Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun sg] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Children with health or developmental problems may need a higher standard of parental care and a reasonable parent would be expected to provide this . |
| 2 | Although much of the industrial production was carried out in large modern units , these were still comparatively small islands in an ocean of small-scale production and a very backward agriculture . |
| 3 | To this end , the Certificate of Professional Competence and a vocational qualification in passenger transport are also under review by DPTAC and the Department of Transport . |
| 4 | Beside it was an overturned bottle , a length of grubby cord and a sheet of newspaper on which lay a crust of brown loaf , the core of an apple and some crumbs of cheese . |
| 5 | The BFASS divided between a Sturgeite majority advocating a continued discrimination in favour of free-labour sugar and a minority , mainly of West Countrymen , for complete free trade in sugar . |
| 6 | Yet Philip 's methods were those of his father and grandfather ; and although he had a clearer notion of feudal lordship and a broader canvas on which to exploit that lordship , even here he drew on his predecessors ' achievements . |
| 7 | Such desire for the other may be less the result of a desublimation of repressed desire than a consequence of desire itself being structured by social repression generally : thus the other may be cathected as ( an ) other beyond repression . |
| 8 | The followers of Rafsanjani 's policy of economic liberalization and a greater openness towards the exterior were referred to in Farsi as the Rouhanyat ( sometimes described to as the Combatant Clergy Association ) . |
| 9 | There are , for example , a large number of production photographs of outstanding quality and a substantial number of original scenery and costume designs , notably those of Percy Anderson who is closely associated with Tree . |
| 10 | During a planned search last night a joint police/Army patrol found 13 rounds of assorted ammunition and a detonator attached to 15 feet of single core hidden in a hedge . |
| 11 | These fads for physical fitness invariably , in my experience , lead to two things : a great deal of unnecessary injury and a lot of profit to the people behind the scheme . |
| 12 | In the second case she judged the problem of a woman who had to choose between a mature knight of complete probity and a young man devoid of worth . |
| 13 | The downside for the three million Singaporeans is a lack of political freedom and a strictly-controlled press . |
| 14 | The aim , by contrast , is to focus on the dynamic interaction between a chosen mode of political existence and a chosen mode of literary production . |
| 15 | Victory and profit , together with the king 's affable personality and chivalric reputation , ensured that this co-operation , once offered , would not lightly be withdrawn ; but in dealing with the nobility Edward showed a degree of political skill and a sensitivity to their interests which went beyond simply sharing in a glorious and profitable enterprise abroad . |
| 16 | I confirm that the Government 's nerve will hold in the context of the twin track of political progress and a robust security policy conducted under the rule of law . |
| 17 | IT HAS BECOME one of the clichés of political debate that a concern for conservation is a new — and therefore probably transient — phenomenon and in addition that it is the hobby of an élite determined to fight against the inevitable overriding dictates of modern economic growth . |
| 18 | As a barometer of political opinion and a verdict on the political talks , the results can be read any number of ways . |
| 19 | In the event of a hung parliament there is the probability of constitutional deadlock , and the possibility of political breakdown and a realignment of parliamentary support for particular parties . |
| 20 | These changes are examined against a background of rural turbulence and a radical restructuring of the agrarian economy — the demise of pastoralism , the emergence of specialised latifundia cereal estates and rural syndicalism , more recently the widespread mechanisation of agriculture , land reform and labour migration . |
| 21 | Mallerstang is one of the quietest of the Pennine valleys , unfrequented by tourists and free from heavy traffic : it is a pleasant ribbon of green deepset between lofty heights , sparsely populated and always giving the impression of rural contentment and a way of life that remains as unchanged as the landscape . |
| 22 | Needless to say , his prediction was right , and Mrs Birkin 's garlic mussels , along with three generous portions of roast chicken and a delicious apple pie , were hungrily consumed . |
| 23 | The board is made of insulating material and a conductor which is etched away leaving the circuitry to which electronic components are later attached by solder . |
| 24 | But in all social discourse a stable home was seen both as a microcosm of stable society and a sanctuary from an unstable and rapidly changing one . |
| 25 | This included $125,000,000 in emergency food aid , $240,000,000 towards the promotion of private enterprise and a $200,000,000 contribution to a an IMF-backed $1,000 million fund for the stabilization of the zloty agreed by Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ( OECD ) countries ( and co-ordinated by the European Commission ) . |
| 26 | We have seen in this chapter how a dual structure of production has been maintained in Japan through the interconnected activities of private business and a state which has supported the simultaneous existence of a limited number of larger companies and a massive network of smaller ones . |
| 27 | The armed bodies of men and women indicate that national liberation is no longer a world of private sentiment but a serious aspiration . |
| 28 | As they were built for use on the Crystal Palace route , they were fitted with Spencer track brakes , with a single pair of hard oak shoes under the centre of each truck and a brass wheel concentric with the hand brake staff on the platforms . |
| 29 | Trying to write a quality procedure to describe each management process flushes out the ‘ motherhood ’ statements and causes the re-examination and refinement of each process until a simple management procedure can be drafted which is clearly understood and accepted by operators . |
| 30 | A small committee assists in deciding the financial benefit of each suggestion and a cash bonus is given to the employee concerned based on this . |