Example sentences of "[adv prt] of [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the essential feature of structured techniques is the breaking down of a complex problem into smaller manageable units in a systematic ( disciplined ) way . |
| 2 | All training in kung fu begins with the laying down of a solid foundation . |
| 3 | but the melt down of a cast-iron relationship |
| 4 | Continuing anti-US feeling in Iran and the associated strength of the radical Islamic political forces resulted from the US refusal to make a more comprehensive effort to compensate Iran for the shooting down of an Iranian airbus in the Gulf by the USS Vincennes warship in July 1988 [ see pp. 36169-70 ] , and from the fact that it continued to hold , according to official Iranian estimates , some $12,000 million in assets frozen since the 1979 Iranian revolution [ for agreement in November 1989 to release assets see p. 37053 ] . |
| 5 | ( One widely held theory was that Iran had paid Jabril US$1,000,000 to blow up PA 103 in retaliation for the July 1988 shooting down of an Iranian airbus by the USS Vincennes [ see pp. 36169-70 ] ] ) . |
| 6 | The Government gave the go-ahead despite last week 's shooting down of an Italian relief plane . |
| 7 | Professor Ivan Smith was prompted to make his accident findings public after the recent shooting down of an Italian plane over Bosnia . |
| 8 | Changes in rights of audience may well result in a slimming down of the practising Bar . |
| 9 | So this damping down of the sensory input when attention moves elsewhere can occur very early in the pathway from the sense organ to the brain . |
| 10 | In general , too , rhythmic and temporal features of speech are ignored in transcriptions ; the rhythmic structure which appears to bind some groups of words more closely together than others , and the speeding up and slowing down of the overall pace of speech relative to the speaker 's normal pace in a given speech situation , are such complex variables that we have very little idea how they are exploited in speech and to what effect ( but , cf. |
| 11 | Current expenditure was to be curtailed — involving , among other things a scaling down of the civil service . |
| 12 | On the morrow of Marshal Ogarkov 's removal as Chief of the General Staff , Western press comment included speculation that his policy stance had come to obstruct the reassessment of arms control and East-West policy sought by the leadership ; according to one respected newspaper , senior Western military attachés in Moscow were tipped by Soviet army officers that the Kremlin blamed Ogarkov for the disasters of the SS-20 deployment and the shooting down of the Korean airliner off Sakhalin Island . |
| 13 | They have been punished by being stripped of their ability to claim benefit and by the pushing down of the real value of their training allowance . |
| 14 | But the fact that the legislature refrained from creating a jurisdiction to make orders against a third party under section 6(3) and ( 4 ) does not justify a cutting down of the ordinary meaning of section 6(2) . |
| 15 | The observation of slowing down of the orbital rotation of the binary pulsar 1913+16 is also discussed . |
| 16 | Other documents to which Shaughnessy was given access included a series of DIA Defense Intelligence Terrorism Summaries ( DITSUMs ) issued in the second half of 1988 warning against renewed threats of attack on US interests , particularly as a consequence of the shooting down of the Iranian Airbus in July . |
| 17 | After four years of economic boom , 1990 saw a slowing down of the Spanish economy , as a result in part of the impact of the Gulf crisis on oil prices but due also to the government 's restrictive monetary policy , which was designed to bring Spain 's currency and rate of inflation more into line with those of other members of the European Communities ( EC ) . |
| 18 | The Chart parser thus fulfills the architectural requirements outlined above and , in addition , reflects the paring down of the graph-searching task to its barest requirements with few restrictions on how the graph should be constructed and explored . |
| 19 | In human play there is concentration on preparation for social life through symbolic play , that is play where there is a breaking down of the limiting distinction between the real and the imagined . |
| 20 | The report , whose conclusions were due to be made public after the expiry of 21 days within which interested parties were required to submit their comments , was expected to confirm that the crash resulted from pilot error involving the inadvertent shutting down of the wrong engine . |
| 21 | We turned our ponies and galloped back to the Legation , where we learnt that news had just come in of a great victory for the Shoan army . |
| 22 | They start with the filling in of a pre-printed summons form which is obtained from the Sheriff Clerk . |
| 23 | The ploughing in of a quick-growing crop as ‘ green manure ’ ( mustard , rye , tares are suitable ) is sometimes used to increase fertility and improve soil structure . |
| 24 | One development that will be of interest to all those offering SCOTVEC qualifications is the phasing in of a standardised unit specification for National Certificate Modules , Higher National Units , and Workplace Assessed Units . |
| 25 | The phasing in of a standardised unit specification will have implications both for centres delivering SCOTVEC units , and for those involved in writing their own units . |
| 26 | Winnicott traces out how from infancy onwards individuals learn to make a space between themselves and others , and yet avoid total separation by ‘ the filling in of the potential space with creative living , with the use of symbols , and with all that adds up to cultural life ’ ( Winnicott , 1971 ) . |
| 27 | Tamar had allowed Victoria to stay up late to watch the leading in of the last load , which was a ritual joined in by all the estate workers . |
| 28 | Erm right so the we agree to delegate to the F and G P the of the existing lease and the taking on of a new lease underlease for the coffee room , tea room operators . |
| 29 | The section is dealing with contraventions or apprehended contraventions of section 3 , i.e. the carrying on of an unauthorised investment business . |
| 30 | If the site chosen is in the opinion of the local authority not suitable for the carrying on of an offensive trade , being for example too near to residential properties then consent may be refused , or granted for a limited period or subject to conditions . |