Example sentences of "[noun sg] of a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1973 the Fair Trading Act brought these together within the purview of a single body , the newly created Office of Fair Trading , to be overseen by a civil servant , the Director General of Fair Trading . |
| 2 | Integral Durations : An integral mean of a primary measure is computed . |
| 3 | Her boyfriend John Champion , 19 , died at the wheel of a stolen Sierra which smashed into a wall at Bristol during a 100mph chase early yesterday . |
| 4 | The incident happened late last night and was less than forty eight hours after fourteen year old Sally Cattell died at the wheel of a stolen car in a crash in Erdington , Birmingham . |
| 5 | Anyone who is not relaxed and glowing with a sense of well-being at the wheel of a good Stag should keep their money in the building society . |
| 6 | THOUGH it has been more than 30 years since Jim Chilchutt last cut a rug at a high-school dance , he recaptures his lost youth every weekend , cruising the streets of Ventura behind the wheel of a 1948 Studebaker . |
| 7 | SKY-HIGH insurance premiums mean few people can now afford the luxury of a ‘ hot hatch ’ but that does n't mean you will never be able to get behind the wheel of a sporty performance car . |
| 8 | They think he is a PERFUME … while others suspect they 've seen clothes he designed , or clocked him behind the wheel of a racing car . |
| 9 | Freelance cameraman Andy Styczynski , 32 , spotted the elusive bachelor at the wheel of a white Rover Montego — and chased after him in a VW Golf GTi . |
| 10 | Small took the wheel of a dilapidated pick-up , while two men knelt behind the cab with shotguns . |
| 11 | Michael Calvin wrote : ‘ Cardiff Arms Park is as much a relic of former glory as the pithead wheel of an old mine ’ ! |
| 12 | Moreover , since there is no irreducible kernel of class interest which in the last analysis guides all else , the ideas , the culture , the religion of a given society may well play a critical role in explaining social and political development . |
| 13 | Akhenaten either died or was murdered , we 're not , we do n't know , we do n't know how er he was a very peculiar man as I 'll explain in the lectures er physically , very strange probably as a result of inbreeding and erm the old religion re-established itself there was never a return to monotheistic sun worship , but er all its hypothesis is that , that since we know the exodus occurred round about this time and since we know that Judaism too is a religion of a single-minded monotheist you know I 'm the law by God I shall have no other gods before me , it says in the Bible full stop . |
| 14 | The new berth will also be used for the import and export of a wide range of other cargoes . |
| 15 | The special isolation of a naval captain means that an author looking for a confidant for his hero as an essential device of character-drawing is debarred from using a member of the ship 's company . |
| 16 | They are three friends who have put their heads together to discuss the merits of a teacher , so they do n't need the splendid isolation of a separate line each . |
| 17 | The independent isolation of a murine homolog with RSS sequences suggests that recombination mechanisms may also play a role in processing of cisplatin-DNA adducts and thus in anticancer activity . |
| 18 | Conversely , then , a new variety can be formed if this conservative action of crossing is circumvented by reproductive isolation of a few individuals in new conditions , whether that isolation arises with or without geographical segregation . |
| 19 | En route the 41 club exchanges news and views and puts the world to rights once a day before we take our individual paths into the isolation of a busy office . |
| 20 | Here we report the isolation of a complementary DNA encoding DRTF1-polypeptide-1 ( DP-1 ) , a major sequence-specific binding protein that is present in DRTF1/E2F , including Rb- and p107-associated DRTF1/E2F . |
| 21 | The widower will receive many more invitations out to meals in other people 's homes in the early days too , and he will have the advantage of never having to feel trapped in the isolation of an empty house in the evenings ; for if his emotional condition after his wife 's death is reasonably steady and he feels the need of company , he can always stroll out to the local pub for a drink , where he can remain in complete control of the amount of conversation he wants , or can endure , and can head for home again just when he feels like it . |
| 22 | Despite that , Jefferies refuses to resort to the usual remedy of a ten-man defence . |
| 23 | An equitable mortgagee seeking possession is in precisely the same position as a legal mortgagee ( Barclays Bank Ltd v Bird [ 1954 ] Ch 274 at p 280 ) , but the remedy of an equitable chargee is only by way of sale ( see The Supreme Court Practice Vol 1 at 50/1 — 9/23 ) . |
| 24 | The my proposal is simply this consider the feasibility of a theological examination of anti-semitism . |
| 25 | Now I believe that the time has come for us to think again about the theological side , the theological er and I make this proposal consider the feasibility of a theological examination anti- semitism and the convenor is ready to accept it Thank you sir . |
| 26 | The this amendment Moderator is simply to add to what we 've already agreed the er feasibility of a theological examination , not only on anti-semitism but also Zionism . |
| 27 | Local experiments with joint telephone services may shortly provide some indication as to the feasibility of a wider plan . |
| 28 | Following your letter of 3 October , I am pleased to be able to tell you that the Transportation Committee agreed on 2 November that a new independent study should be carried out to assess the costs and feasibility of a half-hourly passenger service on the South Suburban route . |
| 29 | At talks on Feb. 26 , 1990 , in Madrid , the Spanish capital , Francisco Fernández Ordóñez , the Spanish Foreign Minister , warned that his government would study the feasibility of a second airport in the area . |
| 30 | Council officers are also looking at the feasibility of a dial-a-ride system . |