Example sentences of "[adv prt] of [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lines remain constant almost as if in defiance at the narrowing down of life in the actual theme or to provide a strong medium for the subject of the weakness of old age . |
| 2 | With the slowing down of inflation in the mid-late 1970s , the ratio of direct to indirect taxes in total revenue began to fall . |
| 3 | THE GUNNING DOWN OF DOLPHINS IN THE BLACK SEA |
| 4 | They are biological catalysts — other words they trigger off or speed up a process such as the break down of waste in an aquarium . |
| 5 | Martin 's Building was originally built in 1932 as head office of Martin 's Bank becoming Barclay 's local head office following its take over of Martins in 1969 . |
| 6 | The actual handing over of power in Delhi was accomplished amid scenes of tremendous enthusiasm , of which the British found themselves , to their delight and astonishment , to some extent the objects . |
| 7 | The switching on and off of genes in different cells is fundamental to the programme of development . |
| 8 | Each board is made up of experts in a particular occupational sector , drawn from both education and industry . |
| 9 | Examples are the splitting up of AT&T in the US , referred to above , the more stringent conditions put on the BA/BCal merger by the EC authorities , and the MMC recommendation that the major UK brewers should divest themselves of most of their public houses ( Supply of Beer , 1989 ) . |
| 10 | Some of these are already apparent following Britain 's entry into the ERM : the stoking up of inflation in the mid-1980s and the creation in the 1990s of a million or so extra unemployed , together with thousands of bankruptcies , can properly be ascribed in the main to priority having been given to a managed exchange rate . |
| 11 | Served up of course in that certain unique Club 18–30 Summer Style . |
| 12 | The North Sea is obviously so shaped that very strong northerly winds can cause a piling up of water in the southern part of the sea , either because the escape route through the Straits of Dover is narrow , or because it is quite possible for the winds in the North Sea to be predominantly northerly while the winds in the English Channel are predominantly westerly . |
| 13 | What is now becoming clear is that clozapine produces a build up of dopamine in different receptors from other neuroleptics , and this gives a strong indication that another neurochemical abnormality underlies at least some symptoms of the disorder . |
| 14 | I have found that a build up of infusoria in the tank over this period can reduce the number of fry that reach the free swimming stage . |
| 15 | The opening up of colonies in the West and East Indies and America shifted the focus of world trade to the maritime nations of western Europe — Portugal , the Low Countries , England and France . |
| 16 | An attempt at modelling the future role of tropical forests in the world economy had the export of tropical hardwoods doubling between 1986 and 2000 with the opening up of industries in other countries . |
| 17 | The BBC was influential in the setting up of broadcasting in no fewer than seventeen African countries , and the French had a similarly extensive involvement . |
| 18 | This is made up of £130,000 in added money ( mainly from the sponsor but also with a contribution from the racecourse and the Levy Board , with the remainder coming from the stake money paid by each owner to enter . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's made up of anarchists in part and in part middle-class softies . |
| 20 | Sometimes a few stones stick out of the grass to indicate this , but clumps of nettles give a general indication of former areas of occupation and of dung in houses and farmyards , because of the build up of phosphates in the soil . |
| 21 | Because of the build up of venom in their system the Forest Goblin shamans inhabit a dream-like world haunted by strange spider gods and shadowy eight-legged daemons . |
| 22 | They are made up of modules in areas such as flower design and arrangement , care and identification of plants , stock control and selling skills , customer contact and payment . |
| 23 | The first dance band at the Show Room was made up of people in the dale and they called themselves the Arcadians . |
| 24 | Having in mind the proposals of the Government for a very considerable increase in the armaments of the country , and also the piling up of armaments in other European countries with a consequent danger of war , the Council in March passed a resolution calling the TUC to discuss measures which might be taken to oppose such an armament programme and to prepare plans for action to prevent the outbreak of war . |
| 25 | The great advantage of Realism was that it could justify both accommodation and the building up of armaments in the name of a balance of power . |
| 26 | A thing could be regarded as made up of parts in different ways , according to how we divide it mentally . |
| 27 | On the other hand , the Soviet Union have good cause to be worried about the military build up of troops in Saudi Arabia . |
| 28 | That that was the initial feeling that I got , it was like a build up of pressure in it , but on the inside and not in the outside |
| 29 | This causes a build up of pressure in the solution compartment until , at equilibrium , the pressure exactly counteracts the tendency for further solvent flow . |
| 30 | Trying to stop another huge build up of travellers in one area is a subject keeping several police forces across the region occupied . |