Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [vb base] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A very high proportion of prisoners come from a background of grossly limited educational and economic opportunity . |
| 2 | I mean , a lot of guitarists get into a rut and I think it comes from the fact that their pool of influences is really limited and shallow . |
| 3 | Across the stream , tumbling fast on its way to Glyme and Evenlode , one sees a wide sedgy hollow planted with willow saplings , from which flocks of goldfinches rise with a flash of wings on sunny mornings . |
| 4 | The following , for instance , is just one among thousands : ‘ cooperate most of the time , but on a random 10 per cent of rounds throw in a defect ’ . |
| 5 | Why , for instance , did the Oval board of directors emerge from a meeting last month to declare that Jackson 's job was safe and that he would be in charge next season ? |
| 6 | The genes of viruses code for a protein coat , which helps them to survive the death of one cell and to infect another . |
| 7 | Hence , when a number of observers look at a picture , a piece of apparatus , a microscope slide , or whatever , there is a sense in which they are all confronted by , look at , and so , in a sense , ‘ see ’ the same thing . |
| 8 | What sort of things go into a reward menu ? |
| 9 | The rationale of the accounting reform is to use accrual accounting to provide a more complete picture of the management of public resources , particularly where the financial implications of actions extend beyond a year . |
| 10 | Other areas of difference included the degree of damages open to a victim of discrimination and the extent to which court-ordered affirmative action plans were open to further legal challenge . |
| 11 | For most chemical reactions the rate of reaction is much slower than the collision frequency so you must assume only a small fraction of collisions result in a reaction . |
| 12 | Health statistics show , for example , that in the 5-11 age range , more than a quarter of children suffer from a cough in any one month . |
| 13 | Chains of polyps dangle from a float filled with gas . |
| 14 | Between 1945 and 1970 there were five : in 1948–9 into questions of possible bribery of ministers , chaired by Mr Justice Lynskey ; in 1957–8 into leakage of bank rate , chaired by Lord Justice Parker ; in 1959 into allegations of police assault on a boy , chaired by Lord Sorn ; in 1962–3 into a case of spying in which a minister 's moral behaviour might have been involved , chaired by Lord Radcliffe ; and in 1966–7 into the responsibility for the Aberfan disaster , chaired by Lord Justice Edmund Davies . |
| 15 | By the time this issue of the magazine is published the exhibition of prints , Impressive Women , at the London Print Workshop , will have finished and the supportive programme of talks come to a close . |
| 16 | It 's the thought that counts … and when it comes to aid for the beleaguered people of Dubrovnik plenty of thoughts count for a lot . |
| 17 | Further , there is an obligation upon landlords , of premises let for a term of less than seven years , to maintain in a state of repair the basic structure and services of the property : |
| 18 | The excited crowds thronging their decks , and pressing over each other 's shoulders to see the glorious city slide by , always remind me of pilgrims come to a shrine , or perhaps merchants bringing to this incomparable market-place furs , spices and slaves from the east . |
| 19 | She sees a danger if the rising numbers of sufferers lead to a majority of residents having dementia . |