Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun pl] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it still gives you a pang to see performers of the calibre of Stephen Moore , Sian Phillips and Sheila Steafel trapped voluntarily in a vehicle heading nowhere . |
| 2 | The dispute is over the US 's reluctance to curb emissions of the most important greenhouse gas , carbon dioxide . |
| 3 | ‘ To enable discussions of the project to take place in total secrecy , ’ he said , ‘ I 'm taking my four colleagues cruising in the Cyclades . |
| 4 | At Trecynon , a suburb on the north-west side of the town , there is an iron bridge built in 1811 to carry products of the Abernant Ironworks on a tramway from the works to the Glamorgan Canal , and thence to the port at Cardiff . |
| 5 | Early on , he asked John Wakeham , his one-time boss as chief whip , but now energy secretary , to attend meetings of the review committee , acting as an independent source of party-wise political advice and , later , as a fixer . |
| 6 | It is common for members of each to attend meetings of the others , at least as observers , and sometimes a project initiated by one body is subsequently brought to fruition under the aegis of another . |
| 7 | She was the first woman to receive such an honour , and it had to be accepted by Professor Bonney on her behalf , since women were not allowed to attend meetings of the society . |
| 8 | An open invitation is extended to Mr Amos to attend meetings of the Village Association committee . |
| 9 | Copyholders were obliged to attend meetings of the manor court , and any changes in tenancy were recorded in the court rolls . |
| 10 | These secretaries also began to attend meetings of the royal council , though merely as clerks , not as members , and in 1559 were given the title of secretaries of state . |
| 11 | We found these very interesting and should be glad to see copies of the material you mentioned as about to go to print . |
| 12 | Mr Elton advised the NAPF members to circulate copies of the Fimbra guidance note to their scheme members who were considering a transfer out of the company scheme and added that Fimbra had requested them ‘ to refer any instances of misleading scare advertising , or any evidence of bad advice that results in loss to scheme members , to its Complaints Department ’ . |
| 13 | So , a representative of the authority is entitled to be present at the taking of the evidence ; for example , the authority may wish to ensure that there is no infringement of his State 's sovereignty or security , or to uphold privileges of the witness . |
| 14 | ‘ Yes , ’ said Dr Mortimer , ‘ Laura married a painter called Lyons who came to paint pictures of the moor . |
| 15 | The arrangements to harmonise aspects of the current approval systems , which were outlined in ‘ Update ’ No 23 are nearing completion . |
| 16 | To make predictions about nuclear shapes a model needs to include aspects of the individual motion of the neutrons and protons . |
| 17 | This was used to infer values of the Census variables for households which never returned a form . |
| 18 | The government published on June 30 , 1989 , the Securities ( Insider Dealing ) Bill , the principal purpose of which was to tighten definitions of the practice of insider dealing and to introduce new penalties . |
| 19 | For pupils of below average ability it is not so unusual to find discussions of the whole curriculum taking place , perhaps because of their perceived ‘ low ’ status or because there are no public examination constraints . |
| 20 | In response to the injunction , residents of Barnahely maintained their 24-hour watch on the site and members of the picket refused to accept copies of the injunction issued against them . |
| 21 | Four days later , Raybestos ' managing director , Ted Deane , accompanied by 12 gardai , met a human barrier of some 60 men , women and children when he attempted to gain access to the Barnahely dump , all of whom refused to accept copies of the interlocutory injunction . |
| 22 | It is a matter of deep regret that the Department of Social Security failed to provide copies of the instruments in time for the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments to consider them and report to the House . |
| 23 | Already , a number of lawyers , employers and medical researchers from the US , Europe and Britain have been telephoning Australia to find out more about the judgment and to request copies of the ruling . |
| 24 | I would like help from those who have taken on responsibility to inform groups of the changes and want to find out where they found materials which were user friendly . |
| 25 | They particularly wanted to obtain copies of the prospecting licences to see what conditions were attached . |
| 26 | To obtain copies of the above guides , write , enclosing payment , to . |
| 27 | The trainee , who wishes to remain anonymous , said : ‘ I had hoped to obtain copies of the results of the survey and a sample questionnaire . |
| 28 | In a landscape renowned for its water sinks and disappearing streams , it 's unusual to find lakes of the size of Semer Water and Malham Tarn . |
| 29 | ‘ Written to preface performances of The Magic Flute , my Serenade ends with a loud , high chord of E flat , the first chord of the opera . |
| 30 | Almost the most enjoyable thing of all is Lewis 's ability to find traces of the ‘ old world ’ — beliefs which go back to Isadore of Seville or Macrobius or even as far as Plato — surviving in the pages of Fielding , Johnson or Wordsworth . |