Example sentences of "[det] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | He constantly fiddled with that badge of office , a ready-made , multicoloured , bow tie , as he talked to Jane . |
| 2 | The efforts of the management and the work force now in the shipyards on the Clyde and in Yarrow 's have done a great deal to restore that badge of quality , which was in danger of slipping away . |
| 3 | It seems to me that formulation of the precise grounds upon which overpayments of tax ought to be recoverable and of any exceptions to the right of recovery , may involve nice considerations of policy which are properly the province of Parliament and are not suitable for consideration by the courts . |
| 4 | First year pruning will take each stem of a bush rose down to no more than 3–4 inches ( 8–10cm ) , cutting where possible to suitable outward-pointing buds . |
| 5 | ‘ You did hit him in the stomach — and that briefcase of yours is quite a solid design , after all . |
| 6 | Diana admits that she was n't easy to handle during that baptism of fire . |
| 7 | Following a speech by Lord Donaldson , Master of the Rolls , to barristers this month , there have been fears that senior judges involved in drawing up rules would effectively block the use of the new rights in practice , by insisting that preparation of some cases and their presentation in court should be handled by different people . |
| 8 | Given the current arrangements in primary and secondary care , it is hardly surprising that there has been so little assessment of efficiency to date . |
| 9 | Any substance that tends to re-awaken the craving for the primary addictive " drug of choice " is cross-addictive with that drug of choice . |
| 10 | Here are represented the ‘ International Gothic ’ style of Charles IV 's court — a style that even influenced artists in that bastion of the Renaissance , Florence ; the Mannerist art of the 16 and early 17C ; and Czech Baroque , whose artists vied with those farther west in their range of subject matter and technique . |
| 11 | That bastion of the up and coming English band , The John Peel Show , gave a welcome airing for the inquisitive hundreds . |
| 12 | The Economist that bastion of left wing thinking commissioned an actuary to estimate the likely number of vacancies during a parliament ten point seven three sorry to be precise about this colleagues Tory MPs can be expected to die over a full five year term , I 'm sorry for being morbid . |
| 13 | Adverse events were noted a at each installation of B G C and at the time of the first cystoscopy and were scored for severity and the highest score was then re recorded and appears on this erm histogram which relates to frequency as a symptom . |
| 14 | We argue , therefore , that differentiation of first deliveries from subsequent deliveries is mandatory before further investigations into differences in obstetric outcome are initiated . |
| 15 | The Central Statistical Office has confirmed that census of production data collected under the 1992 Standard Industrial Classification survey will show separate employee statistics for the book publishing sector . |
| 16 | One of the hypotheses which will be tested is that comprehension of the logical character of ‘ mental state verbs ’ is necessary for understanding that some sentences are true in virtue of their form alone ( eg ‘ The father is a man ’ ) . |
| 17 | The hierarchy of cycles for each division of time led the Maya to devote more attention to the past than to the future . |
| 18 | Each manager is accountable for the work of his or her sections , departments , shops or whatever name is given to each division of the organisation . |
| 19 | Each beat of a butterfly 's wing — each division of each and every cell — seen as a junction in a maze . ’ |
| 20 | Thus , for example , the accounts and budget might be presented in detail but only total net expenditure of each division of service is compared with budget , showing the over-/under-spending and explaining broadly the reasons for any variance . |
| 21 | Standard groupings — for each division of service , these groupings represent the main areas of expenditure and income , e.g. employees , premises , transport , etc . |
| 22 | But then , for each division of service , a subjective analysis is provided , e.g. salaries , premises , etc . |
| 23 | An important part of this particular procedure , for example , was the identification of the numbers of people it was proposed to place upon new points of each salary scale , to determine the financial implications and analyse the salary movements within each division of the company and make possible divisional comparisons . |
| 24 | Search Sheets for each Division of the Register of Sasines are in the custody of the Keeper of the Registers of Scotland as they are being updated continually and are consulted by his staff in the registration of every deed presented for registration . |
| 25 | Each division of CCG will be in charge of its own quality control programme , setting up Quality Improvement Teams who will come up with ideas to improve various aspects of their particular areas . |
| 26 | To describe a process ' first step behaviour we will thus use three levels of syntax : essentially one for each variety of choice . |
| 27 | However , there is no evidence for that provision of the law ever being implemented . |
| 28 | One agreement stipulated that provision of enhanced responsibility and autonomy with a view to job enrichment " would not constitute a basis for job upgrading " . |
| 29 | He suspects that a black mark went firmly down against his name for turning down the job and when he was later asked to become personnel manager for that division of ICI he was left in no doubt that it was an offer he should not refuse . |
| 30 | Bruce Davidson had accompanied McLeish from his last posting to C1 , that division of New Scotland Yard concerned exclusively with murder , and they had now worked together for four years in the CID . |