Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [adv] of the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The values of each of the exponents vary independently of the other , to produce half-life curves of markedly different shapes .
2 While Isaac is still unborn , the promises speak only of the future .
3 Union officials speak scornfully of the Tribune Company 's assumption that tactics which worked in Chicago would succeed in New York .
4 Nearly all the children went to orthodox hostels run independently of the Movement .
5 The test authorities refuse to admit that the tests threaten either the immediate or long term safety of the area but frequently postpone tests ‘ because of adverse wind conditions ’ , that is , when the nearby Shoshone Indian reservations fall down-wind of the blast .
6 Key Mafia figures arrested independently of the operation in September were Giuseppe Madonia , the Sicilian Mafia 's second in command , on Sept. 6 ; Pasquale , Paolo and Gaspare Cuntrera , powerful Sicilian Mafia " bankers " and drug traffickers who were extradited from Venezuela on Sept.11 after years of delays ; Carmine Alfieri , the Camorra chief described as Italy 's major gangster , on Sept. 11 ; and Domenico Libri , the supposed head of the Calabrian Mafia or N'Drangheta , in Marseille on Sept.16 .
7 ‘ The Guild can , through its members , encourage producers to stay ahead of the competition and produce products of the increasing quality that will inevitably be required .
8 Damage is extensive on both the dentine and the enamel , some teeth having all of the enamel removed , leaving a narrow and eroded dentine core , while others also have much of the dentine removed so that the edges of the dentine , or of the enamel if it still remains , collapses in on itself ( Fig. 3.22 O ) .
9 Leaders decide regardless of the vote .
10 Valerie Shepard finds out how BP and Unipart are combining forces to get ahead of the competition
11 After further discussions with the teachers , covering attitudes , methods and topics ( ‘ If a few more people had understood what inflation meant , they might not have won the election' ) , about a quarter of the teachers remained clearly of the view that mathematics education is , and should be , politically neutral .
12 It is also subject to all kinds of criticism ; not just listeners to Radio Four , but the employers of graduates speak disapprovingly of the way the English language is spoken .
13 As for the man who is hitting too late as an involuntary natural action , the usual causes are a steep start to his backswing , turning into the shot too soon — usually caused by slogging , swaying to the left during the downswing , a stiff-wristed action , and not releasing the clubhead soon enough — with hands arriving forward of the ball .
14 The subsequent Scarman Report on the Brixton riots spoke eloquently of the despair of unemployed young blacks , and their sense of alienation from the community and especially from the police , whose intolerance and insensitivity were deplored .
15 creating a self-supporting framework which encourages and enables the children to operate independently of the teacher , thus freeing the teacher to use time as productively as possible ;
16 The amount of these entitlements has been actuarially assessed and is fully funded by assets held independently of the Group .
17 Unless a firm can upgrade its products and services to remain ahead of the competition , the margin of profitability will be significantly reduced with attendant loss of market share .
18 The Anglican ‘ Service ’ as set by Tallis , Byrd , and the elder Mundy consists of Morning Prayers with responses , litany , ‘ Te Deum ’ and ‘ Benedictus ’ , Kyrie and Creed for the Communion , and the Evening canticles ‘ Magnificat ’ and ‘ Nunc dimittis ’ , or some portion of these ( e.g. Byrd 's second and third Services consist only of the evening canticles ) .
19 If these approaches are common to courses of study which advanced degree students follow regardless of the content ( for some will be specializing , for instance , in the field of special educational needs , others in the arts and humanities , others in mathematics and science ) it is because it is regarded as essential that the same grasp of knowledge and the same development of intellectual-cum-practical skill should typify all holders of a second degree in the field of education .
20 After the television crews were greeted with frantic applause from soldiers and officers of the Feliks Dzherzhinsky Regiment , privates spoke freely of the conflict they had reconciling their duty of protecting top leaders and central committee members with ever increasing revelations of corruption .
21 During the week , those keen on photography will be attracted to Henry Adlam Cafe in the Market Square , where the Alton Camera Club will be exhibiting a selection of photographs entitled Best of the Season .
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