Example sentences of "[adv prt] of [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Second , the political response to a rapid deterioration in the economy implies a greater probability of a coup d'état or a battening down of the hatches by the government . |
| 2 | And he insists that the writing down of the sounds and patterns is important , even at the most elementary stage . |
| 3 | It was not only that , by 1837 , the structure and contents of houses had begun to change as a result of early mass production , but that society itself had undergone a ( technically ) peaceful revolution , incidentally undermining the consensus that the middle-class house was a scaling down of the houses of the great . |
| 4 | Into the nineteenth century , as I have mentioned , I middle-class houses were regarded as a scaling down of the houses of the great , while a majority of novels still referred themselves to the dominant mansion at their centre . |
| 5 | Because such houses set the standard , those who write upon architecture in the eighteenth century and Regency invariably regard houses of moderate size for more limited means as a scaling down of the houses of the great . |
| 6 | Indeed , he states quite unequivocally , ‘ in such dwellings every labourer ought to live , and any nobleman might live ’ In the following decade , Pugin also enquires why the middle-class dwelling should be regarded as a scaling down of the houses of the great , for ‘ the smaller detached houses which the present state of society has generated , should possess a peculiar character : they are only objectionable when made to appear diminutive representations of larger structures ’ . |
| 7 | we 've just , we 've just ordered the forth polar , er the the forth Trident submarine as the er you know , the the the , the slimming down of the armies yet to take to effect . |
| 8 | The first change they noticed as a result of the Revolution was the indiscriminate and wasteful hacking down of the woods by the peasants : large trees had merely been deprived of their thinner branches . |
| 9 | The shutting down of the motors was lost in the roar of louder engines . |
| 10 | Commercial growing of trees has been touted as a potential answer to the cutting down of the rainforests , but the pressure group says it could lead to monocultures with little ecological diversity . |
| 11 | Er now after about two years , er you got more proficient and then , of course , you could also help with the stripping down of the waggons . |
| 12 | Most early law was declared in councils of the Church and notaries were officially charged with the copying down of the decrees or acts . |
| 13 | The bogging down of the tanks in the mud reminds one of the immobilization of the helicopters of the master of Saddam in Tabas . |
| 14 | It was the writing down of the poems of Homer and Hesiod that led scholars to ask , for the first time apparently : ‘ How far was the information about their gods and heroes literally true ? ’ . |
| 15 | What I actually said was that the price that we would have to charge for burying the dead had to go up in order to ensure that in of the circumstances our standards could remain impeccable . |
| 16 | Bear this in mind when you are working out a design that has ribby tendencies , since ribs do cling and you will need , not only extra stitches to cover the drawing in of the cables , but extra width to stop the fabric from clinging , should you want a fashionable over-sized baggy look . |
| 17 | She felt back along of the chains . |
| 18 | well may I propose that we put all this along of the lines with flexible that they expressed the committee tonight and use ? |
| 19 | The conference was set up to attract more business to north Oxfordshire , where along of the flanks of the M40 empty office space is part of the landscape . |
| 20 | Laboratory manager , Andy Durrant says : ‘ M&ITS 's Calibration Laboratory is recognised as being on of the leaders in the field of pressure calibration work both in terms of accuracy and facilities , some of which are unique in the UK . |
| 21 | The position at the moment is that the defendant tells me he would like to acquire the premises because erm a low criticism has , was made of the premises as being suitable for the carry on of the doctors surgery in partner , a doctor 's surgery in partnership because no doubt the space and other matters , er the defendant tells me that erm they are perfectly suitable for as it were a sole petitioner to carry on his practice from them and that is why he would like to acquire it . |
| 22 | The reason for the preserving and passing on of the traditions in this way was that they were used primarily by the early Church in its teaching of the community . |
| 23 | In his professed concern for Banquo 's welfare ( III.i.11–38 ) , as in his urging on of the murderers ( III.i.73–139 ) , Macbeth displayed some of his earlier resource in hypocrisy , although the scene with the murderers is laboured , I believe deliberately , to show how energy and invention are gradually deserting him . |
| 24 | Now when Simon saw that the spirit was bestowed through the laying on of the apostles hands , he offered them much money , saying , give this authority to me as well , so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit . |
| 25 | Now when Simon saw was bestowed through the laying on of the apostles hands , he offered them money saying , give this authority to me as well so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit . |
| 26 | When Simon saw that the spirit was bestowed to the laying on of the apostles hands it was n't just something he conjured up in his imagination . |
| 27 | On the evening of Thursday 1 August , The Royal Academy will open its doors for Country Living readers to view the exhibition that has become on of the highlights of the London Season . |
| 28 | The record goes on to show that it was not only the handing over of the Yugoslavs that was discussed at these conferences . |
| 29 | The CMR applies to every contract for the carriage of goods by road in vehicles for reward , when the place of taking over of the goods and the place of delivery , as specified in the contract , are situated in two different countries , of which at least one is a contracting country , irrespective of the place of residence and the nationality of the parties . |
| 30 | McCreery had suggested that AFHQ should approach Tito to discuss the handing over of the Croats . |