Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The message , delivered to Downing Street , was in response to Mr Major 's letter of support earlier this week . |
| 2 | As soon as he got to the loose box where they had the horse he pulled a little bit of stick about six inches long out of his pocket and threw it right up into the manger . |
| 3 | What is seen is consistent with the interpretation that nine W particles of mass about 80 GeV were produced , and that these then decayed into electrons ( or positrons ) and neutrinos . |
| 4 | There is speculation about new political initiatives , each one a triumph of hope over 20 years ' experience . |
| 5 | Playa Del Ingles is only a ten minute walk away and the discos and general hub of nightlife only five minutes . |
| 6 | ‘ We are ’ he said later , ‘ in danger of building so many mills and factories on the river 's bank … that the stream will be all used up and its bed dry . ’ |
| 7 | Despite the routine use of cyclosporin only two patients had a plasma creatinine concentration above 175 µmol/l . |
| 8 | In second field , the route proceeds forward with right edge of field about 30 yds away to reach waymark in hedgerow ahead ; in third field go quarter right to cross right-hand hedgerow at waymark on tree which is 90 yds before far end of field . |
| 9 | General appearance of both sexes too familiar to need detailed description ; head and neck of male usually metallic green . |
| 10 | On the basis of the MAFF-DoE memo this would seem likely to include the farming and fertiliser industries , and would give the Ministry of Agriculture almost total control over the policy . |
| 11 | One might expect that a technology already sporting a much used acronym must surely be a part of present not future considerations . |
| 12 | Yet more than half of the appliances are at risk of damage even personal danger if fitted with the incorrect safety fuse . |
| 13 | Of course barely three years later the company rescinded and donated the land to the town . |
| 14 | Naturally , with a cast of actors who are all approximately the same age , the casting of heavy character parts has to be considered very carefully , and of course not all plays are teeming with characters of similar age . |
| 15 | ( Of course not all traditions believe that Christ is represented by the celebrant . ) |
| 16 | Of course not all teachers will recognize themselves , and probably no one person 's experience will match point for point with the sketch that I shall give . |
| 17 | Of course not all substances occurring in nature are benign . |
| 18 | Hotels with computers programmed to produce forecast printouts of future room and guest occupancy have an advantage , but there is no guarantee that there will not be a power or computer failure , and of course not all hotels have computers . |
| 19 | Of course not all family planning programmes culminate in sterilisation at gunpoint . |
| 20 | Of course not all policemen are in absolute positions of command even though they represent the maintenance of structure in more than a symbolic way ; and few can move into communitas to experience the temptations described above . |
| 21 | Of course exactly that case never occurs , or if it does it occurs in such a way that it is not recognized as being a repeat run of the previous bitter experience . |
| 22 | In practice of course very many speakers fell outside the target quota . |
| 23 | Of course very few machines are used for a single application and in practice you need to balance the requirements of each application that you want to run . |
| 24 | erm In that sense , whereas of course in the case of primary schools there 've been fewer resources but of course far fewer students . |
| 25 | There is of course only one way to prove how good the Sherpa Underblanket really is . |
| 26 | A consequence of this accommodation was , as Layton puts it , that ‘ the application of science to everyday life had ( by the 1870s ) disappeared … the learner [ of course only those learners who experienced any science teaching at all — M.Y . ] |
| 27 | From Hume 's standpoint , it is of course precisely this tendency to mistake succession for identity that is chiefly to blame for the metaphysical doctrine of substance as an enduring and unanalysable substratum behind the observable changes . |
| 28 | And then of course so both sides we new about . |
| 29 | A spokeswoman for Equity said that management and the dancers will discuss pay and terms of contract later this week . |
| 30 | Now I would like to isolate six possible areas of difficulty where dyslexic people will indicate signs of having a problem . |