Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [verb] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They challenge two assumptions commonly made , either implicitly or explicitly , in conventional organisation theory : ( a ) that an institution adopts that form of organisation which best fits its technology , environment , and other contingent factors , the ‘ best fit ’ being in terms of that organisation structure most suited to co-ordinating the tasks performed by members of that institution ; ( b ) that members of the institution have entered freely into a contract with that institution to provide a service to that institution in return for reward , and that they accept as legitimate both the institutional goals and the means of co-ordination used to achieve those goals ( rational/legal authority ) . |
| 2 | Secondly , as the war became less lucrative ( with fewer expeditions into enemy territory ) and the needs of defence came to dominate military activity , so the glamour of war which had undoubtedly existed both in the previous century and under Henry V , began to diminish . |
| 3 | I propose simply to map out broad characteristics , though the analytical language of contrast tends to suggest categorical qualities which are unintended . |
| 4 | The seller will of course wish to restrict these conditions as far as possible and sometimes the conditions are restricted to events which fundamentally affect the business or value of the offeree and which can not be adequately compensated by an offer of financial or other compensation which the seller may be prepared to make . |
| 5 | I of course has to invent this ceremony and I did it in Latin as they do at Oxford |
| 6 | One further point of possible confusion : because venture capital from investors looking for capital gains is not available to co-operatives , they are likely to find it more difficult to raise the larger sums of money needed to start capital-intensive projects . |
| 7 | A draft code of guidance designed to make public inquiries quicker , more efficient and cheaper has been issued by the Secretary of State for Scotland . |
| 8 | This line of reasoning appeared to excite more criticism abroad than it did in France . |
| 9 | Ironically , in the same way that the denial of the risk of harm associated with a possible preventive measure undermines the basis for performing a randomised trial designed to investigate the efficacy of that measure , the exaggeration of the risk of harm tends to undermine public health measures designed to introduce the preventive measure if it is shown to be effective . |
| 10 | The use of quantification in studies of crime tends to obscure this diversity . |
| 11 | Not only were heads of department required to produce departmental appraisals but other staff had to contribute towards pastoral and other sections of the report . |
| 12 | A third type of disruption helps to conceal particular parts of the body . |
| 13 | Researchers without very much thought , continually try to manipulate non-experimental data so as to approximate as closely as possible to the kind of experiment held to epitomise natural science . |
| 14 | This programme of study begins to introduce young children to the concept of " the Past " . |
| 15 | While Poulantzas allows that the sort of research designed to sustain this view has some limited use 's he first of all objects that it does not bear out the factual claim that government officials and leading capitalists belong to an identifiable group . |
| 16 | All later forms of religion have to handle this problem , and do so even though they use different means . |
| 17 | In the former the ideas of theology seek to transform concrete experience into something which transcends the material world and sees abstract forces within material objects . |
| 18 | Life saver : A pioneering scheme of expert coaching to reduce fatal accidents involving children is to be launched in Southport in November . |
| 19 | A small amount of work attempting to explain German fascism is an important example . |
| 20 | However the amount of work required to achieve satisfactory performance in this evaluation highlights the problem for such NLP systems . |
| 21 | The amount of work required to obtain this information may be inferred from knowing that this project will run for 9 years and cost 100 million US dollars . |
| 22 | Negative perceptions of wilderness helped to reinforce this process of agricultural expansion by , in effect , making a virtue out of necessity — by turning cultivation and agriculture into a form of semi-religious crusade ( Thomas , 1983 ; Serpell , 1986 ) . |
| 23 | Gradually , as recovery progresses , the sense of identification widens to include other members of the group and then others in the same Fellowship and then others in any Fellowship and then finally anyone at all . |
| 24 | I 'm pleased the NCC bought the mountain , since a commercial forestry firm had plans to cover the whole area in vile rows of sitka spruces to help chat-show hosts and snooker players in England make a killing on their tax bills . |
| 25 | ( In relation to the last point the authors demonstrate that universities which have a large proportion of their students in halls of residence tend to have lower non-completion rates , and that this finding is common for both sexes . |
| 26 | They point out that most beef comes from private , not public land ; that the taxpayer deserves the highest economic return from grazing allotments ; and that the current fee for grazing on public land , $1.86 per AUM ( Animal Unit Month : the amount of forage needed to feed one cow and its calf , or five sheep , for a month ) is a scandalous subsidy . |
| 27 | Once we attain the transcendental standpoint , we have ceased to carry with us the substantive concept of truth required to raise epistemological questions . |
| 28 | Luckily , many scientists have started to make the leaps of imagination required to answer these questions . |
| 29 | 5 Find the least area of cardboard needed to make this box of soap powder . |
| 30 | The fledgling computer companies also have to contend with the generally poor track record of Britain 's financial institutions in backing high-technology firms with the kind of cash needed to turn little firms into big ones . |