Example sentences of "kind of [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That , that is , that 's another kind of Victorian idea you 've got there |
| 2 | The Ozick extract is a particular case because it is a fantasy but it is the kind of clipped talk I think likely between two opponents who are squaring up to fight one another . |
| 3 | And if a journalist able to do you any kind of legitimate favour he or she will certainly feel that you owe him or her one in return ; this debt may be called in when you are least able to be informative . |
| 4 | Indeed , by the early 1980s Castells had largely rejected the kind of grand theorising he had earlier been proposing . |
| 5 | Actually , both garments fitted her very well , and the boater gave her the same kind of perky look it had given Annie . |
| 6 | The developers hope the scheme will return Cowley to the kind of economic success it saw during its motoring heyday . |
| 7 | Er the former Soviet Republics are going to have to decide what kind of defensive alliance they want among themselves . |
| 8 | When Kiss began , did you and Paul ever envisage the kind of lasting success you would go on to achieve ? |
| 9 | Rachel 's face will fade into the kind of indeterminate image it is now , in the dark . |
| 10 | Many people will be concerned at my suggestion that drawing should be taught in our schools , perhaps fearing that it will take us back to the kind of dull lesson I have described , with children being taught unimaginative and stereotyped ways of drawing . |
| 11 | She had the kind of warm personality it was impossible not to be drawn to . |
| 12 | The chairman predicts that a more unified Europe will result in the kind of financial federation we see in the US , where there is one main centre in the time zone — New York ( read London ) and several satellite centres ( Frankfurt , Paris , Amsterdam ) . |
| 13 | ‘ I felt there was a simple story at the heart of it , as well as the unusual content of the books , lent itself to the kind of melodramatic theatre I like . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Is she ? ’ he asked , and with a kind of conspiratorial look he drew in the air with both hands the figure of eight — representing the standard desirable female shape . |
| 15 | Why do people on holiday suddenly start taking up the kind of violent exercise they would n't even contemplate normally ? ’ sighed Jim . |
| 16 | I I ca n't comment on on comments that you are referencing , however I will say that in Maryland er we displaced an incumbent vendor who had been there a long time , er that vendor was a bit upset as you might imagine with being displaced as a vendor , and in Maryland we had a situation that kind of evolved into the same kind of political row you would expect when a company loses a long time business . |
| 17 | In debating it today the Labour Conference should focus not on its tactical advantages but on the kind of political system it wishes to see . |
| 18 | Secondly , that it is politically naive , because such an argument could be said to justify the kind of political move I have just mentioned , in which some institutions of higher education might be denied research funding . |
| 19 | " I 've been thinking , it might be just the kind of Political party I 've been looking for . |
| 20 | Sien had taken to staring into the abyss with the kind of inherent fatality he dreaded in himself . |
| 21 | She provided exactly the kind of professional expertise we required , particularly as I had no training in linguistics . |
| 22 | And I 'd walk around the empty house , or ring Mum for a chat ; sometimes I 'd lie on the floor in Charlie 's attic and wonder what he was doing and what kind of good time he was having . |
| 23 | Maybe life was too short to pass up the chance to experience the kind of volcanic passion she 'd felt with Roman last night … |
| 24 | With the right kind of visual material you could do what we might call " skim viewing " of the bits you do n't want to spend time on . |
| 25 | So Mimi walked out , and suddenly he faced a kind of emotional turmoil he had never before experienced . |
| 26 | It was the kind of immaculate timing you would expect from a former BBC producer . |
| 27 | It is essential to keep in mind the kind of healthy look you are aiming for , as well as your goal for weight . |
| 28 | This kind of religious outlook he regarded as neither biblical nor Protestant . |
| 29 | Thus they carry a specification of what kind of inactive edge they will become on completion , what kinds of lower level inactive edges they require in order to become complete , and just which inactive edges constitute the partial analysis derived so far . |
| 30 | In addition to general inter-student activity to promote communication , we need activities which will sensitize students to the way information is handled in discourse outside the classroom , but without using the kind of technical language we used in our theoretical approach in Section One . |