Example sentences of "of [noun sg] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And several yards away , glistening with droplets of moisture in a solitary shaft of sunlight , was another flower . |
| 2 | INSIDE ISRAEL Voice of unity in a divided region Israel Radio has Arab fans , writes Anton La Guardia |
| 3 | Running low on ideas , and tired of shopping , all shopped out , I bought four drunks and three strippers nine bottles of champagne in a topless bar on Broadway . |
| 4 | It declared that the linking of the right to pay for imports to the receipt of foreign exchange was ‘ an unacceptable principle ’ , because the system led to ‘ the obstruction of foreign exchange flows between regions and banks , the reduction of the role of the dinar as a single currency and means of payment in a unified Yugoslav market … and the strengthening of autarkic tendencies ’ . |
| 5 | Gilpin ( 1987 ) , like many liberal economists , regards it as contrary to consumer interests , whereas others describe it as ‘ a ray of hope in a dismal world ‘ . |
| 6 | In answering he correctly reminds us that young people are often of necessity in a subservient position as a result of their dependence on parents for food , clothing , and shelter ; teachers for schooling ; employers for employment ; skilled workers for instruction in apprenticed trades ; and on youth workers for leisure activities . |
| 7 | SIDNEY POITIER and Rod Steiger star in In The Heat of the Night ( BBC2 , 10.25pm ) , a powerful five Oscar-winning story with a subplot of racism in a small southern town . |
| 8 | Candidates over twenty-five may be allowed to enrol if they have obtained a position of responsibility in a non-accounting career — that means that you wo n't necessarily need A-levels to do the course . |
| 9 | Then , as now , the Conservative Party in the 1950s liked to think of itself as a lonely beacon of responsibility in a moral wilderness of couldn't-care-less ‘ permissiveness ’ and selfish ‘ I 'm all right Jack ’ attitudes . |
| 10 | For Weber it was a matter for social and historical analysis to discover the real basis of inequality in a particular society . |
| 11 | Aristotle called the kings ‘ hereditary generals ’ and an incompetent or even average king could do a lot of damage in a short while — like Kleombrotos who lost the decisive battle of Leuktra in 371 but was not catastrophically inept . |
| 12 | Further , the claim is made that his criterion has withstood tests against episodes from the last two hundred or so years of physics in a superior way to rival criteria that have been proposed . |
| 13 | But it will deploy the laws of physics in a special way that is not ordinarily discussed in physics textbooks . |
| 14 | Loss of faith in a traditional God-the-Father brought not spiritual anguish but freedom to explore more Motherly aspects of deity and the divinity of Nature . |
| 15 | Yet climbers appear willing to put an inordinate amount of faith in a long line of brass nuts and then show surprise when they pull like a hot knife through butter . |
| 16 | His words constitute a fervent expression of faith in a new creed , a new political and social system , a new kind of literature which together have a rejuvenating and energising capacity that stands in marked contrast to the corruption and dissolution of a decaying , moribund capitalist society . |
| 17 | Many couples continue to enjoy sexual intercourse once or twice a week into old age , but some people have neither the inclination or ability for this , and of course in a long relationship we do adjust to our partner 's needs . |
| 18 | Maybe we should have solved our problems more quickly ( of course in a perfect world everyone always should ) , but better by far to have gone on and on , testing , probing , questioning and changing , until we finally had a solution which worked and could take us where we wanted to be . |
| 19 | Of course in a proper case the employer must provide any necessary training … |
| 20 | These issues related to mathematics in context , criterion-referenced tests , levels of difficulty in a graduated test scheme , and the resources likely to be needed to implement a scheme . |
| 21 | The absence of resistance in a different country is thus not contradictory to our findings . |
| 22 | Since Christie had the vote of the burgh of Stirling at his disposal after the Michaelmas elections of 1740 , when the friends of James Erskine of Grange were turned out of council by Christie 's party , Ilay and Milton showed their appreciation of the magistrate 's friendship by ensuring that Sir Robert Walpole recommended Mr. Christie to Sir Charles Wager to such effect that the admiral named Christie to the highly desirable post of lieutenant in a new frigate , with all the prospects of prize money which such an appointment entailed . |
| 23 | The first sign of tetanus in a newborn baby is the inability to suck or swallow and muscular spasms of the lips and mouth . |
| 24 | A number of pitfalls have to be considered when looking at diversification not least lack of experience in a new venture , the capital cost and working capital requirements , the cautious attitude of banks , and the marketing side . |
| 25 | Oliver gained a lot of experience in a short time , and was interested to see how brave some people were after a death in the family . |
| 26 | 3.3 Whilst the assessment of risk and the permitted limits of response in a given situation remain a matter for individual judgement some simple advice consistent with the relevant legal and policy guidelines and training principles may be useful . |
| 27 | It represented tangible proof of her achievements after years of struggle in a male-dominated profession . |
| 28 | Difficulties arose because of the relative impurity of even the best available caustic soda , and this led to his greatest success — a process for manufacturing very pure caustic soda by the electrolysis of brine in a rocking cell containing mercury . |
| 29 | The early work of Jürgen Habermas develops the Marxist theory of ideology in a particular way . |
| 30 | In practice , it is more difficult , because the effectiveness of advertisements falls off with frequency of exposure in a particular paper , so you have to be very careful that you are comparing like with like . |