Example sentences of "of [adj] [prep] [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the defeat of Labour in the latter year led , as usual , to a critical examination of conscience and record . |
| 2 | Moisten each trout with 1 tsp oil , then stuff the inside of each with a few tarragon sprigs . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , Terminal courses increased steadily throughout the following decade , doubling in total numbers between 1925 and 1935 and reaching a total of fifty in the latter year . |
| 4 | In his first letter from there he makes a significant little admission to Theo , and encloses a sketch : ‘ I should like to begin making hasty sketches of some of the many things I meet … but as it would probably keep me from my real work it is better not to start . ’ |
| 5 | From this examination of some of the many patterns of family life which exist in Britain in the 1980s it can be seen that traditional views of the family are unsupported by research findings . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | This Chapter has been very largely concerned , first , with the presentation of some useful analytical distinctions , and , secondly , with a review of some of the many intricacies of deixis in familiar and less familiar languages . |
| 8 | Again there is nostalgic recollection of some of the former county names e.g. Pembrokeshire . |
| 9 | The tour will include a view of some of the former waterworks equipment and will provide an insight into how the rangers manage the park and balance the needs of wildlife with those of the visiting public . |
| 10 | Yet this image , allowing for exaggeration , is not totally removed from the reality of prewar Japanese society , and the persistence of some of the same characteristics in the post-1945 period therefore means that such categorization still contains a measure of truth . |
| 11 | He pondered the implications of this for a few days , uncertain whether to welcome it or feel alarmed . |
| 12 | The crime rate was reported on July 6 , 1990 , to have risen by 11.9 per cent over the previous year , and on Oct. 25 , 1991 , to have risen by 10.9 per cent in the first nine months of 1991 over the same period in 1990 . |
| 13 | A Home Office statistical bulletin said nationally police recorded an 11pc increase in offences in the last quarter of 1991 over the same period in 1990 . |
| 14 | Thus in so far as the provisions of the Act of 1987 are ambiguous , guidance can be sought from the Order of 1991 in the same way as guidance can be sought from a later enactment for the construction of an earlier one : Kirkness v. John Hudson & Co . Ltd . |
| 15 | It was one of six in the same building , but because the conversion had been done without planning permission , it did n't officially exist , and they 're saddled with a mortgage of £39,000 . |
| 16 | Medical diagnoses covered a range of conditions , including dehydration ( 11 patients ) , sepsis ( 13 ) , intrinsic renal disease ( seven ) , and haematological disease ( eight ) , or a combination of these in a few cases . |
| 17 | There were only eight private acts for enclosure in the whole of England before 1714 , eighteen under George I ( 1714–27 ) , and 229 under George II ( 1727–60 ) , most of these in the latter part of his reign . |
| 18 | The Olympic qualifying standard had been set at 64.50m so he went seriously into steroid use for the first time and threw a Commonwealth record of 67.32 within a few months . |
| 19 | Well course , there 's gon na be a certain amount of all in the same day is n't there ? |
| 20 | With the help of many of the same printing presses , ink suppliers and distributors , Harlequin Enterprises , a Canadian firm which dominates the world 's romantic-fiction market , is doing a roaring business by expanding into Eastern Europe . |
| 21 | Repeated non-availability or failures to show up after agreeing to an engagement are likely to result in a discontinuation of offers of work , and in this sense casual working requires an acceptance of many of the same disciplines as apply to working in a regular fashion . |
| 22 | Alas , however , we speak here of a democracy of those with the least sense of urgency to correct what is wrong , the best insulation through short-run comfort from what could go wrong — a democracy run by and for the contented majority , in which those who do not share in its benefits do not participate . |
| 23 | Job losses , which until recently were unheard of in the NHS , usually affect older people first , resulting in the loss of those with the most skill and experience . |
| 24 | In the spring , this need of young animals for the company of those of the same age is very obvious . |
| 25 | They insisted that neither loyalists nor republicans would have left 200 lb of explosive within a few feet of men and women working contentedly in the bakery kitchen and suggested that it was more like the work of outside agents , acting under strict and impersonal orders . |
| 26 | Stronger than expected demand is the main reason : the International Energy Agency reckons that OECD oil consumption climbed by more than 5% from the last quarter of 1987 to the same period of 1988 . |
| 27 | This is a true story of one of the many tragedies of apartheid — a white South African policeman falls in love with a woman of mixed race , resigns from his job and goes to live with her in Cape Town . |
| 28 | Besides , it makes more sense to me to believe your brother was the victim of one of the many enemies I 'm sure he made in the course of his life . |
| 29 | Eventually they found a spot , away from the track but on the edge of one of the many glades in the forest . |
| 30 | Summer gales were rarely of long duration in our experience , and if it blew really hard we used to snug down in the lee of one of the many anchorages and take to the hills for a change . |