Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [noun sg] [vb -s] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | OFI ( UK ) the trade association of course condemns the practice of abandonment of stock , and does not approve of the products sold by ‘ Aquario ’ , and the claims made for them . ’ |
| 2 | A great deal of confusion surrounds the use of the daggerboard . |
| 3 | To take a simple example : if we assume that the force of gravity permeates the whole material universe and that it is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between any two atoms anywhere , then two interesting propositions arise . |
| 4 | The company is understood to have abandoned development of the Repository altogether , and the switch of strategy leaves the whole AD/Cycle concept in complete disarray , though the company says that it is reaffirming support for the AD/Cycle tools available : to do anything else would leave the company open to all manner of retaliation from AD/Cycle International Alliance Members . |
| 5 | While it remains unclear to this reader exactly what moral or spiritual relations are set forth in the three stories which comprise the titular parables , Proofs , the main part of the present volume , concerns itself with how the collapse of communism threatens the whole Western intellectual tradition of idealism and asceticism . |
| 6 | The loss of moisture makes the face cave in , look like a skull . |
| 7 | But Saturday 's tragic loss of life offers the Provisional leadership little opportunity to allay the blame that rests squarely on its shoulders . |
| 8 | A sense of loss of identity causes the voyager to project what he or she encounters so as to perceive it as an external phenomenon , and also to introject elements of the familiar world in order to recreate a recognizable context . |
| 9 | As a result of student protests the Supreme Soviet Presidium agreed in April to cut military service for those in higher education from two years to one ( which could be served after graduation ) . |
| 10 | This three year programme of research examines the present and future effects of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act ( PACE ) and the Prosecution of Offences Act . |
| 11 | in the Centre for Criminology and the Social and Philosophical Study of Law includes the course Social Inquiry : Method and Philosophy . |
| 12 | The study of nursing involves the examination of nursing and several other disciplines which bear upon nurses ' activities and health care services in general . |
| 13 | However , the effective study of crime requires the development of intimate associations with people who are by nature suspicious and unwilling to talk to outsiders . |
| 14 | Often a fear of violence underlies the command of safety and prohibition against excitement . |
| 15 | Out of fear of insecurity emerges the institution of marriage . |
| 16 | The rhetoric of socialism talks of freedom , but the practice of socialism involves the restriction of personal freedom . |
| 17 | Again discontinuity of experience marks the lives of these children , despite the fact that they remain in their own homes all along . |
| 18 | It is true that even then he might still be acting in the course of his employment , but we must take it that this curious piece of metaphysics exempts the employer from vicarious liability for this particular tort . |
| 19 | But the touch of class does not happen by accident and into every piece of flooring goes the wide-ranging skills of the UK company 's workforce . |
| 20 | The competition to determine the dominant College of Magic takes the form of a violent contest of magic in which gladiator wizards and their followers battle to defeat their rivals . |
| 21 | The nip of alcohol causes the blood vessels to dilate and so warm the skin and make us comfortable in spite of being out in the cold . |
| 22 | Gordon explains that shots usually have a propitious feel to them , and the added ingredient of adventure increases the likelihood of a successful picture . |
| 23 | Only in the crime of shoplifting does the ratio of females convicted even approach that of males . |
| 24 | Thus the effect of containment resembles the unintended power of the subordinates in this play who execute the commands of the powerful and of whom the Governor complains : |
| 25 | Such an effect along with the antinatriuretic effect of hyperinsulinaemia expands the extracellular compartment at the expense of intracellular dehydration . |
| 26 | Furthermore , the contraceptive effect of lactation doubles the interval between babies in women not practising birth control ( Bongaarts and Potter 1983 ) , contributing further to child survival . |
| 27 | In Leicestershire , the man who wishes to forget income-tax , hydrogen bombs and the relentless onward march of science walks the field-paths , to which special maps and guides are provided ; in Devon he takes to the deep lanes between the farms . |
| 28 | ( j ) Completion of TransAction forms The property information form , which is part of the Protocol scheme , should be completed by the seller at the outset . |
| 29 | De Valois reiterated that thought when she said in a lecture to teachers ( 1947 ) : ‘ Classical dance requires an ordered , balanced form in which a calm spaciousness of movement animates the dancers . |
| 30 | This stretch of coastline contains the outlets of no fewer than seven rivers . |