Example sentences of "of [adj] a [noun sg] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1 seminar of half a day or 1 day |
| 2 | Usually wind-blown , they fill pockets among coarser rubble , or on a larger scale cover many hectares of flat ground to depths of half a metre or more , firm and sometimes consolidated . |
| 3 | Overall , in Britain , more than one in three of all journeys are made door-to-door on foot and pedestrian journeys of half a mile or less make up one-sixth of total personal transport demand . |
| 4 | Sailplanes are often launched by means of half a mile or so of wire , reeled in by a winch . |
| 5 | Exact amounts of half a penny or less are rounded down . |
| 6 | If anyone is a builder of such a vehicle or the owner of a vintage model , Malcolm Vincent would be delighted to hear from them , on Alton 85245 . |
| 7 | a member of the ( close ) family of such a member or employee ; or |
| 8 | But they do not prove that NICRA was a front for the preparation of such a campaign or that it was reasonable or wise to treat it as such . |
| 9 | a person to whom this order is addressed or an officer or an agent appointed by a power of attorney of such a person or |
| 10 | Now , that is a bloody nuisance to everybody erm who is trying to go along the street , which is of such a narrowness or difficulty , that it has been marked with double yellow lines in order to , to facilitate the flow of traffic . |
| 11 | ( 2 ) The conditions referred to in subsection ( 1 ) above are : ( a ) that the premises of the club are structurally adapted and bona ride used , or intended to be used , wholly or mainly for the purpose of providing facilities in connection with the carrying on by members of the club and their guests of athletic sports or athletic games ; ( b ) that one or more of such sports or games is or are usually carried on out of doors and , when so carried on , can ( unless artificial lighting is used ) only be carried on during hours of daylight ; ( c ) that the said premises are regularly used , or are intended regularly to be used , during the winter period , for providing facilities in connection with the carrying on by members of the club and their guests , during the hours of daylight , of such a sport or game as is mentioned in paragraph ( ii ) above ; ( d ) that having regard to the time at which the said sport or game is usually carried on by members of the club and their guests , the permitted hours set out in section 53(3) of this Act are not suitable for the supply of alcoholic liquor in the said premises to persons who participate in that sport or game . |
| 12 | In the leading case of Lawrence ( 1981 ) it was held that reckless driving consists of driving which creates an obvious and serious risk of causing physical injury to some other person who might be happening to use the road or of doing substantial damage to property , and that the fault element is that the driver either failed to give any thought to the possibility of such a risk or , having recognized the existence of a risk , went on to take it . |
| 13 | If the patient had expressed a view while still competent as to the treatment he should receive , the precise legal status of such a statement or request is not clear . |
| 14 | Then again , as to the repairs : it may be that the original lease from the ground landlord contained covenants compelling repairs to be made by the lessee ; but we know nothing of such a lease or such covenants . |