Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun] [conj] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now he was talking in the context of er of of a , er but it is something that I think the government does need to look at because given the nature of multi-national companies or even the nature of public companies and private companies in this country where there is a public interest , not just in efficiency but also in probity . |
| 2 | The results show an initial period of maintained growth and then an oscillatory decline , presumably due to water stress . |
| 3 | Computer aided data analysis of labelled mucosa allows static proliferative indices to be estimated , including the crypt labelling index ( LI ) , the peak labelling position , the distribution of labelled cells and indirectly the crypt growth fraction . |
| 4 | You have already noticed in your SAS practice of up-to-time sentences that sometimes the mouth seems to open more noticeably than at others . |
| 5 | It offered opportunities for the reception and use of the precepts of economic liberalism and thus a break from intellectually old-fashioned mercantilist conceptions of public policy . |
| 6 | Inside the palace the Empress Taitu , Menelik 's wife , once a woman of outstanding beauty but now an obese hulk , schemed and intrigued to retain power . |
| 7 | He was running what was mostly a sixties disco with a sprinkling of classic rock and only a few recent standards . |
| 8 | Politicians and party activists not only face the normal cut and thrust of political life but also a deadly threat to their lives . |
| 9 | There is an unavoidable personal involvement in the consequences of political decisions and therefore the details of policy execution are , or ought to be , ‘ political matters ’ . |
| 10 | It is nevertheless chaotic , as is seen when one considers the duration of each interval or equivalently the number of oscillations within it . |
| 11 | ( c ) SPACING AND INDENTING — can highlight both the separability of specific points/passages and also the relative importance of these to one another . |
| 12 | But it comprised , rather , a history of the West in which fascism was itself merely a symptom , and included not only the history of European imperialism but also the defeats of the European colonial powers by Japan in World War II , the subsequent French ( and American ) defeat in South-East Asia , the war in Algeria , as well as the many other colonial wars of national liberation . |
| 13 | So far I have left open the question of whether Maastricht is likely to prove to have been the high-water mark of European Federalism or merely a bench-mark against which to test future movement towards a Federalist state . |
| 14 | ‘ How about a bit of jugged hare or perhaps a nice plump breast of chicken , ’ she said , knowing full well that such delicacies were beyond the reach of the poor worker . |
| 15 | In this treatment the vessel would have been wrapped in a zinc foil , placed in a solution of weak acid and then an electric current applied . |
| 16 | Tears were a kind of emotional richness that only a man who was really warm and human could afford . |
| 17 | ‘ I know some people are saying we will hit somebody for five or six goals sooner or later , but I 'd rather we had a nice , successful run of 1-0 wins than just a one-off . ’ |
| 18 | I was writing a lot of tunes around my studies of that culture and then the Gulf War broke out and so there was more stuff to influence me . ’ |
| 19 | Er and I think we would all er acknowledge er the the precise difficulties of that wording and perhaps a , an amendment may need to be considered on the second line following the list of districts . |
| 20 | There was never any prospect of that happening and now the commitment has been downgraded to one whereby work will have started on all the sites by that date . |
| 21 | The Bank is in any event concerned that disclosure of the particulars of any of this information would compromise not only the proper conduct of that investigation but also the effectiveness of the Bank 's supervision . |
| 22 | Social conventions would clearly be of little use if only a small proportion of members was aware of them , and the same holds for the interpretative rules which guide the manner in which meanings are attached to objects and situations . |
| 23 | Individual scientists or groups of scientists are invited to develop the protective belt in any way they choose , provided their moves offer the opportunity of fresh tests and hence the possibility of new discoveries . |
| 24 | MAUREEN ( trying the B set which emits a series of siren-like whoops and then a muffled jazz band ) : It does n't seem particularly easy to get ANY station on the B. |
| 25 | It entailed the rejection of historical generations and hence the ‘ de-centring ’ of national and individual identities . |
| 26 | Thus the coastline receives not only the products of marine erosion but also the waste derived from subaerial erosion . |
| 27 | There was n't really any trace of another vehicle and neither the cops nor the Fire Officer had mentioned anything . |
| 28 | Mathilde and Jacob embraced in the manner of old friends and then the older woman held Katherine at arm 's length and scrutinized her . |
| 29 | Their hats were of different colours but almost the same shape . |
| 30 | A knowledge of bond enthalpies can help us to understand the structure of covalent compounds and also the mechanisms ( see chapter 9 ) of their chemical reactions . |