Example sentences of "of [noun] [verb] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In international affairs , and throughout the social world , there are two sorts of story to tell and a range of theories to go with each . |
| 2 | Similarly with regard to attitudes to management , the British workers fitted the Blauner model , expressing a high level of contentment with existing procedures of decision making and a consensus about organisational goals , whereas the French saw their enterprises as socially dichotomous and exploitative . |
| 3 | But a gulf in perception will have to be bridged , leaps of faith made and a deal struck . |
| 4 | The removal of a centre of consciousness to which the narrative discourse could be attached and the self-conscious preoccupation with both the linguistic/ verbal origins of the text and the status of the reading and writing of fiction suggested that a new aesthetic had been evolved . |
| 5 | ‘ Take me in by your fire for I am shivering with cold and I am lost in the forest … oh be merciful and let me share your fire and give me a cup of milk to sup and a mouthful of bread … ’ |
| 6 | Similarly , the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany argued that a member state might legitimately adopt appropriate criteria with regard to the grant of flag rights in order to safeguard the objectives of the Community system of fishing quotas ; it considered that , if necessary , the criteria adopted to that end might be contrary to the E.E.C . |
| 7 | If the Certificate of Search discloses that a resolution has been made adopting the provisions of the Clean Air Act , that 's an advantage to a buyer as a measure of protection against pollution . |
| 8 | The first law of thermodynamics says that a small change in the entropy of a system is accompanied by a proportional change in the energy of the system . |
| 9 | His TV appearance followed Iran 's denial of opposition reports that a bomb had exploded in his Tehran home on Wednesday , possibly injuring him . |
| 10 | As a result of the above decision and in respect of criterion ( a ) above , it is a matter for the Head of Department to consider if a workplace closure is desirable and , if so , to take account of the terms of this memorandum in seeking to effect the closure . |
| 11 | Strong observational backing from scientists at the University of Arizona shows that a wave of gravitational energy sweeps through the gas clouds in the galaxy , with a mass at least one-thousand times that of our Sun . |
| 12 | A number of authors maintain that a definite need does exist . |
| 13 | The heady climate of experiment evaporated and a ‘ back to basics ’ approach became the dominant theme . |
| 14 | Saponin pretreatment also resulted in an augmentation of PCNA staining and a decrease in background staining . |
| 15 | A trip chain is a sequence of trips beginning when a resident leaves home , and ending when they next return home . |
| 16 | They do n't appear good enough to win the title yet with a crop of youngsters emerging and a new maturity in central midfielder Dennis Wise , they are hard to beat . |
| 17 | At the same time , the Royal Bank of Scotland confirmed that a review of its business might also result in job losses . |
| 18 | A fair number of countries indicated that a response could be given within three months . |
| 19 | This sample of correspondence shows that a great many plants were introduced into England by John Bartram . |
| 20 | Under s 4 of the Charities Act 1992 , the Charity Commissioners have powers which are similar to those of the Registrar of Companies to require that a charity 's name be changed . |
| 21 | Yet through it all a strong sense of caring pervades and a feeling of friendship which is not easy to find in the Western World . |
| 22 | An end of run summary is then produced to provide statistics such as the current state and attributes of the hard copy volumes , the number of blocks used and a hard copy module summary . |
| 23 | There are no obvious signs of engine wear though a small puff of smoke exhausts following a warm start . |
| 24 | A tremendous amount of condensation remains after a building is completed and it can take weeks and weeks to dry out if left to itself . |
| 25 | The recent growth of population meant that a smaller proportion of the workforce than before could also farm a smallholding in the manner of their ancestors ; many of them were now occupied full-time at their craft and both their cottage and their loom were rented from the manufacturers . |
| 26 | The mobility of officials ensured that a variety of view-points are available for all districts . |
| 27 | The first taste of combat came when a light armoured detachment went into action under Army Group Vistula . |
| 28 | The kinetic theory of gases assumes that a gas consists of particles of negligible volume . |
| 29 | The powerful magnetic field of Jupiter indicates that a significant fraction of the Jovian interior consists of an electrical conductor in the liquid phase . |
| 30 | Whether marginal or not , 55 per cent of DGMs believe that a " market is necessary to get the benefits of the purchaser–provider split " , while nearly one-third do not . |