Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ideological terms in which the affected groups perceive of the environmental crisis are not politically sophisticated — in fact they have very little political content at all . |
| 2 | The first two , on 4 and 5 December , were ad hoc groups consisting of the Prime Minister , Heseltine , Leon Brittan , Secretary of State for Trade and Industry , John MacGregor , Chief Secretary to the Treasury , Sir Geoffrey Howe , Foreign Secretary and Sir Patrick Mayhew , Solicitor-General . |
| 3 | But these difficulties pale into insignificance when compared to those involved in equalising the use that different socio-economic groups make of the services . |
| 4 | Crusts formed of the most soluble salts are usually found in the lowest part of desert basins . |
| 5 | the use of more sophisticated techniques to assess what listeners make of the speech . |
| 6 | I would like readers to know of the excellent efforts you have made to stimulate community action in Wales . |
| 7 | Peter Hunter , secretary of the NALGO Pro-Life Group , at a recent meeting of NALGO supporters told of the disgraceful waste of union resources which are used to prop up the national Abortion Campaign , to which NALGO is affiliated . |
| 8 | Perhaps they have had some effect , by importing into English prisons a tradition of collective action by prisoners in pursuit of demands made of the prison authorities . |
| 9 | The European Council took " a most serious view of accusations against Libyan nationals " in connection with the 1988 and 1989 Lockerbie and UTI airliner bombings [ see p. 38692 ] and noted and fully endorsed " the demands made of the Libyan authorities by the governments of France , the UK and the United States on Nov. 27 " [ see p. 38599 ] . |
| 10 | These pictures speak of the kind of movement that implies progress and therefore appeals to us . |
| 11 | And lawyers for the two Libyans suspected of the Lockerbie bombing say a Jury in Scotland might be influenced by what they call prejudicial pretrial publicity . |
| 12 | Gerald of Wales , writing in the later twelfth century , says that the Welsh do not build ‘ lofty stone buildings ’ but content themselves with small huts made of the boughs of trees twisted together . ’ |
| 13 | Eye-witness accounts by British journalists told of the unprovoked and apparently indiscriminate shooting of civilians by British soldiers . |
| 14 | NATO strategists talked of the need for a ‘ flexible response ’ and of the possibility of a ‘ limited ’ nuclear war ; translated into the ordinary language of British voters , this seemed to many to amount to a willingness to contemplate nuclear war restricted to European soil . |
| 15 | MALTA said yesterday that it was willing to accept the two Libyans accused of the Lockerbie bombing for trial on the island if all parties agreed . |
| 16 | This declaration [ see p. 38599 ] had declared that the Libyan government " must surrender for trial " the two Libyans accused of the Lockerbie bombing , " accept responsibility for the actions of Libyan officials " , " disclose all it knows of this crime " and co-operate in providing access to witnesses , documents and material evidence , and " pay appropriate compensation " . |
| 17 | THE two Libyans accused of the Lockerbie bombing have hired a Scottish lawyer who plans to fly out to meet them later this month . |
| 18 | Both books tell of the extremes a man will go to obtain the object of his desire , and how despite all his efforts , neither hero succeeds ultimately . |
| 19 | The other group of remedies consists of the so-called private law remedies of declaration and injunction . |
| 20 | ‘ Modern ’ , ‘ really attractive ’ , ‘ well-designed ’ , ‘ easy to use ’ ; these are some of the enthusiastic comments made by sixth-formers in a recent survey carried out by the MORI organisation , to discover what readers thought of the University 's newly-designed Prospectus . |
| 21 | Since their introduction in January , Tessas are fast becoming the savings hit of the 1990s . |
| 22 | Other candidates spoke of the need to rid West Ham of its slums and provide its children with the opportunity to reach university . |
| 23 | Several candidates spoke of the need for a coalition , and senior FNLA officials said that their party would be likely to form an alliance with other parties , including the MPLA , in a possible run-off if no single candidate won outright in the first round . |
| 24 | Very simply it presents , through its visual image of the Crucifixion and its present-tense appeal to passers-by to think of the uniqueness of the love it manifests , a sense of the issues of the Passion as a continual process : The final two lines complete the physical image but metaphorically signify that reality at the heart of Christianity , that through the experience of suffering the strength of love is made known . |
| 25 | A number of organizations from both sectors spoke of the problems of an Increase In the number of firms competing to supply particular markets , whilst a number were introducing new products onto the market and were unsure how these would fare . |
| 26 | Chinese fables spoke of the abyss that lay in the waters to the east . |
| 27 | ‘ Dinner will be served at the usual time and I am pleased to say there will be no discernible traces left of the recent occurrence by that time . ’ |
| 28 | This last phrase — ‘ no discernible traces left of the recent occurrence by that time ’ — my father would repeat with a laugh and shake his head admiringly . |
| 29 | Kath is a pretty dark-haired vivacious girl , whose flashing black eyes warn of the mass of complexities bubbling beneath the surface . |
| 30 | This is the view the Swindon fans had of the West Ham match and in the first half their hearts must have almost stopped as Town were hit hard by the Hammers … keeper Nicky Hammond played a blinder … |