Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [vb -s] [verb] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , however , the majority of manufacturing firms seek locations in smaller towns where space is more abundant , with the result that the role of cities has become increasingly that of centres for service sector activities . |
| 2 | Thanks to the addition of fluoride to toothpastes and , in many places , to drinking water , decay on the smooth surfaces of teeth has become relatively rare in America . |
| 3 | Our unique combination of skills has helped literally thousands of companies . |
| 4 | Since then , the ‘ Willowgate ’ scandal over the illegal sale of cars has brought down five cabinet ministers , one of whom committed suicide . |
| 5 | Study of evolving populations of ammonoids has produced very fine subdivisions of Jurassic and Cretaceous rocks , and their only disadvantage , curiously enough , is the feature that makes them so attractive to collectors . |
| 6 | Now that the teaching of pirouettes has become more scientific , dancers can attempt turning with the working leg held at many different angles , even changing the pose as they spin . |
| 7 | The gist of the argument is that , once a relatively restricted and disreputable segment of society , the ‘ class ’ of middlemen has grown proportionally larger until now ‘ We are all middlemen , selling to others something we do not own , something we have not made ’ ( 5 ) . |
| 8 | The second major respect in which the assertion of the social rights of citizens has become more important is that it expresses the claims of very diverse groups in society to equal treatment , and at the same time broadens considerably the range of what are to be regarded as social rights . |
| 9 | If , over the years , the balance of probabilities has shifted so that balances previously included as creditors now seem unlikely ever to be paid , it would be appropriate for the balances in question to be removed from creditors , with the corresponding credit in either profit and loss account or , if the sums are material and the adjustment arises from a fundamental error , the profit and loss reserves in the balance sheet . |
| 10 | It seems unlikely that the earlier experience of one country having an autonomous capability in the industry will be repeated , now that the web of alliances has permeated almost all sectors of the industry . |
| 11 | Fforde seeks to deny this , but at this stage his interpretation of events begins to become increasingly eccentric . |