Example sentences of "[noun] [adv prt] of [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The treatment of the short-sleeved belted chit on of light material is assimilated in the taste of the time to that of the heavy chit on ( figs. 73–4 , 76 ) , though the structure of the garment is quite different . |
| 2 | They were they had a a board in of white kitten , free to good home . |
| 3 | The proposal involves support for elephant tracking operations , the drawing up of new import and export controls , and a " public relations campaigns with the goal of … reopening markets for legal ivory and other elephant products " . |
| 4 | The method proved much cheaper than the conventional equipment currently used to monitor pollution levels , and is quick enough to allow recognition of pollution hotspots and the drawing up of weekly pollution maps . |
| 5 | A new loyal planetary governor of the Capreolo clan had been installed to supervise the export of power crystals and psycurium ; and perhaps even more importantly , the offering up of devout prayer . |
| 6 | This inertia in accepting the need for change was , however , amply compensated for by an extremely effective programme of design , the setting up of new manufacturing facilities and by the retraining of assembly workers to handle the new electronic technology . |
| 7 | But the arrival of punk and the flood of self-produced records led to the setting up of new distribution networks which enabled the new labels to keep their distance from the bigger companies . |
| 8 | Measures have included the setting up of regional development agencies , private- public partnership schemes and privately organised enterprise trusts . |
| 9 | The setting up of regional Membership Interest Groups was endorsed and efforts were made to enhance their powers to recommend names to Portland Place in order to effectively tap regional talents . |
| 10 | In Scotland , a major drive involving the county associations , which included the setting up of regional training squads has already paid dividends with the emergence of teenage players of the calibre of Myra McKinlay and Janice Moodie . |
| 11 | David agreed to relay the feelings of the Programme Group that subsidy should be considered to the group set up by the Open College to negotiate with the denominations and with suitable trusts concerning the setting up of financial support for courses , training , etc . |
| 12 | So far as terminals are concerned , the trend of the 1980s has been overwhelmingly towards the setting up of private distribution depots , so running down BR 's own facilities . |
| 13 | Indeed , the setting up of secondary banking subsidi-aries by the primary banks is indicative ofthe slippage that was occurring . |
| 14 | A group of Armenian broadcasters have recently sought FEBC 's help with the setting up of local shortwave stations in their country . |
| 15 | A further innovation in Botswana has been the setting up of local curriculum development committees . |
| 16 | Aims : to assist in the setting up of local self help groups and to provide information and counselling . |
| 17 | The sub-schema DDL allows the setting up of particular user views of part of the schema , such as the specification of privacy locks , and the renaming and redescription of data items and records . |
| 18 | NME consists entirely of rude words out of other music papers ( eg. ‘ **** ’ ) and stuck on with earwax . |
| 19 | Nevertheless he made a few feints out of sheer exuberance , suggested a turn with his hips , moved at right-angles to his forward path with no loss of speed , changed step three times in successive strides , kicking hard on the last change and accelerating away in the joy of being able to run for ever . |
| 20 | Curtis put him in the picture ; his large , powerful hands seemed to tear vivid images out of thin air . |
| 21 | The initial idea of making vases out of solid stone was probably a foreign import . |
| 22 | For example on the building that we 're talking about shifting , first of all we 've got to find a site for the thing , then we 've got to get planning permission , then we 've got to get the actual permission of the owner of the land , then we 've got to make sure that erm electricity 's laid on , that there 's water laid on , that there 's some sort of toilet or other facilities and so on , and when you add all that up it 's quite a complicated sort of series of bureaucratic procedures you 've got to go through and it 's not a question of , you know , of people saying to us as Councillors well , you know , do this for us and we can magic it out in six months out of thin air _ there 's an awful lot of paperwork that 's got to be gone through and an awful lot of people to see and an awful lot of red tape , really , to get through first — I mean just to make sure that the thing 's safe and complies with health and safety standards — and that 's something which you have to get across to young people and if they 're involved in the actual discussions on this and involved in the organisation , they begin to see the complexities and they 're less inclined , I think , to automatically assume that erm people are n't on their side and do n't want to listen . |
| 23 | For example , on the building that we 're talking about shifting , first of all we 've got to find a site for the thing , then we 've got to get planning permission , then we 've got to get the actual permission of the owner of the land , then we 've got to make sure that erm electricity 's laid on , that there 's erm water laid on , that there 's some sort of toilet or other facilities and so on , and when you add all that lot up , it 's quite a complicated sort of series of bureaucratic procedures you 've got to go through , and it 's not a question of , you know , of people saying to us , ‘ Well , as councillors , well , do this for us , ’ and we can magic it out in six months out of thin air . |
| 24 | But the council say they have pledged to keep the homes out of private ownership unless it is absolutely necessary . |
| 25 | erm there i it 's not just a matter of plucking a figure out of thin air , but you can see the justification for the full fee-bid , and you can er crosscheck the accuracy of the fee-bid as well . |
| 26 | As Esterly puts it , ‘ I 'm the only person crazy enough to make a living out of original limewood foliage work . |
| 27 | Arnold bought the club out of loose change . |
| 28 | Sacchi was sufficiently unnerved by the 2–2 near miss at home to Switzerland to coax veteran sweeper Franco Baresi out of international retirement , and to examine the contributions of a few of his others players . |
| 29 | Wardens in tin helmets poked their noses out of sandbagged alarm posts to watch Charles and his CO striding by . |
| 30 | The UK division of FoE produces the Good Wood Guide , a simple run down of tropical hardwood products and their alternatives for consumers and manufacturers alike , so that all interested parties can be sure of buying hardwood that has come from sustainable sources . |