Example sentences of "[conj] of [art] [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.

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1 There was a picture of the terrace on which meals were taken ‘ except during thunderstorms ’ and several of the garden , but none of the kitchen or of the children 's accommodation .
2 In answer to these inquiries the Financial Secretary gave similar answers in relation to each class namely ( 1 ) that in all the cases ( except that of the teachers ' concessionary education ) that the benefits would be taxed on the same basis as under the existing law and ( 2 ) that in all cases the amount of the charge would be nil , small or , in the case of the schoolteachers , ‘ very small indeed . ’
3 There are rights of appeal against decisions of the Law Society and of the Solicitors ' Disciplinary Tribunal .
4 She was a founding member of the Women 's Liberal Federation in 1887 , editing their Women 's Gazette and Weekly News from 1889 to 1891 , and of the Women 's National Liberal Federation in 1892 , writing the life of the founder ( Lady Fry of Darlington , 1898 ) .
5 Phillips and Williams ( 1982d ) suggest a ‘ positive ’ approach to transfer management in the rural sector in which housing visitors ‘ scout ’ tenants and try to suggest ways in which a small ( and diminishing ) stock can be better used both in terms of persons per dwelling and of the tenants ' patterns of spatial behaviour .
6 The second required the establishment of boards of governors for polytechnics and other LEA-maintained colleges , and the specification of the governors ' functions vis-a-vis those of the LEAs and of the colleges ' principals .
7 The other residents who had legal standing were the sisters and younger brothers of the karanavan , and the children of the sisters and of the sisters ' daughters .
8 The Crown Prosecution Service were informed of Buckley J. 's order and of the plaintiffs ' intention to appeal from the decision of Wright J. , and were asked whether they wished to intervene or make representations in the appeal .
9 The evenings will be hosted by David English , a cricketer ( formerly with Middlesex and now captain of the Eric Clapton XI ) ; journalist ( on the London Evening News ) ; actor ( Lisztomania , the stiff-upper-lip Captain Andrew in A Bridge Too Far ) ; scriptwriter ( the Timothy Dalton vehicle Hawks ) ; and author ( of The Legend , an animated book on the Bee-Gees , and of the children 's Bunbury Tales ) .
10 Unfortunately the 1926 Illuminations had to be terminated prematurely because of a miners ' strike , although they were reinstated for one night on October 2 for the opening of New South Promenade by Lord Derby .
11 AUSTRALIA is now in its seventh week without domestic air services because of a pilots ' pay dispute which has begun to have a serious impact on the economy and has left Bob Hawke 's Labor government few options for reaching a settlement .
12 Second , obtaining extra funds for the NHS will become increasingly difficult because of the taxpayers ' revolt against higher taxation .
13 Because of the falsificationists ' emphasis on the growth of science , their account of confirmation is significantly different from that of the inductivists .
14 Their tissues showed changes due to cancerous destruction , and contained substantial amounts of radioactive material , evidently absorbed because of the girls ' practice of licking the tips of their paint brushes to achieve a finer point .
15 Because of the members ' diversity of experience , TAC debates generate lively argument among people with very different opinions ; this , together with the TAC 's reputation for preferring the practical to the conceptual , is the committee 's greatest contribution to the consultation process .
16 Because of the members ' diversity of experience , TAC debates generate lively argument
17 In one case , noted earlier , an order was made when a child from a good home was kept away from school because of the parents ' opposition to comprehensive schools .
18 In captivity or in the wild , the first two clutches of barn owl chicks often die because of the parents ' inexperience .
19 Herbert Gans in his study of American suburbia The Levittowners reports that boredom and loneliness affect women more than men , because of the women 's housebound role .
20 This is not because of class affiliation to the ‘ class in charge ’ rather than the hegemonic class , but because of the bureaucracy's ' character as a specific category through the intermediary of its relation with the state ’ .
21 During the period of the project , because of the teachers ' action , it was not possible systematically to collect data relating to generalization .
22 The trade unions fear that wage demands may have to be lowered because of the refugees ' greater flexibility and readiness to work for less money .
23 It was announced in Bucharest on Sept. 30 that a US$300,000,000 World Bank loan to Romania had been postponed because of the miners ' riots .
24 The sheriff of Lincoln was sent to Stamford , but he met with considerable resistance , and Peck , quoting John Selden , suggests the king himself came to the town because of the students ' stubbornness .
25 One of the first top riders to sign for the 1993 British League season , Rickardsson has no sympathy with riders who are refusing to sign this year because of the promoters ' strict pay policy .
26 The models are , uncharacteristically , giving their services free of charge to directors George Michael and Thierry Mugler , although filming had to be postponed because of the models ' hectic schedules .
27 This is significant , because there has been a period during which it looked as though , because of the societies ' successful opposition in 1990 to the then Italian Foreign Secretary Gianni De Michelis 's plan to site Expo2000 in the Veneto , the Italian government would no longer pay for the Unesco office .
28 Previous experiments with gene therapy , involving one Italian and two American children , have so far only altered blood cells rather than bone marrow cells and have had to be repeated monthly because of the cells ' limited life span .
29 Webb , 29 , has played for United just once this season — in the UEFA Cup tie against Moscow Torpedo — and that was only because of the foreigners ' rule that restricted Ferguson 's choice .
30 Because of the Allies ' inadequate resources of heavy artillery , he declared , it was impossible
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