Example sentences of "[det] of the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course one can not say this of the whole story ; were one to say that one would no longer be a Christian . |
| 2 | The debt owed by these nations totals $630 billion — about half of the developing world 's total debt . |
| 3 | The phase is excited for half of the total cycle and therefore the d.c. component is half of the unipolar supply voltage ( V = V /2 ) and the fundamental component is v = 2 V/n . |
| 4 | It is known that , in vivo , half of the superhelical density is restrained by DNA-binding proteins , so that the free superhelical density has a value close to -0.025 ( 29 , 30 ) . |
| 5 | The last five years have seen the DUP establish itself as the voice of about half of the unionist population . |
| 6 | Ideological differences did not prevent the Community from taking more than half of the Eastern bloc 's exports to the non-communist world , whilst the Eastern bloc absorbed high-technology goods from Western Europe . |
| 7 | If so , where was the general coverage of the recent study showing poor pregnancy outcome among women receiving routine Doppler ultrasound scans ? — or of the large scale trial in the United States showing that half of the coronary angiography being undertaken is unnecessary or postponable ? |
| 8 | After 0.7 ( 0.09 ) h ( mean ( SEM ) ) , half of the liquid phase ( T50 ) had emptied from the stomach . |
| 9 | Real concrete problems , such as the fact that Germany is the biggest trading nation in Europe , 50% more populous than France or Britain , that she holds half of the Soviet Union 's debt and has lent more money in government-guaranteed credit to Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union , can not be made to disappear with words . |
| 10 | When the Labour party was in power , half of the remaining half — the other 25 per cent . |
| 11 | Roll just over half of the remaining marzipan to fit the top of the cake . |
| 12 | Take a new but washed tea towel or piece of muslin large enough to hold the cake and moisten with half of the remaining bourbon . |
| 13 | Asian children performed just as well as other children in the six local education authorities but their admission rate to university was almost half of the corresponding figure for school leavers in all the state schools in England . |
| 14 | Well I 'm only gon na get erm half of the general level book done by my marks for maths . |
| 15 | Having recognized the urgency of the problem — that , as we have seen , there is no pre-service teacher-training requirement for new entrants to the colleges and under half of the existing teaching force have a professional teaching qualification the Report made six main recommendations . |
| 16 | As most commercial moisturisers contain these substances , at least half of the female population in western society ( and some of its progressive men ) must be moisturiser ‘ junkies ’ ! |
| 17 | And L A P R is half of the current tax rate , so you 'll be earning twelve and a half percent on your , has anyo any pre-eighty four contracts ? |
| 18 | Half of the extra cash will be forthcoming only if projects of sufficient quality to take up the whole £2 million come in by the next deadline for grants on 1 April . |
| 19 | One study of Scottish babies showed that 90 per cent of mothers started to train their babies during the first year with half of the middle class and a quarter of the working class starting before 6 months of age ( Drillien 1964 ) . |
| 20 | Saudi Arabia , accounting for almost half of the Middle East 's proven oil reserves and over a quarter of world proven reserves , has the power to insist upon its rôle as OPEC 's swing producer . |
| 21 | International sales , equally divided now between corporate and retail sectors , rose 64% to £15.8m , and currently generate over half of the London-based group 's turnover . |
| 22 | Two papers are set in each option so the options constitute one half of the final examination papers . |
| 23 | Nearly half of the episcopal hierarchy refused the new oaths , and as a result opened up a schism in the Anglican Church . |
| 24 | He was given 25 years but tried to negotiate a cut in his sentence by returning half of the stolen gold . |
| 25 | Nearly half of the total asset valuation ( NZ$20.1bn ) is for ‘ physical assets ’ . |
| 26 | Since the torque/position characteristics are symmetrical about the zero torque axis , each phase must be excited for half of the total excitation sequence . |
| 27 | Companies in which foreign capital amounted to more than half of the total capital constituted 63.1 per cent of all joint-stock companies . |
| 28 | The Middle East in particular , with very low oil costs and large amounts of entrained gas , starts with an almost unbeatable comparative advantage in terms of its raw material costs , which in the petrochemical business typically are over half of the total cost picture . |
| 29 | Although only a small minority of Europeans live in disadvantaged rural areas the land which they occupy constitutes as much as half of the total surface area of western Europe . |
| 30 | The main trend is represented by the overall loss of very nearly half of the total manufacturing jobs . |