Sentence examples for a trick of an from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "a trick of an" is not correct in standard written English.
It seems to be an incomplete or incorrect construction and does not convey a clear meaning.
Example: "He played a trick on an unsuspecting friend."
Alternatives: "a trick of" or "a trick for".

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If, by a margin so small that in a voice vote you would have no idea who won, Brexit happens; or if, by a trick of an antique electoral system designed to give country people more power than city people, a Donald Trump is elected, then pluralist constitutional democracy is finished.

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A lesson in perspective, a trick of light?

Of course, it is a trick of the eye, a conceit of the heart.

Leadership is a trick of perception, a bit of wisdom Shakespeare lent Henry IV, to pass along to Prince Hal.

"In a way, it's a trick of the eye," Tighe said.

This Haggadah denounced Passover itself as a trick of rabbis rather than a festival of freedom.

It is, of course, just an allusion, a trick of the camera.

Some scientists propose that consciousness is an illusion, a trick of the brain.

Perhaps this makes skateboarding not an extreme sport, but a trick of balancing extremes.

By Howard Moss The New Yorker, December 27 , 1982P. 44 A lesson in perspective, a trick of light?

The New Yorker, December 27 , 1982P. 44 A lesson in perspective, a trick of light?

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