Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The police , for reasons of economy of control rather than from partiality , accepted , tolerated , even encouraged the solemn formalities of stateless justice ; the Zuwaya equally did not reject due process of courts and judgements : these were not exclusive . |
| 2 | Fran gasped , her whole body stiffening as wave after wave of heat enveloped her . |
| 3 | ( The government had agreed in March 1988 to sell Rover for £150,000,000 as part of its privatization programme — see p. 36504 — and the final terms of the sale had been agreed by the Commission of the EC in July 1988 . ) |
| 4 | As it does , there may well be a place for prayer for healing of the emotions . |
| 5 | Considering we 're paying for personnel on top of it and , and all the other things like telephones and accommodation . |
| 6 | There was a welcome boost to morale at the Sussex-based charity Friends of the Young Deaf when WCUK Maidstone marketing manager , Kim Taylor , presented a cheque for £1,000 on behalf of the George Wimpey Charitable Trust . |
| 7 | The ISPA yesterday elected Mark Maclean , of Scotland , as chairman in place of Jahangir Khan , who retired from the post . |
| 8 | This service , which has been provided by Bob Peckford , is available not only to members but to all who have cause to complain about discrimination on account of deafness or hearing impairment . |
| 9 | Whilst understanding the reasons for change as part of AEAs evolution , he was unclear as to why the announcement had been made now but appreciated being given the information so explicitly and comprehensively . |
| 10 | These buildings are now almost equally at risk from insensitive conversion as they are from demolition because a softening in the attitude of local planning authorities towards proposals for change of use of agricultural buildings has recently been encouraged by central government in an attempt to ameliorate the worsening financial circumstances of farmers . |
| 11 | To send a letter in due course to ask for support from Council of Churches in the UK and Ireland . |
| 12 | In addition , some clauses are regulated differently according to whether the contract is made with a person dealing as a consumer or with a non-consumer. ( a ) Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 The scope of the Act The UCTA 1977 applies to clauses which seek to restrict or exclude " business liability " , which is defined as liability for breach of obligations or duties arising — ( a ) from things done or to be done … in the course of a business … ; or ( b ) from the occupation of premises used for business purposes of the occupier … |
| 13 | There is growing concern in the Government about unemployment in the south-east of England and what is seen as discrimination in favour of Scotland and other areas through regional aid . |
| 14 | There is growing concern within the Government about the level of unemployment in the south-east of England and what is seen as discrimination in favour of Scotland and other areas through regional aid . |
| 15 | The usual treatment for cholecystitis with occlusion of the cystic duct is surgical cholecystectomy . |
| 16 | Furthermore , the judge held that both claims failed for want of proof of causation . |
| 17 | Ngawang Buchung was sentenced to long terms of imprisonment for activities in support of Tibetan independence , which included circulating Tibetan translations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights . |
| 18 | Taking her place for the wedding breakfast , at the table that glistened with crystal , warm with red roses , she manfully ate her way through course after course of a meal prepared by top-class chefs , listened to the speeches , the congratulations , applauded , smiled , chatted with apparent good humour . |
| 19 | And so the experience of seeing something as blue has logical conditions in that one logically can not have it unless one can discriminate between objects in respect of their being or not being blue . |
| 20 | He can see it as blue ( that is , it can be the case that , on looking at it , he would take it to be blue if he had no reason to think otherwise ) only if he can discriminate between objects in respect of their being or not being blue . |
| 21 | Unix International is also preparing to look beyond Unix System Laboratories in its quest for technologies on top of and around the core Unix System V Release 4 ( SVR4 ) operating system , say sources close to the organisation . |
| 22 | In 1977 , the Labour Health Secretary David Ennals said : ‘ In the present economic climate the Government can do little more than provide for the increasing number of old people , leaving a small margin for improvements in method of treatment . ’ |
| 23 | I 'd stand for hours in front of the mirror , painting my face and fingernails and backcombing and lacquering from a sticky , plastic squeeze bottle until my hair resembled a busby . |
| 24 | Drivers are lining up for hours in front of petrol stations guarded by sullen , sometimes angry soldiers who keep control by firing their automatic weapons into the air . |
| 25 | Gigia is prepared to escort Oreste and even to collect him from your sister 's and take him to Liverpool from where she sails for Leghorn by way of Marseilles . |
| 26 | What , one might ask , about bequests in favour of corporations or instructions to build the testator a monument ? |
| 27 | However , the major disadvantage of an arbitrator is that , unlike an expert , he can not be sued for negligence in respect of loss or damage arising out of his decisions . |
| 28 | The Soviet leader has had a more modest , though not dissimilar effect on East Germany , where his presence last weekend became a focus for calls for change of the type so steadfastly refused by his hosts . |
| 29 | There was support for calls for equality of sacrifice . |
| 30 | The Specification will be available for purchase on payment of £100 , non-returnable . |