Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [be] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This percolation of values is governed by the unification . |
| 2 | A real deformation of values is suggested by the common use of such terms as ‘ productive scholars ' ’ and ‘ ‘ scholarly output' ’ . ' |
| 3 | A variety of opinions were aired on the matter by the politicians present , and there seemed to be a definite acknowledgement that at least some of those present held shares in Anglo United , the mother company of IBM . |
| 4 | The second part of Acts is dominated by the mission to the Gentiles , under the leadership of Paul . |
| 5 | All sorts of reasons are given for the lack of enthusiasm in schools for physical science and technology , but never that which might be the fundamental one . |
| 6 | A variety of reasons were proffered for the long delay in setting the seal on a deal but drummer Gary Murdoch maintains that ‘ we 've had a string of managers who did n't really know their job ’ . |
| 7 | Observation of the range of products being made in the late 1980s by Nairobi 's jua kali artisans — those who work under the ‘ hot sun ’ — confirm that Mutang'ang'i 's story is far from unique . |
| 8 | At the 1979 Annual General Meeting the members were again vocal about bondholders , this time with particular reference to the frequent incidence of bondholders being elected by the members at large , and usually without their bondholding being known , a situation not precluded by the Rules . |
| 9 | A lot of coins were thrown into the guitar case and some of them were pounds . |
| 10 | Nearly 600 tons of flagstones were dropped during the operation : 300 tons along the Border Ridge near Blindburn in the Northumberland National Park ; 60 tons in Teesdale near Cauldron Snout and Bleabeck Force ; 65 tons at Calderdale near Longfield Common and 135 tons near Bleaklow in the peak National Park . |
| 11 | Techniques for detailed planning and monitoring of projects are described in the next chapter . |
| 12 | Mr Chettle , working from the Middlesbrough office of Cleveland Arts , speaks excitedly of projects being undertaken in the area , saying : ‘ We want people to know they are happening . ’ |
| 13 | There is direct evidence of owls in some of the French caves , where pictures of owls are included among the other animal drawings . |
| 14 | This line of authorities was overruled by the House of Lords in Sutcliffe v Thackrah [ 1974 ] AC 727 : see 14.4 . |
| 15 | This uneasy coexistence of agendas is highlighted by the position of women within AIDS culture . |
| 16 | The collective voice of solicitors is expressed through the Law Society , which combines the functions of a governing body and a professional association for practitioners in England and Wales . |
| 17 | A COUPLE who suffered a catalogue of tragedies are set for a second honeymoon in the Austrian mountains . |
| 18 | The methods themselves also divide into two broad categories : ( a ) direct methods , in which the solution requires is reached in a finite , predictable number of operations ; ( b ) indirect methods , in which the solution is usually obtained by successive approximation procedures , when the number of operations is determined by the rate of convergence . |
| 19 | The nature of operations is illustrated by the closure of Howard Doris with 650 job losses and by the experience of Charlton Leslie offshore which , in June 1987 , had only 11 employees , down from a previous total of 700 , but on receipt of a new order expanded to some 300 in partnership with McNulty Offshore . |
| 20 | The most usual form of joint venture is a jointly owned company whose activities and sphere of operations are defined by a series of agreements and industrial property licences , but a company is not essential if the agreements between the parties result in a separate , jointly controlled business entity . |
| 21 | The whole package of policies was presented in a series of leaflets and pamphlets , such as for Socialism and Peace and Labour 's Immediate Programme ( 1937 ) . |
| 22 | The other two cases are included primarily to emphasize that a wide variety of phenomena is contained within the Lorenz equations , although , since yet further variety can be obtained by varying r/r c and b , they can do so only by example . |
| 23 | Even baskets of oddments were placed on the pavement , a practice which would be frowned on today , but the footpaths were kept spotlessly clean by each trader . |
| 24 | The problems associated with the battle of the forms arise because the common law principles governing the formation of contracts are based on the concept of a bargain arrived at through a process of negotiation , while the whole purpose of standard conditions is to minimise or exclude the process of negotiation . |
| 25 | This resulted in 75% of contracts being placed with the traditional provider . |
| 26 | The second pair of cleavages was associated with the industrial revolution : one was linked to the division between town and country ( or agricultural and manufacturing interests ) ; the other concerned the growing division between employers and workers ( the class divide ) . |
| 27 | The most frequent sounds heard in the corridors of power at the moment are the click of handcuffs being attached to the wrists of once prominent figures from the old parties , and the hallelujahs of the young turks as they record victory after victory at the polls . |
| 28 | The unicameral 300-member Chamber of Deputies is elected for a four-year term by universal adult suffrage under a system of reinforced proportional representation . |
| 29 | The present-day National Union of Seamen was founded on the north east coast , which was also a major centre for the Seamen 's Reform Movement which recaptured the union for the rank-and-file in the mid-1960s . |
| 30 | The archbishop could delay and immensely complicate matters , but his appeal to Rome in August 1297 had been barred , his excommunication of violators was countered by a writ of prohibition , his resolution was isolated by the alarmist fears of some clergy and the divided loyalties of others , especially those who were the king 's servants ; above all , Boniface VIII 's temporizing in France suggested that no archbishop henceforth could rely on papal support . |