Example sentences of "[conj] of [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Letters are often a hoped-for source of descriptions of events or of personal feelings about certain things ; and one source of written information which , though not in letter form but not wholly dissimilar , can be useful for the researcher , is the description written by children or young people of events in which they have taken part , or about given social situations . |
| 2 | Very often the last journeys of these beloved objects were accomplished to the tune of distressing protests , or of heart-rending pleas for clemency . |
| 3 | They are also an invitation to those who exercise political power to reflect on the nature of man and of human society and in the enactment of laws to eschew the often brilliant attractions of pragmatism , of relativism or of short-term solutions in favour of lasting concern for the common good of all . |
| 4 | We are not speaking of children or of young persons below the age which the law may fix as that of manhood or womanhood . |
| 5 | The secretion of amylase , however , was normal or less severely impaired than the secretion of lipase or of proteolytic enzymes in pancreatic disease in a number of other studies . |
| 6 | The substitution of citizenship for domicile in cases like that mentioned , after the manner of the law of some foreign countries , even if desirable on general grounds , would not solve the questions which arise when the laws of different parts of the same national territory , e.g. of England and Scotland , or of two states of the United States of America , come into competition . |
| 7 | She took no account of the problems with his bowels or of other difficulties in the anal region or of his depressions . |
| 8 | We shall distinguish attributions as external when made by members of the dominant society to the deeds of members of the microsociety , and as internal when attributions are made by members to deeds of their own or of other members of the microsociety to which they belong . |
| 9 | The prevalence of commodity and price over structural policy in the CAP , and the distortions introduced by the mechanics of agro-monetary compensation have favoured northern and central European agricultural producers , particularly those in the richer farming areas , while those of the poorer Mediterranean regions or of other DRAs like the Highlands of Scotland have been neglected . |
| 10 | In fact , Thomas 's evidence became more ambiguous and confusing as the questioning went on , and taken with that of other witnesses , such as Fred Morton of Fellows , Morton and Clayton , it becomes clear that there were no realistic expectations of improvement of canal traffic , either in the form of coal or of other minerals with or without substantial reconstruction of the canal system . |
| 11 | On this last point it is not necessary to authenticate gossip about renewed disagreement between Mr Lawson and the Prime Minister 's own personal economic adviser , Sir Alan Walters , or of new rifts between the Prime Minister herself and the Chancellor . |
| 12 | Most locality studies have been of relatively compact free-standing towns or of discrete neighbourhoods in great cities . |
| 13 | Finally , there are clauses that seek to make generalised advance disclosures of material interests which the fiduciary might have , or of possible conflicts of interest and duty which might arise during the course of the relationship with the customer . |
| 14 | There is never any indication of the resistance to colonialism , or of nationalist struggles for self-determination . |
| 15 | Although , therefore , Dicey 's sharp distinction between the application and interpretation of statute suffices for most practical purposes , it ultimately breaks down in the face of changing views of the contours of the political community or of serious threats to the central tenets of liberal democracy . |
| 16 | A pledge is a security upon goods created by the actual transfer of the possession of the goods themselves , or of such documents of title to goods as bills of lading , but without the conveyance of any legal ownership . |
| 17 | This explains the absence from the " conclusions and recommendations " of any reference to national spiritual unity ( or of contemporary challenges to such unity ) given that in this section the discourse addresses itself to details of state policy . |
| 18 | From time to time I meet representatives of the Association of British Chambers of Commerce , or of individual chambers of commerce , to discuss industrial and trade policy . |
| 19 | A person will only be an arbitrator or quasi-arbitrator if there is a submission to him either of a specific dispute or of present points of difference or of defined differences that may in future arise and if there is agreement that his decision will be binding . |
| 20 | The third period , beginning after the Second World War , had distinctive features of its own , above all in Western Europe : a greater degree of government intervention in the economy , particularly in the construction of welfare states ; a continuation , and in some countries an extension , of wartime planning , and an expansion of public ownership or of various forms of ‘ social partnership ’ . |
| 21 | The presence of as many of these factors as possible facilitates effective learning , whether of manual or of online methods for information retrieval . |
| 22 | Angell said little about the vested interest of arms manufacturers in war scares , or of financial speculators in international instability . |
| 23 | They should learn to think of appropriateness in written language in terms of these functions and of the range of audiences that writers address , considering the effects , for example , of inappropriately formal vocabulary in personal letters or of colloquial expressions in impersonal writing . |
| 24 | It can be argued , to the contrary , that the more the courts are opened up to arguments based about the interests of the public or of significant sections of it rather than of particular individuals , the more likely are the judges to be drawn into political battles which ought to be resolved in the political arena and not in courts . |
| 25 | Service teams should comprise people from different professional backgrounds , although it is still not uncommon to come across teams called ‘ community mental health teams ’ which consist entirely of nurses from the health service or of social workers from the local authority . |
| 26 | This may consist either of views as to the proper policy-making procedures — the way things are to be done — or of particular sets of policies that are perceived to be in the best interests of the nation . |
| 27 | They have not only been the channels of communication and administration from the centre to the periphery , but also the voice of the periphery , or of particular interests at the periphery ; they have been a means of overcoming local particularities , but also platforms for their expression , instruments of central control and obstacles to it . |
| 28 | Ferny foliage will make a soft contrast to the spikiness of sword-like leaves , either of yuccas , on drier soils , or of Siberian irises in the damp . |
| 29 | Greater use was made of quiet suburban stations or of quieter platforms on the main stations ; trains left at night and the number of family wellwishers come to say goodbye was restricted to one parent for each child . |
| 30 | Emergency admissions to residential care were unplanned with no chance of preparation for the child or of pre-placement visits by the child and his or her family . |