Example sentences of "[det] a [noun] of [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't think it matters whether or not we call this a case of my distinguishing myself from others . |
| 2 | ‘ Is this a drop of your actual feminine intuition ? ’ he asked , pretending to chew gum . |
| 3 | ‘ With half a squadron of our helicopters , their guns would melt away into the forest , ’ Mr Ashdown said . |
| 4 | After half a year of their affair , she 'd begun to wonder , wallowing in his affection , how a man whose history had been one infidelity after another had mended his ways ; which thought led to the possibility that perhaps he had n't . |
| 5 | ‘ Within half a second of my mouth touching yours , I guarantee that all thoughts of Ryan will fly out of your head . ’ |
| 6 | Community Hospitals , which provides independent health care services through 10 hospitals and eight nursing homes , devotes over half a page of its annual report and accounts for the year ended 30 June 1992 to corporate governance . |
| 7 | I , I 've been in Germany recently , selling. , I took a number of our British products over and I saw half a ton of my cheeses in the German supermarket . |
| 8 | Engels and Marx therefore saw in Morgan 's ideas about the passage from one stage to another a confirmation of their general theory of social change . |
| 9 | But the training that had been such a part of his life , the long hours of studying the Twelve Books of Honour for entry into the Fiana at the age of eleven ; the days and the weeks spent schooling his mind so that all situations could be calmly appraised , came to his aid and , at length , exhausted and drained , Fergus began to look about him and assess this strange , out-of-the-world fortress . |
| 10 | Robert Bisset ( 1800 ) produced such a defence of his hero Edmund Burke . |
| 11 | ‘ How have you found time to make such a success of your career ? |
| 12 | After six months we had made such a success of our little business that we took on a fourth girl and moved into the garage , as we now needed more space . |
| 13 | But , The Builder commented , Scott would disclaim such a description of his work . |
| 14 | Consequently , unlike Germany , France and Italy , who lost such a wealth of their Medieval timber framed buildings , England still possesses a fair number . |
| 15 | But all the indirect evidence , including the records of his reading in such writers on generation as Erasmus Darwin , Johannes Müller and Giorgio Gallesio , makes it most probable that he came to pangenesis in such a revision of his 1838 position , and that he did so in the years 1840–1 . |
| 16 | Er I myself and many others were here for two and a half years and I submit to you that this is a considerable portion of one 's adult lifetime and consequently , the experiences of the last three days have been very meaningful and very moving to those of us who did spend such a portion of our lives here in this place . |
| 17 | In practice , however , progression has been difficult to achieve , and the rites of passage that have been such a feature of our educational organisation — at 11 plus , at the options stage at 14 , and again at 16 — have compounded the problem . |
| 18 | In these moves Charles was displaying the combination of martial skill , courage , and shrewd politics that were to become such a feature of his rapid growth from king into emperor . |
| 19 | It 's a very expensive undertaking all this and it 's such a waste of our money I suspect . |
| 20 | Ann would never have taken such a step of her own accord . |
| 21 | The obvious introductions were made , and what ensued was to bring more pleasure to Repton than any job he had ever done — ‘ such a specimen of my art , ’ he wrote of his work at Sheringham , ‘ as I never before had the opportunity of displaying ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ Is that a critique of my skills as a lover ? ’ |
| 23 | John bent to the floor , picked something up and said : ‘ Excuse me , is that a bit of your brain ? ’ |
| 24 | Perhaps that piece goes on there somewhere , is that a piece of his nose ? |
| 25 | So he earns money , is that a , is that a corruption of his job ? |
| 26 | Was that a reaffirmation of his opinion of her ? |
| 27 | The alarm calls , the social noises , the sexual or territorial ‘ come-hithers ’ or ‘ get thee hence ’ gestures — the whole spectrum of movement — is all a part of their language , a continuous expression of the inward patterns within the subtle tattvic mind configurations comprising each species . |
| 28 | It was all a part of his arrogant manner , but once more Robbie felt that unaccountable weakness invade her bones . |
| 29 | We dedicate this cross to be to all a symbol of his suffering and his victory . |
| 30 | He had brought with him a wealth of experience and he shared many a story of his love of the outdoors . |