Example sentences of "variety of [noun] [prep] the [det] " in BNC.

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1 Intended as well to improve the educational chances of children in the deprived inner cities , when first proposed they had the somewhat dubious appearance of being the outcome of a bright idea , one that would kill a variety of birds with the same stone : up with the inner cities ; , down with Local Authorities ; up with privatization ; down with education in the arts .
2 They therefore represent a variety of approaches to the same god .
3 Such is the inextricable link and the social cohesion brought about by a variety of classes under the same roof .
4 Miss Danziger had heard a variety of interpretations over the many years . …
5 It suggests that marketers need to offer products or services that offer satisfactions , or solve the consumer 's purchase problems , at a variety of levels at the same time .
6 People from different backgrounds , different eras and with different levels of education will inevitably respond in a variety of ways to the same texts .
7 It must , however , be stressed that the OED is the dictionary of the English language world-wide ; it covers American , Canadian , Australasian , South African , Caribbean , and many other overseas varieties of English with the same care and attention as British English .
8 The traditional fishmonger was n't up to much either , apparently , selling the same varieties of fish to the same ageing customers .
9 The former were inclined to present their arguments within a mould of imaginary social history which assumed that , in his essence , man is a " unity even though human societies are different ; the latter were preoccupied with classification and were therefore predisposed to distinguish the varieties of mankind in the same way as they were accustomed to distinguish the varieties of animals , birds , plants and insects .
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