Example sentences of "of a [adj] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Budgetary information is rarely included in the accounts of a profit-oriented or Type A non-profit organization . |
| 2 | He recalled Athelstan 's words , how the slayer of Adam Horne used a method practised in Moorish countries to desecrate the body of a criminal and traitor . |
| 3 | Michael wonders if he would ever gain sufficient skills in photography or desk top publishing to form part of a cooperative or enterprise . |
| 4 | The second is that Waqar and Wasim have not , as one might first assume , hollowed out the ball , coconut-style , with the aid of a Black and Decker drill . |
| 5 | In addition there would be religious festivals , a commemoration of some event in the life of the Buddha , or the founding of a monastery , sometimes even a commemoration of the appearance of a nat or spirit , and interestingly the funeral of a monk , a time of great rejoicing and festivity , for had not the holy man entered Nirvana , and he would return no more to the wearisome cycle of human rebirths . |
| 6 | The general social and political advantages of the newly enlarged audiences were obvious but in cultural terms what was really significant as far as the subsequent history of the movies was concerned was that the showmen who made and presented the movies were no longer thinking in terms of a homogeneous or class audience . |
| 7 | Do n't expect too many favours around the 26th or 28th , particularly when handling anything of a legal or business nature . |
| 8 | It was the fact that this was essentially a planters ' system which ensured that the stations were built of a standard and elegance which a plantocracy could use with comfort . |
| 9 | Millward Brown use their own proprietary system of analysis — a form of mathematical modelling — to translate the data for each individual brand into a so-called ‘ awareness index ’ ; and many of their clients have fallen into the tempting habit of using this single number as a measure of the effectiveness of a commercial or campaign , rather than taking the trouble to make a more detailed study of the data underlying the index . |
| 10 | Secondary double-glazing involves the fitting of a wooden or plastic frame a few inches inside your existing window and slotting in sliding panes of glass or non-glass . |
| 11 | Provides detailed information and advice on everything that needs to be done following the death of a relative or friend . |
| 12 | The most common reaction when hearing of the sudden death of a relative or friend is to say it can not be true ! |
| 13 | In the eighteenth century the scales of justice could be tilted in favour of a relative or friend , or it was feared that this was the case , unless strong interest was made in behalf of a litigant in order to ensure equity . |
| 14 | These orders for observation or treatment were made either on the recommendation of two medical practitioners or , in the case of an emergency order , on the initiative of a relative or friend or a mental welfare officer with the backing of only one doctor . |
| 15 | For while the immediate economic relations were often similar , as the specific form of patronal exchange , the full social relations can be seen as variable , once the fact of willing and independent service of a social and religious-kind is admitted . |
| 16 | Cottages on Bunkers Hill face directly onto the green , and evidence of a pinfold or pound can be seen by the school wall . |
| 17 | I would say , ‘ Exploited and humiliated brothers of the West , did we really gain anything by placing the struggle against our just grievances in the hands of a merciless and megalomaniac Georgian with a moustache ? ’ |
| 18 | Furthermore , it has created a community of space technocrats , with sufficient of a scientific and engineering background , to be at ease in both the military and civilian space administrations . |
| 19 | But his vague memory was of a white or cream Hillman . |
| 20 | Their breach may , after all , lead to the imposition of a fine or imprisonment , the purpose of which is , in the circumstances , plainly punitive , rather than remedial . |
| 21 | There are various other ways in which both magistrates and judges may contribute , either directly or indirectly , to the prison numbers crisis — for example , by imposing a fine without taking sufficient account of a defendant 's ability to pay , with the result that imprisonment is imposed for default ( see Moxon , 1993 ) ; or by imposing a suspended sentence in place of a fine or probation with the result that , in the event of a further offence , imprisonment is more likely to be imposed than might otherwise have been the case . |
| 22 | The first is that there is rather little reason to associate the coercive pressure of a dominant or majority current of opinion or belief with democracy . |
| 23 | This effort supplements an existing boxing programme which aims to give items entering storage the protection of a binding or box . |
| 24 | The report added that participants had emphasised the significance of the exchange of military information , which had taken place for the first time in Vienna in mid-April , as " one of the key links in the development of a confidence-building and security system in Europe " . |
| 25 | The face , divided down the central axis , is a crude combination of a three-quarter and profile view , and the elongation of the mouth suggests even a purely frontal viewpoint . |
| 26 | I am ashamed to admit to the same bafflement on hearing Dr Sylvia Earle — algalogist , marine biologist and self-promoter extraordinaire — extolling the virtues of a moving and storage firm in a radio advertisement . |
| 27 | This may be a specialist unit trust company or it may be part of some other large financial grouping , a subsidiary of a retail or merchant bank for example . |
| 28 | In a New Year 's Day report he told the PDPA that he did not wish ‘ to exclude from the process of national reconciliation the various political groupings of a centrist or monarchist persuasion or the leaders of armed anti-government groupings operating abroad ’ . |
| 29 | A court of the United States may order the issuance of a subpoena requiring the appearance as a witness before it , or before a person or body designated by it , of a national or resident of the United States who is in a foreign country , or requiring the production of a specified document or other thing by him , if the court finds that particular testimony or the production of the document or other thing by him is necessary in the interests of justice , and , in other than a criminal action or proceeding , if the court finds , in addition , that it is not possible to obtain his testimony in admissible form without his personal appearance or to obtain the production of the document or other thing in any other manner . |
| 30 | Many people take vitamin C supplements at the beginning of a cold or flu , but excessive amounts can cause kidney stones , diarrhoea and dyspepsia . |