Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] of the " in BNC.

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1 And some housekeeping tasks under DB2 3.1 such as reorganisation of the database are expected to take less time .
2 And some housekeeping tasks under DB2 3.1 such as reorganisation of the database are expected to take less time .
3 His appointment as lieutenant of the Tower in June 1660 placed him in a position vital to the maintenance of order in the City .
4 According to Durex , whose condoms account for 80% of the British market , purchases made by women have risen steadily over the past 10 years .
5 The Autoglide can even be used on trackless doors of the canopy variety , which account for 80% of the garage doors installed in the UK , and which conventional garage door openers can not cope with The Autoglide works on a cable principle , with an advanced electronic control box .
6 They accounted for 80% of the prenatal diagnoses in mothers under 35 and 25% of such diagnoses in older women , for whom maternal age is still the most common indication although in these the use of serum screening is increasing .
7 For our answer we have made an arbitrary assumption that he uses his car for 80% of the time for business and that half the repairs etc. relate to that car .
8 Paragraphs 474–489 of the Latey Report make it clear that doctors felt difficulty in accepting the consent of someone under 21 ( the then age of majority ) to medical treatment , even though parental consent might be unobtainable or , for reasons of the minor 's privacy , undesirable .
9 The special features of such a protective system , provided for reasons of the vastly increased significance of its failure , thus render it more vulnerable than would otherwise be the case .
10 Similar divisions among the nobility , and the confusion into which it seems to have thrown the English leaders , might well explain why national armies were raised infrequently and achieved little , especially if there was dispute over the best policy to adopt , for reasons of the sort outlined above .
11 While the above arguments suggest that the link between payment of the domestic rates and services received will lead to greater expenditure , it should be noted that domestic rates are one of the more obvious and most easily perceived of all taxes .
12 Instead of the definition of interest to be protected depending upon a balance between the economic liberty of individuals insofar as they conflict , the justification for protection of the reliance interest comprises appeals to the conservative distributive consequences of selecting an interest for legal protection .
13 By the late 1920s the nationalist government had achieved tariff autonomy and an agreement in principle to give up extraterritoriality , yet enclaves of foreign settlers , foreign interests and foreign troops ( nominally for protection of the first two ) remained .
14 You are encouraged to participate in any Group or ‘ local ’ schemes such as recycling initiatives , since , without involvement from everyone , and a general recognition that we are all responsible for protection of the environment , we can not achieve our Group objective .
15 There was a consensus of sorts among businessmen and trade unionists , but it was a consensus for protection of the home market and statutory cartels to control output and prices .
16 The new title is purely honourary and will not result in any increased legal claim for protection of the area .
17 The proposed EC directive calls for protection of the 10 most important sites for each designated habitat or species within four years , and the top 100 sites in each case within 10 years .
18 The selection criteria used were the same for all patients — namely , each patient was individually assessed with respect to general fitness for function of the anal sphincter .
19 Clearly I had arrived between downpours of the searing acid rain , while none of the local wildlife had come looking for snack in my vicinity .
20 This might be the case with provocation , for example : there may be objections to some of the distinctions now drawn by the law of provocation , but a broader defence of extreme emotional disturbance might provide for reduction of the offence in cases of loss of self-control when caring for a baby or when arrested by a police-officer known to be acting lawfully , and some might feel that there are strong arguments against this .
21 Should the state merely have a ‘ regulatory ’ function in such matters as the allocation of frequencies for broadcasting , or should it have a more active role as guarantor of the mass media and their ‘ public service ’ ?
22 He also knew that these tensions could be turned to his advantage , for their existence provided an internal " threat " which fully justified his permanence as guarantor of the nation 's stability and integrity .
23 She would need some encouragement from her husband and he would have to display some discipline , ( a ) to provide the information for preparation of the budgets , and ( b ) to accept the result of the exercise and implement any necessary restrictions in buying , etc .
24 2.1 The Company shall be paid for preparation of the Work the payments shown in Schedule II .
25 After parties have agreed on the method of enquiry , a time is allowed to them for preparation of the hearing .
26 The second main objective of an audit is to ascertain and evaluate the reliability of the accounting systems used as the basis for preparation of the financial statements .
27 A litigant in person for preparation of the case for arbitration , as opposed to the solicitor , may claim costs .
28 This ensures that the precipitated fraction is not broadened by local precipitation during addition of the non-solvent .
29 The wholesale nature of the grants also threatened the interests of men not recognized as opponents of the regime , something which Gloucester was careful to avoid elsewhere .
30 The wholesale nature of the grants also threatened the interests of men not recognized as opponents of the regime , something which Gloucester was careful to avoid elsewhere .
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