Example sentences of "[conj] of [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has known no want either materially or of a mother 's love for you have supplied both abundantly and he will be reminded of this all his life you can be sure . |
| 2 | You would never guess from the text that he was an alcoholic , and there is no mention of the cause of death or of a coroner 's report . |
| 3 | Impairment can be of the sensory receptor , or of the pathway carrying the impulse to the brain , or of the brain 's interpreting ability . |
| 4 | The action may be restored for hearing on application or of the court 's own motion ( Ord 21 , r 1(3) ) . |
| 5 | Unfortunately , imitation makes special demands upon the child 's pragmatic skills and may not , therefore , always provide an accurate indication of the child 's ability to produce language spontaneously ( Ingram 1974 ) or of the child 's underlying linguistic competence ( Slobin and Welsh 1973 ) . |
| 6 | or of the Princess ' joke |
| 7 | This argument does not really count against Freud , who was well aware of the cultural , institutional character of religious rituals , or of the magician 's role . |
| 8 | Instead of the Roman damnum fatalis , the common law carved out exceptions for inherent defects or vices of the goods , shipper 's contributory negligence , and acts of God or of the King 's enemies . |
| 9 | But in return for its rich density of lovingly dwelt-on , almost novelistic detail , what you lose is any sense of a strong forward pulse or of the play 's irresistible sweep towards doom . |
| 10 | The policy of the solicitors ' governing body is encapsulated in Rule 1 of the Solicitors ' Practice Rules 1990 ( and of earlier editions ) : A solicitor shall not directly or indirectly obtain or attempt to obtain instructions for professional work or permit another person to do so on his behalf , or do anything in the course of practising as a solicitor , in any manner which compromises or impairs or is likely to compromise or impair any of the following : ( a ) the solicitor 's independence or integrity ; ( b ) a person 's freedom to instruct a solicitor of his choice ; ( c ) the solicitor 's duty to act in the best interests of the client ; ( d ) the good repute of the solicitor or of the solicitor 's profession ; ( e ) the solicitor 's proper standard of work ; ( f ) the solicitor 's duty to the Court . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | To dismiss them out of hand is a sign either of defective knowledge or lack of imagination on the reader 's part or of the author 's incapacity to convince . |
| 13 | No trace of its crew , nor of the monster 's head , was ever found . |
| 14 | 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 . ’ |
| 15 | In France the same consciousness that an increasing proportion of international relations now lay completely outside the scope of traditional diplomacy was reflected in the fact that of the country 's entire delegation to the Versailles peace conference the ministry of foreign affairs provided only about a quarter . |
| 16 | If they should chance to be black , brown or yellow , of any cultural tradition save that of the West and dominated by any other ideological system except that of the student 's own parents they will seldom if ever protest , no matter how flagrant the injustice , how onerous the oppression , how unprincipled the exploitation and how ever much they offend against the protesters ' vociferously expressed and allegedly ‘ sincere ’ ideals . |
| 17 | They concluded that the wary response is more characteristic of the social circumstance than of the individual 's level of development . |
| 18 | John Osborne 's Look Back in Anger was presented in a new production in 1989 as a study of a failed marriage rather than of the playwright 's early ideological concerns . |
| 19 | The reason why dementia is seen as problematic by those who experience it or who are involved in the care of old people will be apparent to anyone who has encountered the frequently devastating effects of this illness : an illness ( if of the Alzheimer 's type ) with , as yet , no known cause , no means of prevention , no treatment , and no cure . |
| 20 | Er on the spindle side , you know , it 's gon na stay the way of the hydrostatics cos of the damping ab capabilities of it so There 's not it 's not an area where |
| 21 | The the reason the total down the bottom is cos of the bonus er element . |
| 22 | These examples suggest that while antislavery could not become an explicit test of membership of chapel communities it did in many cases become a norm of memberships and of a minister 's identity . |
| 23 | It was noted in 3.5 that long-term participant observation , as a consequence both of the relationship of trust which is built up and of a person 's inability to remain vigilant for long periods , has the effect of blurring the distinction between covert and overt observation . |
| 24 | But when due allowance has been made for the very various functions of castles , as administrative and social as well as military centres , it remains true that they were formidable military weapons , and that some of the most remarkable technological advances of the twelfth century were made in the improvement of siege engines and of a castle 's defences . |
| 25 | And of a father 's arguments with his two sons . |
| 26 | Another dismissed Cabinet minister , Mr Biffen is a frequent critic of Mrs Thatcher 's tone and of the government 's preference for tax cuts over greater spending on the social services . |
| 27 | It might be helpful if I were to outline briefly the history of the STUCC and of the Government 's thinking on this matter . |
| 28 | Is not that the true measure of the Act and of the Government 's lack of commitment to the environment ? |
| 29 | He stated that there would be no new taxes or loans to fund the shortfall and that the cost would be met through the sale of state corporations and of the government 's shareholdings in the major commercial banks . |
| 30 | Representatives of 40 countries , of the Commission of the European Communities ( EC ) and of the EC 's European Investment bank ( EIB ) , met at the Elysée Palace in Paris on May 29 to sign the founding charter of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ( EBRD or , by its French acronym , BERD ) , a new international organization intended to finance industrial and economic development in the countries of Eastern Europe , using loans , guarantees , equity investment and underwriting to promote the transition to free-market economic systems in those countries . |