Example sentences of "[det] [conj] an [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it follows from this that an acceleration of this replacement will have the same effect as if there had been an increase in fixed capital . |
| 2 | The mechanisms to achieve this and an assessment of the errors involved are documented , together with an explanation of new and promising possibilities to relate polling districts and enumeration districts that can exploit the increased use of postcodes by the 1991 census . |
| 3 | For example , if A tells B something in confidence and B ( without A 's permission ) passes the information on to C , who has not been told that it is confidential and the circumstances are such that an obligation of confidence can not be imputed to C , then C will be able to use the information freely although B himself can be prevented from using the information or divulging it further . |
| 4 | The dedication was a gesture of pained sorrow at his father 's death as much as an act of filial piety , and the natural way to do it was to reproduce the style and character of his essentially Edwardian father . |
| 5 | And she names it not so much as an act of politesse but of evasion , even cowardice . |
| 6 | It was an exercise in self-congratulation from the leader of the self-proclaimed Land of Liberty as much as an expression of solidarity with the oppressed . |
| 7 | Part of the text stated ‘ … one atom of it weight 235 times as much as an atom of hydrogen , [ U 235 ] releases energy automatically directly it is touched by cold water ’ . |
| 8 | The greatest cause of redundant data however is the inclusion of the company logo ; this has been known to be as much as an order of magnitude greater than the average model . |
| 9 | Previous SDS-sequestration studies using synthetic oligonucleotides have suggested that a proximal G or distal C increases the rate of dissociation from GC sites by as much as an order of magnitude [ 19 ] . |
| 10 | Existing fitness centres can be intimidating places with not so much as an ounce of unwanted fat on display . |
| 11 | Her long dark tailored suits , with ridiculously feathered matching hats pinned to silvery hair , gave her the respect of all and an air of authority few would dream of challenging . |
| 12 | More than an hour of cut-and-thrust football followed , and both goalkeepers , especially Simon Taylor of Clitheroe and Lancashire , were kept busy before David Mason sealed his team 's first victory of the season . |
| 13 | It then took more than an hour of bathing and shampooing to get Tosh back to his natural ebony colour ! |
| 14 | The Leicester MP led a delegation representing BCCI victims in more than an hour of talks which are seen as a prelude to a meeting between MPs and Chancellor Norman Lamont on March 23 . |
| 15 | ‘ Honestly , ’ Charles was saying , after more than an hour of beleaguered explanation , or semi-explanation , ‘ I did n't think you 'd take it like this , old thing , I thought you 'd — well , I thought you 'd be relieved , to tell you the truth . |
| 16 | After more than an hour of deliberation at a North London hotel the tribunal ruled that Chelsea would have to pay Swindon 75,000 pounds and an extra 2,000 for every appearance Hoddle makes up to a maximum of fifty . |
| 17 | By interlinking Mariana 's own words with a detailed account of the derelict grange , Tennyson creates more than an outline of Mariana 's deep emotional state ; Her longing for death , as a result of a lonely life without her lover . |
| 18 | The telescope covers energies from 20MeV to over 20GeV with more than an order of magnitude greater sensitivity than the SAS-2 or COS-B instruments , as well as improved resolution in energy , angle and timing measurements . |
| 19 | Studies by others on stained tissue using the electron probe and the proton probe , which is more than an order of magnitude more sensitive , have failed to confirm these findings . |
| 20 | A defeat on a specific issue does not lead to the resignation of a government ; it is no more than an expression of dissatisfaction designed to force the Cabinet to change its policy . |
| 21 | Until last month this was little more than an expression of good intentions . |
| 22 | A conviction — or , for that matter , an acquittal — by a jury is no more than an expression of opinion by at least ten out of twelve people about the defendant 's guilt . |
| 23 | More than an inch of rain fell in the early hours at Aberporth in Cardigan Bay , six miles from the River Teifi estuary where a helicopter rescue was mounted yesterday after caravans were deluged by a flash flood . |
| 24 | This suggests , too , that the very notion of ‘ permissiveness ’ , and its converse , is a slippery one ; in many cases it would seem to mean little more than an exchange of more overt physical controls for more subtle emotional controls . |
| 25 | The talks were clearly to be more than an exchange of courtesies , for Vansittart , Hoare 's permanent under-secretary , was to be present for them . |
| 26 | Harry went in , enquired and was given , with no more than an eyebrow-twitch of puzzlement , a comprehensive catalogue of Shepherd & Woodward 's university wares . |
| 27 | This kind of simple redundancy occurs widely in databases and a significant level of compression can thereby be achieved through little more than an exercise of commonsense and ingenuity . |
| 28 | Clearly there may well be more than an element of exaggeration in this insistence , but it makes more sense if we accept their view that a great many features of literature that might not normally be recognized , at least at first sight , as terms of a comparison , nonetheless have a metaphorical or analogical function . |
| 29 | True , this remedy contains more than an element of ‘ big brother ’ and it may be that it does no more than turn the criminals away from the areas covered by the cameras ' eyes . |
| 30 | This would be nothing more than an admission of the truth as it actually is , and would thereby be an important refutation of ‘ god-given ’ rights . |