Example sentences of "[subord] [det] a [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had crossed more than half a mile of open pasture without a trace of cover , expecting every moment some attack that did not come . |
| 2 | Carson 's place was only a couple of miles away , in a vastly overpriced and overcrowded strip along less than half a mile of the river east from Kew Bridge . |
| 3 | A CITY-IMPOSED curfew is forcing the Hollywood Palladium to shut down after more than half a century of entertainment ranging from Lawrence Welk to the Rolling Stones , officials said yesterday . |
| 4 | We investigates and discovered that I was carrying more than half a litre of cyst . |
| 5 | The first English gold coin was struck only in 1255 and it was not until 1344 that the country was able to begin to sustain what proved to be no more than half a millennium of minting a gold denomination in its regular coinage . |
| 6 | In a corner quieter than most a knot of musicians tuned their strings and tightened their drumskins . |
| 7 | Yeah we 're on to tape two cos this A side of tape two . |
| 8 | It would have been perfect if half a gallon of water had not leaked into my rolled-up sleeping-bag . |
| 9 | I have in fairness to say that there is no hard evidence for this ; but it seems possible that if such a case of misidentification had occurred , it would not readily be admitted . |
| 10 | If such a set of permutations exists we will call them a matching of the two ALT patterns . |
| 11 | Given that safety for passengers must be paramount , you might like to consider if such a code of practice should be given some statutory status , or how else the good practice it describes might be disseminated and enforced . |
| 12 | As stated in the prototypical CKR , Sea Waybill Rule 4 provides that the sea waybill will be subject to the application of any international convention or national law if such a source of law is compulsorily applicable or would have been if a bill of lading ‘ or similar document of title ’ had been issued . |
| 13 | If such a theorization of history , as diacritical and singular , articulated according to breaks and ruptures , was by no means new even with Althusser , it has been continued as a self-conscious derivation from him by Derrida . |
| 14 | Even if such a quality of relationship is possible , is it not too painful to achieve ? |
| 15 | I can say now that I would answer ( a ) ‘ No , ’ and ( b ) ‘ No , because such a passing of property does not involve an appropriation . ’ |
| 16 | After such a whetting of the appetite , let us also consider what happens when you fire objects at a screen with two slits . |
| 17 | He did not wish to make her unhappy by any further probing after such a flow of confidences , so he just asked her which city in England she came from , this being a question all immigrants were accustomed to . |
| 18 | They are Chinese , family-run empires whose aged founders remain at the helm , creating inevitable speculation about succession squabbles and , more importantly , about whether such a style of management will continue to work for billion-dollar conglomerates with international ambitions . |
| 19 | Erm I must confess to doubting whether such a pool of talent exists and I share the views er of the Noble Lord , Lord Motterstone who in a very powerful and commonsense speech made this point an and a number of other ones , but I have to say that what I do think exists is the temptation to create posts for friends of the Government , a process of which has been going for far too long and I mem and I wonder if er members on the other side would defend this position as my Noble Friend Lord Allen said earlier , quite sincerely if , say , another party were in power before when such a time arrives it will then be of little avail for them to run around complaining , for they will have sown the seeds of their own dissatisfaction . |
| 20 | The question that arises is whether such a view of history is justified and whether or not it simply reflects an evolutionary view of history prevalent at the time . |
| 21 | For example , one ounce of butter or margarine contains as many calories as half a pound of potatoes . |
| 22 | The obvious way to resolve the dispute was to call a Council to decide among them — though such a course of action might be taken to imply the supremacy of a Council over a pope . |
| 23 | Even though such a doubling of the number of beds would not produce a doubling in cost , since most long stay patients need only low technological care , it is difficult to imagine society accepting this burden . |
| 24 | ‘ I see this as such a rite of passage — you get signed to a major , you get money , you go into the studio , a big 24-track hubbub , either it sells or it does n't . |
| 25 | The causative organism of scabies is a mite , and as such a member of the class Arachnida , which includes the spiders and scorpions . |
| 26 | Even when such a selection of documents for publication is reasonably impartial , a historian must consult other materials in order to evaluate it properly . |
| 27 | Briefly , briefly tonight er Reynolds and Major issued this statement which said all those claiming a serious interest in advancing the cause of peace in Ireland should renounce of or support for violence if and when such a renunciation of violence has been made and sufficiently demonstrated , new doors could open , do you think the I R A might well respond positively to that ? |
| 28 | ‘ I feel almost guilty that so many good things are happening to us , when such a lot of people are having a bad time , ’ Sarah said . |