Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the centre of the field Aenarion faced four greater daemons : a Lord of Change , a Great Unclean One , a Keeper of Secrets and a Bloodthirster . |
| 2 | The more expressive the language , the more possible states can be described in it ; and hence , the larger will be the space of states that a solver may have to search through for a goal . |
| 3 | The way in which DCs are processed by LIFESPAN is best explained by following the life cycle of states that a software modification passes through , from the time it is proposed until it is approved as a routine quality control activity . |
| 4 | Because successive political elites import political commitments into office with them , they do create a distinctive ‘ atmosphere ’ for policy-making inside the state apparatus — a set of values and a terminology for expressing them which has to be widely adopted by other personnel , such as bureaucratic agencies . |
| 5 | Law and the legal system thus have to be seen in a differentiated way , no longer consistently structured by one uniform language and one common principle ( such as a hierarchy of values or a grundnorm ) , but as being to some extent split into a plurality of legal arenas ( Lowi , 1972 ) . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | A herd of deer , a pride of lions or a pack of wolves has a certain rudimentary coherence and unity of purpose . |
| 8 | On the one hand , the United States ' courts can put more teeth into the State Farm ‘ list ’ through their greater concern for the provision of reasons and a filly developed record as compared to the United Kingdom . |
| 9 | For the rest , investment and a careful appraisal of products and a division of the firm into five sub-sections was implemented . |
| 10 | They could involve matching a variety of situations or uses to a list of products or a list of items using those products ; they could involve putting the benefits of the product in order of merit or they could take the form of a question and answer quiz with specified answers from which to choose . |
| 11 | And up from the barbican of the castle , heaving the crowd aside by force on either hand as a plough turns the soil , came the clatter of hooves and a flurry of plumes , and resolved themselves presently into a posse of horsemen , breaking open a clear passage before them with staves , and thrusting the watching crowds back to the walls . |
| 12 | In addition to the writing of essays and a dissertation , students are encouraged to develop their verbal skills in small teaching groups . |
| 13 | And he said from the looks of it there must have been you know sort of dead , whatever it was , and there was a couple of fingers and a couple of toes , right ? |
| 14 | Among the aspirant politicians milling around in the lobby are fourteen people from the world of business , a handful of barristers , a couple of teachers , two farmers , two academics , a journalist or two , a couple of housewives and a taxi-driver . |
| 15 | There is a chain of contracts and a breach of one may well cause a chain reaction , i.e. a breach of each of the others see paragraph 9–05 above . |
| 16 | A PUMP-action shotgun , piles of handguns and a mountain of ammunition for all the weapons . |
| 17 | Service on many government bodies and on committees as varied as the British Council and the National Theatre gives him a wide range of contacts and a knowledge of the workings of Whitehall . |
| 18 | And no sign of chains or a whip or iron bars . |
| 19 | So far Clarke says the feedback from the trial has led to enhancements in the error handling capabilities of the object-oriented option along with more work on its ability to handle a larger number of objects and a lot of message sends without damaging critical performance features . |
| 20 | The ships were very full , with large numbers of emigrants and a doctor on board . |
| 21 | When they began to travel abroad they invested in a couple of suits and a jacket which they passed around each other . |
| 22 | French names like New Man and Rodier Hommes were innovators in the 1970s , offering men a complete coordinated collection instead of just a range of suits or a collection of shirts . |
| 23 | Maybe you hear the gas bottle explode a couple of minutes and a couple of miles later , when you 're on the loch-side road heading away , but it 's blowing quite hard by then and you 're not sure . |
| 24 | For such a psychology , mind has ceased to be a static structure or a substantial thing and has become a dynamic entity , a nexus of activities and a sequence of adaptive responses ’ |
| 25 | Language as an expression of ideologies and a component of conflict . |
| 26 | Faced with a few books , a folder of notes and a title , how do you start to write a history essay ? |
| 27 | Travel changes perspectives , it gives the traveller a new set of horizons and a chance to even up the sense of proportion with which he or she views life . |
| 28 | In 99pc of cases once a patient has been attended by an ambulance crew the fast blue light , siren-screaming journey is not necessary . |
| 29 | And since the good doctor was a lousy pilot , it was a lot of hours and a lot of money , nearly half his government salary , and almost all paid for by sympathetic friends in East Berlin . |
| 30 | There was a swish of skis and a figure came hurtling past the hut , executed a brilliant turn in a flurry of snow and disappeared over the shoulder of the mountain . |