Example sentences of "of this [noun sg] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the purpose of this test a contrast with zero is valid . |
| 2 | Sir Robert Mark goes on to tell us that after the prisoner 's appearance in court where , with his leg encased in plaster he was fined ‘ the customary ten shillings ’ , the violent navvy behaved like a perfect gent : Sir Robert Mark thus tries to squeeze out of this story a moral which points to the deteriorated relationship between the police and public . |
| 3 | SIR , — The US National Institute on Drug Abuse ( NIDA ) published on March 25 of this year a warning about the efficacy of bleach for cleaning needles , syringes , and other drug-injecting paraphernalia to prevent the transmission of HIV and other blood-borne infections . |
| 4 | In February of this year a resolution calling for its enactment was passed by the Liberal Party Council , and it has also been supported by many individuals and groups in both the Labour and Conservative parties . |
| 5 | In March of this year a meeting was held to again decide the fate of the elephant . |
| 6 | In March of this year a meeting was held to again decide the fate of the elephant . |
| 7 | A : Is the subject of this poem a monarch ? |
| 8 | ( Throughout the production of this manuscript a wave of needless paranoia diluted my enquiries ) . |
| 9 | As an example of the value of this habitat a survey of Pevensey Levels in 1976 recorded 52 nesting species and included counts of 27 pairs of Snipe , 29 pairs of Redshank , 74 pairs of Reed Warbler , 196 pairs of Sedge Warbler , 165 pairs of Yellow Wagtail , 118 pairs of Meadow Pipit , and 262 pairs of Reed Bunting ; Besides revealing rather more Snipe , Redshank and Yellow Wagtail than previously recorded ( see Systematic List ) these counts clearly indicate the value of the marginal vegetation of the ditches for Reed Buntings , Reed and Sedge Warbler . |
| 10 | In the early part of this century a calendar of the Abbey muniments was produced . |
| 11 | In the first part of this century a shepherd , returning from his upland pasture near Rennes-le-Chateaux , stumbled and fell into a fissure in the limestone escarpment , breaking his leg . |
| 12 | They have tried to take on board Ayer 's claim that theological language is meaningless , but have made of this meaninglessness a kind of superior divine logic . |
| 13 | In 1976 won the Queen 's Award to Industry and in recognition of this achievement a reception was held at Buckingham Palace . |
| 14 | If you have worries of this kind a visit to the local office of the Department of health and Social Security , plus an interview with a social worker at the local authority social services department , is a very wise move . |
| 15 | ( 4 ) On renewing a licence under this Part of this Act a licensing board may by order , to be served on the holder , direct that , within a time fixed by the order , such structural alterations shall be made in the premises comprising the canteen as the board thinks reasonably necessary to secure the proper conduct of the canteen ; and if , when application for renewal of the licence is next made after the time fixed by the order has expired , it is not shown to the satisfaction of the licensing board that the order has been complied with , the licensing board may refuse to renew the licence . |
| 16 | ‘ 7(1) In the course of an investigation into whether a person has committed an offence under section 4 or 5 of this Act a constable may , subject to the following provisions of this section and section 9 of this Act , require him — ( a ) to provide two specimens of breath for analysis by means of a device of a type approved by the Secretary of State , or ( b ) to provide a specimen of blood or urine for a laboratory test . |
| 17 | ‘ Any of this ring a bell ? ’ |
| 18 | Due to the brevity of this period a neurone can send action potentials at a rate of up to 1000 per second . |
| 19 | In the driver 's seat of this car a member of the public found the body of a man , in his 40s . |
| 20 | If 20 per cent of the replacement machines were scanners , and EMI had 25 per cent of this market a figure of 500 systems per annum is arrived at . |
| 21 | At the beginning of this week a girl phoned up and said that erm the chap he normally deals with is away |
| 22 | During the final five minutes of this sequence a period of intense activity was obvious and coincided with the emptying of water from the stomach and duodenal bulb . |
| 23 | ( 2 ) ( a ) ( i ) Subject to paragraphs ( 4 ) and ( 5 ) of this Rule a member of a recognised body shall not hold any share in the body for another person save as nominee for a solicitor , a registered foreign lawyer or a recognised body who or which is himself or itself a member or officer of the recognised body or for a solicitor or registered foreign lawyer who is working in the practice of the body or for a receiver appointed under section 99 of the Mental Health Act 1983 in respect of any such solicitor or registered foreign lawyer ’ and |
| 24 | ( 2 ) ( a ) ( i ) Subject to paragraphs ( 4 ) and ( 5 ) of this Rule a member of a recognised body shall not hold any share in the body for another person save as nominee for a solicitor , a registered foreign lawyer or a recognised body who or which is himself or itself a member or officer of the recognised body or for a solicitor or registered foreign lawyer who is working in the practice of the body or for a receiver appointed under section 99 of the Mental Health Act 1983 in respect of any such solicitor or registered foreign lawyer ; and |
| 25 | In the ‘ Heard on my Rounds ’ column of this edition a piece mentioning Tom has now been deleted . |
| 26 | In Section i of this chapter a text from Paul 's sententiae was discussed . |
| 27 | For the rest of this chapter a number of different problems will be discussed comparatively briefly . |
| 28 | ‘ For the purposes of this section a threat can not be made by the use of words alone . ’ |
| 29 | ( 2 ) For purposes of this section a person is to be treated as obtaining property if he obtains ownership , possession or control of it , and ‘ obtain ’ includes obtaining for another or enabling another to obtain or to retain . |
| 30 | Because of this expense a carpet is not an item one changes every year as the fancy takes you . |