Example sentences of "of [noun] [conj] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The declaration , with its renewed emphasis on the importance of unity and on the obstacles to it , reads like the triumph of hope over experience : ‘ We urge our clergy and faithful not to neglect or undervalue that certain yet imperfect communion we already share . |
| 2 | The monarch thus became formally dependent on Parliament for consent to the raising of taxes and for the passage of legislation . |
| 3 | Baker said that the United States would not recognize Slovenia or Croatia as international subjects , but spoke in favourable terms of the idea of Yugoslavia becoming a loose alliance of states as in the Izetbegovic-Gligorov compromise proposal [ see above ] , and warned , at the end of his visit , of the tragic consequences of Yugoslav instability . |
| 4 | Could it be that the stripes are intended not for the eyes of lions but for the eyes of other zebras ? |
| 5 | The identification of areas in which there is bipartisan agreement on the desirability of change or of the maintenance of existing services will be of particular interest . |
| 6 | ‘ Please have another glass of champagne and in the meantime I will bring my order book from the office . ’ |
| 7 | Within these arguments disputes occur about the significance of expertise and about the scope for effective limitation of discretionary power . |
| 8 | The Chairman then brought the Meeting to a close with thanks to all who had attended and an expression of hope that with the support of an enthusiastic and growing membership the Society would continue to prosper during the coming year . |
| 9 | What is clearly needed now is for rigorous western-style clinical trials to explore the efficacy and safety of formulations of herbs and for the pharmacology of these herbs to be investigated . |
| 10 | Talk that night was less of the glory of Gower than of the intricacies of the Aqib Affair . |
| 11 | The electorate , for its part , no longer votes on the basis of the calibre of the candidates , but rather votes for a programme of policies and for the party which they wish to see form a government over the next 5 years . |
| 12 | All aspects of the influence of photography throughout society will be examined , commerce and industry as much as artistic use of photography and of the divide in photography , be it real or not between the many genres of photography . |
| 13 | InterCity would like to see relaying take place on revised , high-speed alignments , south of Rugby and through the Trent Valley south of Crewe , co-ordinated with new signalling and power lines . |
| 14 | In addition , registration operates to protect the security holder by providing him with a certain degree of protection as to the validity and priority of his charge once it is registered ; this in turn benefits the company by enabling it to give the chargee the guarantee of such protection . |
| 15 | The harbour porpoise is already designated as endangered under Canadian law , but such designation does not incur the same level of protection as in the US , despite repeated warnings about the level of porpoise deaths . |
| 16 | In order to equal the shares of the children , any sum paid by the intestate to a child by way of advancement or on the marriage of the child must be brought into account . |
| 17 | Under an agreement reached on March 2 , 1990 , between the CPD and the conservative Independent Democratic Union ( Unión Democrática Independiente — UDI ) , representatives of pro-Aylwin parties would occupy the posts of president of the Chamber of Deputies and of the Senate . |
| 18 | Society seeks to rectify the effects of this divergence of private and social interests by imposing limits or prohibitions on certain kinds of emissions or on the use of polluting processes ; other techniques , such as taxing the production of harmful wastes , are also available to force companies to ‘ internalise ’ the full costs of its activities . |
| 19 | To me , the adult world was not a place where the individual could act freely and achieve growth , both in the acceptance of responsibility and in the likelihood of success . |
| 20 | According to the Brazilian government 's own figures , two-thirds of the population now suffers from some degree of malnutrition and in the north-east nutritionists are talking about an epidemic of dwarfism . |
| 21 | The whole process of rationalising the RNR will be progressed in conjunction with the Ministry of Defence and with the RNR itself and it will make proposals . |
| 22 | However , the key Ministries of Defence and of the Interior went to NPKA members . |
| 23 | Shares in Thorn-EMI Plc jumped 10 pence to 882 pence at the opening yesterday on reports that GEC Plc is close to agreeing to buy Thorn 's defence interests for about £140m ; Thorn has been trying to sell the unit for two or three years now , but the Sunday Telegraph reports that any deal will require the approval of the Ministry of Defence and of the Office of Fair Trading . |
| 24 | The monument is fortuitously under the windows of the Ministry of Defence and under the gaze of Lord Trenchard whose statue was placed in Whitehall Gardens in 1956 . |
| 25 | Work by the staffs in the four ministries of defence and by the NATO agency N A F M A to re-orientate the project in line with the minister 's directions is now at an advance stage . |
| 26 | Wales was integrated with England in 1536 by act of Parliament ( the Laws in Wales Act ) , and Scotland and England were incorporated in 1707 by the Treaty of Union and by the Act of Union with Scotland . |
| 27 | Not all cases of Crohn 's disease were identified in the colectomy specimen ; nevertheless we now rarely perform pouch construction at the time of colectomy because of the possibility of unrecognised Crohn 's disease . |
| 28 | Indeed such is the number and effect of these abrogations of privilege that in the view of the editors of the latest edition of Cross on Evidence , 7th ed. ( 1990 ) , p. 427 , this should give pause for thought on the part of anyone who regards the privilege as a fundamental principle of English law . |
| 29 | The third form of patronage is again distinct , in that it is concerned less with the direct retaining and commissioning of artists than with the provision of some kind of social protection or recognition . |
| 30 | It is all part of gathering more power , whatever may be said by the Government about his intentions int into the hands of Whitehall and into the hands of ministers who at the moment will be Conservative , but very shortly I think are likely to be Labour . |