Example sentences of "[noun] of [noun sg] [Wh det] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand ( see page 46 ) reasoning with children involves giving them a great deal of attention which might reinforce and maintain , if not increase , the quarrelsomeness . |
| 2 | But the important consideration for prevention is the identification of methods of intervention which will make serious depressive illnesses less likely to occur . |
| 3 | Here too there are suppressed assumptions about the proper methods of science which will concern us in the next chapter . |
| 4 | It senses the danger and almost instantaneously cuts off the power with a speed of reaction which can prevent a tragedy occurring . |
| 5 | The main danger in the staff reaction is that there might be a severe loss of morale which can affect the care of other patients . |
| 6 | The Company , from its very first voyage , exported bullion rather than English products and , when economists complained that this would lead to a loss of bullion which would cause deflation and depression in England , the Company replied that it exported between 50 and 90 per cent of its pepper to countries in northern Europe which paid four or five times as much silver as the Company paid in India , so that on balance its activities substantially increased the amount of bullion in the country . |
| 7 | Under certain circumstances indeed water would be taken upwards by the lift-for instance , if the bulk of the traffic was downwards and barges loaded to 65 tons , then each barge passing down would squeeze out into the top pond 3.150 cu. ft. ( or about ⅓ of a lock ) of water This however is an ideal case and the following statement shews the theoretical gain or loss of water which would occur in working out of these lifts . |
| 8 | Apart altogether from the loss of water which must accrue by the rise of locks , the time saved in passing through the Grand Union Canal must under ordinary circumstances be reduced by not less than say 3 hours . |
| 9 | The ability to recast an expression from one language into the form of another depends on reference to some underlying construct of meaning which may establish a resemblance between expressions which appear very different and a distinction between expressions which appear to resemble each other . |
| 10 | The investigators are conducting a co-ordinated and intensive programme of work which should produce the following benefits : |
| 11 | It was , however , Geoffrey Dawson , editor of The Times , who , in an editorial on 16 September , was the first to suggest that the National Government itself , and not the parties separately , should make an appeal to the country ‘ on a broad programme of reconstruction which will include a tariff ’ . |
| 12 | While all members unanimously agreed the body should not be wound up , a small team has been given the task of drawing up a programme of action which will satisfy the Lib Dems ' requirements . |
| 13 | St William 's Foundation sees the need for a programme of action which will explore new paths , side step old obstacles , find lateral avenues to solution of apparently intractable problems . |
| 14 | However , his relations with his tenants were never happy , because while Lowther believed his town and harbour should be developed largely at the expense of the inhabitants , with modest financial encouragement from himself , he could never bring himself to make those concessions of self-government which might have persuaded his tenants to co-operate . |
| 15 | The following is a specimen layout for a typical bill of exchange although there are many different styles of exchange which can satisfy the definition given above . |
| 16 | There is also fear of involvement which could become burdensome especially since many neighbours will have their own worries about relatives . |
| 17 | Following the Zeebrugge ferry disaster , the haulier should be aware of some of the heads of claim which might arise when such a terrible incident occurs . |
| 18 | The uncertainty of the fat child or the onset of puberty which can make swimming baths one of the first circles of hell for the adolescent , so vividly evoked by Kathryn Ensall 's ‘ Girls in Line at the Swimming Baths ’ ( 1988 ) , or the terrifying prospect of the first day at school captured by Shanti Panchal are all expressions of modern sensibility and above all , of childhood and adolescent anxiety , constructed out of an acute embarrassment with themselves and their situation . |
| 19 | For many people that sort of price for a piece of software which will cut out a lot of laborious typing will appear to be a snip . |
| 20 | Whatever the outcome of the Macnamara bill , if the attendence figure and the level of feelings heard today is anything to go by , than this will be one piece of legislationp which will face fierce opposition . |
| 21 | The new road bridge spanning the Dornoch Firth was suggested as having a dual role — carrying both road and rail , the rail section to be a new piece of line which would cut out a long detour and dramatically reduce the journey time to the Far North . |
| 22 | However , it is worth considering the less easily defined aspects of analysis which might contribute to the validity of results . |
| 23 | The suspended sentence had the disadvantage of seeming to be not quite one thing or the other , with some sentencers succumbing to the temptation of adding to the length of the term of imprisonment which would have been imposed immediately , so balancing the act of suspension with greater severity in the event of a breach . |
| 24 | RIGHT Dogs often enjoy a run along the beach but watch out for any traces of tar which could adhere to their feet or coat . |
| 25 | Maybe they were looking for traces of cement which would give the game away , but the excellent visitors ' centre explains that building materials such as cement were not available when the giant , Finn McCool , built the causeway . |
| 26 | 7.3.2.2 the loss of Rent and Service Charge payable under this Lease from time to time ( having regard to any review of rent which may become due under this Lease ) for [ 3 ] years or such longer period as the Landlord may from time to time [ reasonably ] [ consider to be sufficient or deem to be necessary ] for the purposes of the planning and carrying out the rebuilding or reinstatement |
| 27 | 7.3.2.2 the loss of Rent and Service Charge payable under this Lease from time to time ( having reasonable regard to any review of rent which may become due under this Lease ) for 3 years |
| 28 | The Department of Transport which will take the final decison about the route says ’ it 's no secret plans to link Aylesbury with the M40 are part of an east-west route across the country … and adds that while the road ’ is likely to be dual carriageway , it 's not planned to be a motorway . ’ |
| 29 | In technical language , we must add to the kinematics a dynamics , an equation of motion which will prescribe how things will evolve with time . |
| 30 | It may be generally true that the natural language use which constitutes the goal of learning is realized by a focus on meaning rather than form , and is a matter of top-down rather than bottom-up processing , but the process of arriving at that goal , the development of the authenticating ability , calls for an effective internalization of form and capability of analysis which will allow for their use across a wide and unpredictable range of different contexts . |