13 | Therefore , the accused is not guilty of a deception offence by " deceiving " a machine by , for example , putting fake coins in a cigarette machine . |
| 14 | For example , if they failed to arrange for a minor repair in the science labs and a pupil was hurt as a result , they might be guilty of a safety offence . |
| 15 | As tragedy brings them closer together , the daughter discovers that her mother 's tight-lipped manner is only a faade and that , as a young woman , she too was guilty of a crime passionnel . |
| 16 | On the defenders ' course Bill Koch kept his dream alive of an all-America syndicate final when his best pair of helmsmen , Buddy Melges and Kimo Worthington aboard America , defeated Koch on Kanza in the fresher breezes that should have suited Kanza . |
| 17 | He paused to light the green-brown dirigible of a partagas perfecto with a flickering windproof lighter . |
| 18 | ‘ In one organisation , line managers were unaware of a goal statement which had clear implications for them , ’ it says . |
| 19 | Well that 's symptomatic of a Darkfall strike . ’ |
| 20 | In antiracism as much as in multiculturalism , the absence of any serious engagement with issues around sexuality in the ‘ irrationality ’ of popular racism is symptomatic of a rationalist understanding of pedagogies and educational processes . |
| 21 | Also well worth a visit is the Casa do Turista , located behind the municipal theatre , where , laid out in rooms typical of a Madeiran quinta , you will see embroidery , table decorations , flower arrangements and ceramics , as you would use them in your own home . |
| 22 | He occupies a 12th floor office in a building about as typical of a government department as you can get . |
| 23 | The body conformation is typical of a dairy type and the whole appearance is lithe , alert and graceful . |
| 24 | This is more typical of a Boltzmann machine . |
| 25 | Power Launcher is typical of an hDC product , in that it is a collection of utilities and programs rather than a single application . |
| 26 | The Kulin of the Bosnians , fearful of a Magyar attack , submitted to the pope , and the Serbians looked to Hungary , Bulgaria and the papacy for support . |
| 27 | There is no direct connection between the mains input to the primary winding and the low voltage output from the secondary winding of a mains transformer . |
| 28 | But here he was , son of Dic Bach y Saer and a barmaid , nervous of a fish knife and coal Welsh from Taibach — in a city of colleges , quadrangles , domes , spires , towers , Big Tom , All Souls , the Radcliffe Camera , the Bodleian Library , the Parks , Punts , the Union , the seeding ground of Prime Ministers and Viceroys , the growing place for Bishops , the earthly centre of scholarship . |
| 29 | Prosecuting counsel said the matter came to light when the police stopped a vehicle driven by Kelly and became suspicious of a vehicle test certificate as the date of issue on it was a Sunday . |
| 30 | Will the Government , extremely belatedly , redress their policies , adopt some of the measures that other western Governments take to defend their merchant fleets , and accept the absurdity of an island state devoid of a merchant navy ? |