Example sentences of "[subord] [adj] [prep] [art] [noun pl] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | This issue is taken up in the next chapter where some of the rules of company law that support the functioning of the market are examined . |
| 2 | Thus within this conversation , we can say that there are actually two types of talk ( at least ) going on : argument , where some of the rules of politeness governing conversation are temporarily suspended , and management , where they continue to hold . |
| 3 | The position is more complicated where one of the classes of liability concerned is one for which the UCTA forbids exclusion or restriction . |
| 4 | I believe this sort of thing does happen in the United States and some other countries where one of the pieces of information put before the judge at the stage of sentencing is a victim-impact statement . ’ |
| 5 | The social work staff visit and inspect and offer advice and guidance where necessary in the interests of the child . |
| 6 | And after analysing statistics for five developed countries and reviewing results of similar studies , one researcher concluded that , " The most recent evidence indicates that the bulk of the adverse consequences of teenage childbearing ( for the health of children ) may be of social and economic origin , rather than attributable to the effects of young age per se " . |
| 7 | In traditional society this would not be regarded as sponging or parasitism , for it was felt that one 's relationship to one 's own son was no closer than that to the sons of siblings , and most people had more nephews than sons . |
| 8 | Despite this increased activity the power of the kings of England in their colonies was still much smaller than that of the kings of France or of Spain . |
| 9 | The glow from a thousand points of light seems less reliable than that from the lightbulbs of a well-financed bureaucracy . |
| 10 | Meanwhile the Nazgûl himself goes even more than usual beyond the boundaries of even ‘ romantic ’ humanity : he looks like a man , and carries a sword , but it is a ‘ pale ’ or insubstantial one ; he bursts the Gate not only by Grond but by a projection of fear and dread , ‘ words of power and terror to rend both heart and stone ’ , which work like ‘ searing lightning ’ . |
| 11 | Celtic will be even more fired up than usual after the events of last weekend and it 's up to us to make sure there 's no backlash . ’ |
| 12 | Although free of the horrors of Bosnia it 's difficult to imagine what nightmares the refugees endure in the security of their makeshift British accommodation . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , out of 76 district planning authorities responding to the survey mentioned earlier , 30 of them granted planning permission for potential odour emitting uses subject to a condition relating to odour emission , being of the opinion that the imposition of conditions , including those relating to odour emission , were relevant to securing reasonable and proper planning objectives which complemented rather than conflicted with the responsibilities of the Director of Environmental Health in his dealing with public health matters under the public health legislation . |
| 14 | Remember , before you approach the council , that they may be more than interested in the quantities of water necessary to run your ponds … you may end up with the officials knocking at your door . |
| 15 | Hambledon District Council believes that insufficient regard has been payed erm to these issues erm in the structure plan alteration , in paragraph thirty three the P P G sets down a list of criteria erm to which local authorities er should refer erm , I 'll erm refer specifically to er to three of them and I and and comeback to them as I go through erm erm what I want to say , erm the first one I draw that I would draw the panel 's attention to is erm that the alternative of the expansion of existing towns or villages should represent a less satisfactory method at providing the land for housing that is needed , and it 's a rhetorical question really here , erm and w we would ask that erm if there has n't been a comparative appraisal erm of the two options , and how could there be , there 's no erm district or areas been identified , how can we be certain that one option is better than another under the terms of that er criterion , erm the oth second point we would draw the panel 's attention is that the proposal is a clear expression of local preference supported by the local planning authorities , and again I would emphasize there that Hambledon District Council objects , and the third one is the option of a new settlement in preference to the alternative would result in positive environmental improvements , and I 'll return to that erm briefly in relation to er to Hambledon , P P G twelve erm paragraph six one four that 's been referred to it , includes a check list of issues against which areas in for new development in general er need to be er considered , with particular reference for reducing the need for travel , erm amongst these issues that the P P G asked the Councils to take into account erm are that development should make full and effective use of land within existing urban areas , that developments er should consider development patterns that are closely related to public transport net networks , and in relation to housing , and that housing is located in such a way as to minimize car use for journeys to work , school , and other local facilities , P P G thirteen , and I would expect erm I would agree with what Mr Donson has said here , is that it it 's draft and obviously one has to put the appropriate weight on it , but erm this reinforces and expands upon erm established government policy , reducing the need for travel , erm I do n't think it 's necessary for me to go into er the quotes in detail , I think that those have been er been touched on , erm , however , I would say erm that Hambledon District Council believes that the advice in draft P P G thirteen is much less supportive of new settlements , it suggests that greater weight must be given to the environmental implications of the additional traffic generated by new settlements erm this is , erm we believe , particularly important in view of the fact that a new settlement for York is unlikely to be self contained , and by its nature many of the residents will still look to York for essential services , social links , and employment , turning to the residual requirement , erm we have a concern over this , erm clearly a new settlement is intended to mop up any residual requirement which the er policy sets at fourteen hundred dwellings , we 've heard evidence from York today that er the city can accommodate erm more erm houses than was originally envisaged , which brings the residual requirement to erm about the minimum size specified by the County Council as being erm about the right level erm to make a s a new settlement self supporting , however , we would point out that there is still the possibility of erm further peripheral development around York , the greenbelt local plan and Southern Ryedale local plan er have not yet been statutory adopted , the inspector has n't reported on those , we do n't know what he 's going to say about sites er which were at issue , or on the need for flexibility between the inner erm boundary of the greenbelt and the city , irrespective of course of what the inspector says , erm being not yet statutory adopted the County and Ryedale will still have the opportunity to consider , reconsider there policies there , but putting that aside for the present , erm even if it is established that er the requirement for nine thousand seven hundred houses erm ca n't a occupied by er can be accommodated by er peripheral development , erm this does n't it does n't necessarily follow that the answer has to be a new settlement , we heard yesterday in erm great detail that erm environmental considerations have justified a reduction in the rate of development in other districts , erm in the county , I would point out that a relatively modest reduction erm in the inward migration to Ryedale , Selby , and York , could mop up the residual requirement , if one looks at erm the reasons for the greenbelt it is perhaps surprising that given the importance attached to maintaining its historic form and character that this is not an issue erm that 's been considered . |
| 16 | It should be noted that positive discrimination would also be unlawful under the Act , since it inevitably results in one racial or ethnic group being treated less favourably than another on the grounds of their race , and so on . |
| 17 | The regulation treats parent companies as those having control over another company , such as where a company owns more than half of the share capital , or has the power to appoint more than half of the members of the board . |
| 18 | The Governor suspected that John 's banking affairs would be in a similar mess and a check showed that under his Chairmanship and by his influence , more than half of the assets of the Bank of New South Wales had been loaned to a small group of businessmen . |
| 19 | British equities account for more than half of the assets of British funds ; foreign equities are a further 20% . |
| 20 | Holders of less than £500 formed around 21 per cent of the total number of accounts in both Bank and East India stock , 38 per cent of holders of the 4 per cent stock and more than half of the holders of South Sea stock , but in all four cases this group held less than 10 per cent of the total stock . |
| 21 | A fifth reason for distinguishing between public and private law arises out of the fact that , although some of the functions of government are peculiarly governmental , not all are : governments make ( and sometimes break ) contracts just as private individuals do ; governments own property in the same way as private citizens ; governments also sometimes commit torts . |
| 22 | Although adequate for the needs of single-celled animals ( and such others as Hydra , where the body is only two cells thick ) , diffusion is too slow a process for most multi-cellular animals . |
| 23 | Early on and independently , although contemporaneous with the beginnings of the Pop movement , Kienholz began making use of junk material in the late 1950s . |
| 24 | It 's about designing a chassis that 's more than equal to the demands of high-performance driving . |
| 25 | … establish a more intimate relationship with the pupils in respect of work produced than many of the teachers of academic subjects simply because of the very personal nature of the work . |
| 26 | This project monitors relations between the host community and Irish immigrants and their descendants from 1918 to the present and examines why community divisions failed to reach critical proportions , although many of the ingredients of the Northern Ireland conflict were present on Clydeside . |
| 27 | But although many of the expectations of the gentry could indeed be met locally , others could not , and men were alert to the advantage of a reliable line of communication with the king . |
| 28 | But although many of the expectations of the gentry could indeed be met locally , others could not , and men were alert to the advantage of a reliable line of communication with the king . |
| 29 | The membership of a licensing board is to consist of not less than one-quarter of the members of the area island or district council with a minimum membership of five ( subs . |
| 30 | ‘ The north western provinces ’ , observed Richard Ford , ‘ are more rainy than Devonshire , while the centre plains are more calcined than those of the deserts of Arabia , and the littoral south or eastern coasts altogether Algerian ’ . |