Example sentences of "of [noun] [prep] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can be argued ( though I do not have space to do it here ) , that there is an incoherence in a view of the subject which regards all notions of unity as an illusion . |
| 2 | The concept of play as an activity entered into with delight for its own sake is important for both the theology and the psychology of religion . |
| 3 | I should like to reiterate those comments to you now as I believe they remain relevant : 1 ) Control the duration of play by an ice hockey-type clock to prevent time-wasting. 2 ) Players to have their names on the back of their shirts . |
| 4 | It is much more difficult to predict the performance of someone with mental disorder , and the process of assessment of an individual in a real situation requires time and skilled judgment . |
| 5 | This replacement of the pleasure principle by the reality principle is expressed in mythic form in religious notions of rewards in an afterlife for the instinctual renunciations of this life . |
| 6 | Televideo Systems Inc has reported a first quarter net loss of $49,000 after an investment gain of $853,000 from an affiliate , against a profit last time of $50,000 , on turnover down 25.7% at $4.0m . |
| 7 | repetition of a closed loop containing a series of instructions for a fixed number of values in an arithmetic sequence |
| 8 | The progenitor cell now receives a signal from the adjacent optic nerve which switches its pathway of differentiation from an oligodendrocyte to that of an astrocyte . |
| 9 | Undoubtedly there is a need to continue to emphasise the importance of change in an area where exhaustion of general practitioners is clear . |
| 10 | In fact Porter really offers just two possible competitive strategies ( i.e. be a cost leader or differentiate your product ) which can be applied over either a broad range of products in an industry or just in a special niche . |
| 11 | There was a half-bottle of champagne in an ice-bucket and two glasses . |
| 12 | It is not the purpose of this book to provide a history of coinage , however brief , but rather to focus on the methods by which coins are studied , for only when these methods are properly understood and applied can we realise the full potential of coins as an aid to interpreting the past . |
| 13 | One idea on the horizon is to alter the structure of molecules with an AFM — making it the ultimate precision tool . |
| 14 | The companies say that the finished product will manage every aspect of software , and all activities relating to software licences , including the all important tracking of the number of copies of an application relative to the number of licences held . |
| 15 | One of these is none other than Caccini 's celebrated ‘ Amarilli ’ , in which Nauwach inserted ‘ passages ’ more suggestive of fingers on an instrument than vocal ornamentation , with the necessary additional bits of continuo bass . |
| 16 | On Sept. 16 , in his first report as UN Secretary-General , Boutros Boutros-Ghali defined the UN 's mission as one of " transforming a period of hope into an era of completed tasks " . |
| 17 | The interviewer is seeking to interview a sample of housewives on an estate about , let us say , the work-day pattern of wives who work only within the home . |
| 18 | We can regard the statistical argument about numbers of planets as an argument of last resort . |
| 19 | Within the group of authorities with an establishment over 300 , 12 of the 15 libraries ( 80% ) specifically budgeted an amount for training , 71% of libraries with establishments of between 100–300 did so , while only 55% of small libraries specifically budgeted money for training . |
| 20 | As a man without qualifications he drifted towards a commercial career but , after two and a half years in a city shipping office , was rescued by a legacy of £1,000 from an aunt . |
| 21 | In the case of T. axei the changes induced in the gastric mucosa are similar to those of Ostertagia with an alteration in pH and an increased permeability of the mucosa . |
| 22 | Manager/proprietors enjoy considerable advantages from limited liability status : it is not unreasonable that , in return , lenders and creditors should receive a minimum level of protection through an audit . |
| 23 | A ‘ tougher ‘ form of protection for an area containing many buildings of historic interest , perhaps with particular features typical of the locality , comes when a local authority ( with confirmation from the Department of the Environment ) makes an Article 4 Direction . |
| 24 | I have already noted his rejection of utilitarianism as an interpretation of the aim and purpose of life . |
| 25 | We spent two months in Cairo , living in the western suburb of Shafeyeen in an apartment rented from a French teacher who was away on home leave in Normandy . |
| 26 | A spokesman said the level of liquor in an evaporator was ‘ higher than it should have been ’ . |
| 27 | That the semi-official history of the party should have eschewed discussion of Conservatism as an ideology is not surprising , but a prominent British Marxist scholar has conceded that ‘ the Tory tradition is not best understood as a tradition of ideas ’ and the introduction to a recent collection of essays on Edwardian Conservatism also accepts that ‘ Conservatism is not an ideology , but a frame of mind , an outlook , a general approach ’ . |
| 28 | Huntington argues that , despite the different focus adopted by these three conceptions , they all basically agree as to the content of conservatism as an ideology . |
| 29 | Eventually , their tour of inspection at an end , Carole turned to leave . |
| 30 | Akau'ola on April 1 publicly denied the allegations , made at the end of March in an audience with the King and supported by members of the radical Tokai Kalo Christian Fellowship ( a Pentecostal sect ) who placed the four under guard at church headquarters , apparently to protect them . |