Example sentences of "of [det] a [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even though Matthew seems to exaggerate in talking of half a hundredweight of flour , the principle of yeast increasing the size of dough still stands . |
| 2 | THE PURCHASE OF half a mile of track by Avon Valley Railway members signals the start of the railway 's long awaited southern extension and the hope that passengers will be able to steam towards Bath during the second half of 1993 . |
| 3 | Patient John Lyon , 74 , who has a daily dose of half a pint of Guinness , said : ‘ It 's a great idea and takes the tension out of staying in hospital . ’ |
| 4 | One unit of alcohol is the equivalent of half a pint of beer , a single measure of spirits or a glass of wine . |
| 5 | The court also heard from medical experts who found traces of half a bottle of whisky , and cocaine in Kim 's body . |
| 6 | We Brits now drink twice as much wine as we did ten years ago the equivalent of half a bottle of wine a week for every man and woman in the country . |
| 7 | Currently 95 per cent of it is buried in landfill sites at an annual average of half a tonne of rubbish per household . |
| 8 | The nineteenth-century agricultural historian Youatt calculated that in the second half of the eighteenth century every Londoner purchased an average of half a pound of meat a day — more than twice as much as the average in Paris or Brussels . |
| 9 | I will pay you in whatever goods you request , at the rate of half a deben of silver a day . |
| 10 | A HUSBAND and wife have been remanded in custody in connection with the discovery of half a ton of fertiliser suitable for making explosives at a house in West Belfast a week ago . |
| 11 | At the base of the chamber is a half channel , often consisting of half a piece of drain pipe with half channels coming in from branch drains . |
| 12 | Right , erm , very often it 's to do with making up a painting or a picture of some a picture of some kind is n't it , sticking different bits together , so if you get a , a collection of different things which makes a whole , whole with a w right . |
| 13 | I have long dream 'd of such a kind of man , |
| 14 | The large volume of sound ( if somewhat stereotyped ) English teaching in lower and middle classes and the solid and sensible teaching of basic arithmetical processes are all , I believe , a product of such a sense of security , as are the generally more creative attitudes and approaches of teachers in the lower classes of primary schools . |
| 15 | Acceptance of such a reading of Newton 's work would move the alchemical ( and prophetical ) studies of Newton from the periphery towards the centre of his lifelong endeavours . |
| 16 | The next obvious question concerns the reasonableness of such a range of conditions . |
| 17 | … There is no need to presuppose the existence of such a range of duties . |
| 18 | It is estimated that the cost of such a system of local government would be around £1 million , against the £18 million projected savings associated with the creation of a single council for Edinburgh and the Lothians . |
| 19 | But the reality is that , whilst such liberation has had its positive effects , many people , particularly in working-class communities , do not have the opportunity , do not have access to either money or education , to make positive use of such a philosophy of personal liberation except in very restricted terms . |
| 20 | And the pervasion of such a principle of de-differentiation presumes a new set of social actors , the new , post-industrial middle classes whose interests are furthered by such a process . |
| 21 | The provision of such a variety of telecommunication and travel facilities makes it impossible for any community however large or small to develop in isolation . |
| 22 | Similarly , in the context of economic transactions , we should doubt the compatibility of such a variety of tests of responsibility with a liberal respect for personal autonomy . |
| 23 | Again , some wrongs , such as fraud , in their essence involve a guilty state of mind , and in such cases the extreme youth of the wrongdoer may be inconsistent with the existence of such a state of mind . |
| 24 | Most managers disapproved of such a state of affairs and suggested that they would not permit it , but where unions were weak and the competitive pressures upon employers intense , its evidence is understandable . |
| 25 | Lecture notes should never consist of many words , for the presence of such a mass of words will make the notes difficult to assimilate and understand at a later stage . |
| 26 | The result of such a burst of love and energy from such an assortment of individuals was inevitably extraordinary . |
| 27 | The end product of such a course of evolution is an obligate parasite that is inextricably linked to a particular host . |
| 28 | Although this procedure speeds up the meeting , the dangers of such a course of action should be realised . |
| 29 | A requirement of such a degree of knowledge might still cover the situation where a broker executes deals on behalf of an insider , as long as he knows of the nature of the deal or continues to execute orders despite strong suspicions . |
| 30 | Instead , she felt frozen by a sense of desolation that she would never be on the receiving end of such a display of warmth from Guido . |