Example sentences of "[noun] of [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many fish specialists believe that in the Devonian all the bony fishes had lungs ( and that the swim bladder of the recent forms was a modification of the early breathing apparatus ) . |
| 2 | This was so because possession of such information placed the firm in a position ‘ superior to other persons [ which made it ] subject to the restraints and the purview of the anti-fraud provisions ’ . |
| 3 | The first is typically within the purview of the natural sciences and is the subject matter of agricultural engineers and soil scientists , while the second is within the social sciences and is studied by economists and sociologists . |
| 4 | Comparing ( 5.29 ) and ( 5.33 ) , we can see that the spot-yield is the geometric mean of the forward rates , . |
| 5 | The gastrin value at each infusion rate of gastrin releasing peptide was measured by taking the mean of the two values at 30 and 45 minutes of each infusion . |
| 6 | This value is the mean of the group mean of Zollinger-Ellison patients ( 5.9 ) and the group mean of the other subjects together ( 3.5 ) . |
| 7 | Notice that the CDR can be thought of as a weighted mean of the age-specific rates , using age class population numbers as weights , i.e. CDR = |
| 8 | The grand mean of the samples of 4 , which we call , and the mean of the individual observations , x― , are nearly the same and approach each other as the number of samples increases . |
| 9 | The grand mean of the samples of 4 , which we call , and the mean of the individual observations , , are nearly the same and approach each other as the number of samples increases . |
| 10 | Sera were tested at a 1:40 dilution and bound antibody was detected with alkaline phosphatase conjugated goat antihuman gamma chain specific antibody. 3 SD above the mean of the negative controls was considered positive . |
| 11 | Note that the combinations , and , have the same resonant pulsatance which is the geometric mean of the pass-band limits and . |
| 12 | Genetic , sex , and environmental effects are eliminated in each within-twins difference and the mean of the these differences is a good measure of the X-effect even if the average response varies greatly over the twin pairs . |
| 13 | The basal gastrin value for each subject was measured by taking the mean of the three samples obtained before the start of gastrin releasing peptide infusion . |
| 14 | Every 10 minutes , three images of the gall bladder were taken and the mean of the three measurements was taken as the response at this time point . |
| 15 | She turned her head slightly , opening her eyes to gaze at the firm , tanned hands clasping the wheel of the super-charged sports car that Ross had hired earlier that afternoon . |
| 16 | Thus , in consideration of such an issue as to whether women can be ordained , relevant factors for people come to be ( as I have said ) questions such as what was the case in the early church , what would Jesus have done , how is God envisaged in the religion of the ancient Hebrews ? |
| 17 | We saw earlier the strong propitiatory element in the religion of the Germanic pagans with whom St Boniface dealt in the 720s . |
| 18 | What is clear is that it evolved out of the neolithic Cretan religion and that the religion of the classical Greeks at least in part grew out of it . |
| 19 | Below the £10 mark identification is a simple matter , thanks not least to the corroboration of the sumptuary acts . |
| 20 | ( He gave examples in an Appendix , for he was a scholar of the age of the Enlightenment and frankly admired the arts of the native peoples of the islands . ) |
| 21 | In the combat tactics of the early days , however , the French shone , for this was a form of warfare ideally suited to their individualistic temperament ( though , later , it was to be the cause of grievous losses ) . |
| 22 | The campaign tactics of the two contestants differed markedly . |
| 23 | With his main enemy removed , Scapula might have cause for congratulation , but this was soon forgotten in the savage guerrilla-type tactics of the untamed Silures , whom Scapula had unwisely threatened to exterminate . |
| 24 | The strategies and tactics of the public relations service are always sharply focused and aligned to the marketing objectives when brand public relations work is done . |
| 25 | Of course , even if consideration is restricted to essentially short-term factors , Mrs Thatcher 's poor performance in the ballot can not be attributed solely to the strategy and tactics of the respective campaigns . |
| 26 | I AM not worried by the tactics of the Tory Whips during the Maastricht debate because any government has the right to expect members elected on its manifesto to push its business through the House . |
| 27 | Information that has now come to light about the political gulags and the Gestapo tactics of the secret police has certainly done much to underline the totalitarian essences of even the ‘ soft ’ regimes . |
| 28 | ‘ It was n't technology that doomed nuclear power in the US , nor was it the dedicated obstructionist tactics of the anti-nuclear forces , effective though they were . |
| 29 | The agenda specified the election of sixteen members to each of the ten Conciliar Commissions — the successors of the preparatory ones . |
| 30 | It included , along with clauses concerned with tolls and mercantile rights , a grant of freedom for the town and all dwellers in it ; the abolition of the judicial duel , unpopular with merchants ; the use of inquest in its place ; and an enlarged competence for the échevins or boni homines , the successors of the Carolingian scabini , re-established in the town at the very beginning of the century . |