Example sentences of "and [noun] of [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | While I believe that this work has promoted a great deal of useful thinking about the place and function of writing in the curriculum , I am not alone in doubting the validity of the model . |
| 2 | The information gained on each generation will be from a different perspective , but will be in each case of intrinsic value in contributing to our understanding of the changing patterns and experience of ageing in the ordinary population . |
| 3 | Citing academic analysis , the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit took into account in considering a plea of forum non conveniens the perceived cost and difficulty of proceeding under the Convention , and noted that the breadth of material ordinarily expected from a full-fledged American-style discovery deposition might be constricted under its rules . |
| 4 | It read : ‘ The Embalmer has been ‘ devoted to furthering the interest , acceptance and practice of embalming throughout the world ’ since the early Thirties . |
| 5 | By 1911 , Umberto Boccioni who was dead by 1916 , was grappling with the emotions of modern life ; the impact and anxieties of living in the stroboscopic uncertainties of a mechanised urban environment . |
| 6 | Members of the Computing Sub-Group have been in discussion with a number of specialists , to establish the desirability and practicality of connecting to the Internet , and some attended a demonstration in Edinburgh University recently . |
| 7 | erm you know kind of er call that a first draft and then sort , you know , sort of try and sort of go through the books again and stick a few references in to back up the points you 've made so you can see it relates to other people 's evidence erm trying to go through it again and knock out the well you know what I mean kind of statements and , and , you know , you can gradually sort of make the er grad you know sort of but again it 's , it 's , it 's one of these processes that I find , you know , you need to go through again and again and again to sort of get it er get it together erm so erm |
| 8 | And he 's come back and sort of go round the back cos that other fellow sort of he came down |
| 9 | I think the key point is Yeltsin , like Gorbachev , unlike the coup leaders is part of a very privileged elite in the Soviet Union and the difference is that to express the erm , you know trying to put them , advance themselves in society at the expense of the rest of Soviet 's society , applicable difference is erm much more inventive and sort of packed on the end to justify er that , that the moves they are making , I mean at , you know like I say that can be seen in the very democratic step that Yeltsin 's been taking since he 's been the Russian president . |
| 10 | just going in and sort of lying by the seat of your pants . |
| 11 | I 'd like to stay here on the floor but there 's cars beeping at me and I think I 'm lying in the road , so I push myself up and sort of crawl to the pavement . |
| 12 | The awards were presented by Ray Wilson , head of the Northern Karate Association and director of coaching for the Federation of English Karate organisations . |
| 13 | Rost was formerly one of the managing partners and head of planning at the Rapp Collins Partnership . |
| 14 | Mr Broady recounted the growth and development of policing in the area and showed many interesting slides , some dating from the earliest days of photography . |
| 15 | It is not prurient but cruel , hip and disturbingly beautiful , intimate and playfully referential , as in Thomas and Dovana , where a naked black man and a ball-gowned white woman are caught , dancing , in a pose that both mocks and reveres the myths and fears of Gone with the Wind . |
| 16 | Joey plans to return to school and dreams of writing about the wild scenes he witnessed at Seth 's house — ‘ La Traviata in New Orleans , man , ’ he says . |
| 17 | These anxieties strengthen the importance of habit : people stick to credit types they know from experience , rather than risk the worry and difficulties of dealing with the unknown . |
| 18 | Most of the police station meeting was taken up by discussion between council officers and the police on security for the Ks and ways of dealing with the club — to which the council , just to complicate matters further , had indemnified a £100,000 loan . |
| 19 | Even when new members are regularly taking their place on Panels , the training continues into every aspect of children 's lives , into care , physical , mental and sexual abuse , criminal activity , and ways of dealing with the variety of cases that come before them in the course of their work . |
| 20 | Now in the absence of Dr and anybody else , yesterday , er myself , Ian , Nick er and one of the lab girls got together , we trialled all sorts of different er ways and means of getting round the high conductivity that was occurring er vis a vis a multi-purpose mix . |
| 21 | In addition , many in adult education believe and practice a ‘ self-negotiated ’ syllabus whereby students and tutors negotiate course content and mode of teaching at the beginning of a course . |
| 22 | This was to avoid all the expense and trouble of going through the rigmarole of a full review for trivial reasons ( hurt pride , for instance ) and delaying the issue of the report , with the associated adverse effect on air safety . |
| 23 | A concurrent verbal task interfered with the speed and consistency of tapping by the right hand while a visuo-spatial task interfered more with left hand performance . |
| 24 | Nonetheless Count Christoph Douglas , head of Sotheby 's in Germany , declared that he has ‘ complete confidence in Berlin ’ as a location and with the level and amount of bidding at the sale , some of it keenly fought and much of it this time conducted by telephone . |
| 25 | WITH the object and intent of affording to the Vendor a full and sufficient indemnity but not further or otherwise the Purchaser hereby covenants with the Vendor that he the Purchaser and the persons deriving title under him will at all times hereafter duly observe and perform the covenants contained or referred to in the Conveyance so far as the same affect the property hereby conveyed and remain to be observed and performed and are capable of being enforced and will indemnity and keep indemnified the Vendor and his successors in title from and against all actions costs claims and demands in respect of any breach non-observance or non-performance thereof so far as aforesaid |
| 26 | For instance , he examines the costs and benefits of creching to the ducklings , to the parents who lost offspring to the common pool and to the recipient adults who rear other birds ' young . |
| 27 | This chapter commences by putting sales and market forecasting into the wider context of the role and purpose of forecasting within the business enterprise . |
| 28 | in his lordship 's opinion it was designed to provide the thrill and enjoyment of waterskiing without the constraint of boat and towrope. as such it was not a vessel used in navigation and therefore not subject to the marine conventions act 1911 which imposed a 2 year limitation period as opposed to a 3 year limitation period . |
| 29 | Pupils should continue to develop in their dual roles as makers of meanings in their own texts and as receivers and makers of meaning in the texts of others . |
| 30 | It was therefore a structure which was continually negotiated on a daily or weekly basis aiming to maximise the enjoyment and interest of learning in the present . |