Example sentences of "of the [noun] [noun sg] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it 's been adapted , it 's been worn by an ordinary person doing everyday things , and I think that 's , it 's something that 's , it 's very important to remember when you 're studying Victorian fashion and Victorian costume , that actually a lot of the documentary evidence gives a very biased picture and that to find clothes like this , I think you get a much more realistic picture of what people actually wore . |
| 2 | Total biopsy specimens protein content was estimated at the end of the incubation period using a Lowry method 1 2 after ultrasonication ( 4×15 second bursts with an MSE ( MSE Instuments , Crawley , UK ) ultrasonicator at maximum power setting ) . |
| 3 | The contents of the witches brew has a touch of Dada . |
| 4 | Deputy hooker Ian Jeffery drafted in at blindside flanker typified the courageous tackling of the home team to avert a glut of scores by the visitors the County pack plying back enough possession to win a dozen games . |
| 5 | Nobody on this side of the Council Chamber wants a junket . |
| 6 | This deposited material is mainly removed by the waves so that at night , when the algae emit carbon dioxide , the ensuing greater acidity of the sea water causes a chemical attack on the rock itself and not merely the redissolving of the finely divided material precipitated during the day . |
| 7 | The campaigns of the purity movement marked a distinctive moment in the history of medico-moral politics . |
| 8 | You may have noticed that this latest issue of The CompuAdd Catalogue has a new look . |
| 9 | Handy 's ( 1984 ) analysis of the education system identifies a tripartite culture : in primary schools children are ‘ workers ’ , in secondary schools they are ‘ products ’ and in post-compulsory institutions ‘ clients ’ . |
| 10 | In the honey bee those of the prothorax fuse to form a supraneural bridge , and the combined mesa and metathoracic endosternites together form a second bridge of a similar character . |
| 11 | The substantial remains of the cavalry fort include a bath house showing the sophisticated workings of the underfloor heating system . |
| 12 | Information that is received in the course of the decision-making process has a far greater chance of being used than information that is stored within the organization . |
| 13 | The following weekend , the French referendum on Sept. 20 on ratification of the Maastricht Treaty produced a majority in favour , but so narrow that it failed to dispel growing doubts about the integration process . |
| 14 | The carriage of goods for hire or reward occurs when the owner or user of the goods vehicle obtains a tangible benefit in money or money 's worth . |
| 15 | Place a simple push-fit polycarbonate stop and cap over the end of the capping bar to give a neat finish |
| 16 | Moreover , the need to praetorianize part of the army under the command of the head of the Sirte garrison suggests a divergence of interests between the higher military leadership and the Revolutionary Command Council . |
| 17 | The notion of the sex fiend presents a particular stereotype of sex crime which hinders the full understanding of the nature and range of sex offences . |
| 18 | The user has to drill two holes in the sides of the centre recess to fit a particular machine . |
| 19 | A in slot can be cut around the edge of the piston head to accommodate a gasket . |
| 20 | A Soviet team acting under the terms of the INF treaty undertook a final inspection of the UK Royal Air Force base at Greenham Common in Berkshire on May 28 following the removal of the last cruise missiles in March [ see p. 38122 ] . |
| 21 | ca can I just say that the introduction of the Choices booklet need a real bit of it was a bit |
| 22 | Rucanor 's top of the range Emperor features a new shock absorbing stabilizer system in the heel |
| 23 | First , though the levy was at a rate ( initially 40 per cent ) thought to be adequate to leave enough of the development value to provide a reasonable incentive , some owners of land might still be unwilling to sell . |
| 24 | Alan Parfitt of the Henley group ran a WWF Trading Stand and the event was so successful that Col. and Mrs Travers plan to hold another Garden party on Thursday , 31st May 1990 . |
| 25 | The invaders were backed up by warships which from the mouth of the river Esk poured a crippling cannonade into the Scottish ranks . |
| 26 | Bottlenecking of the life cycle has a second , related consequence . |
| 27 | Even at that time , however , there was a difference between combinations and friendly societies — the one intent on using the collective power of the work force to make a change in real wages and the other developing a system of welfare services among members through cooperative effort . |
| 28 | While Kittay 's theory has the advantage that it allows metaphor to be seen as operating according to the same basic principles regardless of the size of the discursive unit in question , Brooke-Rose 's own examination of the mechanisms of the verb metaphor suggest a view that minimizes dependence on an implicit ‘ proper ’ term outside the text and emphasizes the metaphoric interactions between the terms themselves . |
| 29 | Later critics of the Kennedy era detected a certain arrogance among these " new men " and a lack of clearly worked-out policies ; they questioned whether , beneath the impressive style of the administration , there was sufficient substance . |
| 30 | The boardroom was half empty now , just the Chester family remaining following the break-up of the emergency board meeting a few minutes earlier . |