Example sentences of "[noun pl] of [adj] kinds " in BNC.
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| 1 | LLOYD 'S of London is a unique means by which people anywhere may buy insurance against risks of all kinds , but which has now fallen foul of risks its members should themselves have anticipated . |
| 2 | Shanti loathed country walks , preferring gift shops , shops of all kinds , parties , and above all — people ! |
| 3 | I can easily walk out onto the streets to do some shopping : the centre of the town is crammed with funny little shops of all kinds , bars , cafes , etc. , many of them open to the street , there was even a shop selling nothing but plastic bags ( they did n't seem to be doing much of a trade ) . |
| 4 | In the past all sorts of different kinds of buildings had a stone placed in the wall to show when they were built . |
| 5 | Cultivation Mallows of all kinds are often seen growing on waste ground and beside fields and footpaths , and the marshmallow is no exception , though it favours wet places , especially salt-marshes . |
| 6 | The extent to which the organization 's assets and interests are accounted for and safeguarded from losses of all kinds . |
| 7 | As manufacturers of all kinds of stringed instruments , Harmony concentrated on mass production and made relatively cheap instruments ( it 's been said that they sat somewhere between Kay and Gibson ) . |
| 8 | With the advent of videodisc we can expect to see an increase in video training materials and information databases of various kinds . |
| 9 | People in schools , hospitals , public offices of all kinds are rising to the challenge . |
| 10 | We expect , or say that we expect , that individuals will be appointed to social offices of all kinds in their individual capacity and on the basis of their individual merit . |
| 11 | To be effective , these warnings have to be understood by animals of all kinds . |
| 12 | This profligate recipe for survival is used by many animals of many kinds . |
| 13 | My delight at everything I saw was beyond bounds — gardens were allotted my sister and self — there was the canal to fish in — a pony to ride — besides animals of different kinds … |
| 14 | Again , the Gardens about Hammersmith are as famous for Strawberries , Raspberries , Currants , Gooseberries , and such like ; and if early fruit is our Desire , Mr. Millet 's at North End , near the same place , affords us Cherries , Apricocks and Curiosities of those kinds , some months before the Natural Season . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , in the long run the prospect was apt to prove illusory , poverty being the enduring characteristic of this and similar regions , which , in consequence , attracted by-employments of many kinds . |
| 16 | A great spotted woodpecker flew curiously over , ties of several kinds moved in close and a very tame robin appeared , to accept crumbs from an outstretched hand . |
| 17 | We praise you for the way that you have assigned these to the craftsmen of all kinds who have been involved . |
| 18 | Styles of various kinds are described elsewhere in this book . |
| 19 | Older people were much more likely to give high ratings to politicians of all kinds and , to a lesser extent , to parties of all kinds . |
| 20 | Apart from partisanship , age also proved significant : older people had a much more favourable image of politicians of all kinds and , to a lesser extent , parties of all kinds . |
| 21 | We have been constantly reminded of our 25th anniversary by the Official Opening Ceremony on Saturday 29th August , the Service of Thanksgiving in the Church of the Holy Rude , the Logie Kirk Commemoration of the University Mace , a prestigious series of public lectures , concerts , exhibitions , parties of all kinds and , yet to come , the Silver Jubilee Graduation Ball in early July . |
| 22 | Golf , riding , tennis , fishing , boat trips , farm parks , wildlife parks , craft centres and tourist attractions of many kinds are within easy reach . |
| 23 | Surrounded as we are by solutions of all kinds , each one supported by persuasive evidence of attested success , we can not but be tempted into the belief that somewhere among them there will be one which matches our particular teaching problem and which can therefore be slotted into our situation like a cassette or a computer programme . |
| 24 | When in 1967 E. R. Leach made exactly the same point on the BBC , there was a national uproar with bishops and pundits of all kinds fulminating in the newspapers against the impiety of the idea , in much the same way that they had done against Engels almost a hundred years before . |
| 25 | Since the decree by President Yeltsin authorising freedom of trade to encourage the infant market economy , small-scale traders of all kinds have set up businesses . |
| 26 | For instance , when the scale of production increases , horse or steam power is likely to be substituted for manual labour ; materials are likely to be brought from a greater distance and in greater quantities , thus increasing those expenses of production which correspond to the work of carriers , middlemen and traders of all kinds . |
| 27 | The fundamental one is that as a result of the mathematization of physical science , what importantly occurs in it are equations or formulae of several kinds , propositions to the effect that one set of magnitudes is related in a certain way to another set or sets . |
| 28 | Experimental studies have shown widespread consistency in accuracy orders by subjects of different kinds performing tasks requiring the production of certain linguistic forms . |
| 29 | The latter increasingly seek to influence housing opportunities of all kinds in their areas , and to give advice to those they do not house themselves . |
| 30 | The other boys either had enormous appetites for books of many kinds , or they had native wit . |