Example sentences of "[det] of [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it is absurd to think that the painters of the Section d'Or and others , scattered through the Salon d'Automne , share any concern other than that of reacting against the sloppiness of Impressionism . |
| 2 | There were genuine reasons for doubting its accuracy — the issues of joint cost allocation were ( and remain ) problematical — hut the senior management response to it ( they insisted it be withdrawn even from internal circulation ) betrayed a greater devotion to the cause of suppressing criticism than it did to that of searching for the truth . |
| 3 | There are few joys in life to compare with that of stepping on the scales and discovering that you weigh measurably less this week than you did last . |
| 4 | Their function is simply that of dealing with the business aspects of terrace life and of negotiating with the outside world . |
| 5 | As it is , some aspects of the field , notably that of dealing with the proceeds of crime , have proved to be technically difficult for the legislator and the courts alike . |
| 6 | At the time of King William 's visit in 1861 , Prussian policy had been simply that of holding to the treaties of 1815 with no thought of altering the status quo . |
| 7 | the fact of belonging to the same class , and that of belonging to the same generation or age group , have this in common , that both endow the individuals sharing in them with a common location in the social and historical process , and thereby limit them to a specific range of potential experience , predisposing them for a certain characteristic mode of thought and experience , and a characteristic type of historically relevant action . |
| 8 | They would be able to see that the doctrine could provide criteria whereby they could settle for themselves their own problems , such for example , as that of differentiating between the prickings of conscience and the spiritual crushings of a guilt complex . |
| 9 | The final salvo was that of jumping on the bandwagon , a wagon we were informed which was already jam-packed with Black and Jewish women : women whose political history among white gentile English women , in some ways , paralleled our own . |
| 10 | The above examples demonstrate what can be done if a ballet is to communicate meaning beyond that of distinguishing between the world of the flesh and that of the spirit . |
| 11 | This is primarily achieved by taking his appointment out of the control of the executive and making his statutory responsibility that of reporting to the House of Commons . |
| 12 | Here the convention of changing media out of respect for the person merges into another category , that of changing to the higher medium for a more serious subject-matter . |
| 13 | Those who accuse Napoleon III of having gone to war on a frivolous pretext , that of siding with the Latin Catholic monks against the Greek Orthodox monks in this dispute , miss the point . |
| 14 | The final problem , that of disposing of the young , is easily taken care of in the case of Angels ; friends , clubmates , and dealers are usually keen to acquire good Angels . |
| 15 | ( vii ) If the court reaches the point of weighing the social needs in issue , first that of securing to the council the effective means in law of protecting its reputation and , secondly , that of protecting the right of free expression of the people of this country , the court should hold that the remaining remedies for the council , if it could not sue for libel , and in particular the action for malicious falsehood , would not be a sufficient protection for the council 's reputation , and the ability of a local authority such as the council to sue for libel would not improperly or unnecessarily restrict free expression . |
| 16 | His responsibilities include those of assisting in the further development of the programme , monitoring the progress of the individual research projects , and formulating plans for the dissemination of research results . |
| 17 | Being thus honoured by the 1990 award , Barry crowns out a remarkable decade and more of voyaging in the 1911-vintage 40ft ( 12.1m ) Galway Hooker St Patrick . |
| 18 | Like Dexter , she had had enough of grappling with the bundles of facts she had accumulated , facts that did not slot together to form a coherent pattern ; but dissolved and reformed into new patterns every time she touched them . |