Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [prep] [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By having a very limited range of values in each compartment you can quickly locate the components you require , with minimal wear on the components . |
| 2 | Due to the scale of operations in large companies it is often possible for staff to specialise in a way that is impractical in smaller companies . |
| 3 | A lot of titles for this year you may think , but I 've only scratched the surface . |
| 4 | Although I might have layered a lot of notes on one part it 's still basically , say , a D minor chord or whatever . |
| 5 | Even though companies ' actions are the result of a substantial contribution of views from many people it is surprising how often one can predict the competitive gambits from knowledge of the characteristics and prejudices of the leader . |
| 6 | Irrespective of the number of hours of formal teaching he is called upon to do . |
| 7 | Written by the University Distinguished Professor of History at Michigan State University author of a number of books on East-West relations it is delivered in a grindingly dull style : ‘ From painting , drawing , engraving , and imagery on china-ware , Americans were left with no doubt that the Chinese were culturally as well as physically different from Europeans . ’ |
| 8 | After making his plans for the safekeeping of funds in several banks he started off on his travels once again . |
| 9 | Now , there are a lot of aspects of Israelite society I would n't identify with , like stoning delinquents , but that is an aspect I think we could learn from , and I do think that the extended family is something I miss , I yearn for . |
| 10 | Either way , when you see how we establish lists of goals for this person you can learn some simple principles for establishing your own goals . |
| 11 | He rummaged under the counter and produced a colour chart , and , shoving the display-case of cakes to one side he flattened it out so that everyone could see and comment as they saw fit . |
| 12 | While a person engaged in a particular event can rarely see the whole set of circumstances in clear perspective he can record the minutiae of a situation which might well be lost when the position is looked back on at a later date . |
| 13 | Now , as the chairman said we base the salaries of directors on two elements an element of base salary which looks at market levels and we ergo , have a fair base which reflects a sort of medium to upper level of companies of this size we then leverage , very carefully , a bonus scheme related to performance and I believe that is the right thing to do and I believe and so do my fellow directors who sit on that committee believe that it is one of the reasons that we 've seen the great growth in this company over the last five years which you 've achieved and which actually the Chancellor of the Exchequer would very glad about because it is increasing the wealth and the benefit of this country , particularly as a lot of those earnings are coming from overseas and will in , in time be repatriated in Britain . |
| 14 | But she said when officers went into a tent which contained a number of crates with alcoholic drinks they found Jones holding something in his hand . |
| 15 | He bowls a good yorker and unlike a lot of bowlers with real pace he does n't overdo the bouncers . |
| 16 | If anyone alive was not in need of cheek-roses at that moment it was Mr Cottle . |
| 17 | I am sure with continued inspiration and a transmission of ideas from other divisions we will continue to move steadily forward . |
| 18 | After a couple of days of complete rest you can do all the things that you have been meaning to do for ages — jobs around the house ; shopping for clothes ; meeting friends for lunch ; having day trips out to places of interest ; doing the garden ; sunbathing ; fruit-picking at the local pick-your-own farm and filling up your freezer ; writing a book you have always meant to write or painting ; seeing all the shows that you are too tired to see during a working week ; and so on . |
| 19 | After unsuccessful attempts to sell his enormous stock of prints through public auctions he retired to his wife 's house , suitably named ‘ The Retreat ’ . |
| 20 | The most common rates for building up a pension are 1/80th of earnings for each year you have been in the scheme , or l/60th . |
| 21 | In the case of problems with two variables we can approximate the NLP : maximise subject to by taking and writing maximise subject to . |
| 22 | * Get into the habit of routinely asking a list of questions about any text you have to analyse ( see p. 52 ) . |
| 23 | Used to have to eat all sorts of things at different times I used to try and eat apples as opposed to , you know , sort of , something fairly healthy but |
| 24 | I 'd had visions of various Uulaan delights that I hoped she might join me in , above all the free-fall Orgitunnel , among whose heaving tangle of bodies in simulated zerograv I 've had many memorable experience . |
| 25 | In looking at the size of endowments for these houses it is important to recognize the wider benefits that are secured . |
| 26 | Church councils will make their own scale of charges for any extras you choose to have , such as bellringing , music or additional heating . |
| 27 | They were all very good , but perhaps it was because all the Packs excepting the 3rd Shortfields had chosen characters from well-known books or plays or nursery-rhymes that when the 3rd Shortfields appeared in the quaint uniforms of Brownies of earlier days they won the loudest and longest applause of all . |
| 28 | From the number density of craters on these regions it is thus possible to establish the lunar cratering rate over a considerable period of time as shown in Figure 6.9 . |
| 29 | When you talk of anglers of this calibre it is hard to emphasise just how brilliant they were in their prime . |
| 30 | When Lilly finally handed over reports from the June symposium to the Committee on Safety of Medicines on 7 October it also proposed that the data sheets of information to doctors be changed to recommend ‘ half doses to the elderly ’ , according to the DHSS press office , or ‘ reduction of dosage to over 75s ’ according to the health minister . |