Example sentences of "the [noun] [prep] [art] [noun pl] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least , this was the opinion of Dugdale , writing a hundred years later ; but it should be remembered that he was one of a long line of propagandists for land drainage , and that , while localized deterioration must have taken place , there is also ample evidence of the activities of the courts of sewers and of individual enterprise by secular landlords . |
| 2 | I would like to help with the activities of the Friends of the Ulster Orchestra in the following way(s) : |
| 3 | In other words , to explain or understand crime and deviance we must be at least as much concerned with the activities of the conferers of these labels as with the recipients . |
| 4 | Meanwhile Scotland Yard confirmed that officers from the Obscene Publications Squad have been closely monitoring the activities of the Children of God cult in Britain . |
| 5 | To satisfy the court that these conditions have been met , it is necessary to obtain either oral testimony or , in the vast majority of cases , a signed statement from the person that occupies ‘ a responsible position in relation to the management of the activities for the purposes of which the computer was used ’ ( s.5(4) ) . |
| 6 | A previously unknown organization calling itself the Organization for the Defence of the Rights of Prisoners and Detainees had issued a statement claiming responsibility for Leyraud 's abduction , describing him as a French intelligence officer and threatening that he would be executed if another hostage was released . |
| 7 | To some extent these differing viewpoints may be regarded as ideological positions advanced in the defence of the interests of particular groups , notably the natural parents and the ‘ substitute carers ’ ( foster- and adoptive parents ) . |
| 8 | Fourteen Afar deputies resigned from the RPP on Dec. 31 , having criticized government leaders for " placing the defence of their privileges above the defence of the interests of the Djiboutian nation " and for continuing to insist that FRUD fighters were foreigners , not Djiboutian nationals . |
| 9 | He said that he intended to lead an internal political current within the UCR called the " Movement for the Defence of the Principles of Social Democracy " . |
| 10 | Imro concluded that it was ‘ not good enough ’ — monitoring was applied over-literally , higher-risk members were less easy to identify , and the response to the crises of the last days was not adequate . |
| 11 | The larger the temporary component of a real wage change , the more significant will be the response from the suppliers of labour . |
| 12 | Section 742 states that an individual shall be deemed to have power to enjoy the income for the purposes of s739 if he comes within one or more of the following heads : ( a ) To enure for benefit The income is in fact so dealt with by any person as to be calculated , at some point of time and whether in the form of income or not , to enure for the benefit of the individual . |
| 13 | If an overseas company invests in shares and the structure is caught by s739 then the entire dividend comprises the income for the purposes of s739 and it is not possible to deduct in computing the chargeable income revenue expenses such as investment advisory fees , management fees , safe keeping charges , security handling fees and bank charges and registered and executive office fees . |
| 14 | Referring to the by now well-established consensus that grammar should be based upon " educated " usage rather than some abstract principle of " correctness " , Gurrey is none the less unconvinced that any radical change is likely to take place given " the inability of the leaders of today to learn , and their intellectual self sufficiency " . |
| 15 | The soil 's being used to build up the defences on the banks of the River Severn in Gloucestershire . |
| 16 | For example , the instruction Add A to B specifies the addition of the contents of store addresses A and B , leaving the result in store address B. A typical two-address instruction format was illustrated in Figure 3.1(d) . |
| 17 | Patrassi et al postulated that the enhanced fibrinolysis in ascites induced by alcohol was due to increased release of tissue plasminogen activator from the mesothelium , and Wilde et al were able to quench this fibrinolytic activity with the addition to the ascites of antibody to tissue plasminogen activator . |
| 18 | This provided the opportunity for the members of the committee to see something of the rural development problems and programmes in Lewis and Harris , and discuss them with some of those working on them . |
| 19 | The ages at which the mothers in this book became pregnant range from thirteen to eighteen , the majority between the ages of fourteen and seventeen . |
| 20 | For instance in one area recently there has been a series of protests and demonstrations regarding poor and inadequate housing conditions , the majority of the members of the committees which were responsible for organising the protests are members of the IRA . |
| 21 | Fortunately , like the majority of the members of the carabinieri at that time , they were not notable for their intelligence . |
| 22 | The majority of the members of both bodies hold lifetime seats , having been originally elected in 1947-48 to represent constituencies on the Chinese mainland . |
| 23 | The majority of the members of the National Assembly and the Legislative Yuan hold seats for life , having originally been elected in 1947-48 to represent constituencies on the Chinese mainland . |
| 24 | The majority of the inhabitants of late medieval England lived close to the soil and were engaged in agriculture . |
| 25 | During the nineteenth century the majority of the cattle of northern France were dairy breeds , whereas in central and southern areas they were draught animals used for work on smallholdings . |
| 26 | This explanation does not work so well for the majority of the texts of Scaevola , which are not excerpts from a dogmatic tract in which the jurist was discussing the disparate regimes of legacy and trust , but opinions given in practical cases . |
| 27 | The majority of the examples of this stone type have been found in eastern England . |
| 28 | Incomes , as shown by the Family Expenditure Survey and the Docklands Housing Needs Survey in 1986 show very low incomes among the majority of the populations of these three boroughs . |
| 29 | We are democrats and accept that until we have convinced people by the force of our argument , we should go along with the view of the majority of the organisations of which we are a member . |
| 30 | The reality was the creation of competitive world empires , the essence of which was a denial of the right of the majority of the peoples of the world to national self-determination , let alone to popularly elected governments . |