Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The source of meaningfulness of these ideas lies in the logical relationships that bind together a cluster of basic ideas into a coherent pattern Thus if the idea of numerical diversity presupposes the possibility of irreducible relations , the idea of irreducible relations , in its turn , presupposes the possibility of an objective order , and the idea of an objective order ( I shall argue ) is unintelligible without the idea of a plurality of points of view occupied by different selves . |
| 2 | 6 Bind together a group of cinnamon sticks with Christmas ribbon and secure with a pin . |
| 3 | We have n't got er I mean obviously a lot of the staff that are on these temporary contracts are from the adult team . |
| 4 | Well , it 's something er I mean obviously a lot of people like the idea of going over to the Swindon Oasis , now er we 've had at the back of our minds , if it was at all possible to er put something similar at Didcot , obviously nothing as grand as the Oasis , but something quite similar , and obviously they would come to Didcot and not bother to go over to Swindon . |
| 5 | A couple of recent collections which bring together a range of articles on a variety of topics are 'Femininity' , ‘ Masculinity ’ and ‘ Androgyny ’ : A Modern Philosophical Analysis , edited by Mary Vetterling-Braggin ( 1982b ) and the special issue of Radical Philosophy ( 1983 ) on ‘ Women , Gender and Philosophy ’ . |
| 6 | What distinguishes the series of Criminal Justice Acts is the comprehensiveness with which they bring together a range of generally disparate proposals , originating from different sources , bearing on the content of the criminal law , the powers and procedure of the courts , and the treatment ( in the widest sense ) of offenders . |
| 7 | They bring together a range of information not otherwise collected . |
| 8 | Campra , whose expressed aim was to combine French musical expression with Italian liveliness , was perhaps copying the acknowledged pioneer of the French cantata , Jean-Baptiste Morin : four of the 12 works in Morin 's first two collections ( 1706,1707 ) introduce only a change of mode from air to air by way of contrast , and in the others the only secondary keys used in principal movements are the relative , IV and V. But as Morin was an otherwise obscure figure it is more likely that Campra was pursuing his own ideals , themselves anchored in Lullian tradition . |
| 9 | Most trilobites were broadly oval-shaped being rather longer than wide , not greatly convex , and with eyes that occupy perhaps a quarter of the length of the head . |
| 10 | The settlement of the barbarians was plainly varied , and our sources provide only a hint of its complexities . |
| 11 | Two decades later , policyholders who have contracts which provide just a return of premiums on death , with that amount ravaged by inflation in the intervening period , have compared the modern alternative and found the earlier contracts wanting . |
| 12 | Some policyholders who have contracts which provide just a return of premiums on death have compared the modern alternative and found the earlier contracts wanting |
| 13 | I attach hereto a copy of my DOS Directory plus contents of the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT and should appreciate your guidance in this respect . |
| 14 | Second-year units involve both a treatment of general theories and concepts , and discussions of more concrete and practical issues such as Women . |
| 15 | The balance sheet and P&L account provide quite a lot of information on the financial health of the company but it is in the nature of a snapshot of conditions at a particular moment in time . |
| 16 | The balance sheet and P&L account provide quite a lot of information on the financial health of the company but it is in the nature of a snapshot of conditions at a particular moment in time . |
| 17 | Second point is that Barton Willmore say again a settlement of two and a half thousand is needed in order to be viable , well a settlement of two and a half thousand can not possibly be justified under the statistics that we have heard to date , and it is ni it is noteworthy that Barton Willmore representative did not actually promote a need argument , therefore the settlement at two and a half thousand is n well the settlement at two and a half thousand is not necessary , and anything less than that is unsustainable , so therefore in my in my view that is a a further reason why it should not be contemplated as a solution . |
| 18 | Not surprisingly , therefore , whereas in 1949–50 means-tested benefits accounted for only 12.7 per cent of the social security budget , they now command over a quarter of all social security expenditure ( Reform of Social Security : Background Papers , Cmnd. 9519 , pp. 28–9 ) . |
| 19 | However , too often , their attitudes reveal only a narrowness of mind and a sad lack of common humanity , ’ she said . |
| 20 | Tropical oceanic waters , generally poor in nutrients and productivity , support only a fraction of the biomass found in the cold northern and southern oceans . |
| 21 | So the £1,000 million would , in reality , cost only a fraction of that sum and yet create greater national stability and harmony . |
| 22 | The system ensures that those who might seem most deserving receive perhaps an Order of the British Empire ( OBE ) — or a British Empire Medal ( BEM ) for those ‘ who do not qualify by rank for the higher awards ’ — while a bureaucrat who has successfully worked his way to the top of the civil service without putting a foot wrong will get a knighthood in the Order of the Bath . |
| 23 | ‘ I put together a syndicate of investors with my friends the Cheng family from Hong Kong , who took control . |
| 24 | The home side were 8–3 , but after a fourth wicket had fallen cheaply Neil Fernyough ( 62 ) and Richard Conlan ( 33 ) put together a stand of 65 for the fifth . |
| 25 | In the broadest terms , it has been concerned with one aspect of youth history : how and why , and with what consequences for age relations , middle-class reformers put together a number of images of working-class adolescents . |
| 26 | Johnston was important as a systematic thinker who put together a package of ideas on the links between Marxist and republican politics . |
| 27 | We then put together a package of care within the resources that are available within the community to meet their individual needs and this will be changing as the sufferer 's condition deteriorates . |
| 28 | Sorry yeah , certainly , part of it thinking about the way on which we put together a package of ideas , and how we 're going to get that across and sell that to the other party . |
| 29 | If necessary put together a group of people who you know will be sceptical and try the presentation out on them first . |
| 30 | ‘ They put together a group of people like Take That ! , who did n't even know each other until they formed — not that I 'm knocking them , because they 've got more front than we have — but it 's not going to work unless it 's real , ’ gripes Tony . |