Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [n mass] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fatima Whitbread to retire after series of shoulder injuries |
| 2 | This year Moss expects less than 20% of turnover to come from sales of framework technologies — he hopes end user products will make up 80% — and only 5% or 10% during 1994 . |
| 3 | This year Moss expects less than 20% to come from sales of framework technologies and hopes end-user products will be 80% — and only 5% or 10% during 1994 . |
| 4 | This is true even within the statuses that we have chosen to define by means of entailment . |
| 5 | It ought to function by means of primus groups or semi-autonomous work teams or matrix overlap groups . |
| 6 | By running a £5 million overdraft , the court could in a way be construed as borrowing money to invest in works of art . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , in seeking to build by means of perestroika a political system within which various interests could be harmonized , the CPSU was also a " political organization of the entire people " . |
| 8 | The theory is that if museums save on salaries and paper clips they will have more money to spend on works of art ; the reality is that they will almost certainly be saving on the works of art to make up for inadequate funding overall . |
| 9 | In adult wounds , the epidermis seems to migrate by means of lamellipodia , crawling over the exposed connective tissue . |
| 10 | The legal wrangle continues over Edinburgh University 's bid to dispose of works of art from its collection . |
| 11 | Undoubtedly , if Parliament empowers trustees and directors to use their artistic judgment and professional experience to acquire works of art on behalf of their galleries , it is logical to trust them to use that same judgment to dispose of works of art . |
| 12 | In future the Minister will be able to refer to the Bill and say , ’ Parliament has given you the power to dispose of works of art , if you wish to acquire more — and , in using those receipts from disposals , you are specifically confined to making further acquisitions . |
| 13 | If those at the Tate do not believe that the acquisition of one picture a year is sufficient to keep its contemporary art collection up to date , the Government could tell them to use the powers in the Bill to dispose of works of art . |