Example sentences of "of [noun] [conj] [noun] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 Outside the area of formal government , with some notable exceptions among voluntary organizations and trade unions , in which principles of election and accountability do operate , there is almost everything to do , not only in creating democracy , but in establishing that democracy is the principle that ought to operate .
2 But hundreds of shoppers and workers did manage to find a vantage point .
3 We now reveal that the concepts of irreducibility and primeness do coincide in Z. It is , however , precisely because of the fact that these concepts do not coincide in every kind of number system we shall meet ( see exercise 6 ) that the celebrated conjecture of Fermat remains unproven to this day ( See Section 3.5 . )
4 Although at the end of Bair 's lengthy work a number of contradictions and conflicts do remain , this is nevertheless a meticulously researched study which provides many insights into de Beauvoir 's world .
5 Northern clergy , especially , endured the billeting of troops : the prior of Tynemouth in 1341 claimed to be utterly impoverished ‘ by the coming thither of magnates and others making stay here ’ .
6 Now Botswana could not cut itself off from South Africa during the long years of apartheid but Botswana did make clear that it opposed apartheid and voiced this very strongly and much to the annoyance often of the South African government .
7 And out of compassion they would always buy something small from his stock of knick-knacks and fol-de-lols to help distract his thoughts and put some money in his purse .
8 By the late seventies the middle class had expanded beyond the point of safety and disaster did strike .
9 Bio-Contour Eye Gel is a liquid crystal formulation with extract of pineapple and papaya to help reduce puffiness , lines and dark circles at £5.99/15ml .
10 Tax increases were introduced on a wide range of goods and services to help alleviate the projected budget deficit .
11 More recently George ( 1989 ) has re-examined this approach , pointed out its drawbacks and concluded that the balance of theory and evidence does suggest that there is a need for a mergers policy .
12 ‘ But officials in the Department of Trade and Industry did try to intervene .
13 The company , established 25 years ago , received a £120,000 grant from the Department of Trade and Industry to help finance the new investment .
14 Consultancies were preoccupied with learning the commercial disciplines of planning and marketing to help qualify public relations as an acceptable modem commercial tool which could help earn profits .
15 Some of the things in the Maastricht treaty do n't make a lot of sense and some of the things that are not controversial for example , do n't make a lot of sense unless Europe does grow .
16 To this extent , in establishing the service , certain governmental and educational authorities were signalling with all the pomp and circumstance of legislation that youth did constitute a separate and , in important respects , an immature source of labour which required special treatment .
17 But be aware of the likely course of events if trouble does occur — this can prevent wrong diagnosis .
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