Example sentences of "[adj] part [prep] the [noun] ' " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I am concerned that if I now have to respond fully to that part of the plaintiffs ' order of 5 June dealing with the various alleged payments my position vis-à-vis the police investigation may well be prejudiced .
2 Held , dismissing the appeal , that the liability imposed under section 1(1) of the Act of 1978 was intended by Parliament , by virtue of section 6(1) of the Act , to enable claims for contribution to be made as between parties who had no claim for contribution under the general law , and applied whenever a plaintiff had a cause of action against a third party in respect of the same damage as gave rise to his cause of action against the defendant , irrespective of the legal basis of the liability ; and that , accordingly , the defence of ex turpi causa non oritur actio could not be relied upon in answer to a claim for contribution under the Act ; and that , since there was sufficient possibility of the third party being found liable for some part of the plaintiffs ' loss , there were no grounds for striking out the third party notice ( post , pp. 1022H — 1023A , G–H , 1024G — 1025D ) .
3 Her heart thudded painfully as he leaned over the high beige bench top that bordered this part of the nurses ' station and spoke absently to Deana .
4 It was a clear part of the unions ' pay tactics that groups with a claim to public sympathy , like the health workers , were put in front to establish a going rate .
5 Tutors regard entry into the competition as a serious part of the students ' general training and there is a growing trend to make it a set part of the final year 's curriculum .
6 It 's all part of the schools ' ethos — do n't let blindness get in your way .
7 The published accounts of these journeys and the plants found , 250 in Kent and 72 more in Hampstead , were the first records of the herborising expeditions which were to become a regular part of the Apprentices ' training in botany .
8 The urge to number and name things was an integral part of the Victorians ' desire to dominate Nature .
9 We soon became accustomed to seeing her in Proctorial sub-fusc , worn not just for all the ceremonial occasions but for the daily transaction of University business which is now a major part of the Proctors ' tasks .
10 Which was how the Khan of the Merkuts — along with his escort , his retinue , and the principal members of his family — came to be crossing a bridge which was erected at the height of the second floor across several of the principal buildings in the better part of the merchants ' quarter of Kinsai .
11 Non-intrusive research is also an important part of the zoos ' purposes .
12 Why had it formed such an important part of the terrorists ' plan ?
13 We are very willing to accept that those parts of the judges ' visitorial jurisdiction which were not incident to the administration of justice in the courts passed down through the routes suggested by Sir William and Professor Baker , but in the context of the present case , where the court has for the first time to inquire into the particular function which is being performed , we are not satisfied that the whole of the visitorial jurisdiction passed by this route .
14 Articles in magazines are less certainly described as criticism , for their main topics may be personalities or history , and art may be only a small part of the writers ' account .
15 The most difficult part of the Boards ' programme of expanding the distribution system was in rural areas .
16 In the end , as we shall see , the cost of decommissioning became a vital part of the accountants ' nightmare that laid the nuclear beast to rest .
17 In a recent colleges survey ( admittedly with a return response of less than 40% ) 80% of the advanced instruction programmes which existed were timetabled and 60% of them were a formal part of the students ' courses .
18 Subsequent investigations , summarised by Crothers ( 1983b ) , have found that this expression usefully describes the variation seen over most parts of the species ' range in Europe and North America .
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