Example sentences of "a [noun] [prep] [adj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Performance at work is a function of all the factors we have identified : |
| 2 | If the expansion is in the 1-direction only , with no change in the other dimensions , we have where – 1 is in general a function of all the Xi . |
| 3 | Arrears are phenomenal in most authorities , a function of both the impoverishment of tenants and of their rebellion . |
| 4 | In both instances it was a case of better the devil you know … |
| 5 | There may be a case for such a restraint upon popular power , but it can not be a democratic one . |
| 6 | This is relativity with a vengeance , and many of us have felt than in a case like this the scales that Eliot measures by are not so much sliding as slithering . |
| 7 | In a case like this the best plan , to ensure a solid and uniform body of tone , is to give to each orchestral group — strings , woodwind , and brass the complete harmony . |
| 8 | You ca n't cremate a body without a doctor 's certificate and in a case like this the coroner 's office would never allow it . ’ |
| 9 | In a case like this the applicant must , before issuing an originating summons , write to his opponent setting out the nature of his allegations and his information that the documents are relevant . |
| 10 | But I consider myself perfectly competent to be able to go to court , make applications for remand , make pleas of mitigation where there 's a guilty plea and also conduct a case in such a way as to be able to pass it over to someone else in the practice . |
| 11 | Anyway they said what else would they like and they had some , a set of luggage , well it 's only this nylon stuff but it was very useful for them to take away with them it did a bit of good the and I , I put in this letter I shall no longer order , I shall what was it ? |
| 12 | suppose they 've still got quite a bit of own a lot of put plants up there and there . |
| 13 | The role of loyal officers and police in the events of 17–20 July demonstrates that while the rising may have been predominantly military in character it was far from being a rising of all the military . |
| 14 | It seems incomprehensible that a chassis with such a marked front weight-bias and an inside-rear tyre that can jump six inches clear of the ground can also provide such superlative behaviour . |
| 15 | Will a curriculum with all the features recommended by Cockcroft have greater relevance than that currently experienced by many pupils ? |
| 16 | Experienced social workers were given a case manager role for a small case load of such elderly people , with the task of keeping them in their own homes on a budget of two-thirds the cost of residential care in a local authority home . |
| 17 | The Federal Emergency Relief Administration ( FERA ) , headed by Harry Hopkins , had a budget of half a billion dollars to distribute to the states . |
| 18 | Mandy Rice-Davies and Christine Keeler 's revelations about the seamy underbelly of England 's public life rocked the government and effectively ended the Tory Party patriarchy : ‘ The upper-class … image of Mr Macmillan himself had acted as a catalyst for all the aggression that was to unleash the New England of Mr Wilson and the Beatles . ’ |
| 19 | Now , with the proposed acquisition of CGI , IBM is effectively saying that despite its vast army of surplus employees , it ca n't find 4,000 among with the skills , or the ability to acquire the skills to be found in an unexceptional middle-ranking software and computer services company — and the move is hardly a morale-booster for all the people within IBM that ply their trade in software and services . |
| 20 | China may not have been unsympathetic towards the neutralisation of the region , but may have been doubtful about her capacity to act as a guarantor of such a regime . |
| 21 | Home demand is surely not going to be stimulated by a reduction of half a percent or so in price and in any case , with 4 million unemployed , is a thriving domestic market a real possibility ? |
| 22 | It is a struggle for all the progressive forces in the country . |
| 23 | A young aspirant conductor , F.Charles Adler , and instrumentalists of the calibre of Carl Fuchs of the Manchester College of Music , rehearsed for Christmas Eve an orchestra of 25 and a chorus of 100 the Messiah ( ‘ realised ’ by feverish copyists , unable to arrange the score for male voices . |
| 24 | There has to be a willingness among all the members of such a group to be prepared to give and take , to offer criticism and receive it , to encourage and to be encouraged etc . ’ |
| 25 | When I think of him sighing in the lane on the other side of the Park he seems far too close to home , far too much a part of all the difficult things in life . |
| 26 | As a part of this the development of skills in self reflection and self critique of performance is important for continuing learning and personal development . |
| 27 | The silver birch is so elegantly beautiful , from spring 's pale green bud-burst until the final golden accolade of autumn , that it plays a part in all the seasons , not least because it is especially favoured by long-tailed tits as a food source in winter . |
| 28 | In these meetings , students come together to discuss a defined topic , whose main points are put forward by one of their own number ; the staff members who attend do so not to teach but to play a part in guiding the discussion . |
| 29 | It was seen as an unveiled hint of royal displeasure at Scots separatists ( the elaborate investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales , at a time when Welsh nationalism was acquiring an increasingly strident tone , had been intended to have a similar impact ) but it might also serve as a text for all the concerns of the monarchy . |
| 30 | In this view , cohesive ties exist between elements in connected sentences of a text in such a way that one word or phrase is linked to other words or phrases . |