Example sentences of "[noun] of [noun sg] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , if an actress and a doctor are having coffee , say , the processor may use the different stereotypical activities associated with these sorts of character to specify a contrast between them . |
| 2 | Create this easy-to-make blind by cutting an oblong of fabric to fit the window and hemming all its edges . |
| 3 | It is a tribute to how far we have come already in theoretical physics that it now takes enormous machines and a great deal of money to perform an experiment whose results we can not predict . |
| 4 | It would require a great deal of leadership to manage the party . ’ |
| 5 | Also it can not be left inside the premises each night without a good deal of work to rearrange the production floor to accommodate it . |
| 6 | It makes a great deal of sense to include a reference on all business letters . |
| 7 | For the educated mother in particular , it took a great deal of courage to reject a system of upbringing which combined quasi-religious appeals to ‘ duty ’ and ‘ rightness ’ and ‘ goodness ’ with a claim to be based on the rational attitudes which she herself , as a ‘ modern ’ woman , was supposed to have embraced . |
| 8 | Just prior to this I was under a great deal of pressure to complete a computer program , and went in to work while I was suffering from the flu and not sleeping very well . |
| 9 | But the Board of Trade had a great deal of latitude to vary the precise details of the arrangement , and insisted that , for discs , the records should bear the stamps , not the sleeves . |
| 10 | It takes a great deal of time to embroider a sampler in silks or wools , but it is a much swifter process when using pressed flowers . |
| 11 | Most of these in themselves do not have a great deal of interest to offer the tourist . |
| 12 | As James graphically put it , in every moral decision ‘ some part of the ideal is butchered ’ It does not require a great deal of insight to appreciate the significance of James 's theory for the judicial process . |
| 13 | I am a 40-year-old male , childless by choice , already paying a great deal of tax to satisfy the needs of women and children . |
| 14 | You can use the magic item Orb of Thunder to darken the skies and spoil high level flight altogether , but you ca n't count on this working . |
| 15 | Enough premalignant cells are present in the bulk of stool to permit the analysis of tumour suppressor gene mutations by this technique . |
| 16 | Pupils can use the immediate feedback of information to evaluate the success of their search strategy and broaden or narrow their search as appropriate . |
| 17 | By an originating summons dated 18 December 1991 the plaintiffs , the Halifax Building Society , the Woolwich Equitable Building Society , the Leeds Permanent Building Society , and the Alliance and Leicester Building Society , sought ( 1 ) a declaration that , upon the true construction of the ombudsman scheme recognised under Part IX of the Building Societies Act 1986 , the first defendant Stephen Bristow Edell , the ombudsman appointed under the scheme , was not entitled to investigate or determine ( a ) the complaint against the first plaintiff received by him from Michael Robert Allen and Christine Allen , the second and third defendants respectively , alleging that the report and valuation for mortgage assessment prepared for the first plaintiff had been negligently prepared , ( b ) the complaint against the second plaintiff received by him from Jeffrey Leonard Brommage and Heather Maureen Brommage , the fourth and fifth defendants respectively , alleging that the report and valuation prepared for the second plaintiff had been negligently prepared , ( c ) the complaint against the third plaintiff received by him from Lawrence Frederick West and Christa West , the sixth and seventh defendants respectively , alleging that the report and valuation prepared for the third plaintiff had been negligently prepared , and ( d ) the complaint against the fourth plaintiff received by him from Joseph Paul Hardcastle and Astrid Marie Hardcastle , the eighth and ninth defendants respectively , alleging that the report and valuation prepared for them had been negligently prepared ; and ( 2 ) a determination , upon the true construction of the scheme , whether and if so in what circumstances the first defendant was entitled to investigate and determine a complaint relating to an allegation of failure to exercise the requisite degree of professional skill and care on the part of a valuer or surveyor employed by the building society against which the complaint was made in relation to a report by him on the condition or value of any property where the report in question consisted of : ( a ) a written report prepared pursuant to section 13 of the Building Societies Act 1986 for a building society on the value of the land which was proposed as security for an advance to be made by the society and on any factors likely materially to affect its value made by a person who is competent to value and is not disqualified under section 13 from making a report on the land in question , ( b ) a written valuers ' report and valuation for mortgage prepared for the first plaintiff , ( c ) such a report prepared for the second plaintiff , ( d ) such a report prepared for the third plaintiff , ( e ) such a report prepared for the fourth plaintiff , ( f ) a house buyer 's report and valuation prepared by a chartered surveyor subject to the standard conditions of engagement of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors , ( g ) a flat buyer 's report and valuation prepared by a chartered surveyor , ( h ) a home buyer 's standard valuation and survey report prepared by an incorporated valuer and auctioneer subject to the standard terms of engagement of the Incorporated Society of Valuers and Auctioneers , ( i ) a written report known as a ‘ home purchase report ’ prepared by a chartered surveyor or an incorporated valuer and auctioneer subject to the standard conditions of engagement of the second plaintiff , ( j ) a written report known as a ‘ house buyer 's report ’ prepared by a chartered surveyor or an incorporated valuer and auctioneer subject to the standard conditions of engagement of the third plaintiff , or ( k ) a structural survey report . |
| 18 | The general damages for conspiracy and the alternative damages for deceit are claimed to include the following : ( a ) moneys ‘ expended upon the C.M.C. ’ by the plaintiffs after the commencement of the company ; ( b ) legal costs in fighting B.M.T. ; ( c ) the stain and stigma of bankruptcy ; ( d ) loss of earnings by the plaintiffs ; ( e ) the effect upon the health of the first plaintiff ; ( f ) loss of reputation of the first plaintiff ; ( g ) distress and suffering ; ( h ) loss of opportunity to develop the centre ; and ( i ) other consequential loss . |
| 19 | The question of whether those taking part actually had sufficient command of BSL to make a conscious decision to withhold that form of signing is rather debatable , since virtually all those involved had difficulty with the deaf people 's signing which they had to translate . |
| 20 | It may be the result of inability to maintain a constant frequency of electrical control activity and this may be due to the effects of muscle disease on groups of muscle cells producing populations with altered frequencies . |
| 21 | During this period the Commission sought to win agreement for fundamental reform of the EC 's common agricultural policy ( CAP ) , in part to restrict the growth of intervention stocks ( or " food mountains " ) and in part as a result of pressure to reduce the EC 's level of agricultural subsidy in the context of the " Uruguay round " of multilateral trade talks of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) , which ground to a halt in December 1990 [ see p. 37930 ] . |
| 22 | In March 1990 a report from the Association of Directors of Social Services claimed that 36 per cent of local authority social services departments had had to cut services , stop new projects or impose charges as a result of pressure to keep the poll tax down . |
| 23 | Liberal Democrats will introduce an emergency programme of investment to end the slump . |
| 24 | In the United States , Wood Group ESP acquired Trico Submersible Systems ( renamed ESP Products ) and are now embarked on an ambitious programme of growth to develop the products and services of our electric submersible pump business worldwide . |
| 25 | Labour leader John Smith demanded a proper programme of ACTION to boost the economy — and laid the blame for the crisis firmly at the Prime Minister 's door . |
| 26 | In all but the smallest companies efficiency necessitates the delegation of authority to manage the business to a specialised management team . |
| 27 | On 19th August , 1856 , Hall sent identical letters to Clarendon and Panmure , saying that he had directed Hunt to prepare the instructions for the competition , and asked the Secretaries of State to appoint a representative from each of their departments to give Hunt the ‘ extent and kind of accommodation required ’ . |
| 28 | 1.26 The 1988 Act requires the Secretaries of State to revise the curriculum from time to time ; we assume that NCC and CCW , among others , will advise them on this , and that such revision will include attainment targets , the allocation of statements of attainment to levels , programmes of study and methods of assessment . |
| 29 | To understand this , it is necessary to distinguish between the areas of defence , law and order , and social policy — where the motive of government policy appears to be the concentration of authority to build a ‘ strong state ’ — and full employment , incomes policy , industrial policy , and public ownership from which the government has withdrawn to create ‘ a free economy ’ . |
| 30 | It shovelled snow and food into its maw , turning to confront Fierce Eyes and Dreamer , too torn between the delight of meat and the fear of attack to make a move . |