Example sentences of "of [noun] [vb -s] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | If a lot of moisture collects inside the bag , wipe it off , looking carefully for adult insects as you do so . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ’ . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It was never suggested in Meikle that any one of the prosecutions was brought as a consequences of mala fides by the prosecutor . |
| 7 | This lack of change contrasts with the situation of employed workers . |
| 8 | If you look through all the short stories you know , I think you 'll find that the element of change lies at the bottom of each , like an insistent ground bass . |
| 9 | A ‘ FLYING squad ’ of experts takes to the road this month and early May to help East Anglian farmers tackle probably their most important office job for years . |
| 10 | But , as she herself points out , the particular activities for which the Shropshire group were prosecuted exist on a continuum with a large number of more common acts , many of which must have been criminalised by the Rant decision ; if the breaking of skin suffices for a conviction of assault , even moderately rough sex becomes problematic . |
| 11 | The systematic blurring of the lines between information , entertainment , and promotion of products lies at the heart of this practice . |
| 12 | The prevalence of smoking varies within the population in terms of factors such as age , gender , social class and ethnicity . |
| 13 | The equanimity of your average tosser of coins depends upon the law , or rather a tendency , or let us say a probability , or at any rate a mathematically calculable chance , which ensures that he will not upset himself by losing too much nor upset his opponent by winning too often . |
| 14 | However , the hidden beauty of Mauritius lies beneath the water 's surface , concealing a world of vivid colour — coral gardens with exotic marine life and over fifty submerged shipwrecks beckon scuba diving enthusiasts , and deep sea fishing is among the best in the world . |
| 15 | A path through a mile of woodland leads to the waterfall . |
| 16 | Since car ownership diminishes with age and since many older women can not drive , a clear form of discrimination emerges in the sense that such people suffer restricted opportunities to travel and are less able to enjoy the benefit of greater choice and lower prices . |
| 17 | Discrimination against women is still , of course , to be found in law , and it is codified in other institutional practices determining sex-differentiated rights and opportunities ; but a more fundamental source of discrimination lies in the realm of social attitudes and beliefs . |
| 18 | The residual degree of freedom amounts to the choice of orientation of the x and y axes on the plane . |
| 19 | The pleasure of noise lies in the fact that the obliteration of meaning and identity is ecstasy ( literally , being out-of-oneself ) . |
| 20 | to which one might add this additional gloss , erm recently there have been under a statutory instrument which regulates er , the ca computation of court of protection costs in the event of the structure in a way differently from the traditional one and the defendants would wish to argue |
| 21 | But a sense of apathy arises from the feeling that life is pointless and futile . |
| 22 | Jean Piaget , in arguing that cognitive mechanisms constitute the actual organs of regulation during exchanges with the environment , emphasizes that the development of complexity arises through the assimilation of new functions on to older structures . |
| 23 | Moreover a further level of complexity arises from the fact that both ATF1 ( 29 , 30 ) and CREM ( 28 , 31 ) exist in multiple forms . |
| 24 | Carbon dioxide accounts for half of the greenhouse gases and , in global terms , 75 per cent of emissions comes from the burning of fossil fuels for energy . |
| 25 | The order of feeding depends on the stoutness of bill . |
| 26 | Respect for the dignity and freedom of the child consists in the recognition that the burden of responsibility shifts from the adult to the child as she herself demands it . |
| 27 | The extent of inequality depends on the variation in N and , magnified by the serial correlation induced by al in the former case , but moderated by the term . |
| 28 | The realm of Kislev lies to the east of the Empire . |
| 29 | This has resulted : from a succession of negotiating rounds within the framework of GATT to reduce tariff levels on a wide range of imports ( with important exceptions ) ; from the policies the IMF and , more recently , the World Bank and other aid agencies have imposed on poor countries to liberalize imports ; and from the policies several countries have pursued ( especially under World Bank tutelage ) to expand their export sectors . |
| 30 | But the principal of Somerville stands by the college decision . |