Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] of [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A future investment activity not specifically relevant to the current context is the establishment , operation or winding up of collective investment schemes . |
| 2 | In the last few years these problems have also been intensified by the housing changes described in chapter 7 , namely the accelerated contraction of the private-rented sector , the winding up of New Town Development Corporations and other official overspill schemes , the cutback in Treasury funds for new public-sector house-building in general , and the sale of council houses to tenants with ‘ Right To Buy ’ discounts ( Brittan , 1986 ) . |
| 3 | Of course , there is nothing to guarantee that the authorities will stick by the same decision rules : they could become so agitated by public concern over the build up of inflationary pressure that they could jettison their employment objective and opt for contractionary demand management policies . |
| 4 | Good synthetic brushes deliver high performance , but cost less , so if there is a build up of acrylic paint at the ferrule ( the base of the bristles ) and performance is impaired , they can be replaced more cheaply . |
| 5 | The build up of cytosolic calcium inhibits further release through its inhibitory effect on the release channel and the cytosolic calcium is removed by being pumped back into the stores or out of the cell ( Fig. 4 d ) . |
| 6 | With increased capital expenditure and a build up of working capital , there was an outflow of cash in the year following two years of strong positive cash flow . |
| 7 | Feed little and often thus preventing a build up of uneaten food on the base of the tank . |
| 8 | Unfortunately , early efforts are likely to lead to the model charging backwards towards the pilot followed by a large application of forward stick causing an uncontrollable build up of forward speed . |
| 9 | Ozone is itself a form of greenhouse gas — helping to retain the sun 's reflected heat in the atmosphere - , and its destruction may be allowing more heat to escape than was hitherto thought , compensating for the increased heat retention caused by the build up of atmospheric carbon dioxide and other " greenhouse gases " . |
| 10 | The speed at which these pulses returned told environmental experts at the town hall about the build up of dangerous exhaust fumes on High Row . |
| 11 | The administrative arrangement and supervision required for such teamwork was exactly the sort of skill in which Lewis excelled , and the hours passed quickly with the progressive gleaning of intelligence , the gradual build up of hard fact to bolster tentative theory — and always that almost insolent gratification that shone in Morse 's eyes , for the latter appeared to have known ( or so it seemed to Lewis ) most of the details before the calls and corroboration had been made . |
| 12 | The air quality over much of Britain deteriorated during hot weather in May , with a build up of photochemical smog in some areas . |
| 13 | The cleaning kit will also remove the build up of magnetic oxide which collects on the head . |
| 14 | The account in Table 2.3 of the build up of independent study across the Course would be an example of a course-wide policy which is permissive progressively permeating the Course as a whole . |
| 15 | ‘ Generating electricity causes serious environmental damage by contributing to acid rain , to the build up of radioactive waste and to the threat of global climate change . |
| 16 | Leaving gaps in the base of the wall near ground level will prevent the build up of excessive water in the soil behind . |
| 17 | Her face is coming back to me yet again , reforming out of bouncing shadow . |
| 18 | From McIntosh 's point of view it was not an easy decision to pull out of institutional sector research as he was involved in setting it up in the mid '70s . |
| 19 | The Prince of Wales is to pull out of top-grade polo severing his sporting links with Major Ronald Ferguson . |
| 20 | The documentary hinted that several wealthy Arab owners were threatening to pull out of British racing and take their horses abroad unless prize money went up . |
| 21 | Eliot does not see primitive religion as a necessary basis for Christianity , ‘ I do not believe that Christianity germinates out of natural religion , but that it is given by revelation . ’ |
| 22 | The Progressive Democrats had been on the brink of walking out of Prime Minister Albert Reynolds ' government team over an accusation of dishonesty he made against their leader , Des O'Malley , last week . |
| 23 | Schools and housing associations can opt out of local authority control . |
| 24 | The parental vote will be even more powerful if it is proposed that a school should opt out of local authority control and transfer to grant maintained status . |
| 25 | Secondly , the Act laid down procedures whereby individual schools could opt out of local authority control , acquiring grant maintained status , and receiving their funding directly from the DES ( see Chapter 4 : 1988 Education Reform Act ) . |
| 26 | They have a full say in selecting schools for their children , on governing bodies where the allocation of resources is decided , and whether or not a school should opt out of local authority control , a decision which could affect the status and position of history in a school . |
| 27 | Coun Corner said : ‘ Progressive cuts will drive schools to either opt out of local authority control or else they will fall down . ’ |
| 28 | The second half of the chapter proposes that whole group work is a working method which develops out of small group work and gives greater coherence to it . |
| 29 | When watching parliamentary television , I have not often felt that there was an unfair political balance and none of the Members I interviewed raised this matter , except that one Liberal Democrat believed that the smaller parties were squeezed out of live coverage on Tuesdays and Thursdays . |
| 30 | He describes the toy drawer exactly , from the rubber sealing rings out of old tobacco tins , kept to make catapults ( which , with the string and the electric flex , were the principal binding agents in the mass ) , to the leaking paper bag of saltpetre ( which may have accounted for the choking smell ) . |