Example sentences of "[adv prt] of a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among the projects carried out were the creation of two folk museums , the laying out of public parks and gardens ; a nature trail ; a children 's playground ; the restoration of an old ‘ Norse ’ mill , and the laying down of a car park for a small craft shop . |
| 2 | Fifteen years was quite adequate for the necessary stages of component research , reduction of options , testing of prototypes , laying down of a production line , through to full-scale manufacture . |
| 3 | A reduction in interest rates will result in a fall in the size of this subsidy , and the phasing in of a cash ceiling approach ought to be timed to such a favourable point in time . |
| 4 | Generally no stamp duty will be payable unless the conveyance is one on sale ( or taking over of a mortgage liability ) not resulting from a court order or agreement made in connection with the divorce ( see Chapter 2 ) . |
| 5 | The trilobite eye was of a compound type , and each lens was made up of a calcite crystal . |
| 6 | In 1977 I visited Lesotho and worked together with colleagues in the Ministry of Education to recommend a possible strategy for primary school curriculum change in conjunction with the setting up of a Curriculum Development Centre funded by the World Bank and a parallel UNICEF programme to assist in the processes of syllabus and materials production and implementation . |
| 7 | The measures include the withdrawal of the right to belong to a trade union at GCHQ ; the drawing up of a poll tax register ; and , under the Local Government Act of 1989 , the restrictions placed on the political activities of all local government officers earning over £13,500 a year . |
| 8 | Where these exist , the setting up of a manufacturing subsidiary may be the only way to enter or stay in the market . |
| 9 | ( A close up of a TV operation always sets my fingers tingling . ) |
| 10 | Sir : If Labour is to suggest the setting up of a specialist labour court ( 30 September ) , then such a momentous change in the industrial relations system deserves more discussion , and needs to be taken out of the hot-house of Labour Party conference politics . |
| 11 | A core team is made up of a University consultant , an LEA adviser and a senior teacher . |
| 12 | The Freshwater Fisheries ( Scotland ) Act , allowing the setting up of a Protection Order for catchment areas ; and several of these new orders are now in force , including one covering the Garry and Tummel Catchment Area . |
| 13 | A sterner note prefaced another statement of intent , the setting up of a Standing Committee on Criminal Law Revision : ‘ In order that those deserving punishment shall not escape owing to defects in the criminal law ’ . |
| 14 | Britain also , of course , now has sizeable ethnic minorities and there has been considerable concern about their educational achievement , resulting in the setting up of a government committee of inquiry . |
| 15 | The document also noted agreements reached on the setting up of a Maghreb Bank of Investment and Foreign Trade , on co-operation in legal , judicial , maritime and other fields and on trade and tariffs . |
| 16 | A major initiative was the setting up of a degree course in Church Planting and Evangelism at Spurgeon 's College . |
| 17 | This was made up of a £621,800 increase in the specific provision and a reduction of £98,000 in the general provision against residential property , and a £4,740 increase in the specific provision against unsecured loans . |
| 18 | Another calls the setting up of a clearing house to take over the running of the settlement from the Stock Exchange and a third for a quick move to rolling settlement , under which all share bargains are settle after a set number of days . |
| 19 | One of the agreements which our government signed at Rio , was for the setting up of a sustainability plan for a British economy , yet ever since the end of that conference , these proposals have been getting successfully watered down and deleted . |
| 20 | Attempts to regulate such services in 1988 led to the setting up of a compensation fund to pay the bills of unsuspecting parents . |
| 21 | The conference recommended the setting up of a fundraising committee . |
| 22 | In its 1969 report , the Committee on the Enforcement of Judgement Debts chaired by Mr Justice Payne recommended the setting up of a Court Enforcement Office , the functions of which would include assisting the creditor to obtain from the debtor ‘ as much as he can properly afford ’ , to liquidate the debts as soon as possible and to protect the debtor against undue hardship or harassment . |
| 23 | The Local Government Planning and Land Act 1980 required that the accounts of direct labour organizations should be made up of a balance sheet , a revenue account , and a statement of rate of return ; and that these accounts show a ‘ true and fair view ’ . |
| 24 | It 's for this reason that the setting up of a risk management group is considered the essential feature in the first step to control : identifying the risks relevant to a specific organisation . |
| 25 | It was devoted to the discussion of quality assurance , preparation of documentation , preparation for a validation event and the setting up of a college quality assurance mechanism . |
| 26 | NATO Defence Ministers attending a meeting of the Nuclear Planning Group ( NPG ) in Vilamoura , Portugal , on Oct. 24-25 ( see p. 36989 ) announced the setting up of a study group on NATO nuclear weapons policy . |
| 27 | The president of Kazakhstan has gone further and demanded the setting up of a coalition government . |
| 28 | JOHN MAJOR , the Foreign Secretary , yesterday announced the setting up of a £25m aid fund for Hungary as he set before the conference what he called a ‘ common sense ’ approach for Conservatives in Europe . |
| 29 | It recommended better training and status for youth leaders , a building programme of new premises and facilities , and the setting up of a Youth Service Development Council . |
| 30 | In addition to the Patents Act 1977 , there are a number of rules dealing with details such as registration procedure , fees and the setting up of a Patents County Court in London . |