Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The range of values taken on by the variable is divided into a number of classes before the map is drawn . |
| 2 | Mazmanian ( 1976 ) , in his evaluation of projects carried out by the Corps of Engineers , and Gilbert and Specht ( 1977 ) , in their classic evaluation of the Model City programme between the years 1967 — 71 , appear to reach a similar conclusion : participation helps process but not goal attainment . |
| 3 | Lorryloads of blooms rolled up to the Bel Air mansion where Liz , 60 , lay in bed , surrounded by her doctors . |
| 4 | Goodenough 's group confirmed that the emotional content of dreams could be affected by pre-sleep stimulation ( in this case , a film entitled subcision — explicitly showing a series of operations carried out on the penis as part of a tribal aboriginal initiation rite ) . |
| 5 | Another guest speaker , Dr Nawal El Saadawi , the Egyptian novelist , doctor and relentless critic of Arab human rights abuses , attacked the hypocrisy of policies carried out around the world in the name of human rights , democracy and justice . |
| 6 | This is partly due to the greater sophistication of the instruments , but it is also due to the variety of contracts brought about by the range of exercise prices , which adds an extra dimension to contract specification . |
| 7 | Joe always made sure there were a couple of swings rigged up to the spreaded branches for the children to enjoy . |
| 8 | Projects are often unsustainable , as the MOH has to finance the recurrent costs of activities set up by the project after the donor leaves . |
| 9 | Sometimes the pastor found himself speaking to an empty church ; sometimes to a church filled with schoolchildren ; sometimes to a congregation supplemented by the relatives of islanders brought over from the mainland , and other tourists . |
| 10 | Describe in detail the sequence of steps carried out by the store , data manipulation unit , and control unit of the Von Neumann computer when executing the sequence of instructions given in Figure 1.6 . |
| 11 | There is an 82-member National Assembly elected by universal adult suffrage for a three-year term from a list of candidates drawn up by the party , based on local branch committee nominations . |
| 12 | There is an 82-member National Assembly elected by universal adult suffrage for a three-year term from a list of candidates drawn up by the party , based on local branch committee nominations . |
| 13 | The current crop of presenters lined up on the steps of the same church outside Broadcasting House where the original team — Terry Wogan , Bob Holness , Jimmy Young and all — had posed exactly a quarter of a century before . |
| 14 | The Dorset , Devon and Cornwall holiday areas benefited from the good summer weather and from the upgrading of pubs carried out over the last few years . |
| 15 | The upshot of this was that a number of companies pulled out of the timber-frame house-building market and the proportion of houses built by this method had dropped from 24 to 17 per cent by the beginning of 1984 , and is even less now . |
| 16 | Again from Criminal Statistics ( 1988 ) we see that there has been an increase in the number of offences cleared up by the police , between 1979 and 1988 of 27.3 per cent ( from 980,700 to 1,248,900 ) . |
| 17 | Many women are unable to qualify for a full pension because of periods spent out of the labour force or in part-time work while caring for children or disabled relatives . |
| 18 | I , personally , have the number of days pasted up on the inside of my locker . |
| 19 | DRIVER Jerry Ward has first-hand experience of changes brought about by the Single Market during his regular trips from the UK to France . |
| 20 | On the basis of studies carried out in the UK , Europe and the US , the report concludes that car drivers are regularly exposed to levels of pollution up to 18 times higher than cyclists . |
| 21 | Flogging was reintroduced in India at this time by the Whipping Act of 1864 , and even the bare statistical details of the numbers of floggings carried out by the British are enough to make the blood run cold . |
| 22 | Widely publicized claims that quicklime can destroy the highly toxic pollutants , polychlorinated biphenyls ( PCBs ) are false , according to the results of experiments carried out by the US Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) . |
| 23 | ‘ I was thinking that whenever I 've been into a student 's flat there was a different atmosphere … a lot of things pinned up on the walls , for instance posters mostly … ’ |
| 24 | We then voted on a lengthy Liberal resolution er , it was amended by Labour we voted on all of the separate points in the resolution , all were agreed and then Professor decided that he wanted to move a further amendment which after some consultation , some discussion with the legal people about it 's validity , he did which wiped out all of the things that we 'd just agreed and we turned to the original Conservative motion minus the beginning phrase and with a couple of things stuck on at the end and we thought well that 's it the Conservatives will vote for that , but no although it was their own motion in all but name , the Conservatives would n't vote for that unless Mr was allowed to move it . |
| 25 | Namaliu claimed that the landing was in response to requests from local chiefs and village leaders , who feared for their safety following a spate of executions carried out by the BRA . |
| 26 | It 's a fascinating project , because you 've also got all sorts of memorabilia lined up in the library . |
| 27 | A study by an independent team of scientists carried out at the government 's request , has concluded that vast areas of natural habitats have been degraded , while the construction of 3,000 km of cattle fences has interfered with essential wildlife migration routes between protected areas such as the Kalahari , Okavango swamplands and northern grasslands . |
| 28 | These stamina exercises are supplemented by a programme of exercises set up by the instructor in the dojang . |
| 29 | But they were among dozens of motorists caught up in the smash on the southbound carriageway of the A1 near Doncaster on Saturday . |
| 30 | One pair of curtains drawn back to the two outer corners of the bay will look attractive , but they will cut down the light from the side windows . |