Example sentences of "[is] [v-ing] of the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He cites five such features of highly automated plants : the finely graded status structures of such organisations , arising from the more even balance than in other industries between skilled , semi-skilled , and unskilled workers ; the relatively smaller size of plants and work units ; the changed role of management ( with the work units taking over quality supervision and the machinery controlling the level of output , management is left with the job of providing advice rather than instructions ) ; there is blurring of the dividing line between manual and non-manual work ; and the greater prosperity and lower proportion of labour costs allows management to offer higher pay levels , a wide range of fringe benefits , and a high level of job security . |
| 2 | At the time of writing , the THORP plant is in fact nearing completion , and the Sellafield management is boasting of the long list of multimillion pound contracts it has already won to reprocess nuclear fuel from around the world . |
| 3 | The preferred method is measuring of the contaminant concentration , combined with some other measurement to ensure that the contaminant is being mineralised rather than being transformed to some other intermediate compound . |
| 4 | The drafters of Labour 's manifesto must surely sense that their party 's embracing of the feminist cause , as defined by a tiny , vociferous group of feminist leaders , is in direct contradiction to their stated belief in individual liberty , not to mention the beliefs of ordinary women . |
| 5 | A garden form is called " White Bonnets " in which there is doubling of the white petals , with a greenish yellow centre , and hybrids are often found , intermediate between the two , with yellow centres and more , or less , white petals . |
| 6 | Burrows and Hunter 's general conclusion is that " from the views given us by local authorities the 1988 Housing Act 's strengthening of the anti-harassment laws have made prosecutions slightly easier for local authorities but , in practice , there is often a failure to prosecute for a range of non-legal reasons " ( p. 41 ) . |
| 7 | The other type of damage is chipping of the salient angles of microtine teeth , where whole corners of the tooth are broken away ( Fig. 1.5D ) . |
| 8 | The fine polish of his technique does not disguise the music 's refinements : this is playing of the utmost subtlety , strength and thoughtful insight . |
| 9 | She is relying of the Foreign Office in Bombay for information , but that 's hundreds of miles from the trial venue in the state of Goa . |