Example sentences of "of a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mischief of a contrary course pointed out . |
| 2 | However , the pre-eminent impression of the 1970s and 1980s is of a contrary trend : increasing centralisation . |
| 3 | That he could even think of illustrating that perversity with purveyors of a contrary cosmology suggests that his opposition was born of the common conviction that a moving earth violated common sense . |
| 4 | In the absence of a contrary statement in the contract between X and Y Ltd. , property will normally have passed by virtue of sections 16–18 of the Sale of Goods Act ( paragraphs 3–07 to 3–24 ) . |
| 5 | Dissenters from this discredited and scientifically arid theory were banished , or worse , and the Soviet scientific literature was purged of any and all data of a contrary nature . |
| 6 | It is not easy to find a general definition of the normal meaning of irony , but it usually stands for a process by which the content of a statement is qualified either by the reader 's attribution of a contrary intention to the author , or by the reader 's awareness of factors that are in conflict in one way or another with what is being said . |
| 7 | For , in the absence of a contrary agreement with the original lessor , the original tenant remains liable throughout the entire term of the lease irrespective of the fact that he or she may have assigned or sold the tenancy to another . |
| 8 | Nonetheless , the auctioneer does not , in the absence of a contrary agreement , warrant the vendor 's title . |
| 9 | That was followed by an unnecessary operation to remove her appendix and the eventual discovery of a contraceptive device left inside her body by mistake . |
| 10 | The episteme rather delineates what Foucault calls a ‘ cluster of transformations ’ ; these , he suggests , enable the substitution of ‘ differentiated analyses for the themes of a totalising history : |
| 11 | The vestibule leading to the Governor 's quarters was the mouth of a toothed monstrosity . |
| 12 | An example of a profit-oriented organization is of course a public limited company , while an example of a Type B non-profit is a local government , because it receives the bulk of its finance from taxes , grants and borrowings . |
| 13 | It subsequently transpired that the conveyancing arrangements I have described were part of a fraudulent scheme of the Hammonds to obtain money for themselves using the property as security . |
| 14 | But a justice ministry spokesman said yesterday : ‘ The state prosecutor found no evidence to suggest the loan was of a fraudulent nature and the ministry decided there were no grounds to extend the ( judge 's ) mandate . ’ |
| 15 | ( In the case of a fraudulent misrepresentation , the purchaser is allowed a reasonable length of time from when he discovers it to be untrue . ) |
| 16 | But since on this occasion the words were dictated to the child it is more likely to be the child 's efforts to repeat the sound to herself and to write down her idea of a phonic equivalent . |
| 17 | Thru demonstrates by means of a parodic conflation and manipulation of selected literary theories the problems inherent in such an approach to literature , and it uncovers the value-laden stories which subtend it . |
| 18 | I am interested in an aspect of it which exists , it at all , in terms of that contradiction — of a parodic critique of the essence of sensibility as conventionally understood . |
| 19 | An indulgence constituting a common feature of commercial life is that of waiver which is essentially acceptance of a substituted performance . |
| 20 | After the first few devastating out-of-loves , she was warily certain that there would always be another goddess ; the old idol became a fond memory , like a photo of a dear friend long absent . |
| 21 | I saw once the head of a dear friend among the leaves and was less astonished at what first seemed an apparition than by his disentangling himself and in the flesh bidding his good morning , so accustomed was I to looking for my thoughts and news among the leaves . |
| 22 | Stevie and Patsy Mulligan are the sons of a dear friend who has recently passed away . |
| 23 | Two days later Greg was forced to attend the funeral of a dear aunt . |
| 24 | More of a solid success story , perhaps , than a bloody miracle . |
| 25 | Heraklith Sound Insulation boards , for example , will improve the airbourne sound insulation index of a solid 250mm brick wall by 13dB ( 10dB means a reduction in sound level of 50% ) . |
| 26 | Whereas Belial Base had been built on the outer surface of a solid moon , Moloch Base was inside a hollow one ; a miracle of planetary engineering which , after five years , still had Bannen and his team groping in the dark for answers to questions they did n't even know how to formulate . |
| 27 | All you need do is have a lift-up lid instead of a solid base or shelves added under the actual seat part and you have immediately doubled the usefulness of the piece as well as gained some footage . |
| 28 | In the case of Bloomsbury , changes in the general order , and especially the establishment of a solid sector of professional and intellectual employment , made independent survival much more practicable . |
| 29 | Speaking on behalf of the partners , BPXC 's Operations manager , Phil Mead , said that the CPF will allow Casanare to ‘ witness the growth of a solid enterprise which will bring innumerable opportunities to the nation , but which mainly will contribute to the growth of the region and to the development of its people . ’ |
| 30 | If a thought connected to fear bombards you , visualize the object of fear in front of a solid oak door and slam the door in its face . |