Example sentences of "of [noun] [noun] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 It is headed by Suresh Grover , who , like many associated with the organisation , has been active in radical Asian politics since the mid-1970s and the bitter campaign which followed the death of Blair Peach from a police truncheon blow in 1979 .
2 The New Year 's Eve mauling of Ben Silcock by the lions at London Zoo sparked calls for the introduction of compulsory supervision of mentally ill people in the community .
3 The most effective prevention for leeches was not our trouser elastics , as we had believed , but a squirt of insect repellent around the tops of our boots .
4 While murmurs of hope return to the streets of Cardiff , Australian prepare for their 16th international against Wales with coach Bob Dwyer admits : ‘ A win here would go down alongside the best of our achievements while I have been in charge . ’
5 So , because children know and use the story form and because it is possible to discern a sequence of development , we have specified various aspects of story structure in the statements of attainment from level 2 to 4 .
6 Thus , due to the sheer complexity of spatial data and the operations available , this can only be a partial solution to the general problem of user interaction with a GIS ( Gould 1989 ) .
7 Firstly the more formal programmes of user education in the colleges generally tend to follow directly the library orientation .
8 Duffield scored 108 times in 1992 and grabbed the headlines for his riding of User Friendly in the Oaks and St Leger .
9 In the nervous systems of arthropods , for example — including insects and crustacea — the head ganglion — the brain — may be important , but is so only in the sense of King John amongst the barons ; there are many other ganglia distributed throughout the arthropod body , each with a considerable degree of autonomy .
10 The activity of hydrogen ions of the samples was measured at 25°C using a standard pH electrode ( Electronic Instruments Ltd ) that was calibrated with two standards before each measurement .
11 What are the Ministry of Defence estimates of the costs of that and what attempts are his Department making to cover some of those costs ?
12 But another British cabinet minister , Richard Crossman , was reminded of defence policy in the days of Ernest Bevin .
13 GEC , Ferranti 's main British rival in radar , is also keen to mount a takeover bid but would encounter fierce Ministry of Defence opposition on the grounds that it would damage competition in electronics procurement .
14 Since a patient 's recall of drug history over the years is an unreliable measure for determining the extent of laxative abuse , we endeavoured to correlate the incidence of pseudomelanosis coli with the endoscopic diagnosis of colorectal diseases .
15 At a special awards ceremony held at London Zoo , Citizen Europe awarded over £11,000 worth of computer equipment to the winners of " Datachase " — a WWF education project , sponsored by Citizen Europe .
16 As for Formula One racing , the day is fast approaching when the driver 's presence will become mere tokenism in the face of computer control from the pits .
17 William Ford cites examples of field names with the elements -worth , -thorp , -cote and -tun in Warwickshire .
18 Apollinaire describes Picasso 's method of work in this way : ‘ Using planes to render volumes , Picasso enumerates the different elements composing objects in such a complete and penetrating manner that they only assume the aspect of objects thanks to the spectators ’ efforts , who are of necessity aware of their simultaneity , precisely because of their arrangement .
19 Apart from providing substantial contingents of foot soldiers for the papers they , as ‘ chicks ’ , provided a raison d'être as madonna/ whore/'old ladies ' for men .
20 A consideration of additional factors bearing on the merits of an extension of negligence liability along the lines suggested in this section will be undertaken in section III , after the role of markets in raising the standard of management performance has been examined .
21 Looking at Fig.8.1 we can see a wide range of P/E ratios for the chemicals and plastics firms listed by the Financial Times ; the highest is 29.0 and the lowest is 5.4 .
22 " I Willingly , " said Militsa , and she put a loaf of bark bread in the ashes to bake .
23 Similarly , why do courts discuss the inequality of bargaining power of the parties and the unreasonableness or unfairness of the terms of the contract and then sometimes refuse to enforce agreements on those grounds ?
24 One simple explanation for the absence of a long term reputation building in our model is that the dominant strategy type is of measure zero in the priors , so it is impossible for other types to credibly acquire a reputation .
25 This , arguably , provides a diffuse but important form of decision control over the managers .
26 ( 2 ) A recognised body which is a company limited by shares shall comply with Chapter I ( appearance of company name and other particulars on stationery , etc. ) of Part XI of the Companies Act 1985 .
27 development of Course provision within the policies of the Polytechnic ;
28 There are of course exceptions to the rules , and some of them well-known at that .
29 Peter , the most experienced ornithologist with the party , said he could detect the musky smell of storm petrel in the bothies .
30 Anyone who has been in receipt of this form of grant aid from the Sports Council has already received guidance notes and application forms direct from that Council .
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