Example sentences of "[vb pp] [noun] of [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The rhythm that is made use of depends upon the type of environment , the organism , and the period that the body clock will be adjusted to .
2 Partly as a result of a slow trickle through the barriers , and partly as a result of internal inconsistencies , the analytic tradition has recently shown signs of moving from the strictly aloof position it adopted in the heyday of conceptual analysis .
3 The PCAS has accused UCCA of poaching after the universities ' system approached polytechnics and told them it would delay the deadline for its 1993 handbook by two weeks to allow them to join .
4 She had accused Luke of acting in the most despicable way possible , so what hope was there that he would ever accept her apologies ?
5 Scientists diving and photographing in blue water have devised methods of dealing with the possibilities of runaway icebergs , strong currents and disorientation by using a system of safety divers and tethers .
6 Cheap literature , popular music , cinema-going , the newly acquired habit of listening to the radio , advertising gimmicks , educational bankruptcy and ‘ Americanisation ’ were all targeted as symptoms of decline .
7 The 30-year-old Londoner , son of the late Graham Hill , steered his Canon Williams Renault on to the front row of the provisional grid alongside pole man and team-mate Alain Prost with a brilliantly controlled display of driving on the treacherous Interlagos track .
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