Example sentences of "of [noun] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 2.5Barr claimed her first victory today in the 400m Freestyle , leaving nearest rival Justin Boles of Bangor trailing 5 seconds in her wake . |
| 3 | 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 ’ . |
| 4 | There will be times when you may want to tailor your style of play to fight particular opponents . |
| 5 | The different purposes of assessment require different kinds of assessment ; the changing content and methods of assessment also require different methods of reporting achievement . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | At least two type III repeats of tenascin contain functional sites . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The major part of the output is used within ICI , chiefly for acrylic plastics , paints and a group of products called functional methacrylates . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The bottle of champagne took five attempts to break , the roses dropped , out of the two passing aircraft , missed the ceremony by 200 yards and the balloons drifted off downwind , unnoticed . |
| 14 | The collection of essays entitled New Essays in Philosophical Theology , edited by Antony Flew and Alasdair McIntyre , is unmissable and full of ideas . |
| 15 | One of my friends — Flg Off Murphy — was interned , and in point of tact spent live years in " the bag " . |
| 16 | In practice , however , it is found that there are similarities between the frequencies of molecules containing similar groups of atoms , and this sort of information can be applied to the study of new compounds . |
| 17 | The bedroom showed all the signs of Salome throwing some things into a bag in a hurry . |
| 18 | There will also be about 20 contemporary masks , bought or specially made for the display , and dozens of comics featuring masked characters . |
| 19 | We have a high level of expertise to give these children the education they need . |
| 20 | Their area of expertise includes complementary products such as pension plans and insurance policies . |
| 21 | Abbey National 's area of expertise includes complementary products such as pension plans and insurance policies , as well as professional advice on which products to choose . |
| 22 | Nothing fancy here in the way of melons or artichokes , but damsons , gooseberries and apples were translated into wholesome and filling puddings , and a range of herbs provided simple medicines to use alongside those prescribed by the factory doctor . |
| 23 | The dazzling display of blooms took 18 months hard work to create and cost Newtownabbey man Edward Cooke £500 . |
| 24 | But as it turns out ( as it happens , as ‘ chance ’ or ‘ luck ’ would have it ) there are things in the web of story to refute those grounds . |
| 25 | First , only about one-third of authorities hold annual elections and each year some councils change their electoral systems . |
| 26 | In Scotland 60% of authorities noted some courses offered by local authorities but it was comparatively limited in scope . |
| 27 | O. affinis is similar to O. vicarius Lyman , 1869 , from the West Indies but differs in the shape of the apical papilla which is simple blunt or slightly pointed in O. affinis as opposed to heart shaped in O. vicarius , though the occasional occurrence of heart shaped apical papillae in O. affinis throws doubt on the validity of this character , the degree to which the disk is constricted interradially , which is very pronounced in most specimens of O. affinis but not noticeably so in O. vicarius ; and the number of arm spines , 7–8 in O. affinis but as many as 10–12 O. vicarius . |
| 28 | On this side of the Webi , undulating grasslands rose to distant hills , and strips of woodland bordered numerous streams . |
| 29 | Craig Gwladys — Next to Penscynor Wildlife Park , this area of woodland has waymarked footpaths and picnic areas with spectacular views of the Dulais an Neath Valleys . |
| 30 | Fears of communism had deep roots in the past ( p.6 ) and they had increased as the Cold War developed after 1945 . |