Example sentences of "of a [adj] [noun pl] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In The Observer , a normally wise and balanced political commentator outlined a vision of what the English countryside might become if abandoned to nature , which was like something out of a Dark Ages bestiary , a nightmarish waste of swamp and scrub , thick with rats , disease and the remains of derelict farm machinery . |
| 2 | An emerald green leather footstool stands demurely by the fire ; a fakir 's brass sideboard from northern India gleams dimly against a wall ; two porcelain skunks chase one another across the landing ; a unique collapsible divan-cum-four-seater sofa edged in cadmium velvet welcomes you to the front room ; a vast oil portrait of a nineteenth-century munitions tycoon , casts a genial glow over the hall . |
| 3 | These will be extended by the opening of a Regional Arts Centre on the site of the former Leith Academy . |
| 4 | THE Scottish Arts Council has shocked organisers of a regional arts festival by cancelling its annual grant . |
| 5 | He had explained to her mother how it was an innovation for Hoggatt 's having a clerical officer on the desk instead of a junior police officer . |
| 6 | In addition , the rudiments of a Visual Effects Department had been established to supply the serial 's requirement for models and special props ( space suits and gas-carrying meteorite pods ) . |
| 7 | Two major changes to CA-dBFast version 2.0 are the addition of a visual applications designer , and the inclusion of CA-Ret , the report writer . |
| 8 | We committed ourselves to arms control , disarmament and non-proliferation and to the conclusion of a chemical weapons convention this year . |
| 9 | Thompson ( 1980 ) has warned of the potential danger of a strong police autocracy , conscious , no doubt , of the slim line which exists between the democratic use of power and its subversion by a more centralized totalitarianism . |
| 10 | Secure on her own ground ( she 's locked the door from the inside and pocketed the key ) , Anya cuts the cords binding Riva 's wrists and ankles , and slips the gun back into a gangsterish shoulder-holster straight out of a B-movie props department . |
| 11 | Assisting with the creation of a viable payments union in the area that used to be described as the Soviet Union would be the single most important contribution that the Twelve could make to that unstable and dangerous part of the world . |
| 12 | Watch straps were like a cottage industry , so we adopted the marketing techniques of a baked beans company . |
| 13 | Option 6 allows the librarian to have overdue reminders printed out by the microcomputer and in terms of time saved , this is one of the attractions of a computerized loans system . |
| 14 | Plans to turn the site of a former explosives factory at Annan , Dumfriesshire , into Scotland 's top rallying centre outside Ingliston were put forward yesterday by the Wigton Motor Club which is based in Cumbria . |
| 15 | PLANS to turn the site of a former explosives factory at Annan , Dumfriesshire , into Scotland 's top rallying centre were put forward yesterday by the 300-strong Wigton Motor Club which is based a few miles over the Border in Cumbria . |
| 16 | So , for instance , a variation in ministerial statements on the legislative intention behind a provision in a Government Bill might be sufficient to characterize the statements as unclear , but a similar variation in the statements in the Commons and the Lords by the promoters of a private Members Bill might not be treated as having the same significance . |
| 17 | If there is no uncertainty , the fair price of a financial futures contract can be determined very simply using the cost-of-carry ( or the cash-and-carry ) model ( the same model that was used to find the CTD bond ) . |
| 18 | The major changes which were set out in that strategy have however been carried into effect — the establishment of a National Conveyancing Protocol , the establishment of a financial services vehicle to assist solicitors and a more positive approach to solicitors involvement in estate agency . |
| 19 | Drawing back the curtains , he saw a pair of men in blue overalls get out of a black police car , open the gates to the yard and give a mock salute as the driver and his passenger drove in . |
| 20 | In appropriate circumstances , and where the profit margin admits of the taking of such a risk , sellers do sometimes accept liability for economic loss , but then it is usually with some upper limit , or through the operation of a liquidated damages clause . |
| 21 | Mr Shahal , moreover , has been discussing the creation of a Palestinian police force for the West Bank and Gaza . |
| 22 | Events lined up for the next few weeks include Indian dancer Bisakha Sarker performing as part of a Verbal Images event , a European Youth Dance Night , The Cholmondleys and V-Tol Dance Company . |
| 23 | The CNAA was in fact now beginning to approve a variety of different types of education course , including certificates as part of a four-year honours degree , the Postgraduate Certificate of Education , and specialist certificates — notably the part-time , in-service further education certificate . |
| 24 | Swindon 's 75th minute effort came at the end of a spell when they were getting on top of a hard-working Rovers side in a lack-lustre derby . |
| 25 | By the Family Proceedings Rules 1991 , coming into force on the same day as the Act , that is to say 14 October 1991 , applications under the Act are to be found under rule 4.4 , and under paragraph ( 4 ) there is set out the way in which ex parte applications can be made under section 8 in respect of a prohibited steps order or a specific issue order , and then in respect of emergency protection orders and recovery orders . |
| 26 | The name Alnasr Alwasheek somehow just does n't roll off the tongue like that of a 2,000 Guineas winner and would rank high among a long list of awkward names of Arab-owned horses . |
| 27 | Much is heard and read in the media of essentially anecdotal evidence about the apparent interdependence of markets and the existence of a global securities market . |
| 28 | Also , at the Gala Night of a Hundred Stars evening at the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton , a mime artist came on stage and found himself struggling with a sticky audience . |
| 29 | You do n't necessarily get a better job with a performance spec than you would simply by specifying that you had more cuts because in er in a slow growing year , if you like , the contractor actually gains because he does n't need to cut so many times to comply with a maximum of a hundred millimetres length , whereas if you 've got an eleven level cut you would actually have a continuous length of grass , much shorter , so it would look smarter . |
| 30 | It is the beginning of the search for a confession rather than the conclusion of a well-managed police operation . |