Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [verb] [prep] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An ‘ edition ’ of a book is the whole number of copies printed from the same setting of type . |
| 2 | Much of the variation in the items is indeed directly related to their use , but the variability in the design of objects destined for the same function may point to socio-cultural differences . |
| 3 | Examples included too many groups of activities running at the same time and an emphasis on individual work which could not be sustained in sufficient depth for all the children in the class . |
| 4 | The main opposition parties , the Union pour la democratie française ( UDF ) , a coalition of groups led by the former Prime Minister Giscard d'Estaing , and the Rassemblement pour la République ( RPR ) , the Gaullist party led by Chirac , have very similar and , in comparison with British party-political programmes , not very detailed , manifestos . |
| 5 | Germany agreed to suspend its claims for the payment of debts incurred by the former Soviet Union to former East Germany until the year 2000 , while in exchange Russia abandoned all claims for compensation for Soviet military property and installations in former East Germany . |
| 6 | On 5 April , a set of fissures opened in the same place , and showers of incandescent fragments of lava were ejected . |
| 7 | The fact that a wide number of manufacturers work to the same pattern means that the caterer who is topping up need not return to the same source for the top-up . |
| 8 | Forlani , 66 , had on May 17 withdrawn his candidacy for the presidency after up to 60 members of parties participating in the former ruling coalition , including many DC deputies , had failed to vote for him in the fifth , sixth and seventh rounds . |
| 9 | The result of this process is a discrimination tree , any of whose sub-trees contain a set of words beginning with the same phonemic description . |
| 10 | Although Cheetham walked away with packets of dosh and has taken over Weidenfeld , his new list of authors relies on the same tired ( and expensive ) formula of ‘ star ’ novelists , which ultimately bores the reader and spoils the cash flow . |
| 11 | Table 3.4 shows how many they employed over the course of the project , together with the number of clients held at the same time . |
| 12 | I just want to tell you , time I done that done that on a number of spreadsheets compared with the same label on one , on one |
| 13 | Not infrequently , of course , the two attitudes or sets of circumstances exist in the same family . |
| 14 | By being doctrinaire and parochial , it is easy to have a whole host of companies competing in the same home market ; but how many will be effective ( or even in business ) in ten years ' time ? |
| 15 | The properties of individuals emerge from the many aspects of the complex whole . |
| 16 | ‘ Demand has been increasing steadily since November and we 're now dealing with twice the number of applications compared to the same time last year . |
| 17 | As the vast majority of applications occur in the same peak period , should not people try to spread them so that there is not the same concentration ? |
| 18 | The sale of weapons belonging to the former East Germany to Finland and Uruguay was confirmed by a German Defence Ministry spokesman on Jan. 3 . |
| 19 | I BRING you today a hand from a recent teams match where the number of tricks made in the same final contract was eleven in one room , but only six in the other . |
| 20 | If the explanation given is correct , however ( and no other suggests itself ) then there is no reason to prevent the prosecutor who has elected in favour of the substantive offence from seeking to amend so as to substitute the conspiracy count instead : a straight exchange of counts based on the same facts can not be said to be over-burdensome . |
| 21 | Problems may arise in respect of expatriates working in the same location on longer-term postings or even local company employees who are dissatisfied with their rates of pay in comparison with salaries and/or bonuses earned by fixed-term contract workers . |
| 22 | Yeah well this is , th this is it I mean th th there are often a lot of things happening at the same time er er some of which as you just sort of hinted at are sort of er erm of a psychological er er have a psychological factor in them which all add to it do n't they ? |
| 23 | If both NL and LD , or if both EX and CS , are switched on ; only NL and EX respectively will show on the screen : both pairs of codes appear in the same places and NL and EX take priority if both are on . |
| 24 | The price of goods varies for the same item , in fact Birkbeck noted as many as ten different prices for the same type of waste paper . |
| 25 | Further scope for comparison is provided by groups of bracteates found in the same grave and cemetery , and especially between die-linked specimens . |
| 26 | According to the Washington Post of Oct. 21 the number of guestworkers living in the former GDR had gone down to 85,000 and the German government was offering US$2,000 and a free flight home if they would leave . |
| 27 | The measured settling velocities are converted into ‘ equivalent sedimentation diameters ’ , or the diameters of spheres settling at the same rate as the natural particles being tested ( Gibbs , Matthews & link , 1971 ) . |
| 28 | It is considered essential for employers and students to have access to easily understood information about the types of qualifications offered by the many institutions across the spectrum of the European countries . |
| 29 | The economy of the Netherlands Antilles , based upon oil refining , financial services and tourism , was boosted in the first quarter of 1990 by an increase of 6 per cent in the number of tourists compared with the same period of 1989 , which had shown a similar increase over the previous year . |
| 30 | In addition , it should be observed that although the Act of 1988 entered into force on 1 December 1988 , the validity of registrations effected under the former system was extended by section 13 until 31 March 1989 , and hence owners and operators who might not have fulfilled that requirement in the past were given a reasonable transitional period in which to comply therewith . |