Example sentences of "of [adj] [n mass] [prep] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was in that House that he scored his greatest triumph for the cause of deaf people by persuading the Labour Government of Attlee that to provide free spectacles to the partially-sighted , free dentures to those whose teeth had rotted , free artificial limbs to the disabled , but to actually charge the sum of £10 to deaf people for National Health hearing-aids was blatant discrimination ! |
| 2 | The goal of offline is to reduce the online storage requirements by means of offline media without risking the integrity of the modules . |
| 3 | Although there are a number of different means of facilitating the alphabetical subject approach to documents and information , all these different approaches share common problems . |
| 4 | In developing the future size and shape of the Royal Navy , the Admiralty had two useful and recent precedents : the successful use of carrier-borne aircraft in interdicting the Chinese supply routes during the Korean War ; and the much more recent use of carriers to provide the lion 's share of tactical air support during the Suez landings , and the ad hoc use of the carriers Theseus and Ocean as Commando-helicopter-carriers in the amphibious assault on Port Said . |
| 5 | The need for additional staff should be identified at the earliest opportunity after consideration of alternative means of meeting the shortfall . |
| 6 | the availability of alternative means of securing the information ; and |
| 7 | The new Earth Data System is designed to facilitate the collection and analysing of environmental-impact data by enabling the data to be gathered from many different types of computers that are geographically dispersed and often incompatible . |
| 8 | WWF-UK funds a wildlife trade investigations project , now in its third year of operation , which aims to reduce the threat posed by uncontrolled trade tot he survival of rare species by improving the enforcement of CITES and EEC controls . |
| 9 | It is the duty of health authorities to meet the needs of local people by putting the money where it best serves those local needs . |