Example sentences of "[noun pl] of the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like the ideologists of the left , the libertarians are concerned to elaborate a political philosophy and then drastically transform the world in accordance with that philosophy . |
| 2 | The libertarians , in common with the ideologists of the left , whose tactics they often self-consciously copy , frequently find themselves in conflict with their own party , which they claim is insufficiently ideological ( Durham , 1985 ; Gamble , 1986 ) . |
| 3 | Moreover , the actual life and manners of the peasantry are by no means clear , and the historians are divided over whether the late age of marriage , dictated by the impossibility of marriage before an economic slot opened for the man , meant compulsory restraint or a social toleration of masturbation , oral and anal sex , and homosexuality . |
| 4 | ( I am anxious that you should understand the customs and manners of the country where the events in question took place , so different from your own . |
| 5 | This equestrian portrait ( by Franz Casanova ) conveys Peter 's commitment to Russian military might and also the costume and manners of the west . |
| 6 | As is his wont , the novelist delivers an appropriate come-uppance to not-so-eminent Edwardians who adopt the pompous manners of the Empire and refuse to acknowledge that the rest of the world is due to move on . |
| 7 | The local authority exercising its parental responsibility would certainly have to consider very carefully whether it accepted that practitioner 's advice and any advice as to the risks of the transfer of J. from one hospital to another before giving its consent to such different treatment . |
| 8 | The panel concludes that overall the benefits outweighed the risks of the drug at doses of 0.25 and 0.125 mg when provided with appropriate data sheets . |
| 9 | Highly conscious of the strategic risks of the defence of Cuba , sensing that Castro — who had no orthodox Communist credentials — was too ambitious and unpredictable a leader to be a wholly reliable client , and ( as explained in chapter 4 ) already beginning to regret the extent of their economic commitment , the Soviet leadership once again retreated into caution . |
| 10 | It has already been suggested that the drafter 's primary objective is to transfer , so far as possible , the risks of the contract away from his/her client and onto the other party to the contract . |
| 11 | Such were the risks of the gunman 's trade . |
| 12 | LAG worried on three fronts : the side-step taken by the Bill on extending solicitors ' rights of audience ; the gamble on the redistribution of High Court business when the county courts are already over-stretched ; and the unknown risks of the conveyancing changes until the new code is published . |
| 13 | Hygiene Services have developed new cleaning equipment for use in food factories , which further reduces the risks of the spread of harmful bacteria in the production areas . |
| 14 | For all his coinciding with the world of fashion , with the glamour and risks of the pederasty he helped publicise , Mapplethorpe 's pictures remain alien to the canons of American good taste and to meat-and-potato American ideas about art . |
| 15 | This means risks of the order of , say , being gored by a buffalo if we shoot an arrow at it , being struck by lightning if we shelter under a lone tree in a thunderstorm , or drowning if we try to swim across a river . |
| 16 | Nasal oxygen supplementation significantly reduces this problem and should be routinely used in patients over the age of 60 undergoing ERCP as this reduces the sedation risks of the procedure . |
| 17 | I suppose it must be one of the risks of the job . ’ |
| 18 | They said he understood the risks of the job but everyone on the case agrees it was a pointless killing . |
| 19 | I believe that my hon. Friend is right to draw attention to the risks of the devolution proposals which have previously been put before people . |
| 20 | So beta merely uses the correlation coefficient to weight the ratio of the risks of the security and the market . |
| 21 | Medical Services counter the risks of the AIDS virus , hepatitis and other contagious diseases associated with used sharp medical instruments , such as hypodermic needles , with a service for their safe collection and disposal . |
| 22 | here there is limited or no recourse to government to guarantee a scheme , the risks of the project after completion of construction may be offset by an agreement to index link tolls or charges and by insurance guarantees . |
| 23 | Its methods may improve our understanding of our patients and ourselves and form the basis for behavioural changes , on which reduction of the risks of the disease still largely depend . |
| 24 | The risks of a drug can not be treated in isolation from its benefits , from the risks of the disease being treated , or from the potentially deleterious effects of drug withdrawal . |
| 25 | Male and female roles were separate and complementary , and based on the primitive , that the male was the stronger and not exposed to the constant and deathly risks of the childbed . |
| 26 | Accounts of youths whizzing about madly on their bikes , causing pandemonium among the traffic , frightening horses , and knocking over pedestrians were as commonplace as the headlines which repeatedly sensationalised ‘ The Cyclist Terror ’ , ‘ The Risks of the Cycle ’ , ‘ The Perils of the Wheel ’ , ‘ Moloch of the Wheel ’ , ‘ The Dangers of City Cycling ’ and ‘ Cyclomania ’ . |
| 27 | She quirked an eyebrow , starting to enjoy the risks of the moment . |
| 28 | These real arts of the field man 's work can only be acquired over a long period , and they must be practised and refined by an officer on his own in the course of his work . |
| 29 | One of the arts of the parent , the teacher , and the librarian is to ensure that the right book is in the right hands at the right moment . |
| 30 | [ C. M. Kauffmann , ‘ The Bury Bible ’ , Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes , vol. xxix , 1966 , pp. 60–81 ; R. M. Thomson , ‘ Early Romanesque Book-Illustration in England : the Dates of the Pierpont Morgan Vitae Sancti Edmundi and the Bury Bible ’ , Viator , vol. ii , 1971 , pp. 211–25 ; R. M. Thomson , ‘ The Date of the Bury Bible Reexamined ’ , Viator , vol. vi , 1975 , pp. 51–8 ; C. R. Dodwell , The Pictorial Arts of the West , 1991 . ] |