Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [vb -s] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For Piaget , the activity of play represents a major advance in the ability of the child to control its own environment and engage in a variety of strategies . |
| 2 | In Fig. 7.1 2/d ) the rate of change of freewheeling current is large and negative when the winding is turned off , but the decay is reversed by the motional voltage and the rate of change reaches a positive maximum . |
| 3 | A long straight nose forms a T with the straight fringe close down on the brows ; a rectangular block of hair frames a triangular face which tapers to a pointed chin . |
| 4 | The data describing the prevalence of smoking illustrates a good example of a cohort effect as older women , those aged 60 and over , have the highest proportions classed as never smoking . |
| 5 | Thus , allocation of function requires a continuous juggling of functional , mechanistic and behavioural approaches . |
| 6 | In the British Forces there are more than ninety Royal Marine , Regimental and Royal Air Force bands , and the investment in music by the Ministry of Defence exceeds the public subsidy of the arts generally in Great Britain . |
| 7 | This latter type of description specifies a typical role which a character plays in a scene , but the term role will be reserved for the role-filler notion discussed already , to avoid confusion . |
| 8 | The ideal of self-government has a special aspect that integrity promotes directly , and noticing this will lead us into our main discussion of legitimacy and political obligation . |
| 9 | Such a confession of faith requires no external verification in the same way as statements of fact . |
| 10 | It is because values can be most effectively defined and expressed in words that the study of literature claims a central place in humane studies . |
| 11 | This type of case requires a long-term treatment plan using multi-disciplinary resources and requires careful monitoring over the course of many months or perhaps years if the child is to stay with the family . |
| 12 | The Overseas Development Administration — under my right hon. Friend the Minister for Overseas Development — has two officers in Brazil who are concerned with our environmental projects and our embassy of course keeps a running brief . |
| 13 | Design of course remains an essential factor contributing to future growth , and is another strength of Wedgwood and its associated companies , all of which are served by a large , highly qualified and experienced team of designers and modellers , with the added contributions of eminent contemporary artists . |
| 14 | Sir Patrick declared : ‘ It of course remains the firm position of both the Government and the RUC that any ill-treatment of persons in custody is wholly unacceptable . ’ |
| 15 | Here there is no legally unlimited legislature , even in the widest interpretation of ‘ legislature ’ ; but the system of course contains an ultimate rule of recognition and , in the clauses of its constitution , a supreme criterion of validity … |
| 16 | The outcome of the reviews have certainly taken into account the needs of the membership which of course means a better organization . |
| 17 | In a narrow sense my main interest is the period in which the Kaiser ruled over Germany , which of course includes the First World War . |
| 18 | As the law stands , he of course has no separate claim , following the abolition of claims for loss of services by s2 of the Administration of Justice Act 1982 . |
| 19 | Th they 're our largest exporter er there 's inter-company sales which would gen can generate quite useful profits since they get sold on both of er Penguin companies er and Longman of course has a high content of erm er of er non-U K sales and Addison Wesley also er I mean Camco was the most international , but it 's erm not er it 's not an exporter in sterling denominated terms . |
| 20 | That of course puts a heavy burden on all of us , constrained as we are by having to work in underfunded , hard-pressed organisations pitted against monstrously powerful vested interests , and struggling often against ignorance and indifference at the same time . |
| 21 | Honey contains some sucrose as well as glucose and fructose ; 1 teaspoon of honey has the same amount of calories as one teaspoon of sucrose . |
| 22 | Analysis of the maintenance and reproduction of collectivism is divided over whether the tradition of collectivism encourages the voluntary conformity of individuals , or whether the sanctions on non-conformity are so great that individuals have no alternative . |
| 23 | And because only a small amount of Gel absorbs a large amount of shock , low profile mid-soles can be used with no loss of cushioning . |
| 24 | This system of teaching advocates the flexible use , singly or in combination according to the need of the child , of a variety of additional methods of communication like reading , writing , mime , gesture and amplification of sound . |
| 25 | For example , as it is very time-consuming to produce a teaching unit , one approach would be only to accept an idea if it could produce a unit that ; ( i ) can be used by a wide range of teachers whose style of teaching varies a great deal ( ii ) can be of use to a wide age-range of pupils ( iii ) can be of use to a wide ability-range of pupils ( iv ) can encourage work on concepts as well as on content ( v ) may be of use in more than one subject discipline ( vi ) is suitable for demonstration mode with a large class ( vii ) is suitable for small groups or individuals to use ( viii ) can be used to produce further teaching materials ( ix ) can be used in teacher-training . |
| 26 | The crisis of visibility concerns the notorious secrecy that surrounds prisons and what goes on inside them . |
| 27 | In insert mode , typing into an existing block of text pushes the old text aside and adds to it . |
| 28 | But how and why this atomistic temporal concept , which Buddhism used for its own purposes , was adapted to the very different objects of Islam remains an open question . |
| 29 | The case of Islam provides an interesting example , because Islam is commonly regarded as the most strictly monotheistic of the Near Eastern religions . |
| 30 | The combination of a 10 per cent rate of interest with a £67.5 million level of income represents a second point on the LM curve , plotted as point D in graph ( d ) . |