Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Neither of them had taken the slightest notice of my movements , except that Mr Parsons was already in my empty chair , and the two of them , with Ewen Mackay 's flask of whisky now standing between them , were talking about salmon fishing .
2 you want a drop of whisky then
3 Sara sipped her hot tea with its dash of whisky gratefully .
4 Above this zone the moisture content decreases upward to a point where the continuous film of moisture eventually separates into discrete droplets .
5 325 0 0 The Chyrurgion fees 40 0 0 Kildaltan Schoolmaster 's sellery 12 10 8 To repairing of the meeting-house at Lagavullin 20 0 0 To collectors of the cess their selleries 66 13 4 To Purchassing of the timer and house lately possessed by Lagganlochan , standing on the lands of Knockans , conforme to bill of comprizmt thereof 53 0 0 517 4 0 Which , being divided amongst 132 quarter lands , each share is 3:19:4 .
6 325 0 0 The Chyrurgion fees 40 0 0 Kildaltan Schoolmaster 's sellery 12 10 8 To repairing of the meeting-house at Lagavullin 20 0 0 To collectors of the cess their selleries 66 13 4 To Purchassing of the timer and house lately possessed by Lagganlochan , standing on the lands of Knockans , conforme to bill of comprizmt thereof 53 0 0 517 4 0 Which , being divided amongst 132 quarter lands , each share is 3:19:4 .
7 Since culture of PBL in the presence of cycloheximide greatly reduced ELISA index values ( mean 0.87 [ 0.11 ] ) , the antibodies detected must have been newly synthesised .
8 ‘ A quirk of temperament apparently .
9 We hope that you find this edition of Update both informative and helpful .
10 Cute , but I 'd say the effect was of unity rather than a two-sided battle .
11 There is , undoubtedly , a tension between cause and consequence , but no acceptable way in which significance can be confined to the realm of an expression and consequence of unity institutionally achieved .
12 On the other hand , the experiences of the early 1950s had made some of the proponents of unity more cautious , especially in France and West Germany .
13 It was with the new strength born of unity then that the Edinburgh Typographical Society presented the employers with its memorial on women workers in November 1909 .
14 The mumming play , of which the pace-egg play is an Easter version , was performed originally at Christmas and I will be discussing survivals of this type of play later in the book .
15 Moore 's authoritative style of play soon brought him to the notice of the England management .
16 In 56 minutes he made 48 before Botham got him , and by the close of play just 99 were needed with eight wickets left .
17 ‘ But we shall not be altering our style of play just because it is Swansea .
18 England organised a full net practice after the end of play today , and the team travel to Bombay early tomorrow .
19 He should know something by close of play today .
20 erm the cost of of insuring something like that would make it erm out of play basically .
21 Times are changing , and people want a different kind of play now .
22 We get turned and cant pass back to Lukic unless its VERY safe , and even then he kicks it straight out of play so relieving the pressure on the opposition AND putting pressure on us .
23 Taken together , the evidence assembled under the four points of assessment rather suggests that the conventional model of responsible party government is at odds with the facts and so does not provide an adequate explanation for party politics and the making of public policy .
24 The rapid feedback of marks and grades on a termly basis creates an open system of assessment easily understood by students .
25 A different view of assessment however , can lead to considerable benefits in terms of the pupils ' sense of value and personal motivation .
26 The different purposes of assessment require different kinds of assessment ; the changing content and methods of assessment also require different methods of reporting achievement .
27 Although Sir Frederick Dainton , formerly a chairman of the University Grants Committee , spoke in 1984 of the need for a ‘ global , school-based assessment including profiles to end universities ' reliance on A levels ' for their admissions selection , it is exceedingly unlikely that entry to higher education would ever come to rely on profiles , or any other in-school method of assessment alone .
28 The validity of the APU science outcomes , however , must be examined in a much wider context than that of the language of assessment alone .
29 The validity of the APU science outcomes , however , must be examined in a much wider context than that of the language of assessment alone .
30 The proposal was evidently servicing a deficit model of education , which diagnosed that something was wrong with teachers which industry could put right : this at a time when education was faced by changes of revolutionary proportions , new content through curriculum reform required by the Education Reform Act and GCSE , new models of learning , new forms of assessment e.g. Records of Achievement ; new organisations e.g. tertiary colleges ; new accountability , newly appointed parent and industrial governors , new professionalism through initial teacher education , and training reforms for employment training .
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