Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [adj] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The expected organism was grown from the original site of minor surgery on her back and was confirmed as a type of S aureus producing toxic shock syndrome toxin I. Isolation of such a toxin is diagnostically helpful , but there is substantial evidence that other staphylococcal enterotoxins contribute to a high mortality . |
| 2 | To study the feasibility of such a clinic we looked at 104 consecutive dermatological referrals ( August 1992 to February 1993 ) from doctors working in the practice ( as part of the fundholding data collection exercise we have kept copies of all our referral letters ) . |
| 3 | Once doubts about the feasibility of such a system finally caused it to be shelved indefinitely , the government sought other ways of extending parental choice , once it had introduced reforms to school government to increase opportunities for parental involvement at school level ( see Chapter 3 ) . |
| 4 | Contact is then set up between these groups and eventually a member of the computer department , called , usually , a systems analyst , will be assigned to assess the feasibility of such a system , and a communication or dialogue is begun between the systems analyst and members of the user department . |
| 5 | In 1912 the Labour Party overcame its caution sufficiently to agree at least to inquire into the feasibility of such a strike . |
| 6 | The association of such a unit with a header describing it as a bibliographic entity ( see further HDR below ) is regarded as a single *lt ; tei> element . |
| 7 | However , the association of such a device with similar canthari , on two sites in the same town , is important . |
| 8 | Some of these families may never be able to accept the blackness of such a child , but , at the same time , they know that he or she is not really white . |
| 9 | Some weeks ago we sent a draft of a similar digest to a few Age Concern groups in order that we gain an appreciation of such a service and whether we should develop it further . |
| 10 | Yet it 's with one Tim Kerr that Arm has made such a fruitful creative bond , a veteran of many a Seattle minor-legend and prime mover behind The Monkeywrench 's persuasive slant on this historic sound . |
| 11 | Mountfield , veteran of many a Merseyside derby , Nielsen and McGrath were magnificently combative , the more so after Beardsley had equalised . |
| 12 | Mr Stych stopped in his tracks at the mention of such a sum of money , as Hank had hoped he would , and looked at the boy as if he might have gone dangerously mad . |
| 13 | In 1992 , the Conservative manifesto makes not even the most platitudinous mention of such a target : its four stated economic aims are ‘ to achieve price stability ; to keep firm control over public spending ; to continue to reduce taxes as fast as we prudently can ; [ and ] to make sure that market mechanisms and incentives are allowed to do their job . ’ |
| 14 | The loss of such a man at most other clubs would have spelt disaster , but Chapman had foreseen the danger and the solid foundations he had built at the club enabled Arsenal to win another League Championship the following year . |
| 15 | Thus the Earl of Nottingham , Secretary of State from 1702 to 1704 , and a chief advocate of such a strategy , wrote in 1703 that " we shall never have any decisive success nor be able to hold out a war against France but by making it a sea War , and such a sea War as accompanies and supports attempts on land " . |
| 16 | The result of such a burst of love and energy from such an assortment of individuals was inevitably extraordinary . |
| 17 | The only certain result of such a selection , however , is that it will provoke dissent from NI readers . |
| 18 | The result of such a superposition produces a state whose properties are related to those of its component parts in a probabilistic sense . |
| 19 | The end result of such a venture , she reminded herself sharply , was inevitably a fall ! |
| 20 | It has also sought , without much success , a guarantee against predatory pricing by Eurotunnel although it seems clear that the government would not allow the ferries to go bankrupt as the result of such a strategy . |
| 21 | True it is that ‘ a statement ’ by a person in response to a requirement under the section may only be used for one or other of the specified purposes , but there is no restriction upon the use by the prosecution of incriminating information or evidence obtained as a result of such a statement . |
| 22 | The result of such a mishap is often spectacular with the eighty h.p. engine trying to wind the rubber bow back to the stern , but on this occasion the engine quickly stalled and I was left drifting helplessly in a strong wind with rope from the outboard propeller stretching from stern to bow in an inaccessible position . |
| 23 | The irony of such a man being riddled with German bullets while stretched over a barbed-wire fence somewhere in the middle of France was not lost on me . |
| 24 | Richard Taruskin has suggested that some initial American resistance to the a cappella theory of chanson performance in the Middle Ages was inevitable because American ensembles of the 1970s possessed very few singers who could be imagined giving a satisfactory demonstration of such a performing technique . |
| 25 | • Is the clock the same in all of us and at all stages of our lives ? • What do we know about the clock itself — where is it , what influences it , and how does it work ? • What is the usefulness of such a clock ? |
| 26 | We then need to comment on the usefulness of such a clock . |
| 27 | I will emphasize the graphical nature of the Chart data structure , and the usefulness of such a structure both for representing linguistic data , and for analyzing the results of linguistic processing . |
| 28 | Fear of such a development had motivated Communist attacks on Left Socialism . |
| 29 | Nevertheless , he felt that it was only correct that the recipient of such a gift should also feel at ease there , and indeed it very quickly became the ‘ home ’ of the Queen as well . |
| 30 | For many decades , a deposit of £150 was required and even the £500 now suggested will not necessarily deter the strip club owner or pop star who is otherwise lacking in publicity and for whom the outlay of such a sum may well be worthwhile . |