Example sentences of "[noun pl] of [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her eyes fell on two empty jam jars standing on a shelf , and then her mind flew to the clumps of snowdrops she 'd noticed blooming near the entrance to the shearers ' quarters . |
| 2 | Instead , men were tramping through the shrubbery , parting the delphiniums , running their hands between every pansy and wallflower , even lifting the clumps of lobelia which cascaded down the side of a weathered stone urn . |
| 3 | firmly but gently , breaking up any clumps of cells which may be formed . |
| 4 | How longingly I recalled that other bed , with Sophocles beside it and Mary in it , as I camped out on unsavoury sacks among the dregs of humanity who were my new companions ! |
| 5 | To examine the tactics of talk we need first to consider … |
| 6 | It borders upon the tautological to focus upon the relationships between unhealthful reproductive patterns and the demographic characteristics of women who do or do not use contraceptives . |
| 7 | Carol Eastman had also written in some other characteristics of Nicholson himself , such as his directness , his honesty and his ability to cut through hypocritical jargon . |
| 8 | Since Weber analysed the organizational requirements of the capitalist state , this influence has increased as those characteristics of bureaucracy which he recognized as being a basis for political power have become more pronounced . |
| 9 | He points out that many of the characteristics of man which outsiders find distasteful reflect genuine local needs and aspirations . |
| 10 | This project examines whether the differences in external conditions ( and in the characteristics of countries themselves ) alter their costs and benefits sufficiently to make it inappropriate for new NICs . |
| 11 | In addition to broad European-American comparisons which have been considered , it is also necessary to explain some of the major variations and country-by-country differences in the characteristics of unionism which exist within the European context itself . |
| 12 | The exploration was pursued by statistical analysis relating the amount of manufacturing change ( the phenomenon to be explained ) to characteristics of areas which it was hypothesized might explain the change . |
| 13 | It is the excellent wear characteristics of alumina which are the principal advantage in artificial hip systems . |
| 14 | Highly effective schools were identified , based on the school 's reputation and a checklist of 43 characteristics of effective schools and 12 characteristics of schools which allocated resources in a highly effective manner . |
| 15 | It focuses on corporate approaches to managing such staff , e.g. recruitment , selection , appraisal , development , motivation , salary structures , discipline , dismissal and on the characteristics of unions which are recruiting managers , on the extent that managerial unionists experience conflicts of interests between their employer and the union , on the extent to which they tend to be ‘ moderate ’ or ‘ militant ’ and on how managers ' unions relate to other unions . |
| 16 | These components are characteristics of speech which are constantly present and observable while speech is going on . |
| 17 | In this chapter various features which contribute to evaluation are considered separately : certain key characteristics of books themselves , such as price , level and readability ; physical characteristics , such as bindings and typefaces ; publishers ' information about books ; reviews ; and the impact of reservations . |
| 18 | Table II gives the characteristics of children who had leukaemia or non-Hodgkin 's lymphoma diagnosed during 1972–89 and who were born in the study area and resident there when their cancer was diagnosed . |
| 19 | Table III gives the patient characteristics of children who recovered and those who did not as noted in the initial history and physical examination . |
| 20 | It bore a hideous resemblance to the blighting , punishing sorts of work which are common in the world at large . |
| 21 | Or it could mean cutting Russian exports , which would leave the Cubans short of all sorts of things they need . |
| 22 | I think it enables young , the young people that have been coming to those meetings to find out too the problems that councillors have and local authorities have , in actually trying to carry out the sorts of things they want . |
| 23 | At least that 's why it 's so important to know the sorts of things they are going to say before you can specify for that . |
| 24 | We seem to be gathering all sorts of things we do n't need . |
| 25 | This is a very appealing theory but scarcely seems to be borne out by the facts ; after all , we dream about all sorts of things which in no way do we wish to experience in real life . |
| 26 | all sorts of things which are available which if I just brushed up on so at least if I went to an interview I 'd be able to talk about |
| 27 | The opposition , predictably , accused the Government of all sorts of things which spelt death to the arts , giving Arts Minister , Tim Renton a hard time . |
| 28 | These projects are the sorts of things which Friends of other Gardens , particularly American , undertake in co-operation with their Libraries . |
| 29 | Well well you , you can advocate erm mutual aid and all these sorts of things which erm which are erm a step towards , I mean I 'm not saying they 're directly |
| 30 | We can already say that I mean there there obviously there 's a lot of talk now about erm taxation towards towards resource taxes and those sorts of things which the Green Party were saying you know fifteen years ago or something . |