Example sentences of "[adv prt] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Palmer 's first priority is to ‘ reduce unnecessary expense ’ , and further staff cuts and scaling down of manufacturing facilities worldwide are expected . |
| 2 | In the sleepy market down of South Molton , the talented team at The Lace Shop will design a fantastic and original outfit for you in silks and Jacquard . |
| 3 | The DKP had long been dependent on the East German Socialist Unity Party of Germany ( SED — ultimately renamed the Party of Democratic Socialism ( PDS ) in February 1990 — see p. 37260 ) and had suffered as a result of the changes in East Germany ; the ending of financial support from the SED had led to a scaling down of operations . |
| 4 | In W. J. Perry 's The Origin of Magic and Religion which he reviewed in July 1924 , four months before these lines appeared , Eliot read of ‘ old stone images ’ of the Melanesians , of mana , of the handing down of rituals , and of W. H. R. Rivers 's work on ‘ an extensive literature in which attempts are made to bring the symbolism of myth and ritual into relation with modern views concerning its rôle in the dream and disease ’ . |
| 5 | During 1988 there was considerable uncertainty as to whether a slowing down of spending was taking place . |
| 6 | erm I remember a few years ago when there was a great panicky shutting down of teachers ' training colleges . |
| 7 | I think from time to time , little bits of the Government do work reasonably well , and do respond reasonably well to county council and local authority initiatives , and although I could n't pretend that a hundred and , that twenty- five thousand pounds is going to solve the unemployment problem in Wiltshire , nor indeed solve the problem being created by the run- down of defence industry , nevertheless , I think credit should be given where credit 's due . |
| 8 | Weak slowing down of depopulation |
| 9 | Strong slowing down of depopulation |
| 10 | THE Government 's watering down of Monopolies and Mergers Commission proposals to weaken big brewers ' grip on their pubs has persuaded Whitbread to drop ideas of selling its breweries . |
| 11 | As early as January 1951 , 101 Squadron had two Meteor F.4s on charge as part of the run down of Lincoln strength ready for the concentration on jet re-role . |
| 12 | Right planners , now according to me this is for Thursday , next Thursday week t week one Thursday so homework for Thursday finish writing a list er whoever 's giggling will you calm down of things you believe are important do this in rough and I think we 'd better underline the next bit , bring it to the lesson now , quite seriously if you have only managed to get five or six items at the moment on your list that you think are important , that 's not enough , you really do need to be going for a minimum of ten , and if you ca n't then the next piece of work that we 're going to do in the lesson next week is going to be quite difficult . |
| 13 | the starting up and slowing down of things . |
| 14 | The clearing banks keep operational balances at the Bank which are used for settling the final position at the end of the day between the Bank and the banking system , and their drawing down of money from the discount houses will be designed to keep these balances at a " target " level considered appropriate given the uncertainty of the daily cash flows to the Bank . |
| 15 | This is both convenient and desirable ; it is part of the process of the whittling down of state power and interference , a cardinal item on the Thatcherite agenda . |
| 16 | Cholesterol gall bladder stones may be initiated by precipitation of calcium salts to form a nidus , with subsequent laying down of cholesterol from its supersaturated state on this nidus . |
| 17 | France , for instance , saw a systematic administrative and judicial hunting down of incest between 1889 and 1898 , and the enactment of laws depriving defaulting parents of their paternal rights . |
| 18 | The Team for the Assessment of Psychiatric Services has been evaluating the run down of Friern and Claybury Hospitals in north London . |
| 19 | The many devices range from the gas sacs of Physalia , to the liberal laying down of fat . |
| 20 | With a little something to wash it down of course . |
| 21 | Then occasionally when we had houses broken into and so on , if it was thought that a tramp could have been responsible , it used to be a great help if we gave out nine tickets for tramps and only eight of the nine were admitted to the casual ward , then we should clamp down of course on the one who failed to turn up . |
| 22 | And the down of course . |
| 23 | and erm Marilyn will come down of course when she 's at , she 's worried as well about whether she 's going to get a job , cos er , I mean they need to have erm a second income I should think |
| 24 | The lines remain constant almost as if in defiance at the narrowing down of life in the actual theme or to provide a strong medium for the subject of the weakness of old age . |
| 25 | The overgrazing of livestock and cutting down of brush and trees for firewood are held responsible . |
| 26 | The first part involves a slowing down of brain waves . |
| 27 | Marble can be sawn or broken up for building or burned for lime , and a great deal has certainly gone that way ; but the melting down of bronze for conversion to tools , utensils , armour , coin , is far more tempting . |
| 28 | I think a good example to use with younger people with er pe with pensions as well is that the , the er the cutting down of funding that the government is making and it 's going to be hitting like the younger people and another important thing is like with the , with the Australia issue , I mean in Australia now it 's compulsory for everybody under the age of twenty five to have a personal pension and that r and that age rise is going to , that age limit is going to rise each time because they want to abolish the State pension completely and it was only , what , what about two months ago that there was , that there was er articles in I think it was The Times about them doing a similar operation in this country , you know ? |
| 29 | With the slowing down of inflation in the mid-late 1970s , the ratio of direct to indirect taxes in total revenue began to fall . |
| 30 | Among the grievances of some of the rural rebels in the sixteenth century were complaints about the enclosure of lands by lords — this occurred in the north-west sector of the Pilgrimage of Grace , and the casting down of hedges marked the start of the Norfolk rising of 1549 . |