Example sentences of "of a [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is that , where there is judicial uncertainty over the meaning of a legislative text , in the absence of any consequent overt expression of a contrary parliamentary view , certain categories of statement on the effect of the provision of a Bill by one of a narrowly defined group of parliamentarians , if not later withdrawn or varied , can be assumed to be an expression of parliamentary intention . |
| 2 | For any and every straightforward genre , any and every direct discourse — epic , tragic , lyric , philosophical — may , and indeed must itself become the object of representation , the object of a parodic travestying ‘ mimicry ’ . |
| 3 | The heat was overpowering , the sun glared out of a dear blue sky , the inside of the car was like an oven . |
| 4 | Thus , if the Moon today has a small liquid iron core then either its small size or the lack of a solid inner core or the slow axial spin of the Moon ( sidereal period 27.32 days ) has prevented it generating an appreciable magnetic field . |
| 5 | In the decade before the Great War this strategy had collapsed in the face of a solid anti-Conservative front , causing confusion in the Conservative ranks . |
| 6 | This makes it possible to study samples isolated at high dilution in an inert matrix of a solid such as N 2 or Ar . |
| 7 | Members of the congregation need the foundation of a solid personal spirituality of which public worship is but an ingredient . |
| 8 | But they are not random errors : they grow out of her particular approach to spelling , and suggest that she may have trouble in the future because of a weak visual memory and her attempts to compensate for this are reckless and haphazard . |
| 9 | ‘ That 's it , take advantage of a weak defenceless girl , ’ said Dolly . |
| 10 | Detachment structures initiate at moderate dips in brittle upper crust and flatten at mid-crustal levels ( 10–15km depth ) , because stress axes rotate as a result of ductile ( perhaps fluid-like ) flow of a weak middle crust ( beneath the brittle to ductile transition zone ) . |
| 11 | From out of the darkness at the back of her cage came the slow and ailing movement of a wing ; then the drag of a weak old talon , then the hunch of a back that was grey and dry with age and illness ; and finally in the archway of the shelter entrance where the dank morning light fell , the aged and troubled form of an eagle . |
| 12 | The opponent in the West seat had made a call of a weak 2 Hearts , which suggested that he had a 6 card Heart suit and not many high cards in his hand . |
| 13 | The Intel 80860 he described as a good implementation of a poorly thought-out microprocessor architecture . |
| 14 | Mr. Dear painted a picture of a poorly funded , undermanned force under great pressure , and a chief constable with his hands tied behind his back by council rules and bureaucracy such that decisions on spending even minute amounts have to be referred to a committee , including items as minute as the installation of a telephone line . |
| 15 | The rents were raised , to general dissatisfaction , but were still inadequate to cover the maintenance costs of a poorly constructed building and there were the usual acrimonious disputes between the tenants and the landlords . |
| 16 | A further important step towards normalization occurred at the CPV 's seventh congress in June 1991 when the long-serving Foreign Minister Nguyen Co Thach , a leading opponent of a pro-Chinese foreign policy , was removed from the politburo ( being replaced in his ministerial capacity in August ) . |
| 17 | One of the earliest objects in the show is the alabaster figure of a Sumerian bull-man dating from the third millennium BC , one of the rarest examples of sculpture from this period . |
| 18 | In a way , its function was similar to that of a Japanese main bank or of Pierpont Morgan in his prime . |
| 19 | Masao Kato , chairman of Kato Real Estate Corporation which owns the Hyatt Regency Chicago , gave $300,000 toward the purchase of a Japanese seventeenth-century screen for the new galleries , and Asahi Shimbun , one of Japan 's largest daily newspapers , endowed the Asian Studies Center with $150,000 . |
| 20 | It 's hard to keep your head above water if you play chess with Sergei Martyn Harris learns the secrets of a Russian atomic submarine officer |
| 21 | A call for an end to sanctions came also from Sergei Baburin , head of a Russian parliamentary delegation which visited Iraq on Nov. 9-15 . |
| 22 | A huge bronze statue commemorating him stands in the Town House Square in front of a thirteenth-century residential tower , renovated and given a dome roof in the early nineteenth century . |
| 23 | Opposition Members may wave their hands , but for those living under the regime of a loony left council , the follies of its ways can not be highlighted enough . |
| 24 | Much would depend on the exact state of affairs in Ireland and something would depend on the success of the Progressive parties in patching up a new electoral pact ( although after the events of 1912 and 1913 it could not be expected to work as well as in 1910 ) , but all of these factors would operate in the broad context of a probable Unionist victory . |
| 25 | Conversely , many of those in the amalgamated force who had previously worn helmets in their earlier life and had been moved into flat caps in 1969 welcomed the return to ‘ natural ’ apparel and their own version of a correct bodily disposition which had been prescribed in a 1958 edition of the Northumberland County Police Standing Orders . |
| 26 | ’ . Initially I was puzzled , until I realized he thought I had cut off my shirt sleeves , for in his force ( noted for its disciplined enforcement of a correct uniform presentation ) , all uniform shirts had long sleeves . |
| 27 | The government placed great emphasis on ideological and political education and the maintenance of a correct socialist line . |
| 28 | I believe that this is as much a matter of teaching style as of a correct single method ( it is also a matter of the ‘ ear ’ and sensitivity to language of individual pupils ) . |
| 29 | For Hopkins , " an old crony of Wilson 's and a newcomer , a volunteer " sky pilot " who clad himself in semi-clerical , semi-nautical garb consisting of a discreet black habit with a seaman 's jersey and a gold crucifix " , he evidently had nothing but contempt . |
| 30 | The solution to the financial problem began to emerge with the adoption of a forward-planned annual budget in which each branch and student group was allocated a financial target or ‘ quota ’ to be raised each year to eradicate existing deficits and prevent recurrence of indebtedness . |