Example sentences of "of an [adj] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes , a judge will be particularly impressed by a mellifluous and seductive plea put up on behalf of an accused and will sentence leniently to the point of mistake . |
| 2 | Teachers ' expectations , stereotyping and labelling are seen as the mechanisms by means of which membership of an ethnic or gender group results in ethnic or sex disparities in achievements or in particular types of classroom behaviour . |
| 3 | The law also featured legal guarantees of privacy for individuals , and defined the procedures for redress in cases of slander or libel of an individual or organization . |
| 4 | Corporate crime , then , refers to illegal acts ( including acts of omission ) of an individual or group within a legitimate formal organisation which are in accordance with the goals of that organisation . |
| 5 | Elderly ladies tend to cook themselves in front of an electric or gas fire for hours on end in an effort to keep warm . |
| 6 | A rejection of an ideal or principle is involved only if , when considering the relation of a man to his acts , his principle or ideal is regarded as absolute in the sense that it constitutes an infallible guide to human conduct , or if it is conceived of as a maxim in the Kantian sense and provides the reason a man might have for thinking it worthwhile for him to act morally . |