Example sentences of "[noun] of [noun] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , as Patrick Parrinder has pointed out , most of these approaches — in their concern with methodology rather than with the aims and purposes of English studies — have led to changes in manners of interpretation rather than in the choice of texts : they do not usually lead to any significant reconsideration of the worth of pursuing the interpretation of texts as such . " |
| 2 | As I gazed out of the window I could see several groups of red deer in the distance , and in the foreground the brown ferns with clumps of heather here and there ; it was a wonderful sight . |
| 3 | Eurosterling bonds were first issued in 1972 ; they have all the characteristics of eurobonds rather than those of domestic or bulldog bonds , and the main issuers have been UK building societies , seeking long-term funds to finance their home loans . |
| 4 | But when you start to think about it in terms of erm sort of psychological explanation as you 're becoming used to , then it becomes perhaps not such a good way of thinking about perception Matlin 's got some very examples in it of this of those sorts of things By and large were concerned with people 's experience , self-reported experience quite often , of the phenomena saying well tell me what you see when you look at it rather than being based on the sort of lovely stuff that we love , good solid empirical data , yeah ? |
| 5 | Well they can physically do it to you with use of fists , use of hands and whatever else they 've got and they can mentally do it to you like put you in jail that or all sorts of things like when I was on sick leave , they came and lifted me . |
| 6 | They will form all sorts of categories too and the worst thing you can do in sa in er negotiating advertising er Richard is to prejudge anybody |
| 7 | We may describe these polar positions as thinking of education either as fixed states or as processes . |
| 8 | These are factors such as education , training , language and responsibility which colour the thinking of people so that different impressions result from the same data . |
| 9 | On the other hand , it can be a great deal of fun even if the stakes are quite high . |
| 10 | I covered a good deal of ground rapidly but not running and caught up with the shapely backview of a dark-haired girl . |
| 11 | The latter class has received a great deal of attention recently because homologous sequences have been found as domains contained within larger DNA binding proteins such as the nucleolar transcription factor hUBF ( 3 ) , mitochondrial transcription factor 1 ( 4 ) , sex-determining region Y ( SRY ) ( 5 , 6 ) , lymphoid enhancer binding factor I ( LEF-1 ) ( 7 ) , a T-cell specific transcription factor TCF-1α ( 8 ) , and the yeast autonomously replicating sequence factor ABF2 ( 9 ) . |
| 12 | Colin Sheaf , who will auction Vung Tau , rang me from Hong Kong to say there was a great deal of interest there and in Singapore in the cargo , and catalogues were selling fast . |
| 13 | Was n't a great deal of trouble in but th there was in the East End of London if you , if you we can read , can read about that . |
| 14 | There 's a great deal of room inside and excellent headroom — a child can stand up inside . |
| 15 | Pupils ' responses in individual interviews ( quoted , for example , in Dickson et al. , 1984 , pp. 262–3 ) support this perception of learners actively and logically seeking solutions . |
| 16 | As UK farm production rose , the economy became nearly self-sufficient in many foodstuffs and a net exporter of others so that between 1958 and 1983 the UK 's net imports of food almost halved in quantity . |
| 17 | Mitres are folded at the corners of hems to distribute the bulk of fabric evenly and neatly . |
| 18 | Indirect Rule dramatized , sanctified , and institutionalized the belief that backward races should and could be ruled by force of character rather than by force of arms . |
| 19 | Such black holes could not be formed by gravitational collapse , because their masses are below the Chandrasekhar mass limit : stars of this low mass can support themselves against the force of gravity even when they have exhausted their nuclear fuel . |
| 20 | With a performance of such towering strength and breathtaking pathos that it would make the stones weep , Depardieu 's bulk and energy turn Jean into a force of nature even when it is nature he is fighting . |
| 21 | Dr Barsamian stresses , however , the importance of a correct understanding of such concepts and methods of analysis so as to avoid unrealistic expectations about their capabilities by non-experts . |
| 22 | Asquith 's 1915 government was only halfway to coalition ; it was in fact a coalition of parties rather than a coalition of men , and it was run so as to maximize continuity . |
| 23 | Interestingly , the gravamen of the offence was not so much the likely effect on Distillers as the perceived effect on the administration of justice generally if such comment were allowed . |
| 24 | Scientists have no need to explore the internal logic of the consciousness of matter simply because it does not exist . |
| 25 | He was going to leave anyway and we 've had a succession of drummers really because he did n't play on the first single . |
| 26 | Does he understand that planning permission was initially gained , with difficulty , for the building of motorways through areas of outstanding natural beauty and great environmental sensitivity , so many people would not be keen to see developers spending hundreds of thousands — if not millions — of pounds fighting in a long succession of inquiries so that they can build not just motorway service areas — possibly excluding the disabled and lorries — but hotels and other facilities that would never have received permission when the original planning consent was granted ? |
| 27 | Dent Town suffered its gradual loss of status passively and withdrew into its shell , content to look after its own affairs exclusively and be bypassed by a changing world . |
| 28 | This ‘ centralization and internationalization of capital ’ knew no political boundaries , and the UK in particular was prone to a loss of investment overseas and increased imports ( Chapter 2 ) . |
| 29 | From 20 November 1992 , the interest rate on unpaid tax and repayment supplement for income tax , capital gains tax , development land tax , corporation tax ( including advance corporation tax ) , petroleum revenue tax ( including advance petroleum revenue tax ) , supplementary petroleum duty , Stamp Duty Reserve Tax , and on tax charged by an assessment for the purpose of making good to the Crown a loss of tax wholly or partly attributable to failure or error by the taxpayer , is reduced from 7.75% to 7% . |
| 30 | From 6 November 1992 the rate of interest on unpaid tax and repayment supplement for income tax , capital gains tax , development land tax , corporation tax ( including advance corporation tax ) , petroleum revenue tax ( including advance petroleum revenue tax ) , supplementary petroleum duty , Stamp Duty Reserve Tax , and on tax charged by an assessment for the purpose of making good to the Crown a loss of tax wholly or partly attributable to failure or error by the taxpayer , is reduced from 9.25% to 7.75% . |