Example sentences of "[conj] of [art] [noun pl] [unc] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a picture of the terrace on which meals were taken ‘ except during thunderstorms ’ and several of the garden , but none of the kitchen or of the children 's accommodation . |
| 2 | Phillips and Williams ( 1982d ) suggest a ‘ positive ’ approach to transfer management in the rural sector in which housing visitors ‘ scout ’ tenants and try to suggest ways in which a small ( and diminishing ) stock can be better used both in terms of persons per dwelling and of the tenants ' patterns of spatial behaviour . |
| 3 | The second required the establishment of boards of governors for polytechnics and other LEA-maintained colleges , and the specification of the governors ' functions vis-a-vis those of the LEAs and of the colleges ' principals . |
| 4 | The other residents who had legal standing were the sisters and younger brothers of the karanavan , and the children of the sisters and of the sisters ' daughters . |
| 5 | The Crown Prosecution Service were informed of Buckley J. 's order and of the plaintiffs ' intention to appeal from the decision of Wright J. , and were asked whether they wished to intervene or make representations in the appeal . |
| 6 | The evenings will be hosted by David English , a cricketer ( formerly with Middlesex and now captain of the Eric Clapton XI ) ; journalist ( on the London Evening News ) ; actor ( Lisztomania , the stiff-upper-lip Captain Andrew in A Bridge Too Far ) ; scriptwriter ( the Timothy Dalton vehicle Hawks ) ; and author ( of The Legend , an animated book on the Bee-Gees , and of the children 's Bunbury Tales ) . |
| 7 | Unfortunately the 1926 Illuminations had to be terminated prematurely because of a miners ' strike , although they were reinstated for one night on October 2 for the opening of New South Promenade by Lord Derby . |
| 8 | AUSTRALIA is now in its seventh week without domestic air services because of a pilots ' pay dispute which has begun to have a serious impact on the economy and has left Bob Hawke 's Labor government few options for reaching a settlement . |
| 9 | Second , obtaining extra funds for the NHS will become increasingly difficult because of the taxpayers ' revolt against higher taxation . |
| 10 | Because of the falsificationists ' emphasis on the growth of science , their account of confirmation is significantly different from that of the inductivists . |
| 11 | Their tissues showed changes due to cancerous destruction , and contained substantial amounts of radioactive material , evidently absorbed because of the girls ' practice of licking the tips of their paint brushes to achieve a finer point . |
| 12 | Because of the members ' diversity of experience , TAC debates generate lively argument among people with very different opinions ; this , together with the TAC 's reputation for preferring the practical to the conceptual , is the committee 's greatest contribution to the consultation process . |
| 13 | Because of the members ' diversity of experience , TAC debates generate lively argument |
| 14 | In captivity or in the wild , the first two clutches of barn owl chicks often die because of the parents ' inexperience . |
| 15 | In one case , noted earlier , an order was made when a child from a good home was kept away from school because of the parents ' opposition to comprehensive schools . |
| 16 | This is not because of class affiliation to the ‘ class in charge ’ rather than the hegemonic class , but because of the bureaucracy's ' character as a specific category through the intermediary of its relation with the state ’ . |
| 17 | During the period of the project , because of the teachers ' action , it was not possible systematically to collect data relating to generalization . |
| 18 | It was announced in Bucharest on Sept. 30 that a US$300,000,000 World Bank loan to Romania had been postponed because of the miners ' riots . |
| 19 | The sheriff of Lincoln was sent to Stamford , but he met with considerable resistance , and Peck , quoting John Selden , suggests the king himself came to the town because of the students ' stubbornness . |
| 20 | Webb , 29 , has played for United just once this season — in the UEFA Cup tie against Moscow Torpedo — and that was only because of the foreigners ' rule that restricted Ferguson 's choice . |
| 21 | Opponents of free banking argue that a lender of last resort ( i.e. a central bank ) is needed , and that inflation would be rampant under free banking because of the banks ' ability to print notes at will . |
| 22 | At Edgehill , the science department was divided into biological and environmental sciences , instead of the traditional biology , physics and chemistry ; the head teacher was a conscious advocate of innovation in comprehensive schooling ; in the third school , Meadowvale , the science department had decided to redraft its entire first and second year science curriculum , in part because of the children 's response to the VISTA visits organized by GIST . |
| 23 | The firm transports livestock to Europe , but because of the drivers ' blockade , a temporary ban has been placed on the export of livestock into France . |
| 24 | This area was selected for study because of the authors ' familiarity with it , the adequate rural-urban contrast and the availability of a suitable image . |