Example sentences of "[adv] [noun sg] of [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 4 ) With both routine and ad hoc statistical analyses it is not only speed of presentation of information which counts but also — and more importantly — quality . |
| 2 | Alright so fear of loss of control . |
| 3 | general matters — eg effect of concentration on consumers and the development of technical progress . |
| 4 | Conversely , exposure of samples to the high vacuum within the XPS spectrometer may lead to surface alteration , especially loss of water from hydrated samples . |
| 5 | For example , in the Sahara the dunes are orientated slightly east of south in the north and then veer consistently in direction until they are orientated somewhat south of west in the southern Sahara , beyond which similar orientation is betrayed by the old fixed dunes ( Fig . |
| 6 | There is no one ‘ best ’ policy , merely one that secures a broad enough basis of support to be agreed upon and passed . |
| 7 | But I mean no I think I think it 's obviously sort of sort of reduced |
| 8 | But when such rifts occur , they are not necessarily evidence of lack of love ; they are more often due to the temporary emotional instability of the mourners , and usually heal swiftly , family unity being restored as the grief is worked through . |
| 9 | Nor was there much evidence of concern in the correspondence columns of The Times — that bush-telegraph of respectable opinion — which were absorbed with more pressing matters such as the scarcity of swallows in England that summer . |
| 10 | We 'd have our own generator too , only there 's not a big enough head of water to our spring . |
| 11 | They were not only evidence of disagreement amongst abolitionists but perceived by contemporaries to have different religious and political characteristics . |
| 12 | There were also suggestions that Telefunken is already going cool on the terms of the compromise because they would not allow the West German group a large enough share of work on what is regarded as one of the key military avionics technologies . |
| 13 | There were also suggestions that Telefunken is already going cool on the terms of the compromise because they would not allow the West German group a large enough share of work on what is regarded as one of the key military avionics technologies . |
| 14 | That they did not was because they had achieved only conservation of energy in the sense that the amount released exceeded that contained in the mass of a muon . |
| 15 | Increased reliance on Moscow may now hold out much prospect of improvement in growth , productivity or living standards , but intra-bloc trade at least offers assured markets , predictable performance benchmarks , and the kind of long-term trading agreements which are the staple of central planning and of central planners . |
| 16 | Outcomes are of importance : eg resurgence of interest in local history and traditions ( Ness Historical Society ) ; self-help ( youth group , horticultural group ) ; revival of ancient skills ( weaving ) ; use by schools of community organisations ' productions ; political awareness stimulated by local video-tape production in Gaelic on the subject of a local Army installation ; economic developments ; publications ; pre-school developments ( educational and social , and now linked with the pilot development of Open University materials for parents ) ; linguistic awareness ; social awareness , via merging of established roles , eg parent/ teacher , community worker/fellow horticulturalist , informal/vocational education . |
| 17 | ‘ I think I 'm demanding and chauvinistic , but I 've finally got someone with a good enough sense of humour to be able to cope with that very well , ’ he said . |
| 18 | Roger Tchoungui , hitherto Secretary of State for Finance , headed the new ministry of Stabilization . |
| 19 | Joe Clark ( hitherto Secretary of State for External Affairs , and Prime Minister in 1979-80 ) , was persuaded to take on a key role in the ongoing constitutional debate concerning Canada 's future federal structure and the position of Quebec . |
| 20 | Abdou Tiousso was named as Minister of Justice and Keeper of the Seals and Mamame Moussa , hitherto Secretary of State for Defence , was promoted to full ministerial rank as Minister Representative of the Prime Minister . |
| 21 | He was replaced as Minister of Education by Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba , hitherto secretary of state for education . |
| 22 | José Manuel Durao Barroso , hitherto secretary of state for foreign relations and co-operation , was appointed Foreign Minister on Nov. 6 , replacing Joao de Deus Pinheiro who took up his post as a European Commissioner . |
| 23 | Sir Ralph Sadler , for instance , was not only Secretary of State from 1540 to 1543 , he was also Master of the Great Wardrobe from 1543 to 1553 , Keeper of the Hanaper in Chancery from 1535 until his death in 1587 , and notary in Chancery from 1534 . |
| 24 | On April 22 K. K. Tewari , hitherto Minister of State for External Affairs , was appointed Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting . |
| 25 | Shortly afterwards the President announced a reshuffle of DLP posts which included the appointment of Kim Yoon Whan , hitherto Minister of State for Political Affairs , as floor leader of the party within the National Assembly . |
| 26 | Another non-elected member of the Cabinet , Carl Clarke , was hitherto Minister of State for Finance and Foreign Affairs . |
| 27 | The veteran diplomat Boutros Boutros-Ghali , hitherto Minister of State for Foreign Affairs , was promoted to Deputy Prime Minister with the additional portfolios of Foreign Liaison and Minister of State for Emigration and Expatriate Egyptian Affairs . |
| 28 | In early October Desmond Leaky , hitherto Minister of State for Agriculture , was appointed to succeed Phillips as Minister without Portfolio in the Prime Minister 's office . |
| 29 | President Joao Bernardo Vieira on Dec. 27 appointed Carlos Correia , hitherto Minister of State for Rural Development and Agriculture , to the revived post of Prime Minister ; it had been abolished in 1984 following allegations of a government coup attempt [ see pp. 32899-900 ] . |
| 30 | Prime Minister James Mitchell carried out a Cabinet reshuffle in late January , transferring responsibility for foreign affairs from himself to Herbert Young , hitherto Minister for Trade and Tourism , whose Trade portfolio was passed to Jonathan Peters , hitherto Minister of State for Trade and Tourism , who took responsibility for the new Ministry of Trade and Consumer Affairs ; Mitchell also created a new portfolio of Grenadines Affairs , with Stephanie Brown as Junior Minister . |