Example sentences of "the [verb] [adv prt] of [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | the first level was concerned with the stamping out of political regionalism and other local attitudes that limited central authority . |
| 2 | Glen Lyons , consultant trichologist at the Philip Kingsley Clinic , says : ‘ In the last five years I 've noticed a dramatic increase in the number of women suffering from hair and scalp conditions , particularly the speeding up of genetic hair loss . |
| 3 | For example , with the creation of hospital trusts , with the opting out of schools , with the contracting out of local government services . |
| 4 | In part , these demand changes reflect broader issues regarding the contracting out of local authority services . |
| 5 | The paper included plans to privatize British Rail and London buses , to increase competition for the Post Office , to expedite the contracting out of local authority services to the private sector , and to shorten waiting times for hospital admissions . |
| 6 | This takes two forms : the contracting out of clinical work to private hospitals and competitive tendering for the provision of non-medical services such as cleaning , catering and laundry services . |
| 7 | Although the using up of old stock may be one reason for this practice , watchcase-makers were probably also reluctant to use Britannia silver because it is a softer alloy than sterling . |
| 8 | In the last few years these problems have also been intensified by the housing changes described in chapter 7 , namely the accelerated contraction of the private-rented sector , the winding up of New Town Development Corporations and other official overspill schemes , the cutback in Treasury funds for new public-sector house-building in general , and the sale of council houses to tenants with ‘ Right To Buy ’ discounts ( Brittan , 1986 ) . |
| 9 | Ozone is itself a form of greenhouse gas — helping to retain the sun 's reflected heat in the atmosphere - , and its destruction may be allowing more heat to escape than was hitherto thought , compensating for the increased heat retention caused by the build up of atmospheric carbon dioxide and other " greenhouse gases " . |
| 10 | The build up of cytosolic calcium inhibits further release through its inhibitory effect on the release channel and the cytosolic calcium is removed by being pumped back into the stores or out of the cell ( Fig. 4 d ) . |
| 11 | Of course , there is nothing to guarantee that the authorities will stick by the same decision rules : they could become so agitated by public concern over the build up of inflationary pressure that they could jettison their employment objective and opt for contractionary demand management policies . |
| 12 | The speed at which these pulses returned told environmental experts at the town hall about the build up of dangerous exhaust fumes on High Row . |
| 13 | ‘ Generating electricity causes serious environmental damage by contributing to acid rain , to the build up of radioactive waste and to the threat of global climate change . |
| 14 | Leaving gaps in the base of the wall near ground level will prevent the build up of excessive water in the soil behind . |
| 15 | The account in Table 2.3 of the build up of independent study across the Course would be an example of a course-wide policy which is permissive progressively permeating the Course as a whole . |
| 16 | The cleaning kit will also remove the build up of magnetic oxide which collects on the head . |
| 17 | A similarly timid attitude had to be taken with regard to strikes by ASLEF , the train-drivers ' union , and the bailing out of British Rail . |
| 18 | It is the pouring in of new wine , but the bottles must also be new or they will burst , and this is exactly what Mr. Alexander 's treatment does . |
| 19 | Studies on the impacts of the reform of corporation tax and the phasing out of accelerated depreciation allowance on UK investment have been undertaken by Sumner ( 1988 ) and Devereux ( 1989 ) . |
| 20 | Although nobody really argues about what needs to be achieved , there are disagreements about how the phasing out of mental handicap hospitals should proceed . |
| 21 | In September 1988 the situation worsened with the phasing out of free school meals for 500,000 children whose parents were in receipt of family credit . |
| 22 | ‘ The updated video will have new sections on the terminal 's safe system of work , the COSHH ( Control of Substances Hazardous to Health ) regulations and on the use of fire extinguishers , following the phasing out of portable Halon extinguishers on site . |
| 23 | Thirdly , it is the intention of AIB Bank Management to introduce a reduction in Staff Costs by the elimination of special payments , by the reduction of London and Large Town Allowances , by the reduction of the standard of flights home and the phasing out of Overseas Allowance . |
| 24 | The change was widely reported as bringing into question the government 's commitment to the phasing out of nuclear energy by 2010 , as approved in a 1980 referendum [ see pp. 30335 ; 30994 ; 34831 ] . |
| 25 | Given these disturbing facts , the phasing out of nuclear power and phasing in of renewable technologies makes sense . |
| 26 | The Liberal Democrat manifesto promised : ( i ) support for the European Community 's planned energy tax , the revenue from which would be used to fund environmental and other measures ; ( ii ) a 30 per cent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2005 ; ( iii ) the creation of a Department of Natural Resources and an independent Environmental Protection Agency ; ( iv ) grants for recycling schemes , home insulation and similar measures ; ( v ) the introduction of pollution licences for factories , with upper limits on the amount of pollutants they could produce ; and ( vi ) the phasing out of nuclear power stations . |
| 27 | The main variations are caused by the phasing in of major re-equipment programmes : Polaris in the latter half of the 1960s ; RAF re-equipment in the early 1970s ; Army re-equipment in the mid-1970s ; the Tornado programme in the mid-1980s , and the start of the Trident programme in the late 1980s . |
| 28 | As part of the settlement to last year 's National dispute , the phasing in of Extended Opening Hours was agreed as follows : — 10.00am–4.00p.m. with effect from 1st May 1992 ; 10.00a.m. –4.00p.m. from 1st January , 1993 . |
| 29 | We know , therefore , that the frequency of landslides is quite enough to account for a major part of the wearing down of new mountain chains . |
| 30 | If he remained at liberty , he could authorise the calling in of outside help — hence , as insurance , the coup leader 's attempt to destroy the President s reputation by connecting him to the cocaine trade . |