Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [vb -s] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If either kind of conjecture fails an observational or experimental test it will be falsified , while if it passes such a test we will say it is confirmed . |
| 2 | Design of course remains an essential factor contributing to future growth , and is another strength of Wedgwood and its associated companies , all of which are served by a large , highly qualified and experienced team of designers and modellers , with the added contributions of eminent contemporary artists . |
| 3 | Here there is no legally unlimited legislature , even in the widest interpretation of ‘ legislature ’ ; but the system of course contains an ultimate rule of recognition and , in the clauses of its constitution , a supreme criterion of validity … |
| 4 | But how and why this atomistic temporal concept , which Buddhism used for its own purposes , was adapted to the very different objects of Islam remains an open question . |
| 5 | The case of Islam provides an interesting example , because Islam is commonly regarded as the most strictly monotheistic of the Near Eastern religions . |
| 6 | Within this tradition , the argument has been that Simmel 's The Philosophy of Money provides an important critique of alienation , which , unfortunately , the author perceived as a condition of modernity itself instead of a specific attribute of capitalism ; but , once his philosophy is directed back to its proper object , there is much to be learnt from his examples . |
| 7 | An infinite amount of information-processing allows an infinite amount of life and thought , and thus an infinite amount of subjective time . |
| 8 | An ounce of silver costs an affordable 225p , just as it did in 1976 . |
| 9 | On the other hand making a cup of tea has an obvious start and finish . |
| 10 | In his study of poverty in the United Kingdom , Townsend ( 1979 ) argued that the mechanism of inheritance remains an important vehicle for ensuring that the wealthier groups in society maintain their economic position across generations . |
| 11 | Backed up by good professional advice , this form of management creates an active approach towards legal matters . |
| 12 | This tactic of reference combines an admired or revered position with an effective individual to increase a less powerful person 's clout . |
| 13 | Indeed , this sort of habitat covers an estimated 400 000 hectares in England and Wales , and is probably increasing . |
| 14 | Since the type of all-out attack involved in the ‘ assured destruction ’ scenario would clearly be indiscriminate and inhumane , and therefore illegal even in self-defence , it can be argued that even this type of deployment entails an illegal threat of force . |
| 15 | ‘ In both cases , a piece of attire represents an emotional link , a trust between men . ’ |
| 16 | This body of work represents an important stage in the development of documentary photography , and it is certainly the achievement that Thomson is most remembered for . |
| 17 | Moscovici 's own study of psychoanalysis represents an important start . |
| 18 | Since he has shown this sort of network to be discernible in a wide range of different kinds of poetry , and since it is hard to imagine that it could also be found in non-poetic language , there seems to be a strong prima facie case for accepting his argument that the principle of equivalence provides an objective criterion for identifying the poetic function . |
| 19 | So in other words that kind of dream represents an extreme example of erm of an aborted dream , but the very fact that it 's repetitive and you keep having them , Freud would say , is , is a demonstration of the fundamental idea , th that the dream attempts to try and put the past right as it were , you try and dream about it , but you fail all the time . |
| 20 | In a household that has adopted vegetarianism a leg of mutton makes an unexplained appearance ; and it is very much there , for Angel and her companion quarrel about the lack of red-currant jelly . |
| 21 | The following type of polynomial plays an important role in Gauss ' theory of constructible regular polygons ( Section 4.6 ) and in the number theory described in Sections 3.5 and 3.9 . |
| 22 | Bettleheim in The Uses of Enchantment provides an apt summary of what a story must do to hold a child 's interest and ‘ enrich his ( sic ) life ’ . |
| 23 | True , giving him pride of place entails an insulting belittlement of her passionate romantic friendships with women ; not least the one she maintained for more than thirty years with Sue Gilbert , her dearest Other , and eventually — bitter blow — her sister-in-law . |
| 24 | The estimation of components of variance plays an important part in the analysis of multi-level datasets . |
| 25 | On the other hand , from the point of view of sociological knowledge , even the most certain adequacy on the level of meaning signifies an acceptable causal proposition only to the extent that evidence can be produced that there is a probability … that the action in question really takes the course held to be meaningfully adequate . |
| 26 | For example , when the course of yoga finishes an advanced class might be available . |
| 27 | That kind of behaviour reinforces an unhappy pattern which is unhelpful to us . |
| 28 | For the latter he quoted a sentence by Lucian , the second-century Greek rhetorician : ‘ A work of art requires an intelligent spectator who must go beyond the pleasure of the eyes to express a judgement and to argue the reasons for what he sees . ’ |
| 29 | A strong infusion made with 50g/ 2oz hyssop to 600ml/1 pint/2/½ cups of water makes an excellent home remedy for sore throats when used as a gargle . |
| 30 | This fine , friendly local with lots of character boasts an immense range of whiskies . |