Example sentences of "of a [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | As an example , Toshiba says it will ask $1,330 for the PC , $1,610 for SC and $1,932 for the MC in quantities of a thousand during the first half of 1993 . |
2 | The enthalpy change can be estimated by adding varying quantities of a diluent to the polymer , which serves to depress the observed melting temperature , and measuring T m for each polymer + diluent mixture . |
3 | In the morning foursomes Alliss and Dawson were level par for 17 holes in defeating Bruce Critchley and Warren Humphreys on the 18th green , the only blemish on their card coming in the shape of a 7 on the 7th hole . |
4 | The problem is more of income distribution than of a failing in the technical working of the credit market itself . |
5 | The appearance of a Frithuric among the Middle Angles in the reign of Wulfhere 's successor , Aethelred , giving Bredun , probably Breedon on the Hill in Leicestershire , to the monastery of Peterborough in the time of Seaxwulf , Wynfrith 's successor as bishop of Lichfield , and Breedon 's connection with the monasteries of Bermondsey and Woking in Surrey , raises the intriguing possibility that Frithuwald was a Middle Angle intruded into Surrey by Wulfhere or at the very least that Frithuwald represented a ruling family in Surrey which had strong Middle Anglian connections . |
6 | In due course my friendly farmer , Cyril Young , delivered four sheep to Oakington and everything was set for a bit of a barny at the Lion . |
7 | The growth of the colonies was likely to force new departures in policy and legislation on the British government ; the American population rose from about a quarter of a million at the beginning of the century to about two million by 1776 . |
8 | In Scotland a quarter of a million of the workf workers would be affected by this Tor er , sorry , this Tory policy , mainly part-time working women and ethnic groups . |
9 | It led ( in concert with the superb performance of the 8th Army and of the Royal Air Force , the Royal and Merchant Navies , and all other splendid organisations which assisted the Armies ) to the fall of Tunis and the unconditional surrender of a quarter of a million of the enemy . |
10 | Top of the Red Rose bill was Gerry Sadowitz , a comedian who , if he played Leeds Town Centre , could expect , at £100 per F-word , to lose close to quarter of a million in the course of a routine . |
11 | Pompeii is the most popular archaeological site in Europe , currently attracting two and a half million people a year , and the present exhibition has already drawn an audience of nearly three-quarters of a million in the USA and Sweden . |
12 | AS GATES FORECASTS NT SALES OF A MILLION IN THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS |
13 | Fifty thousand went to America last year , the stricter regulations there have switched attention to Israel , which expects three quarters of a million in the next five years . |
14 | It 's predicted another seven thousand jobs will be created this year … the population will number a quarter of a million by the end of the century . |
15 | An insidious and intrusive pressure may be laid on pupils which , under the guise of a friendly and honest account of a pupil 's interests and activities , may prove just as much of a turn-off for the imaginative or deviant as the examination system itself , and may come quite soon to be regarded with cynicism by both pupils and employers alike . |
16 | In February 1895 , the Trustees of the Radcliffe Estate agreed to give an acre of land and a donation of a seventh of the cost ( not to exceed £400 ) , the Railway Company paying any costs of conveyance . |
17 | It was alright to come to your marriage , having been a bit of a one for the girls , but it was n't at all good to come to your marriage having been a bit of a one with the lads . |
18 | They must be on some sort of a one of the meters or somebody 's meter or somewhere . |
19 | This will enable Benzina , the republic and the federal governments to decide terms for the sale of a third of the Benzina petrol stations to the major oil companies . |
20 | The health of a third of the population of England is at risk from air pollution , according to a Greenpeace study , with children and old people particularly vulnerable . |
21 | A coastguard vessel , fighting huge seas and high winds , picked up two empty life rafts and the wreckage of a third near the area where the ships ran into trouble . |
22 | Even in the clothing district , wage earners reached almost 53 per cent in the villages of Cosford hundred , but since they fell short of a third in the rising manufacturing town of Hadleigh , it seems that vigorous industrial growth pushed up the level of earnings . |
23 | One 's abiding memory is of a hand-off with the impact of the proverbial kicking mule and reminiscences of him triggered talk of how much less use is made of that weapon these days . |
24 | It obviously took the photographer , Arthur Richardson , some time to set up his equipment as he has attracted the attention of a few of the locals . |
25 | This chapter is a brief distillation of a few of the themes in that book , but really I 'd almost rather you stopped reading now and switched to The Extended Phenotype ! |
26 | The examples given of settlements in Canada , Australia and New Zealand demonstrate the influence of a few of the colonisers who went out from Ayrshire and give an indication of the varied circumstances and locations in which the emigrants started their new lives . |
27 | Highly experienced taildragger instructor Harvey Plourde not only includes detailed theoretical and empirical information , he gives useful notes on handling peculiarities of a few of the more common American types . |
28 | It might not be as easy as plotting Vologsky 's defection — and Kirov had only just reminded himself of a few of the terrors which he could face if he failed . |
29 | With the exception of a few of the non-manual workers , concentrated in the first group , early retirement can not be said to have been chosen from a position of strength — namely , possessing financial security , good health , and the option of continued employment . |
30 | Collection of a few of the mostly common species for the home aquaria is unlikely to diminish the local fauna , except in a few special areas , which need to be respected . |