Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun sg] and [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cross and Bevan 's interest in the chemistry of cellulose led them to the study of the viscose solutions produced by treating cellulose with a strong solution of caustic soda and then carbon disulphide vapour . |
| 2 | Partnerships differ , as well , in terms of specific purpose and therefore location on the whole partnership map . |
| 3 | Pugh lists Horatio , Earl of Orford , as a foundation member of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts , Manufactures and Commerce ( called later the Royal Society of Arts ) along with others who were members of that society and also foundation members of the College in 1791 . |
| 4 | Nearly £1 billion of public money and over £4 billion of private money has gone into Docklands since 1981 . |
| 5 | The key points of extended reach and fully body rotation are artificially emphasized and the stroke is simplified and standardized to remove confusing variations . |
| 6 | There were moments of high drama and even tragedy , all sensationally recorded in the journals of the protagonists , The Seaman and The British Seafarer . |
| 7 | Work is very rarely performed by a man without the aid of some machinery and correspondingly machines rarely function for very long without human intervention . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's very rare we get an application of this nature and unfortunately 80pc of it has been thrown out and lost to the people of Derwentside . |
| 9 | Rupture of atheromatous plaque leads to occlusive thrombosis that produces myocardial ischaemia and cell death leading to loss of ventricular function and possibly death . |
| 10 | Dental health may be a more general indicator of personal hygiene and possibly health care practices . |
| 11 | Techniques of scholarly investigation and particularly modes of " literacy " exposition and expression are tied to perceptions of individuals worth , in a manner also quite characteristic of other professions . |
| 12 | Although these years witnessed a very low tide of economic activity including the horrors of widespread famine and even peasant revolts in some areas like Tambov , problems concerning religious belief and taxation never led to large-scale uprisings in the Smolensk guberniia ( nor indeed anywhere else in Russia ) . |
| 13 | This might appear on the surface the most neutral formulation — there were unarguably three distinct times of battles in 1642–6 , 1648 , and 1650–1 — but it also elides the establishment of parliamentary authority and later Cromwell 's Protectorate . |
| 14 | An efficient port transport system is vital to Britain 's economy as trade accounts for nearly 60% of national income and over 90% of all imports and exports pass through the nations ports . |
| 15 | Some features of that world are nowadays entirely inscrutable — notably , what it was in Frederic Lowndes 's self-effacing position on The Times which gave him and his wife access to a society of international aristocracy and even royalty , and to the inner circles of the cabinet , as well as the society of novelists and playwrights . |
| 16 | The open day at The Natural Therapy Centre in Guisborough on March 28 was ‘ a complete success ’ , raising awareness of holistic health and almost £100 for Guide Dogs For The Blind . |
| 17 | But little was known of the nature and causation of mental disorder and so provision for treatment was minimal . |
| 18 | Bob Naish of the Agricultural Development and Advisory Service , gave warning that the ‘ when ’ of succession was often a matter of considerable irritation and even aggravation between the parties . |
| 19 | The appalled producer took refuge in the unions and his insurance company , and Fred and Arthur composed their faces into the necessary combination of artistic bloody-mindedness and guestly sympathy to scotch the project without actually seeming to throw their good lunch back into the producer 's face . |
| 20 | Willow warblers sang meandering cadences from the trees and a vehement sedge warbler vocalised from a reed bed , letting us know that once again they had safely survived the perilous crossing of arid desert and squally sea . |
| 21 | A few people do seem to be able to remember everything ( they have ‘ photographic memories ’ ) but this can often lead to remembering a mass of unwanted material and so things have to be actively ‘ unremembered ’ . |
| 22 | His Observations on the Circumstances which Influence the Condition of the Labouring Classes ( 1817 ) questioned the linkage by Thomas Malthus [ q.v. ] of population growth to increasing wage rates , arguing that the likely age of first marriage and thus birth rates were influenced , not by wage rates or poor-relief practices , but by perceived employment prospects which , paradoxically , were best when wages were low . |
| 23 | So many bodies doing so many varied local duties created a lack of concerted effort and so Parliament gradually absorbed these boards into the local government machine by transferring their functions one by one to the local authorities . |
| 24 | Of particular interest and remarkably god value are the Berberana Gran Reservas ( particularly the 1970 ) or the fresh white Rioja in the modern style called Carta de Oro . |
| 25 | The estate had set its face against development of any kind and neither bungalow nor caravan blemished the coast for five miles either way . |
| 26 | Senna drove a Chevrolet 1992 car in Phoenix on Sunday as a guest of fellow Brazilian and twice Formula One champion Emerson Fittipaldi . |
| 27 | For these not only reveal something about the nature of criminal law and hence crime itself , but also how corporations are able to channel some of their resources into a concerted attempt to prevent their socially injurious behaviours from being criminalized . |
| 28 | As long as fluid intake remains adequate to compensate for ensuing polyuria the blood volume will remain expanded with resultant elevation of cardiac output and thus blood pressure . |
| 29 | Resistance of this kind was to keep the authorities extremely nervous throughout 1922 , and one has the sense from the enormous detail of the Smolensk Archive that fear of outright revolt and even counter-revolution was ever present in the local Party 's thoughts . |
| 30 | For the subjects , first white cards of known area and then Lolium temulentum plants were chosen . |