Example sentences of "[det] of [art] [adj] [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The debt owed by these nations totals $630 billion — about half of the developing world 's total debt . |
| 2 | Ideological differences did not prevent the Community from taking more than half of the Eastern bloc 's exports to the non-communist world , whilst the Eastern bloc absorbed high-technology goods from Western Europe . |
| 3 | Real concrete problems , such as the fact that Germany is the biggest trading nation in Europe , 50% more populous than France or Britain , that she holds half of the Soviet Union 's debt and has lent more money in government-guaranteed credit to Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union , can not be made to disappear with words . |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia , accounting for almost half of the Middle East 's proven oil reserves and over a quarter of world proven reserves , has the power to insist upon its rôle as OPEC 's swing producer . |
| 5 | International sales , equally divided now between corporate and retail sectors , rose 64% to £15.8m , and currently generate over half of the London-based group 's turnover . |
| 6 | The Arabian peninsula contains one half of the non-Communist world 's oil reserves , Saudi Arabia 's proven oil reserves are fourfold those of USA and UK together . |
| 7 | However , some of the Soviet Union 's smallest ethnic groups , principally the indigenous peoples of Siberia , were to be allowed to own land without having to put it to any economic purpose . |
| 8 | Some of the present government 's high technology spending is being inflated by including money already earmarked by the previous government . |
| 9 | Some of the present generation 's problems with information will therefore recede , but they will be replaced by others : and chief amongst these are selection , interpretation and evaluation of information . |
| 10 | I noticed that special , because some of the other guy 's front teeth were missing . ’ |
| 11 | Now it would be helpful if some of the new ministers ' ideas had to do with money . |
| 12 | ’ But we can answer some of the dear boy 's questions , ’ the Emissary put in , massaging my quadriceps . |
| 13 | But there must be a danger that style will triumph over substance and that Artrageous ! will repeat some of The Late Show 's shortcomings , and end up looking as though more thought has gone into the studio design than the content of the items . |
| 14 | She must have seen it on some of the murdered woman 's belongings when you first entered the priory but she probably could not place it immediately . |
| 15 | MORE THAN a thousand years after St Edward the Martyr , King of England from AD 975 to AD 978 , was murdered at Corfe Castle , Dorset , the Mayor of Shaftesbury is attempting to circumvent a legal log-jam and re-inter some of the Saxon monarch 's remains in the ruins of Shaftesbury Abbey this year . |
| 16 | ( I was keen to strain some of the vicious Barny 's blood out of any future little owlets , so that they would n't grow up to take after their grandfather ! ) |
| 17 | I share some of the Prime Minister 's suspicion of a European Central Bank . |
| 18 | The pair have tracked down a lot of information about the Pagefield Ironworks including some of the original draughtsmen 's drawings . |
| 19 | I very much appreciated the opportunity to meet some of the hon. Gentleman 's constituents in a delegation . |
| 20 | However , I did not agree with some of the hon. Gentleman 's other points , especially about his hatred of combined cycle gas . |
| 21 | But if some of the Celtic Church 's impetus derived from Spain , much of it derived directly from much older sources . |
| 22 | No one was quite sure whether this was a good idea , however , as some of the old party 's members refused to recognise the new party , though they hedged their bets by saying they might consider applying for membership . |
| 23 | At a public meeting TEC 's chairman , Les Bell , outlined some of the past year 's achievements while chief executive John Howell unveiled plans for this year . |
| 24 | Or perhaps , bearing in mind some of the coastal path 's legends and sights , it is a good place to start . |
| 25 | For example , the tribunal may have been motivated by resentment at a particular member 's share of the market , or have suspended the member , not for bona fide reasons , but because of the opportunity it gave their firms to acquire some of the suspended member 's customers . |
| 26 | We shall discuss the attitudes of the arts students towards science later ; however , it is worth noting that Colin 's attitude to science bore a marked resemblance to some of the English students ' attitudes towards their subject . |
| 27 | A close lawn laps the feet of the giant church 's ancient heights , and some of the long-departed community 's living quarters are as smoothly preserved as an abbot 's jowls . |
| 28 | If the ex-employee remembers details of some of the previous employer 's customers , there is nothing to stop him using this information . |
| 29 | ‘ If the legislature thinks that in this field the public interest overcomes some of the common law 's traditional consideration for the individual , then effect must be given to the statute which embodies this policy . |
| 30 | And not long before leaving England I 'd read a newspaper item revealing that a Gauguin landscape bought by another novelist , Hugh Walpole , in 1924 for £145 would now in the thirties be worth around £6,000 , and that Hermann Goering in Nazi Germany had recently paid Alfred Krupp the armaments boss 10,000 Reichmarks for another of the wayward artist 's pictures . |