Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [prep] [art] [noun pl] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still , it provided the Gray family with regular exercise , so often did we pursue it over large tracts of Scotland as the tent tried to escape home to warmer climes in the south , flapping its PVC accessories like the wings of a large , wounded goose trying to take off . |
| 2 | So the blacksmith plover in the savannahs of East Africa will stand over its eggs , shadowing them with outstretched wings , to allow what wind there is to blow over them ; and in Australia , a jabiru stork will collect water in its beak to spray over the eggs if they get dangerously warm . |
| 3 | They went to the lion safari park on the outskirts of Auckland , driving through a series of metal gates , along dirt tracks and rough green land . |
| 4 | Since the distribution of H-thymidine labelling indices was normal , Student 's t test for unpaired data was used to compare index values among the groups of subjects studied . |
| 5 | Estimates of the value to the individuals , employers and the academics of the PhD work and the PhD award in the careers of scientists and engineers , and of the significance to the economy of research supported by the Council 's Engineering Board , were completed in 1985 . |
| 6 | A policy of Keynesian expansion , for example , whatever its merits , had no chance whatever of gaining majority support in the conditions of August 1931 . |
| 7 | Now British Waterways fishing experts are to investigate the deaths at West Drayton on the outskirts of West London . |
| 8 | The current whirlpool of political trial and experimentation in Eastern Europe comes as a tonic contrast to the years of ideological stagnation for almost everyone except Mr Deng , President Ceausescu and , regrettably , President Fidel Castro . |
| 9 | development of Course provision within the policies of the Polytechnic ; |
| 10 | Pin the top of the pleats to the pelmet board over the ends of the swag ( fig. 46 ) . |
| 11 | One exception to this statement was the attitude taken by the Bavarian Central Authority in the late 1980s in connection with products liability cases in the courts of the United States . |
| 12 | This is a 5 kilometre route along the banks of the River Esk . |
| 13 | Some of these covers were actually odd pieces of common land , old cow-pastures that had been allowed to get out of hand , taken over by the fox-hunters for fencing and preservation , in return for a money payment to the holders of the common rights . |
| 14 | Even after the RICS rules on the methods of carrying on business are further relaxed , partnership may continue to be the normal form . |
| 15 | Derek Christoffer , from Maghull Chapel , dreamed up the idea and another member , Paulette Franklin , provided the words and music for the presentation about the Easter Story through the eyes of Mary , Jesus and St Peter . |
| 16 | The prizegiving which took place at Apsley House , by kind permission of the Trustees of the Victoria & Albert Museum , and the duke of Wellington , started off with two speeches : firstly Vicomte Bernard de la Giraudière , who welcomed the prizewinners and other guests . |
| 17 | The project is based on a two year longitudinal case study of the policies of one particular UDC , the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation ( CBDC ) . |
| 18 | It is also of interest because the US airline deregulation provides a live case study of the effects of completing the internal market . |
| 19 | Some observers linked the order with the formation since March 16 of a Lithuanian volunteer defence force under the auspices of the nationalist Sajudis movement . |
| 20 | The usual strategy in real irreversible searches is the following : Choose some function f of the operators of the search task . |
| 21 | Each year bodies apply for grant aid towards the costs of their annual programmes in advance of the commencement of their financial years . |
| 22 | The idea started in 1982 when William and Elizabeth Sichel established the cottage industry from the ruins of a derelict croft . |
| 23 | The National Union of Teachers fears that , because of its divisive potential , opting out will considerably weaken the educational system : ‘ What is proposed is really a means of reintroducing in a covert manner an elitist and centrally controlled system of direct grant schools on the lines of the grammar schools under the guise of increasing parental choice ’ . |
| 24 | On Oct. 27 , 1990 , the Labour Party , by then led by Mike Moore , suffered a crushing general election defeat at the hands of the conservative National Party . |
| 25 | For example , the widespread use of DDT in the 1960s was suspected of affecting the calcium metabolism in the oviducts of birds of prey ( raptors ) . |
| 26 | A peer review of the outcomes of the enquiry will be undertaken by a working conference of informed critics whose observations will be incorporated into the final presentation of results early in 1990 |
| 27 | The centre is run as an integrated research programme within SPRU 's broader research activities in the areas of industrial innovation and energy . |
| 28 | The centre is run as an integrated research programme within SPRU 's broader research activities in the areas of industrial innovation and energy . |
| 29 | Using the name DJ Ox he would play anywhere and everywhere , inspired by 1980 's ground-breaking ‘ Grandmaster Flash On The Wheels Of Steel ’ . |
| 30 | For further details and information on doctoral research programmes in the fields of British and European Social History write to The Secretary , Centre for the Study of Social History , University of Warwick , Coventry , CV AL . |