Example sentences of "of a [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paul Scott 's Raj Quartet , a fictional foursome collected in 1976 and with the pendant of a fifth novel , Staying On ( 1977 ) , is a vast canvas devoted to the transfer of power in India and its sequel : too close in time to be seen , altogether clearly , as historical fiction , too distant in place to be a shared world ; though like E. M. Forster before him , Scott chose an alien sun to define the outlines and shadows of the English abroad , where their habits of mind look all the sharper , odder and more endearing against the background of an exotic land . |
| 2 | RIBA Council , on the recommendation of the regional council , approved the setting up of a fifth branch in the region to serve the members in Central Wales . |
| 3 | of a fifth columnist : our planet |
| 4 | Airdrie had something of a fifth column working for them . |
| 5 | Defenders of a traditional cosmology simply could not allow that the earth was made from the same materials as the planets , for the latter were composed of a fifth element not found in the corruptible , sublunar world . |
| 6 | If perhaps we regard it just as a , a technicality and an amendment of wording and where the statement of case prepared by the officers reads the development of a fifth terminal at Heathrow is supported in principal . |
| 7 | There is the prospect of a 100th goal under Charlton 's inspiring managership and the completion of a first-ever hat-trick of away wins to provide added incentive . |
| 8 | The system was standardised in the early part of the sixteenth century , and some authorities went so far as to describe the cadency symbols for the ninth son of a ninth son ( an octofoil on an octofoil ) . |
| 9 | Part of a 15th century purse frame . |
| 10 | The Monks who prowl the remains of a 12th Century Monastery . |
| 11 | Acres of woodland and parkland , at the heart of which stand the remains of a 12th Century Cistercian Abbey which inside has exhibitions depicting the history of the monastery and country house . |
| 12 | Splendid collection of historic Polish material — paintings , books documents , arms and armour — housed in a fine late 17th century house and in part of a 12th century manor house . |
| 13 | A similar difficulty can be seen in the work of a twentieth century critic , Rayner Unwin . |
| 14 | A full fixture list is in place for six senior teams , with the introduction of a 3rd XI on Sundays . |
| 15 | The second item could be part of a 2nd century trumpet brooch or earring . |
| 16 | Castle Coch , a folly built on the site of a 13th century ruin by the Marquess of Bute , rises out of the wooded background . |
| 17 | Karajan does everything in his power to do just that , whereas Rozhdestvensky is clearly convinced that is more the Romantic offspring of a late-Eighteenth Century Classical genre . |
| 18 | Together , these mosaics suggest a late-second century development of the elements of centralised and curvilinear design , with the mosaics from North Leigh , Colchester , and Verulamium illustrating the culmination of a late-second century trend . |
| 19 | Costs are related to a standard 30-second rate with shorter commercials carrying a ‘ weighting ’ , so that a 20-second spot costs 80 per cent of a 30-second spot . |
| 20 | Instead , Petherbridge has created a charming eccentric shambles , demonstrating the movement exercises of a 19th century Professor of Stage Deportment and Declamation , speaking Shakespeare while spinning plates and splashing the wilder shores of directorial ambition : ‘ One ca n't , ’ he purrs with delight , ‘ walk across the stage without bumping into several concepts . ’ |
| 21 | Peer into the cabins of a 19th Century Whaling ship . |
| 22 | The five star Kurhaus Hotel has the splendour and elegance of a 19th century grand hotel , coupled with the amenities which modern guests expect and typically friendly Dutch hospitality . |
| 23 | RIGHT A typical view of a 19th century excavation , of the Anglo-Saxon burial mound at Taplow . |
| 24 | Yet it is the language of a 19th century Lady Bountiful . |
| 25 | He added : ‘ While Britain will enter the 21st century on the back of a 19th century railway system our French partners , who started at the same time , will have built their modern system ready for the opening of the Channel Tunnel , 10 years ahead of Britain . ’ |
| 26 | COUNCILLORS meet this morning to decide whether to allow the partial demolition and redevelopment of a 19th Century convent . |
| 27 | The layout of a seventh century B.C. example shows a large hall with entrance porch . |
| 28 | ‘ The seventh son of a seventh son can heal both beasts and men . ’ |
| 29 | The convict suffered from scrofula , known as the ‘ King 's Evil ’ , and ‘ Nandie ’ supposedly introduced him to William Hosking of Burraton , the seventh son of a seventh son , who was famed for curing the disease . |
| 30 | The seventh son of a seventh son has traditionally been able to heal conditions such as eczema and asthma . |