Example sentences of "of the [adj] [noun pl] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It involves , for example , some consideration of the overall aims or purpose of a course , though this does not necessarily mean that such aims have to be explicitly formulated or prespecified . |
| 2 | a calculation of the average walk-ins or chance guests ; |
| 3 | In looking at overall trends , Sotheby 's pointed to the strength of the decorative arts and jewellery , while noting an improvement in results at Impressionist and Modern sales . |
| 4 | Two volumes of collected essays by Clement Greenberg document the critic 's emergence as the most influential champion of modernism during its American ascendance after World War II : volume 3 of The Collected Essays and Criticism is titled Affirmations and Refusals , 1950–56 , volume 4 Modernism with a Vengeance , 1957–1969 ( each £23.95 , $29.95 ) . |
| 5 | The centres of his concern were the condition of the working classes and fellowship between the classes . |
| 6 | One of the major problems that presentation graphics has faced is that 35mm slides cost a lot of money . |
| 7 | Plainly , the figures are impressive but they fall far short of the early hopes that computing might have a pervasive influence on school education . |
| 8 | Seymour features brilliant humour and some of the best puzzles and animation even seen in the arcade adventure , but it plays with all the style and grace of a drunken elephant ! |
| 9 | Mick Wakely , Karen ; s coach , says that she is one of the best breastrokers that Britian has produced . |
| 10 | At the instigation of the then Mines and Energy Minister , Vicente Cavalcante Fialho , Sarney in April 1989 dismissed the chief executive of the state oil company PETROBRAS , Orlando Galva , after only three months in office and appointed Carlos Sant'Anna to replace him . |
| 11 | But the action plan was merely a listing of the planned investments and control was little more than a bureaucratic formality , because of the notion that state enterprise management was autonomous . |
| 12 | So far as white settlement is concerned , the rapid peopling of the Canadian prairies and north country , of southern , central , and eastern Africa could not have taken place at such a speed without the railway . |
| 13 | Two officers of the Canadian Customs and Excise Department came aboard . |
| 14 | Major also met Soviet Defence Minister Marshal Dmitry Yazov , Soviet Prime Minister Valentin Pavlov , representatives of the Baltic republics and opposition leaders . |
| 15 | Johnson and Douglas ( 1978 : 151 ) point out that the Equity Funding scandal , ‘ perhaps one of the largest securities and investment frauds ever perpetuated on the American public , … involved more losses than the total losses of all street crime in the US for one year ’ . |
| 16 | ( 3 ) That on the taking of the said accounts and inquiry costs of and incidental to proceedings on an indemnity basis are not to be disallowed on the ground that an order has already been made for costs of and incidental to those proceedings to be taxed on a standard basis unless it should appear that in making the said order the court intended thereby to deprive the defendants of the right to add those costs or some part thereof to the mortgage security . |
| 17 | to have something that indicates how the youngster gets on with others , I 'm sure that 's one of the general skills and ability . |
| 18 | Mr Justice Templeman so held in allowing an appeal by the Crown from a decision of the General Commissioners that income from such interest received by White and Leonard and Corbin Greener was subject to earned income relief under Sections 211 and 525 ( 1 ) ( c ) of the Income Tax Act , 1952 . |
| 19 | ( f ) The length of the genital slits and form of the genital papillae. 2 . |
| 20 | It is the positions of the international boundaries and access to natural resources that are the real bones of contention . |
| 21 | Five new proposals were tabled on Dec. 14-15 : by the USA , by the four Nordic countries ( Finland , Iceland , Norway and Sweden-but excluding Denmark as a member of the EC ) , by members of the International Textiles and Clothing Bureau , by the five contracting parties of the Association of South East Asian Nations ( ASEAN-Indonesia , Malaysia , Philippines , Singapore and Thailand , but not Brunei which was not a contracting party although it maintained a de facto application of GATT following its achievement of full independence at the end of 1983 ) , and by Bangladesh on behalf of the LDCs . |
| 22 | Those in back can adjust the rake of the split backrests and height of the rear cushions electrically , but the degree of adjustment is insufficient to make it worthwhile . |
| 23 | If a place is missing on the map which is mentioned in Domesday Book ( 1086 ) or any of the lay subsidies or poll taxes , this is a possibility for a deserted settlement . |
| 24 | In the NSWP countries as a whole , there are over 150 000 border troops and other specialist units under Ministry of Interior or Ministry of Security control , not to speak of designated Soviet formations , which can be expected to provide security of the rear areas if war breaks out . |
| 25 | In the control office the top copies of the waiters ' checks from the kitchen or bar , together with the second copies from the cashiers , are checked against charged bills , duplicates of the paid bills and summary sheets to ensure that the pricing is correct and that everything has been charged . |
| 26 | It is the similarities of technique and of the central flowers and guilloche decoration between these mosaics which are the final indicators of affinity . |
| 27 | It calls for a review by the heart institute of the supervisory practices and research procedures at the hospital 's cardiac research laboratory , where Dr Darsee worked , in about a year to ‘ confirm that these procedures are adequate . ’ |
| 28 | Moreover , I discovered the city to be one of many charms ; time and again , I found myself wandering past delightful rows of old timber-fronted houses , or crossing some little stone footbridge over one of the many streams that flow through the city . |
| 29 | One of the many problems that sociology faces is the sheer number of its rivals — unlike , say , physics , which may be reserved mostly for physicists , anyone can play . |
| 30 | Our 84 years young Vice-President had the honour of being presented to Her Majesty The Queen when , accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh , she officially opened the D.L.F. 's new Centre in Harrow Road , London , W.9 and saw demonstrations by physiotherapists and occupational therapists of some of the many aids and equipment available . |