Example sentences of "of [noun] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At which she reached for a bottle of whisky called Old Rarity . |
| 2 | Crown woods in the Forest of Dean acquired new importance as a profitable source of wood and timber , especially for sale to the ironworks . |
| 3 | Six months ago , pot-holders in the Forest of Dean complained underground caves were being polluted by old waste dumped in a mineshaft by Watkins Engineering at Sling . |
| 4 | But the diffuse culturalism of the woman-centred definition of lesbianism induces woman-centred psychology to study the emotional satisfactions and positive self-image associated with lesbianism , rather than sexuality ( e.g. Cox 1981 , Mannion 1981 ) . |
| 5 | W.N. and L.A. Kellogg adopted the then revolutionary idea of rearing an infant chimpanzee in their own home in the 1920s but the experiment with Gua was abandoned after a year because no signs of vocalisation resembling human speech were observed . |
| 6 | 2.5Barr claimed her first victory today in the 400m Freestyle , leaving nearest rival Justin Boles of Bangor trailing 5 seconds in her wake . |
| 7 | The deliberate juxtaposition of these rituals of celebration has been done to suggest that the 1830s were years of transition in antislavery culture in which occasions of unity indicated growing divergences within the ‘ movement culture ’ . |
| 8 | One of the companies involved in what can only be described as the latest round of unity talks that Unix International seems to be sponsoring ( UX No 423 , 424 ) says that for all the fear , uncertainty and doubt unleashed by Microsoft Corp , the project still lacks the compulsion that galvanized the industry to form the Open Software Foundation five years ago . |
| 9 | There will be times when you may want to tailor your style of play to fight particular opponents . |
| 10 | The different purposes of assessment require different kinds of assessment ; the changing content and methods of assessment also require different methods of reporting achievement . |
| 11 | One key area to be addressed is the potential for integration of assessment — that is , to use a single instrument of assessment to assess several outcomes in the same unit or indeed outcomes across more than one unit . |
| 12 | The success of ‘ Darwinism ’ shows that the majority of biologists recognized this point , and the only significant area of debate remaining centred on the problem of heredity . |
| 13 | By contrast to the barn owl , all the other species of owl showed some degree of digestion of the molars of their prey , even when clearly coming from adult birds only . |
| 14 | In the surrounding debris of apartment blocks more militia would be crouched , forming the outer defence ring of the beleaguered stronghold . |
| 15 | So if you find some yeah find some yeah it 's a matter of y'know getting some stuff erm getting some stuff together . |
| 16 | At least two type III repeats of tenascin contain functional sites . |
| 17 | And , most important of all , the number of states using primary elections to select delegates to the convention had risen from 17 in 1968 to 29 in 1976 , with the number of votes cast by delegates chosen or bound by primaries increasing from 37.5 per cent to 72.6 per cent . |
| 18 | The possibility of pairs of states allowing direct communication between their respective authorities , bypassing the consul , is also recognised , as it was in the earlier text . |
| 19 | Successful missionizing activities and the extending of the boundaries and powers of states led secular authorities to an examination of the sources of power and to its exercise . |
| 20 | Whitton Wood Designs will build any style of kitchen using any wood you choose . |
| 21 | Similar changes are simultaneously occurring in a large number of advanced societies ( Challis , 1992b ; Kraan et al. , 1991 ) , albeit in slightly different ways for different client groups , Of course this simple conception of change requires further elaboration . |
| 22 | But the enthusiasm so often expressed in favour of change produced little movement within the industry . |
| 23 | Accelerated rates of change demand improved organization and procedures to increase the ability to adapt to new conditions and to conserve money by well-designed , economical manufacturing ; keeping this in focus often requires a single vision . |
| 24 | The social and environmental costs of reforestation to counter global warming far outweigh the likely benefits , according to the FoE 's report , Deserts of Trees . |
| 25 | They also agreed to set up consulates and to arrange a meeting of experts to discuss territorial disputes , including border issues and control of the Paracel and Spratly islands in the South China Sea . |
| 26 | Modrow did not return with more than a commitment to set up a joint commission of experts to consider monetary union ( which first met on Feb. 20 in East Berlin ) . |
| 27 | Sometimes this can tempt providence when the train demurs and falls off its rails ( opposite ) , however there are always plenty of experts to offer friendly advice to the professionals upon re-railing ! |
| 28 | The panel of experts signing this letter were recruited by the pharmaceutical companies involved in Spain . |
| 29 | The major part of the output is used within ICI , chiefly for acrylic plastics , paints and a group of products called functional methacrylates . |
| 30 | This created a business grouping , with a spread of research and technical facilities and sales operations , from which it was possible to forge a rationalized enterprise to attack international markets for a range of products to meet specific requirements in a spread of user industries — acrylics , urethanes , polyesters and a variety of novel surface-coatings and adhesive polymers . |