Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] of [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In certain circumstances , the customer 's consent will never constitute a defence to breach of fiduciary duty . |
| 2 | Casein glue , therefore , is sold as a white dry powder consisting of dried whey , caustic soda or something similar , and lime . |
| 3 | In contrast to breach of fiduciary duty , an action for breach of confidence would appear to represent a more effective anti-insider dealing deterrent . |
| 4 | This could be achieved in one of two defined ways : a two-tier board consisting of separate managing and supervisory boards ( on the present German model ) , or a one-tier board ( as at present in the UK ) but with a split of the management and supervisory functions . |
| 5 | Under the terms of this partnership , Parliament would confine itself to establishing a framework consisting of general principles , leaving it to the courts themselves to decide how these principles should apply in a given instance , and to the Court of Appeal to develop more detailed guidance where appropriate . |
| 6 | The kitchen smelled of sour milk and woodsmoke . |
| 7 | The car smelled of fresh plastic . |
| 8 | But while the ups and downs of Ferranti 's future remain of keen interest , not least to its management , workers and shareholders , there are wider questions to be addressed as the Nato European Fighter Management Agency plunges into its final decisions on the European Fighter Project . |
| 9 | But while the ups and downs of Ferranti 's future remain of keen interest , not least to its management , workers and shareholders , there are wider questions to be addressed as the Nato European Fighter Management Agency plunges into its final decisions on the European Fighter Project . |
| 10 | More than three hundred and fifty visitors from all parts of the British Isles attended and participated in a programme consisting of religious services , business meetings , lectures , receptions , entertainments , outings and a banquet , which was a grand occasion supported by two hundred and forty-seven guests . |
| 11 | It will be better understood if this conceptual paper is read against the reports on how this programme is being put into practice in several projects in different parts of the world and being implemented in colloquia and workshops , position papers and formal statements and declarations , in a publication programme consisting of academic studies and more popular magazines and newsletters , not only Media Development , Action and Communication Resource , but also books and periodicals published in different regions . |
| 12 | According to Newtonian mechanics the orbital decay for an isolated binary consisting of compact stars is expected to be immeasurably small . |
| 13 | Oakeshott calls an association formed of prudential practices an enterprise or transactional association . |
| 14 | A 67 kDa tripartite fusion protein consisting of GST-Protein A-TAg ( 1–272 ) was used as a probe on Western blots of a HeLa whole cell extract ( 12 ) . |
| 15 | The small fraction of the solar wind consisting of neutral atoms readily crosses the magnetopause into the magnetosphere . |
| 16 | Our concern , however , is not with the difficulties of aesthetics , but only with what a critic writes of aesthetic experience , and how useful such an account may be . |
| 17 | Yet the Bahia Paraiso tragedy seemed of little consequence compared with the disaster which occurred in northern polar waters only weeks later . |
| 18 | Likewise , French silk underwear may be underwear made of French silk ( ( French silk ) underwear ) or French underwear made of silk ( French ( silk underwear ) ) . |
| 19 | A capacitor made of concentric cylinders has an inner radius a , outer radius b , and length l. it is filled with a dielectric of relative permittivity |
| 20 | ‘ There are at least three separate periods of building , ’ the Doctor said , ‘ and the oldest-looking , all the monumental masonry made of weathered stone , is the most recent . ’ |
| 21 | Cellulose insulation made of recycled newspapers is used . |
| 22 | Beside it was a modest , two-storeyed house , its roof made of yellowing thatch , the windows nothing more than wooden shutters . |
| 23 | NERC study warns of heavy metals entering food chain |
| 24 | Long ago , he had found Simon a Hindu rattle made of chased silver with an ivory handle shaped for a child to hold . |
| 25 | That personality was unexpectedly powerful : a sombre , imposing figure possessed of unassailable authority — and no bones about it . |
| 26 | Moreover , a US citizen accused of foreign bribery would be denied due process of law under the US constitution unless he could produce foreign witnesses and documents in his own defence . |
| 27 | In the late 1980s we can review the situation in my two localities in terms of being ‘ after the planners ’ , because the Hailsham programme consisted of planned accommodation with social change in the name of modernization and social progress . |
| 28 | Hess mistakenly thought that the oceanic crust consisted of altered peridotite , the material of the mantle itself . |
| 29 | This year 's results tend to reinforce that view with exports to the former Eastern bloc remaining of limited significance at £82 million or less than 1% of the total . |
| 30 | But the sun 's rays reflected wickedly off the intense blue waters of the lake , so it was from the small window of the launch that I — a different creature by far — watched the pyramid shape of Taquile drift by , and the few kilometres of Amantani come into view . |