Example sentences of "is a [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a dusting of snow in Cwm Glas Mawr and above , while clouds have just rolled back from the summit ridge . |
| 2 | If anyone is a builder of such a vehicle or the owner of a vintage model , Malcolm Vincent would be delighted to hear from them , on Alton 85245 . |
| 3 | This is a percentage of the selling price of these music products . |
| 4 | Mr Llambias ' services do not come cheap — they are a combination of a retainer ‘ sufficient to make them think really seriously ’ and a success fee that is a percentage of the fee income of the smaller firm ( sometimes 5% or 7.5% ) — but he prides himself on the longevity of the mergers he arranges . |
| 5 | This provision is a percentage of the authority 's overall outstanding debt and is prescribed by the Government ( Part IV of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 ) . |
| 6 | A rule of thumb is a percentage of funds under business management ( typically 2% — 3% ) |
| 7 | We refer too er in our statement er an absolute release figure of hectares in the greenbelt , and that is a percentage of our new housing allocations . |
| 8 | While Roderick et al ( 1982 ) in their study of English universities report that only 25.9% of unqualified mature students obtain a ‘ good ’ degree , this is a percentage of all entrants rather than graduates , and is therefore not directly comparable with Bourner and Hamed and Walker 's figures . |
| 9 | Among these is a reproduction of Daniel Maclise 's The Death of Nelson , an image perhaps alluding to Minton 's identification with this famous naval martyr . |
| 10 | The cream and gilt suite is a reproduction of antique French furniture and the matching cream and pink quilt was made to match the decor . |
| 11 | A DEM is a grid of terrain elevations which can be converted to vector ( contour line ) form . |
| 12 | There are countless examples from most African countries of a similar negligence of completed investments , although some of this is a by-product of the nature of development aid , as we shall see in Chapter 11 . |
| 13 | It is a by-product of working , playing , loving and living . |
| 14 | The offending isomer of dioxin ( 2,3,7 , 6-tetrachlorodibenzo-P-dioxin , or TCDD ) is a by-product of the manufacture of herbicides such as 2,4,5-T . |
| 15 | The radiation is a by-product of particle accelerators use in high-energy physics . |
| 16 | Plutonium is a by-product of the controlled fission reaction in a nuclear reactor . |
| 17 | Such theories include the conventional model of evolution , Big-Bang models of the origin of material substance , the concept that life is a by-product of biochemical complexity , that mind and thought are to be found at the physical level of molecules and electromagnetism , and so on . |
| 18 | MATURITY IS : Conducting my life in the understanding that success is a by-product of service . |
| 19 | Beyond this accessible and easily comprehensible illustration of the ‘ impact ’ of the mass media and the extent to which political activity is a by-product of the existence of the mass media , there is another , more elusive , but just as significant aspect to the media 's role in contemporary society : the nature of political practice and the contours of the political system are , to an extent , derived from the work of the mass media . |
| 20 | In legislation concerned , for example , with Department of Trade inspections under the Companies Acts , the disclosure of incriminating evidence is a by-product of an investigation directed to other ends , whereas the whole purpose of this Act is to extract material which will lead to a conviction . |
| 21 | You do n't work for examinations , but to understand the subject thoroughly ; success in examinations is a by-product of knowledge and techniques , and the techniques are extremely important . |
| 22 | This is a by-product of the general educational systems established by European empire builders . |
| 23 | Actual living and theatre , which is a depiction of living conditions , both use the same network of signs as their medium of communication ; namely the human being signalling across space , in immediate time , to and with others , each reading and signalling simultaneously within the action of each passing moment . |
| 24 | The latest addition to the subterranean gallery is a depiction of rural Amersham by Dutch artist Lucas Kuys ( RIGHT ) . |
| 25 | The latest addition to the subterranean gallery is a depiction of rural Amersham by Dutch artist Lucas Kuys ( RIGHT ) . |
| 26 | Sound Warehouses ' argument is that the sleeve is a depiction of rape . |
| 27 | Sound Warehouses ' argument is that the sleeve is a depiction of rape . |
| 28 | This must be true except , as we said , where the deposit is a surrender of notes and coin . |
| 29 | There is a dictum of Lord Roskill in Seymour [ 1983 ] 2 AC 493 ( HL ) that recklessness in modern criminal statutes ( such as the Theft Acts ) is defined in the Caldwell sense , but that dictum has not been applied to rape , which is also defined in a modern statute . |
| 30 | Chabrier 's music for this miniature operetta is a pastiche of 18th century style , but filled with all the charm that you might expect from him . |