Example sentences of "for [art] [adj] of a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the case of levels , opting for the uppermost of a set of them seems less arbitrary . |
| 2 | That meeting , which could occur as early as two weeks ' time , will then declare at least a three-month gap in meetings to fulfil the Unionist precondition for talks and clear the way for the first of a three-stage set of inter-party and inter-government negotiations to prepare a new British-Irish Agreement . |
| 3 | Now we 're off to America and the desert of southern California for the first of a four part series featuring the RAF 's parachute display team — the Falcons . |
| 4 | Cricket now , and while England are getting ready to meet Pakistan in the final of the World Cup , there 's another piece of sporting history being made over in South Africa.Worcestershire 's players are preparing for the first of a five match series there , to help the country back from years of sporting isolation . |
| 5 | They say , ah well , we followed you for a tenth of a mile , right , and it took you so long to cover that . |
| 6 | Then the ledge below , the rock edge ripping his hands , and his shoulders almost jerked out of their sockets as he fought his boots flat for a hundredth of a second against the cliff face . |
| 7 | This is Quaking Pot , a sinkhole with a stream descending into the depths where passages extend southwards for a third of a mile to a depth measured as 467 feet . |
| 8 | Follow the road for a third of a mile to the first stile on the left . |
| 9 | Turn right and follow the road for a third of a mile to the roundabout , continue for 200yds and go over the stile on the right . |
| 10 | The cost of rehabilitating a patient after a heart attack is somewhat less than being in a hospital bed for a third of a day , so I do not think that we are denting the NHS 's resources by providing this for everybody . |
| 11 | He 's been a force in British politics for a third of a century , but for how much longer . |
| 12 | and then when you get the to the end of it all you sa you say and they sell that for an eighth of a price that you charge for your bloody beer ! |