Example sentences of "[adv prt] of a [adj] [noun] " 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 | He and Dr Kohl are expected to meet next week following the swearing in of a new East German government on Monday . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | They start with the filling in of a pre-printed summons form which is obtained from the Sheriff Clerk . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | A recent coup has been the handing over of a stunning collection of memorabilia relating to Major Mick Mannock VC . |
| 12 | They turned their pages in perfect harmony and experienced a decent run through of a difficult text rather than an intense spiritual journey . |
| 13 | It therefore came as a shock in early afternoon when reports began to filter through of a massive disaster that had overtaken the centre on the Pratzen Heights . |
| 14 | The result was the setting up of a 16 point Green Plan . |
| 15 | The Germans , already in the country in large numbers , had seized Rome , and Hitler had ordered the setting up of a political system which would take effective control of the country and also take under its wing any future Fascist administration . |
| 16 | Lastly , in the project for a prison institution that was then developing , punishment was seen as a technique for the coercion of individuals ; it operated methods of training the body — not signs — by the traces it leaves , in the form of habits , in behaviour ; and it presupposed the setting up of a specific power for the administration of the penalty ( ibid. , p. 130–1 ) . |
| 17 | Of crucial importance in the period of transition to democracy was the setting up of a specific negotiations commission under Cyril Ramaphosa , secretary-general of the ANC . |
| 18 | The marginal platform of the Z1 Carbonate is made up of a lower unit of light-coloured , bioturbated and fossiliferous carbonate mudstones , and an upper unit of reefs which pass laterally into oolitic and pelletoidal grainstones ( Fig. 7 ) . |
| 19 | The infill of the cave is made up of a wide variety of materials , from silts to large stones , and the radioactive content of these materials is similarly variable . |
| 20 | The Commission was made up of a wide range of eminent people involved in the existing mental health services , and it took evidence from a variety of those involved in the care of this group . |
| 21 | Stamford , one of Hoskins ' ‘ open-field ’ towns , is actually made up of a Danish burgh , founded in 877 on the north side of the River Welland and consisting of a roughly rectangular block bisected by the east-west High Street , and an English burgh to the south of the river founded by King Edward in 918 , and consisting of a neat rectangular area bisected by the north-south St Martins High Street . |
| 22 | According to Moscow Radio , the fighting followed the beating up of a Cossack boy by two Ingushi boys . |
| 23 | This had led to the setting up of a joint system of financial control . |
| 24 | The main points in the communique which was immediately issued included , a ) parallel statements by each government regarding the status of Northern Ireland b ) the setting up of a Council of Ireland c ) the setting up of a joint committee to consider the creation of a law enforcement area covering the whole island d ) consultation on , and coordination of , policing . |
| 25 | On Dec. 5 the Arab League Council , after meeting in Cairo , issued a statement expressing " solidarity " with Libya , and calling for the avoidance of any military or economic action against Libya and for the setting up of a joint Arab League-UN committee " to study all the documents connected with the incident " . |
| 26 | A 15 year follow up of a controlled trial of grommets versus myringotomy showed no long term impairment of hearing in the grommeted ear . |
| 27 | ( 1975 ) also involved the setting up of a controlled situation in order to test an hypothesis . |
| 28 | Germany has also resisted the setting up of a unified life assurance market . |
| 29 | This is made up of a twenty-four-bit field containing the overflow address plus control information , followed by the record key , which can be up to sixty-four characters in length . |
| 30 | The silver bugle light infantry badge is returning to Hartlepool after 50 years with the setting up of a new army cadet force detachment which is looking for boys and girls aged between 13 and 18 to go along on Monday at 7pm to St James Church Hall , Rossmere Way . |