Example sentences of "[det] a [noun] of a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is this a characteristic of a Series III on radials or do you think there is something wrong ? |
| 2 | ‘ I think I 'd better give this a bit of a read . |
| 3 | Is this a sign of a tradition-conscious reappraisal of iconology in the town where it began , or has it more to do with the current emphasis of your Department ? |
| 4 | But he will give us the feeling that though the character has not been explained , it is explicable , and we get from this a reality of a kind we can never get in real life … . |
| 5 | Erm would you like to take that resolution first and make this a sort of a , an extra resolution |
| 6 | Do n't forget we 've both done this a hell of a lot more times than you have ! ’ |
| 7 | But it 's such shame cos it 's , I mean it 's such a chance of a lifetime I just wish the trouble |
| 8 | With the Frankish Church 's new emphasis on godparental obligations , such a reinforcing of a biological kin-tie by a spiritual one became an adroit response to the dangers set out by Charlemagne in the 806 division-project . |
| 9 | The kiss had been such a butterfly of a thing that she did not reject it , and when he bent and kissed her cheek she did not reject that either . |
| 10 | In the model shown in Fig. 5 , it is possible that the recognition helix fits into a wide minor groove rather than a major groove as shown , but such a binding of a helix-turn-helix motif would be unprecedented . |
| 11 | It amazed him such a slip of a girl could have such passion in her , and by then he had noticed the perfect contours of her body which neither the black dress nor the prim white apron could conceal . |
| 12 | Such a usage of a negation is in conformity with all linguistic markedness and unmarkedness . |
| 13 | Sartre in particular was especially reprehensible as a consequence of his advocacy of ‘ la littérature engagée ’ — such a delineation of a social and political function for the writer was at direct variance with the formalist prerequisites of the nouveau roman . |
| 14 | It was such a waste of a little stone house with a wooden porch and a view across the county as well as down the craggy rocks of the stone quarry . |
| 15 | Such a waste of a young life . |
| 16 | It 's just such a waste of a life . ’ |
| 17 | But it seemed such a peach of a way out of trouble . |
| 18 | But few people took seriously the idea of such a hulk of a man going without food . |
| 19 | When you visit you 'll wonder why such a gem of a village always seems so uncrowded and peaceful . |
| 20 | Already , though , such a study of a community involving , perhaps , only a few thousand people brings in many elements , variables and causal links . |
| 21 | Some of the direction is rather nifty and it 's also go the benefit of being very well shot , but then there 's a such a hell of a lot of the other type of shooting going on here it 's pretty difficult to notice . |
| 22 | Some of the direction is rather nifty and it 's also go the benefit of being very well shot , but then there 's a such a hell of a lot of the other type of shooting going on here it 's pretty difficult to notice . |
| 23 | If you had done that a quarter of a century ago you would still be pleased with yourself . |
| 24 | By Gareth Parry AS THIS column is just over a year old , I thought I 'd give you all a bit of a break , and write about the psychology of DIY . |
| 25 | Then I let him down and from then on it 's all a bit of a blur . |
| 26 | It did n't seem too distressed by life in the aviary with the other birds , although I imagine it was all a bit of a come-down for this once proud and merciless hunter of the skies . |
| 27 | ‘ That was all a bit of a shame ’ , recalls Probyn , ‘ because the French are without doubt the best set of forwards you play against . |
| 28 | And there was a suspicion in Britain that it was all a bit of a plot to er to kind of isolate Turkey . |
| 29 | One general practitioner , who works in a large multipartner practice in Worksop , said that the community care reforms were all a bit of a mystery . |
| 30 | All a bit of a bind … and bloody messy , ’ he added distastefully . |