Example sentences of "[adj] of [noun sg] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result of this is that a spelling like with can realize three separate classes : OE wiht ( 'wight , person' ) , OE wip ( 'with' ) , and OE hwit ( 'white' ) , and this of course applies to other items of these types . |
| 2 | Thirdly I can tell him that eighty percent of prescribed items are now free of charge compared with sixty percent in nineteen seventy nine . |
| 3 | Many areas of prosperity and some of difficulty exist in each and every part of this country — |
| 4 | but they might exacerbate another problem , that of slalom-style riding by adventurous , youthful moped-riders who often view the street furniture as more of a challenge than a deterrent to speed . |
| 5 | However , it is most important that there is coverage of tonight 's debate because the most pressing danger is that of complacency creeping into both the activities of the offshore industry and our proceedings tonight . |
| 6 | Allowing for stale prices and GARCH effects , they found that the volatility of futures returns led that of spot returns by fifteen minutes . |
| 7 | One of the possible kidnapping charges and that of theft relate to two incidents in which Mrs Mandela was part of a group which allegedly abducted three people before assaulting them in the old Mandela home in Soweto . |
| 8 | The flow advances in a manner similar to that of pahoehoe flows on dry land , and the pillows are budded off so quietly that the cameramen were able to swim up to within less than a metre of the swelling pillows . |
| 9 | Japan 's industrial development is grossly imbalanced , with about two-thirds of production squeezed into one-fifth of the land . |
| 10 | Work is at around 2.5mph and the system saves about two-thirds of chemical compared with overall application . |
| 11 | An extensive programme of geological thin-sectioning of stone implements in various universities over the last 30 years has shown quite clearly that between 3000 and 1500 BC there were a number of heavily exploited sources of stone and flint which were used to make axes and other implements . |
| 12 | Perhaps the item most worthy of consideration revealed by this examination of timetables in wartime Britain was the contrast between the dominance of railway usage at that time and the present post Beeching era . |
| 13 | The reason for this , not surprisingly , is that the sale of the better properties , and the partial freezing of capital derived from such sales , has resulted in the continued decline , in both quality and quantity , of the remaining housing stock . |
| 14 | It should be noted that the causes of this type of intermittency are different from those of intermittency arising from alternate laminar and turbulent motion , as in Figs. 2.10 and 21.4 . |
| 15 | Whenever the professor is engaged in research work within the University being research work which is funded in whole or in part by an outside body on terms that any invention , know-how , copyright or information arising in the course of such work shall be patented , dealt with or otherwise used or exploited in such manner as the outside body may direct , any such invention , know-how , copyright or information shall be subject to the terms of the agreement with the outside body and the professor is required to comply with all obligations including those of confidentiality imposed by that agreement . |
| 16 | One tablespoon full of powder mixed with two of water was the equivalent of one average sized whole egg . |
| 17 | I of Capital dealing with this topic . |
| 18 | So InterCity declared a policy for the 1990s of offering catering in some form , on all their services . |
| 19 | This is the Rolls Royce of cruising catamarans , capable of world cruising in perfect comfort . |
| 20 | The POU HD alone is capable of low-affinity binding with relaxed specificity . |
| 21 | While environmental groups have over the years been highly critical of pollution caused by coal-fired power stations , in particular the levels of emissions of sulphur dioxide and other gases that cause acid rain , neither Friends of the Earth nor Greenpeace nor other groups has expressed support for the scaling down of the coal industry along the lines proposed by the government . |
| 22 | The pace of investment is planned to increase over the next five years with over £50 million of expenditure planned in new and improved port facilities and associated infrastructure . |
| 23 | Much of the $50 million of software exports in 1980 consisted of what is called conversion work : the recoding of programs so that they can be transferred from one computer to another . |
| 24 | The report called for £200 million of government spending on fifth generation computing , that is computers that can think for themselves and get along with humans . |
| 25 | It may not be cheap , but it offers the best of diesel driving for those , perhaps , who might not have considered making the switch before . |
| 26 | Among the biggest obstacles to western investment in the east are hundreds of thousands of property claims by former owners . |
| 27 | Shadow trade secretary Robin Cook said classified documents provided ‘ conclusive evidence ’ that Mr Major , then foreign secretary , was aware of sanction busting in 1989 . |