Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well one of the aspects that I have been looking at is erm the impact of technical change on women 's position in the rural areas , and particularly as it concerns women who belong to landless households , or women who belong to small peasant cultivator households . |
| 2 | We then move on , in Chapter 4 , to examine in detail the various arguments put forward about the likely effects of technical change on workers ' experience of their jobs . |
| 3 | An extreme example of parental involvement in children 's sports is the phenomenon which Dorcas Susan Butt calls the ‘ sports parent ’ , the parent ‘ who pushes the child onward in the sport … sometimes encourages the youngster and sometimes criticizes , and will often go to any degree to further the child 's interests … the parent 's main interest is to maximize the performance and benefits of his or her own child ’ ( 1976 , p. 120 ) . |
| 4 | ‘ Behind Bars ’ at the new , huge , non-profit Threadwaxing Space on Broadway is not as you might suspect a show of political art about prisoners ' rights or even about the exotic lives of cocktail waitresses but rather about the stripe in art . |
| 5 | Then Brian Pendreigh will begin and tell of political correctness in children 's books which some authors now fear amounts to censorship |
| 6 | These visions would appear , unsummoned , while she sipped cups of strong tea in clients ' bedsitters … |
| 7 | the economic ties of the old British Empire were tightened during this period and Britain remained at the centre of that group of countries ' trade and finance |
| 8 | The development of verb-phrase anaphora in children 's language |
| 9 | Anne Higonnet 's essay on 19th century women 's ‘ Secluded Vision ’ , by contrast with these analyses of women 's professional practice , explores images of feminine experience in women 's albums and ‘ amateur ’ paintings . |
| 10 | Yeah , erm , right , yeah , that 's all the other items , erm what 's been er been going through my head recently is , is er the , looking at the pattern of the meetings and the way the meetings are arranged and , and how , erm , at the last meeting we had a speaker er and that I think , we all found that quite interesting and the one , one from Central America that things and I feel we ought to have that much more frequently than we do have er , a , either a speaker or a focus of some sort of meetings erm , so I think that 's something I 'd like to raise and get the A G M at the next meeting I think similar thing we ought to consider there . |
| 11 | " We shall yet talk of this day in ladies ' chambers , " said the Count of Soissons at the Battle of al-Mansurah . |
| 12 | The logical consequence of this view of consumers ' use of advertising is that there is a far greater chance of involving potential customers in the ads for more complex and expensive products . |
| 13 | The object of this sort of servants ' hall talk is invariably some butler who has come to the fore quite suddenly through having been appointed by a prominent house , and who has perhaps managed to pull off two or three large occasions with some success . |
| 14 | Today , with the winning of the vote and civil rights for women , changes which the Catholic church opposed at the time , the secular aspect of this argument of women 's inferiority is muted in Catholic pronouncements . |
| 15 | These issues include : whether the continued decentralisation of population from Greater London improves or worsens the job prospects for those remaining there ; the effectiveness of new job creation in off-setting employment lost through redundancies ; the relationship between skill levels and unemployment in inner London ; housing policy influences on labour mobility ; and the effect of outward movement on women 's employment prospects . |
| 16 | It is not a matter of simple sufferance on parents ' evenings , with their lingering conventions that parents should not be encouraged to ask too many questions . |
| 17 | Our inclusion of speaking and listening as a separate profile component in our recommendations is a reflection of our conviction that they are of central importance to children 's development . |
| 18 | Around my bath sit biodegradable bottles of organic shampoo from pansies ' brains or the like . |
| 19 | So you 've got two of these sort of sessions er er to go through , that 's really the only point . |
| 20 | Now confidence has manifested in lots and lots of ways and its appealing to that confidence as much as the insecurity , er that makes the advertiser 's and the manufacturer 's of all manner of products er , their huge profits , now I guess we all spend money on , on various products and er , do you , do you worry about how much you spend on the body beautiful or just the body ? , do you or , I mean does any , I wonder if you think you spend too much on it ? , let me ask you that , do you spend too much money on your body ? , er button one for yes and button two for no . |
| 21 | In a useful review of existing work on women 's relation to electoral and work-based politics , Siltanen and Stanworth ( 1984 ) argue for a complete rethink in political analysis . |
| 22 | In 1967 John Rowe Townsend felt it necessary to draw attention to the return of heavy-handed didacticism in children 's books , and critical evaluations of them . |
| 23 | For this , five years of full-time study are complemented by two years of practical training in architects ' offices — the first between third and fourth years , and the second after completing the Diploma in Architecture . |
| 24 | Consumer protection laws are justified on efficiency grounds , in order to prevent consumers making unwise decisions because of insufficient knowledge of firms ' products . |
| 25 | Moreover , the effects of industrial action on members ' attendance exacerbated the situation , and it is arguable that in times of adversity such bodies need stronger leadership and clearer terms of reference than this panel ever enjoyed . |
| 26 | We investigated the predictors of 2-year mortality after patients ' admission to hospital for community-acquired pneumonia , and focused on the predictive value of age . |
| 27 | In addition , they control resources which can be withdrawn or redeployed at their discretion , and are of vital importance for workers ' livelihood and the revenue base of state expenditure . |
| 28 | The trait of genuine willingness in horses ' is not as common as horse lovers , breeders and dealers would have us suppose . |
| 29 | Pending the time when we have a balance of men and women in this Chamber — a matter on which I shall expound next Tuesday afternoon , when I hope that many of my colleagues will support the concept of more women in this House — does my right hon. Friend agree that public consciousness of the lack of female representation of women 's views in our national life is now very high ? |
| 30 | The aim of this research is to develop and test principles for the design of mathematics teaching which make use of the results of recent research into pupils ' understanding . |