Example sentences of "[det] [vb -s] of [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The order is normally deposited very near to the last day , the reason being that this allows of last-minute alterations . |
| 2 | As the name suggests , this consists of two slices and a filling — or , in engineering terminology , two skins and a core . |
| 3 | This consists of six credits ( see specification on page 5 ) . |
| 4 | At present in the UK , this consists of all men between the ages of sixteen and sixty-five and all women between the ages of sixteen and sixty who are capable of working . |
| 5 | This consists of concentric circles defining the limits of different groups of housing ( see fig 6 ) . |
| 6 | This consists of small beads ( a litre has an R.R.P. of £13.95 — 21 and 51 also available ) Which must be washed ( when they may generate some heat ) then placed in one of the last sections of the filter . |
| 7 | Although this consists of nine credits ( see page 5 ) , three are common to both preliminary awards , so the student would need to take just a further six credits to gain the more advanced award . |
| 8 | This consists of lost remittances , tourist earnings and Suez Canal income , together with massive resettlement costs for returning migrant workers . |
| 9 | This consists of in-house seminars on the theory and practice of using multi- and parallel processor machines . |
| 10 | This consists of in-house seminars on the theory and practice of using multi- and parallel processor machines . |
| 11 | This consists of elected councillors advised by the County Planning Officer and assisted , in minerals cases , by the Minerals Officer . |
| 12 | This consists of 12 credits ( see page 6 ) , six of which can be common to the National Certificate ( Skillstart 2 ) . |
| 13 | Each of the latter consists of two bundles of fibres , one of which passes to the labrum as the labral nerve , and the other forms the root of the frontal ganglion . |
| 14 | John Bunyan wrote of the reading of his youth : " Give me a ballad , a news-book , George on horseback , or Bevis of Southampton ; give me some book that teaches curious arts , that tells of old fables ; but for the holy Scriptures I cared not . " |
| 15 | All that remains of other plants are the old metal labels naming the varieties : |
| 16 | This is less obvious in English , where all that remains of personal endings is the -s of the non-past . |
| 17 | ‘ That comes of trusting chaps you 've known all your life . |