Example sentences of "[det] of [art] [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Tivoli Management Environment Release 1.6 adds configuration and change services to the software , claimed to simplify and automate the process of setting up , maintaining and changing large-scale client/server networks , a task that often takes up over half of a system managers time , according to Tivoli . |
| 2 | Yeah when we 've had a look at fractions a bit erm we 'll play with those and we 'll find out things like what 's half of a quarter things like that . |
| 3 | and from 1918 they had a parliamentary majority of their own , with three times as many seats as the rest of the coalition , but they never held as many as half of the government posts . |
| 4 | However , there are two significant additional factors : on the one hand the parents use sign language and therefore growth in the infants from gesture into sign ( rather than into speech ) is predicted , but on the other hand just over half of the sample infants are hearing and are acquiring both sign language and spoken English during this phase . |
| 5 | The works supplies about half of the water demands of the Teesdale , Teesside and Darlington areas the rest comes from the Lartington Treatment Works , west of Barnard Castle . |
| 6 | And I used to pay half of the gas bills , half of the electric bill . |
| 7 | 3 Place the nuts , raisins , allspice and half of the sesame seeds in a food processor , whizz until blended and transfer to a bowl . |
| 8 | These showed that half of the manufacturing companies increased their R&D spending in 1992 — and that almost as many intended to continue this trend in 1993 . |
| 9 | Fourteen percussionists here had a stage of their own , stretching around half of the choir seats , and the average decibel count from the brass was well up in proportion . |
| 10 | For the quinquennium 1982–83 to 1986–87 , i.e. after the major phases of absorption of other large courses , it has remained just below half of the FTE students in the Polytechnic . |
| 11 | At the massive party afterwards the Seventies were celebrated in a most appropriate way : Gloria Gaynor , Thelma Houston and one half of the Weather Girls were on hand to perform the songs that defined the liberal optimism of the period . |
| 12 | When the donor makes a chargeable transfer ( eg on a gift to a discretionary trust ) he is chargeable to inheritance tax on the amount of the reduction in his estate consequent on the making of the gift of half of the tax rates contained in Sched 1 to the 1984 Act ( IHTA 1984 , s7(2) ) . |
| 13 | ( 3 ) From the day of the accession until Dec. 31 , 1993 , the federation and the Trust Agency shall each repay half of the interest payments made by the Special Fund … |
| 14 | An effort to restore half of the production funds failed in the full Senate . |
| 15 | Social interviews , sometimes known as ‘ trial by sherry ’ , are theoretically relaxed occasions , like a drinks party or dinner , but the atmosphere tends to become rather strained as one half of the party sizes up and assesses the other half . |
| 16 | Half of the pension trustees will be employees , with an independent chairman , and pensioners will be represented . |
| 17 | Carbon dioxide accounts for half of the greenhouse gases and , in global terms , 75 per cent of emissions comes from the burning of fossil fuels for energy . |
| 18 | About half of the travelling families were found to be living on official local authority sites with only 28 per cent living on derelict land . |
| 19 | Having taken control of Volvo 's 29 per cent Pharmacia stake , which carries nearly half of the voting rights in Sweden 's biggest drugs company , Procordia is expected to launch a full takeover bid of at least £1billion . |
| 20 | It was suggested that should enter a team for the 13 mile run , however as the day approached , half of the team members were unexpectedly unable to join in , including who unfortunately sprained his ankle two weeks before , climbing in the Cairngorms ! |
| 21 | But after 1936 — a turning point for Poland — only the French continued to supply finance ( over 2,600 million francs ) and roughly half of the trade credits and finance that flowed through the economy came directly from the state . |
| 22 | Unfortunately for them , some of the Hurricane pilots failed to see this and stuck to their Fulmar , ignoring all signals to break away . |
| 23 | And as I sat on the beach , I idly picked up some of the myriad stones lying on the shore , and one of them surprised me with its remarkable colours — it was pure marble glistening and sparkling with mica particles imbedded in it . |
| 24 | It is through change that we grow and discover ourselves , that we begin to actualise some of the myriad possibilities of our lives . |
| 25 | Watson ( 1986 ) suggests how some of the communication problems can be surmounted when in contact with minority ethnic groups who have difficulty with a second language but even within one language there can be several local vocabularies which strangers can not understand . |
| 26 | Fenella and Caspar could see this clearly ; they could see that some of the Tree Spirits were still breathing , shallowly and painfully , their strange , wise faces shuttered and suffering , their branches torn from their bodies and great , gaping wounds still bleeding . |
| 27 | Some of the tree remedies , however , are prepared from flowering sprigs which include the twigs as well as the flowers and these are placed in fresh water , brought to the boil , simmered for an hour , cooled and strained . |
| 28 | Some of the mining operations show this , and the Fens have Roman canals , embankments , and elaborate water systems . |
| 29 | Some of the gang members got into the car while others sat on the vehicle 's bonnet . |
| 30 | If you are talking about marketing pot plants , then some of the sample plants will help to draw your audience 's attention to the subject . |