Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] of a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The glen is deeply enclosed by lofty mountain ranges , each side formed of a succession of peaks linked by ridges . |
| 2 | The aesthetics of fractals is celebrated by Peter Telljohann , born 1935 , at Carla Stutzer ( Kamekestrasse 21 ) with ‘ Millers ’ a piece made of a number of small , changeable wooden sculptures , all the same colour . |
| 3 | Able to call upon the financial and military resources of his whole empire , the new Duke was a political bulldozer possessed of a weight which could flatten opponents and their castles . |
| 4 | Classic rock born of a love supreme . |
| 5 | Classic rock born of a love supreme . |
| 6 | In February 1340 Edward himself came back to secure what his commissaries had failed to get , but only in May was he able to return to the continent assured of a grant . |
| 7 | Such applicants may be asked to take a test or take part in some other selection procedure to assess whether they are likely to be able to cope with the work expected of a university student . |
| 8 | In another case an application by foster parents to adopt was initially refused although all parties were in accord , because the Judge disapproved of an agreement for continued visiting between the adopters and birth parents ( Adcock and Levy , 1983 ) . |
| 9 | The skill demanded of a director is that which can reasonably be expected from a person of his knowledge and experience . |
| 10 | The committee comprised of a handful of well known climbers and mountaineers who are also respected and known in the training field , plus a ‘ climber in the street ’ watchdog . |
| 11 | If this were true of him , and if the animal stamina demanded of a Secretary of State were so great , did n't that disqualify good men who lacked only that stamina ? |
| 12 | The Chancellor , you may recall in those far-off heady , as distinct from flat , days of the Budget talked of a penny on a pint . |
| 13 | ‘ In the case of a fugitive criminal accused of an extradition crime , if the foreign warrant authorising the arrest of such criminal is duly authenticated , and such evidence is produced as ( subject to the provisions of this Schedule ) would , according to the law of England and Wales , justify the committal for trial of the prisoner if the crime of which he is accused had been committed in England or Wales , the metropolitan magistrate shall commit him to prison , but otherwise shall order him to be discharged . |
| 14 | It was a confidence borne of a quarter-of-a century of growing medical ascendancy , which was to have far-reaching effects on the sanitary alliance . |
| 15 | In political terms it was a sensible alliance for a fifteen-year-old heiress deprived of a father 's or an uncle 's protection . |
| 16 | His appearance warned of a death in the family , and , as this old poem suggests , the beast usually manifested itself standing in a graveyard , howling : |
| 17 | Thus the group conceived of a set of hierarchies of learning for all National Curriculum subjects . |
| 18 | First , there is a concern to limit prime ministerial patronage in a number of areas ( and the concern to abolish the House of Lords is in part born of a desire to deny the Prime Minister the constitutional right to create peers ) . |
| 19 | The Code of Conduct is primarily intended as an indication of the standards of behaviour expected of a member of the Association . |
| 20 | TROOPS were reported to be patrolling the streets of the Romanian capital , Bucharest , yesterday as evidence mounted of a massacre in the town of Timisoara at the weekend and East and West moved to denounce the brutal clampdown by the regime 's security forces . |
| 21 | 227 , 260–261 , in relation to the duties of a court seized of an application for judicial review : |
| 22 | When a voter who had an interest in securing a revenue place for a friend learned of an opportunity , he would invariably press the member of parliament strongly to obtain it . |
| 23 | BANKRUPT businessman Alan Bond was last night cleared of a dishonesty charge . |
| 24 | ( i ) A person convicted of an offence and sentenced to a term of imprisonment for more than one year — Representation of the People Act 1981 . |
| 25 | The driving power was provided by a slowly descending weight hanging from a cord wound round the axle , this being the earliest instance known of a weight drive in a clock . |
| 26 | The use made of a library depended on the individual planner 's preference . |
| 27 | He believed himself a near-monster , a deformity , a half-Human creature born of a sorcerer 's mismanaged spell-weaving . |
| 28 | He was later told his name was similar to that of a man suspected of a rape in Stockport . |
| 29 | Bourjois ' Cil 18 Heures Mascara , £3.79 , for instance contains an ingredient called a hydrophobic polymer which improves the mascara 's resistance to water , whilst Lancôme 's Definicil Mascara , £12 , has a brush made of a substance called Rislan designed to be extra gentle on your lashes . |
| 30 | Man born of a woman has but a short time to live . |