Example sentences of "[vb pp] [det] a [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Backup — the old backup/restore routine will be gone forever ( we hope ) given that a version of the Norton Backup will take its place in DOS 6 |
| 2 | In fact I am finding it difficult to establish the exact terms of reference for this study , given that a number of related studies are already underway . |
| 3 | We 're just about to leave Sian by air for Nanking , and we 've just heard that a bevy of Brit . |
| 4 | Dorcas had given this a lot of thought as teams of nomes sweated to pry the lids off the paint-streaked tins . |
| 5 | The roof-rack alone carried half a ton of water , fuel and spares , and the Land Rover was fully loaded inside to the extent that the leaf springs were flattened . |
| 6 | Roosevelt , at the beginning of the 1930s and at the height of World War II , may have briefly approached such a position of pre-eminence , but none of his successors has come even close to such a situation . |
| 7 | ‘ At one time , only junior posts attracted such a level of response , ’ he adds . |
| 8 | Not since Brian Hayes at his peak have we heard such a master of the phone-in put-down . |
| 9 | ‘ Never heard such a lot of nonsense , ’ said Angalo cheerfully . |
| 10 | But I say , the , I 'd heard such a lot of the Guild and the Guild 's influence was in Walsall Wood I think primarily , as I 'm always telling the women today , because they were so interested in the village and you got , they were local councillors , magistrates people you went to for advice . |
| 11 | Oh I 've never heard such a load of bloody rubbish in my life ! |
| 12 | Given such a state of affairs , the parallels and analogies which comrade Preobrazhensky has constructed could not be anything other than a childish game of terminology . |
| 13 | To anticipate future populations , given such a rate of increase , a compound interest-type calculation is an obvious possibility . |
| 14 | If you had done that a quarter of a century ago you would still be pleased with yourself . |
| 15 | Do n't forget we 've both done this a hell of a lot more times than you have ! ’ |
| 16 | and I 've done half a term of |
| 17 | No other building type secured such a variety of examples . |
| 18 | As Middlemass ( 1979 , p. 443 ) remarks of the Act , the TUC ‘ could hardly have accepted such a reversal of the terms of politics as they had been understood for a generation . ’ |
| 19 | I would not have felt such a burst of passion for a relative . ’ |
| 20 | She 'd never before felt such a surge of creative stimulation . |
| 21 | Never before , not even with Renée , had he felt such a force of love in him . |
| 22 | For the next hour Fabia was alternately angry that he could take her to such heights only to call a halt when she responded too readily , and despair that he had made such a nonsense of her that she had n't known where the dickens she was . |
| 23 | But few in Dowd 's experience had made such a commonplace of it as Godolphin . |
| 24 | It is reassuring to know that his duties will include responsibility for the BBC , for as George Walden argues on this page , it was he who rescued the Broadcasting Bill after the last Thatcher government made such a hash of television deregulation . |
| 25 | The Marquess of Lincolnshire , a former Liberal Minister ( as Earl Carrington ) and confidant of Asquith , wrote in his diary on 8 December with emphasis , ‘ The general opinion is that Baldwin has made such a mess of it that he must go at once ’ , and on 18 December , ‘ There is a Chamberlain-Birkenhead intrigue going on backed by the ‘ Daily Mail ’ . ’ |
| 26 | I 've made such a mess of things . ’ |
| 27 | I 've always voted conservative but I feel they 've made such a mess of everything I 'll vote for someone different this time . |
| 28 | ‘ But you have n't made such a fool of me as you 've made of yourself . |
| 29 | No wonder she had made such a fool of herself by fainting in the middle of Luke 's proposal . |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't consider I 've made such a fool of myself ; these things happen . ’ |