Example sentences of "of [noun] [verb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | a layer of mango lay above the guava . ) |
| 2 | It is ridiculous that two-thirds of the cost of a bottle of whisky goes to the Treasury and the taxation rate is double that of imported wines . ’ |
| 3 | On wet ground , play the ball back a bit in your stance to ensure catching the ball first , thus minimising the amount of moisture squeezed between the clubface and the ball at impact . |
| 4 | The trouble was that the salt had permeated the walls and penetrated through to the other side , where beads of moisture coming through the plaster accounted for the detachment of the wallpaper , which by this time was hanging loose in a depressing and derelict manner . |
| 5 | If a lot of moisture collects inside the bag , wipe it off , looking carefully for adult insects as you do so . |
| 6 | This lack of attention is surprising given the widespread use of graphs revealed in the study , sponsored by the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants , of the corporate annual reports of 240 large UK companies that we have recently completed . |
| 7 | Henry of Colden returned from the Crusade to help Philip , and Richard I , Otto 's main supporter , died on 6 April 1199 . |
| 8 | The Elector Counts of Ostland live on the north eastern border of the Empire beyond which lie the wild and dangerous Troll Country and the Northern Wastes . |
| 9 | The touchdown came with only one second left when Michael Haynes jumped among a crowd of defenders to catch for the victory . |
| 10 | The awareness of unity existing in the diversity of objects ( intuition or ‘ para para ’ ) — the middle level . |
| 11 | Next , in the leading case of Air Canada v. British Columbia , 59 D.L.R. ( 4th ) 161 , the question arose whether money in the form of taxes paid under a statute held to be ultra vires was recoverable . |
| 12 | The day was hot and humid , the field of play rippled with a heat haze as the draw was made to split the six teams into two leagues . |
| 13 | Yes , there were 300 or so other overs bowled on the four days of play permitted by the weather , with nine innings passing 50 , and even the extras in England 's innings passing the half-century . |
| 14 | In fact , the process of assessment requires of the practitioner the ability to apply a range of knowledge and theory , to formulate information in the light of knowledge and theory , to summarize , prioritize , analyse , make predictions , and to exercise the professional judgements necessary to balance competing imperatives and to assess risk . |
| 15 | It also includes people who were resident in the United Kingdom on or after 10 December 1974 and in not less than 17 of the 20 years of assessment ending with the year of assessment in which the relevant time falls ( see IHTA 1984 , s267 ) . |
| 16 | What planning should he undertake with respect to inheritance tax — bearing in mind that under the deemed domicile provisions in IHTA 1984 , s267(1) the taxpayer is deemed to be domiciled in the United Kingdom if he was so domiciled three years immediately preceding his death or he was resident in the United Kingdom in not less than 17 of the 20 years of assessment ending with the year of assessment in which the death occurs ? |
| 17 | Andrew Burt explains that another common reason is that the instruments of assessment specified in the module descriptor are not being used or have been varied . |
| 18 | The chapter begins with a brief description of the modes of assessment used in the testing programme . |
| 19 | These considerations led to the decisions about the modes of assessment used in the project which are described in Chapter 4 ( pp.41–102 ) together with the results of the testing . |
| 20 | No doubt Henry VIII 's desire for military glory in Europe played a part ; the payment of rewards recorded in the Household Books cease with his accession . |
| 21 | He increased significantly the number of Russians travelling to the West and the number of skilled foreigners settling in Russia . |
| 22 | The treaty would be submitted to a meeting of states participating in the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe ( CSCE ) in Paris in November 1990 . |
| 23 | Liberalisation of ownership is seldom a matter of states retreating to a policy of indifference . |
| 24 | The 1850 statement of progress speaks of a curriculum designed to ‘ prepare pupils for any position in life which they may be called upon to occupy [ and which ] can be afforded at the moderate fee of two guineas a quarter ’ . |
| 25 | The Czechoslovak Finance Minister , Vaclav Klaus , expressed impatience at the pace of progress envisaged by the communiqué , declaring that Czechoslovakia did " not want to wait for committees " and wished to " start the overhaul tomorrow " . |
| 26 | It preserves a relative autonomy for cultural and ideological elements ( musical structures and song lyrics , for example ) but also insists that those combinatory patterns that are actually constructed do mediate deep , objective patterns in the socio-economic formation , and that the mediation takes place in struggle : the classes fight to articulate together constituents of the cultural repertoire in particular ways so that they are organized in terms of principles or sets of values determined by the position and interests of the class in the prevailing mode of production . |
| 27 | The internalisation of values based on a commonality of experience and reinforced by collective committee decision making is certainly , in principle , capable of producing formidable business success . |
| 28 | Unprovoked by media hysteria , the last two years have seen the issue of values emerge in the staffroom . |
| 29 | The reason for this equality of values arises from the fact that a financial claim is at one and the same time an asset to one economic unit and a liability to another . |
| 30 | Great quantities of effluent pouring into the river added to the stench of local skin and tannery works to produce appalling smells and what one official report referred to as ‘ gross pollution ’ . |