Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The restraint of trade doctrine is , therefore , an aspect of public policy and before relying on older authorities it must be remembered that the perception of what constitutes public policy may change . |
| 2 | The nuclear industry produces waste streams which contain a variety of radioactive metal ions , the extraction of which minimises radioactive discharges . |
| 3 | The force of it lifted Golden Girl 's stern and for a moment Trent feared that she would bury her bows in the sea and pitch-pole . |
| 4 | The church would be regarded as a charity , and whereas charities are granted exemption from income tax and CGT under the provisions of s 505 Taxes Act 1988 , it does not extend to any profits the charity earns as a result of its undertaking any activities that may be considered ‘ an adventure in the nature of a trade ’ . |
| 5 | Apathy occurs as a result of our suppressing negative emotions and feelings , not being able or prepared to deal with them and so letting them accumulate in our unconscious mind . |
| 6 | The sample , placed in a dialyser bag , is suspended in distilled or deionized water , circulation of which encourages osmotic exchange of the salts over a period of several days . |
| 7 | I loved the sadness of it and the staginess … and the tragedy of their loving each other so much that they could not be happy without each other or even manage to make anyone else happy , despite all their niceness and good intentions . ’ |
| 8 | And what about Dieter Erdle — could he possibly also represent a threat in the mind of someone suffering that kind of delusion ? |
| 9 | ‘ We kept everything quiet until it had all been confirmed and there was no risk of a repeat of what happened last time . ’ |
| 10 | It was an indication of It facing both ways , torn between a youth culture stumbling around politics and the embers of 1967 . |
| 11 | The lord abbot here has been good enough to admit me to his confidence so far as is appropriate , since I was a witness of what happened this morning , but now you have cause to enquire further , as I understand . |
| 12 | For Greece , as for Germany and one other country in the NATO alliance , the cold war had shut a long border on the other side of which lay once-familiar territory . |
| 13 | That state was called the In Ovo , and on the other side of it lay four worlds , the so-called Reconciled Dominions . |
| 14 | The question then would be how unions assessed the costs and benefits and whether they would want to pressure management to bear this cost in order that their members could enjoy the benefit of higher job satisfaction — possibly at the expense of their receiving lower wages . |
| 15 | every three-wheeled motor cycle , the unladen weight of which exceeds 255 kilograms and which was manufactured on or after March I , 1970 and first used on or after September 1 , 1970 . |
| 16 | Judy was throwing a ball to Mandy Maddison , who was learning to catch a ball with the left hand as part of her Keep Fit Challenge . |
| 17 | But a small part of her cried that Ace seemed to have lost all sense of kindness and decency as far as she was concerned . |
| 18 | Part of it includes two bypasses north of Oxford . |
| 19 | Behind Hurd 's selection of a specific group of Arab states is the assumption that the Arab world as a whole can be ignored , since only part of it has any role to play in security in future . |
| 20 | Yeah I mean that might certainly give you some , you know , kind of you know regular attenders to er to , |
| 21 | Those people who learned before the age of 20 years , the majority of whom had deaf parents ( some had deaf siblings ) , are able to translate effectively just under 60 per cent of the information on average . |
| 22 | Today we have over one million business accounts , from sole traders to the largest corporations , with the great majority of them receiving financial help from us in one form or another — from a simple overdraft to extremely complex arrangements . |
| 23 | The Plough has 27 bedrooms , the majority of which have private facilities . |
| 24 | The natural world is also populated with a vast array of mara ’ — ‘ they that kill us ’ — the vast majority of which harbour malevolent intentions toward human beings . |
| 25 | ‘ But in truth there was much more at the back of it all , including the whole story of what happened this summer between Kee and me . ’ |
| 26 | Mystics are overwhelmed by a consciousness that there is a dimension beyond that of time , experience of which brings such certainty of fulfilling joy , such transfiguring of the material order , that the only possible priorities for existence in time can be to find a way of life that will allow access to this dimension . |
| 27 | Our experience of what happens one earth when very superior culture groups meet very inferior culture groups is rather alarming . |
| 28 | Many scientists are active in such groups in Northern Ireland and a significant proportion of them bring special expertise to their organisations . |
| 29 | Equally , governments ' ability to enforce subsequent agreements , will depend both on the existing efficiency and administrative capacity of local States , and on the legitimacy of their taking positive action to defend the global environment , in the eyes of local interest groups . |
| 30 | This is an absolute necessity and to work in defiance of it means total failure . |