Example sentences of "of [noun] [vb -s] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This type of assessment consists of a series of questions which the student answers by selecting the correct response(s) from those presented in the accompanying grid . |
| 2 | The 1850 statement of progress speaks of a curriculum designed to ‘ prepare pupils for any position in life which they may be called upon to occupy [ and which ] can be afforded at the moderate fee of two guineas a quarter ’ . |
| 3 | But , as she herself points out , the particular activities for which the Shropshire group were prosecuted exist on a continuum with a large number of more common acts , many of which must have been criminalised by the Rant decision ; if the breaking of skin suffices for a conviction of assault , even moderately rough sex becomes problematic . |
| 4 | FIG. 1 Mortality , size distribution and maturation of Nephila clavipes in a rich habitat ( Panama , Cerro Galera Hill Road ) . |
| 5 | In several ways this loss of hope acts as a self-fulfilling prophecy . |
| 6 | The other type of attachment relies upon a spring , which needs to be pressed in order to allow the loop of the collar to be secured . |
| 7 | Or are we to insist that assurance of faith exists in a believer even when he is sure that such assurance does not exist ? |
| 8 | Like the ‘ language ’ of narrative , the ‘ language ’ of literature serves as a source of stereotypes and models which provide ready-made explanations and prevent people from analysing the specificity of the world around them . |
| 9 | By 1676 it was part of the main Oxford to Coventry road and of course remains as a major trunk road today . |
| 10 | Two children die , as number of cases triples in a week Hospitals on brink of ‘ red alert ’ for flu . |
| 11 | Ironically , the sale of Manton comes at a time when Sangster 's fortunes on the track are looking up . |
| 12 | The active centre of HPr consists of a histidine residue , at position 15 ( His15 ) , the target of phosphorylation , and Arg17 . |
| 13 | Batty Wife Cave is in a different category , having no pretensions to shyness nor modesty ; indeed , it thrusts itself upon the notice of passersby on the road just below the Station Inn on the north side , where a channel of pebbles emerges from a low entrance half-choked by stones and normally dry . |
| 14 | Sultan Pakubuono XI of Surakarta comes from a lineage reaching back to the ninth century and , despite Indonesia 's official birth into the modern age with her independence in 1949 , the Sultan , like his ancestors before him , remains the uncrowned " Pope " of pre-Islamic Javanese mysticism . |
| 15 | The schedule of meetings begins with a presentation of the proposals by the Developers , on Friday 1 November 1991 at 2.00 pm in Room 1.5 in the Regional Chambers , to which all members of the Council and appropriate officials are invited . |
| 16 | Either course of action leads to a constricted ledge and , to its right , a horizontal break leading out to a stance on the crest of Froggatt Pinnacle — yes , a two-pitch out-crop route ! |
| 17 | But few can doubt that Europe 's varied assortment of nations makes for a conflicting assortment of company commercial strategies and government policies . |
| 18 | Any but the simplest of questionnaires consists of a series of question sequences , each dealing with a different area of interest . |
| 19 | The way to it enters the obvious breach between Beinn Eighe and Liathach , reached from the top of the pass , a rough path climbing alongside the descending stream and then curving around the side of Sail Mhor , an outlier of Beinn Eighe , to the lip of the corrie and a sudden revelation of mural precipices on a grand scale . |
| 20 | The dependence/independence continuum in the model of living serves as a reminder that all people experience change of dependence/independence status for the Activities of Living in the normal course of the lifespan . |
| 21 | Frustration with the ineffectiveness of words lies behind a lot of physical violence . |
| 22 | In the face of opposition calls for a boycott , and reports of widespread apathy among the electorate , the Interior Ministry announced on Sept. 5 that a 99.96 per cent " yes " vote had been achieved in the previous day 's referendum on proposed constitutional changes . |
| 23 | The one-time King of Crime sleeps on a thin mattress on the floor , next to a stainless-steel toilet . |
| 24 | For Lenin , the growing conflict between Finland and the Provisional Government demonstrated ‘ that denial of the right of secession leads to a direct continuation of the policy of Tsarism . ’ |
| 25 | The use of investment limits as a central control mechanism of multi-divisional firms is widespread . |
| 26 | Before that the chronological sequence of songs starts with a charming Gounod-like salon piece , and follows the composer 's development , after which the collection is crowned by the best-loved Verlaine settings . |
| 27 | In general , the full analysis of a set of data consists of a sequence of tasks from data validation , through the exploratory production of graphs and summary statistics to more complex techniques of estimation and inference . |
| 28 | The object of ridicule cowers beneath a dust-cover , revealing only a tantalising glimpse of dusky-pink fabric . |
| 29 | As we saw back in section 12.5 , the building-up of reserves counts as a deficit ( an outflow from the balance of payments account to the reserves account ) . |
| 30 | On April 1 , 1990 , pressure from US and Canadian companies led to the implementation a year sooner than originally scheduled of tariff cuts worth a total of about Can . |