Example sentences of "of [noun] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cavalry can not break into a solid phalanx of pikes until a way has been cut for them , but once in they can do fearful slaughter . |
| 2 | These pass on tips about jobs or lodgings , or can give a firm base of support once a migrant has crossed the border . |
| 3 | The time I was supposed to be going through this a lot of schools were getting a bit of stick because a lot of parents did n't like it . |
| 4 | Norman had become a bit weary of struggling through the Edinburgh traffic jams from his home in Strathaven each day for 16 months since being asked by Peter Wood , then Managing Director of Financial Services Division , to take over the running of RBIS while a management consultancy exercise was carried out on the company by the Boston Consultancy Group . |
| 5 | Cyclosporin A binds to the same region of CyP as a tetrapeptide substrate ( N- acetyl-Ala-Ala-Pro-Ala-amidomethylcoumarin ) , but in an opposite N- to C-terminal orientation ( Fig. 2 ) . |
| 6 | So it was a stroke of luck when a friend scrapping an old Volvo car gave him a complete system to fit to his tractor . |
| 7 | There is always an element of luck when a club selects a manager . |
| 8 | and as full of suspense as a wasp . |
| 9 | Although it is dangerous to generalise about matters of fact , it may be asserted that it will require a considerable degree of intoxication before a defendant can plausibly make such claims . |
| 10 | It arose from some very good scientific research into smells that animals like and there 's no animal with a better sense of smell than a dog . |
| 11 | By its insistence on the generalized imminence of revolution — more an article of faith than a result of pragmatic observation — the Comintern was at least partly responsible for the Nghe-Tinh disaster . |
| 12 | This concern could , however , be easily met if it were made clear that fines would only be recommended by the OFT as a matter of course where a company had evidently breached one of the prohibitions . |
| 13 | Of course if a number of horses are being fed in a paddock , their feedbins should be spaced well apart and there should be one for every horse . |
| 14 | We usually only have access to such details from oral testimony and written accounts which is why the apparent disappearance of Edis 's long-preserved diary of the trip is such a loss — though of course as a visitor being escorted round military sites by officials , there might be a limit to the unofficial stories she could have glimpsed . |
| 15 | Negativism ( sometimes called oppositional behaviour ) is an exaggerated form of resistance when a child becomes stubborn and ‘ contrary ’ , often doing quite the opposite of what the mother or father wishes . |
| 16 | There can be no greater cause of friction than a fund raising event losing money and having to be rescued by hard earned funds from other sources . |
| 17 | In 99pc of cases once a patient has been attended by an ambulance crew the fast blue light , siren-screaming journey is not necessary . |
| 18 | 2. can it offer an adequate , and perhaps more than adequate explanation of the phenomenon of existence than a denial of the existence of God can ? |
| 19 | The other event that I remember well was when my Uncle Ned could have made himself a bit of money when a bird was shot down in mistake for a grouse . |
| 20 | P&P Plc has quickly found a buyer for its volume computer distribution business which should mean that it can reverse at least a part of the £8.9m provision it took against its most recent figures to cover costs of closure if a buyer could not be found . |
| 21 | To his list we would add that authors should have the right of reply when a journal has published correspondence critical of their publication . |
| 22 | Would this not indicate a greater love of dogma than a love of man ? |
| 23 | Indeed , it is often the ability of management to agree the deal with much less protection in the way of warranties than a trade purchaser would accept that helps management to win the deal from the vendor . |
| 24 | Those who argue that rape should be viewed as more a crime of violence than a crime of sex might also prefer the scope of rape to be confined in this way . |
| 25 | Asking what one remembers a couple of months after a conference is perhaps a good way of judging the event . |
| 26 | In designing a course of study where a choice has to be made between two items , how available are they ? |
| 27 | Iran on Oct. 7 protested to the government of Pakistan after a crowd attacked the Iranian consulate in Peshawar . |
| 28 | On July 10 a White House spokeswoman , acknowledging that Thomas had taken " several puffs " of marijuana whilst a student , said that Bush considered such youthful experimentation as " inconsequential " . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's Fergie , ’ someone said , and within seconds Charles and Diana were left staring at an empty patch of snow where a moment before dozens of photographers had been elbowing one another for the best position . |
| 30 | On and upward , slow now with the altitude telling on legs and lungs alike , the route was measured in numbers of steps before a rest was needed . |