Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [vb base] [vb pp] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Studies of the ring have improved estimates of the distance to the supernova . |
| 2 | Since the decision of the County Council in March nineteen eighty one , to promote a Harrogate and Knaresborough southern bypass , the Council have investigated ways of improving the flow of traffic through the two communities . |
| 3 | Heightened tensions within the ERM have triggered devaluations of the lira , pound and peseta against the Deutschmark . |
| 4 | While the urban areas inhabited by the underclass have seen outbreaks of violence , notably the widespread riots in the second half of the 1960s in the US , with the recent echo in Los Angeles last week , the more surprising thing , nonetheless , is their relative tranquillity . |
| 5 | Many kings in the past have kept collections of animals and in the 12th Century A.D. King Henry I founded the first British zoo . |
| 6 | ‘ It appears the Government have lost sight of their stated aims of ensuring accountability of public funds and choice for students . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It appears the Government have lost sight of their stated aims of ensuring accountability of public funds and choice for students . ’ |
| 8 | Over the past five years , however , the Government have taken account of the very point that the hon. Gentleman has just made . |
| 9 | The typewriter , carbon-paper and the camera have made duplicates of important papers readily available . |
| 10 | Many countries around the world have inherited traditions of ‘ public service ’ , ‘ cartels ’ , and the ‘ free market ’ . |
| 11 | Anthropologists in various parts of the world have found groups of men who have gone to remarkable lengths to modify and improve the sexual equipment with which nature endowed them . |
| 12 | The couple have had months of treatment for their terrible injuries . |
| 13 | Their garden is tiny but very pretty and the couple have added splashes of colour by planting lots of tulips and snapdragons . |
| 14 | THE MISSION have announced details of their guests for their outdoor show at London 's Finsbury Park on June 1 . |
| 15 | Er seasonal shortages erm the droughts of recent years particularly in the Southeast have made supplies of good drinking water less than secure . |
| 16 | In addition to issuing accounting standards the ASC have issued Statements of Recommended Practice ( SORPs ) , which are not mandatory , and ‘ franked ’ SORPs which have limited application for specific industry groups . |