Example sentences of "of a [noun] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | These days we tend to regard the size of a dose of a centesimal remedy as irrelevant . |
| 2 | The acquisition of a stereotype by a subgroup of the population usually works to its detriment , and although perhaps preserving a grain of truth in relation to the subgroup 's activities , it is also misleading for members of the whole population who use the stereotype . |
| 3 | What are the rights of a minority in a democracy ? |
| 4 | In the Late Period in certain areas this manifestation of a god in a living animal , one which was sacred to him , was extended dramatically . |
| 5 | For example , consider the pieces of a jigsaw in a box . |
| 6 | The package also has improved ability to construct hypertext links , so that readers can jump from one part of a document to a linked part with a simple click . |
| 7 | Currently the course covers PostScript as the de facto standard for page description languages , and introduces ODA and SGML as examples of standards for structured documents and as a vehicle for illustrating how to derive multiple views of a document from a single logical description . |
| 8 | The current concern with concepts of ‘ function ’ and ‘ notion ’ contrasting with syntactic and morphological analysis of language highlight the necessity for teachers to understand the nature of a description of a language . |
| 9 | Some of these patterns could undoubtedly be related to sexual activity ( for example , a male infection on the lower surface of a leg with a female infection on the upper surface of the corresponding leg ) , but sexual contact could not explain all of the distribution patterns . |
| 10 | Can I ask you before inviting you to speak to us in two or three minutes on this , say that the recommendation , in a sense I think it has been overtaken , in that there is now under fifteen a the very distinct possibility of a transfer of a very technical post from the pollution section by the end of the year . |
| 11 | PAMELA : If that is the answer of a gentleman to such a one as I , it would not , I dare say , be the answer of a gentleman to a gentleman . |
| 12 | There was no-one in reception , but if a stranger entered , he would soon find himself in the company of a gentleman in a blue suit with a friendly smile on his face and a bulge under his coat . |
| 13 | I was reading an article ( Echoes , March 3 ) by David Isaacs about an old soldier 's experience in Singapore and it reminded me of a conversation with a friend in Carlisle . |
| 14 | Once during the course of a conversation with a fellow teacher she expressed the difficultly that she experiences in ‘ selling membership ’ to class members because she felt that there was ‘ nothing to offer them . ’ |
| 15 | Wipe the rim of a goblet with a piece of lemon and dip it in brown sugar . |
| 16 | Her heart could have ached , could have dragged her down , but she did not let it , was keeping that lump of a heart on a short cruel chain like a dangerous dog . |
| 17 | Progress continued towards the creation of a structure for a unified EC market in equities . |
| 18 | The technological breakthrough allowing primitive versions of such chips to be made came in the 1960s , and it was in 1969 that M. E. Hoff at the Intel Corp. in California developed the idea of a computer on a chip . |
| 19 | A typical CSC workstation consists of a computer with a microphone and video camera . |
| 20 | The software is called an operating system ; it controls the basic ‘ housekeeping ’ activities of a computer in a particularly efficient way . |
| 21 | Manager Lennie Lawrence hinted Falconer was in need of a rest after a hectic comeback spell . |
| 22 | How sad was the Rector 's face , she thought ; sad as the sound of a cello on a rainy afternoon . |
| 23 | The evaluators ' initial impression was of a school with a fairly traditional outlook but one in which facilities were enviable . |
| 24 | In this sense TNC , which shares with ISS a conviction that part of the problem is teachers with too low expectations of their pupils , directly addresses the problem by means of externally imposed targets and pressure on teachers to reach them by placing the achievement of a school within a comparative framework , with results on school performance unadjusted for intake . |
| 25 | The presence of a school in a community has symbolic meaning . |
| 26 | The very poor even sold the combings of their hair , to hawkers who came by crying for it , and passed it on to the dollmakers in Naples where it would stuff the turban of a king or tassel the tail of a donkey for a Nativity crib at Christmas . |
| 27 | He 'd heard of a buyer with a hunger that was not being satisfied through conventional markets , and Klein had allowed it to be known that he might be able to lay his hands on something attractive . |
| 28 | Seventy six consecutive patients attending the general medical clinic of a physician with a special interest in gastroenterology , in whom the principal diagnosis of painful rib syndrome was made , were selected for study . |
| 29 | Tap Right with the Scroll Lock ON to scroll right 1/3 Of a window at a time |
| 30 | Tap Left with the Scroll Lock ON to scroll left 1/3 Of a window at a time |