Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [noun] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We may describe these polar positions as thinking of education either as fixed states or as processes . |
| 2 | These are factors such as education , training , language and responsibility which colour the thinking of people so that different impressions result from the same data . |
| 3 | On the other hand , it can be a great deal of fun even if the stakes are quite high . |
| 4 | I covered a good deal of ground rapidly but not running and caught up with the shapely backview of a dark-haired girl . |
| 5 | The latter class has received a great deal of attention recently because homologous sequences have been found as domains contained within larger DNA binding proteins such as the nucleolar transcription factor hUBF ( 3 ) , mitochondrial transcription factor 1 ( 4 ) , sex-determining region Y ( SRY ) ( 5 , 6 ) , lymphoid enhancer binding factor I ( LEF-1 ) ( 7 ) , a T-cell specific transcription factor TCF-1α ( 8 ) , and the yeast autonomously replicating sequence factor ABF2 ( 9 ) . |
| 6 | Colin Sheaf , who will auction Vung Tau , rang me from Hong Kong to say there was a great deal of interest there and in Singapore in the cargo , and catalogues were selling fast . |
| 7 | Was n't a great deal of trouble in but th there was in the East End of London if you , if you we can read , can read about that . |
| 8 | There 's a great deal of room inside and excellent headroom — a child can stand up inside . |
| 9 | Pupils ' responses in individual interviews ( quoted , for example , in Dickson et al. , 1984 , pp. 262–3 ) support this perception of learners actively and logically seeking solutions . |
| 10 | As UK farm production rose , the economy became nearly self-sufficient in many foodstuffs and a net exporter of others so that between 1958 and 1983 the UK 's net imports of food almost halved in quantity . |
| 11 | Mitres are folded at the corners of hems to distribute the bulk of fabric evenly and neatly . |
| 12 | Indirect Rule dramatized , sanctified , and institutionalized the belief that backward races should and could be ruled by force of character rather than by force of arms . |
| 13 | Such black holes could not be formed by gravitational collapse , because their masses are below the Chandrasekhar mass limit : stars of this low mass can support themselves against the force of gravity even when they have exhausted their nuclear fuel . |
| 14 | With a performance of such towering strength and breathtaking pathos that it would make the stones weep , Depardieu 's bulk and energy turn Jean into a force of nature even when it is nature he is fighting . |
| 15 | Asquith 's 1915 government was only halfway to coalition ; it was in fact a coalition of parties rather than a coalition of men , and it was run so as to maximize continuity . |
| 16 | Interestingly , the gravamen of the offence was not so much the likely effect on Distillers as the perceived effect on the administration of justice generally if such comment were allowed . |
| 17 | Scientists have no need to explore the internal logic of the consciousness of matter simply because it does not exist . |
| 18 | He was going to leave anyway and we 've had a succession of drummers really because he did n't play on the first single . |
| 19 | Does he understand that planning permission was initially gained , with difficulty , for the building of motorways through areas of outstanding natural beauty and great environmental sensitivity , so many people would not be keen to see developers spending hundreds of thousands — if not millions — of pounds fighting in a long succession of inquiries so that they can build not just motorway service areas — possibly excluding the disabled and lorries — but hotels and other facilities that would never have received permission when the original planning consent was granted ? |
| 20 | Dent Town suffered its gradual loss of status passively and withdrew into its shell , content to look after its own affairs exclusively and be bypassed by a changing world . |
| 21 | This ‘ centralization and internationalization of capital ’ knew no political boundaries , and the UK in particular was prone to a loss of investment overseas and increased imports ( Chapter 2 ) . |
| 22 | From 20 November 1992 , the interest rate on unpaid tax and repayment supplement for income tax , capital gains tax , development land tax , corporation tax ( including advance corporation tax ) , petroleum revenue tax ( including advance petroleum revenue tax ) , supplementary petroleum duty , Stamp Duty Reserve Tax , and on tax charged by an assessment for the purpose of making good to the Crown a loss of tax wholly or partly attributable to failure or error by the taxpayer , is reduced from 7.75% to 7% . |
| 23 | From 6 November 1992 the rate of interest on unpaid tax and repayment supplement for income tax , capital gains tax , development land tax , corporation tax ( including advance corporation tax ) , petroleum revenue tax ( including advance petroleum revenue tax ) , supplementary petroleum duty , Stamp Duty Reserve Tax , and on tax charged by an assessment for the purpose of making good to the Crown a loss of tax wholly or partly attributable to failure or error by the taxpayer , is reduced from 9.25% to 7.75% . |
| 24 | Such payments would come within para 10 of the Statement as compensation for loss of office rather than in anticipation of retirement . |
| 25 | From the rate of flow , Zhukov would be dead from loss of blood long before he regained consciousness . |
| 26 | Wilson was hard put to rebut all these complaints , admitting that his management of funds had been bad , though as a result of inexperience rather than dishonesty . |
| 27 | The structures of the two programs are different in many respects and where they are similar this is the result of coincidence only or because they are constrained by the function — no infringement of copyright . |
| 28 | In the past too much essential curriculum and materials development has occurred as a result of goodwill rather than policy and planning . |
| 29 | Riven received many odd looks , and was the subject of much behind-hand whispering , but it seemed the result of awe more than anything else . |
| 30 | Rapid population growth was argued to be a result of poverty rather than a cause ( and causes were identified elsewhere in the relationship between developed capitalist and underdeveloped countries ) . |