Example sentences of "[is] [det] a [noun] of " in BNC.

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31 Nor is this a matter of division between a pro-government side and an anti-government one .
32 What 's this a recall of last week ?
33 During the first film , Storm Over the Nile , there is such a storm of noise in the cinema from the drunken audience that it proves impossible to follow the plot at all .
34 There is such a variety of good literature available for inclusion in syllabuses that we want teachers to have the freedom to make their own choice of suitable books within our broad guidelines .
35 There is such a variety of textured yarns available today that it would be a pity not to be adventurous with them .
36 They are all great prospects , not just for Lancashire but for England , and I do not see the point in getting depressed when there is such a wealth of promise for the future making its presence felt in the club . ’
37 In addition , because there is such a lack of water , the total biomass is low .
38 ‘ These days , ’ disapproved Mrs Rundle , ‘ there is such a lack of contact within families !
39 ‘ There is such a sense of loss , ’ she said , looking at him to be sure he understood this .
40 ‘ Today there is such a plethora of offers available in the stores that the average shopper gets overwhelmed and confused , ’ she says .
41 The company car is such a feature of modern British business that in teaching the noble art of firing people , the London Business School reminds trainee firers to demand the car keys from a dismissed employee promptly — not because these are today 's equivalent of Dreyfus 's epaulettes ( which they are ) , but because the car , stuck immovably in the company car-park , may depress other executives .
42 It is elegantly Neo-Classical , although few other houses of the style have such enormous loggias , even though the loggia is such a feature of Italian architecture .
43 But is such a structure of opposing factors really an objective property of poetry , and can we therefore as a matter of principle allow our interpretation and evaluation to be guided by it ?
44 The larvae of ichneumid wasps are parasitic on the developmental stages of insects or spiders , which egg laying females locate by searching narrowly circumscribed micro-habitats ; they are as much niche-specific as host-specific , and it is because there is such a range of niches in a garden that there are so many kinds of adult wasps .
45 What this is intended to do is to put structural change into it , to say to home owners , if you come to the area , particularly those built-up areas where there is such a shortage of homes , you can be sure that you will get higher rates and to answer another question , we are , a that would be applying to existing people as well as to er otherwise in the budget allowance for that .
46 Is such a level of reliability and degree of assurance now going to be expected in the preparation and audit of annual accounts ?
47 It is such a group of specialists that has helped us write technical briefs on the Food Hygiene ( Amendment ) Regulations , microwave ovens , BS 5750 , accessible accommodation for the disabled and cook-chill catering .
48 ‘ It can not be right that a tenant in Middlesbrough , where housing is cheap , pays more than a tenant in Camden , where costs are very much higher , where well-paid jobs are much easier to come by , and there is such a concentration of commercial facilities . ’
49 From the opening stomp of the title track , a joyous collusion of The Glitter Band and M 's ‘ Pop Musik ’ , to the final rip-roaring ‘ I 'm Against The Eighties ’ , ‘ Back In Denim ’ is such a labour of love , so insanely , often painfully personal that it raises a smile even as we 're being made to feel ashamed that we allow our music to be hijacked and controlled by them .
50 And you know it is amazing what you can achieve really by you know there is such a lot of scope really .
51 Is such a model of care appropriate to meet the needs of an increasingly old , and possibly frail , population ?
52 The criteria will ensure that the National Certificate 's flexibility , which is such a strength of the system , is not lost and will establish the ground-rules for negotiations with industry bodies .
53 It could have been , he argued onwards , a fort , or even an early Christian site , or even a pagan place of votive offering , ‘ for there is such a multitude of divinities , to whom it may have been dedicated , that the chance of its being a temple of Anaitis is hardly any thing .
54 cos I thought what you talk about is such a load of bollocks and he looked at me madly , and I thought oh how funny , I thought .
55 The hunched figure is such a picture of hopelessness that the heart sinks .
56 But it 's such shame cos it 's , I mean it 's such a chance of a lifetime I just wish the trouble
57 There 's such a wealth of material and talent in Northern Ireland — I 'd like to see more producers coming to us with ideas and telling us what they want to do , not waiting for us to tell them what we want
58 ‘ There 's such a variety of landscapes , it 's like a new world . ’
59 It 's such a waste of young life .
60 It 's such a waste of time when they could be tracking down criminals amount of time .
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