Example sentences of "[conj] of [art] [adj] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some recent interpretations of Greek history , and of the Greek historians ' versions of it , have suggested that there was , in fact , a gap between such ideals and the actual practice and that we should not take their own statements too literally . |
| 2 | This is because of the limited partnerships ' tax losses while drilling , and the availability of capital allowances . |
| 3 | He also believed , first , that France was unlikely to be able to secure an alliance with Britain ( because of the two countries ' disagreement about the Near East in 1840 ) ; second , that Britain might support Russia in the event of a Russian attack on the Ottoman Empire ( because of the Anglo-Russian discussions which had taken place in London in 1844 ) ; and third , that in any event he could count on the support of Austria ( because of the assistance he had rendered Vienna in putting down the Hungarians in 1849 ) . |
| 4 | Instead a growing number of elderly demented people were admitted because of the local authorities ' failure to provide alternative care . |
| 5 | Because of the original engineers ' appreciation of its intrinsic brittleness , cast-iron members tend to be stressed to lower levels than steelwork and the way they were incorporated into buildings usually allows them to expand in a fire without generating increased stresses . |