Example sentences of "of [verb] [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Outlook , page 31 World Markets New York : Programme buying and a rush of panicky short-covering saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average finish at a record 2,754.56 , up 40.84 Tokyo : A flood of sell orders from investment trusts redeeming funds for clients brought a sharp fall in the Nikkei average , down 256.6 to 35,366.37 . |
| 2 | One important aspect of attributing differences to biology as opposed to attributing them to culture is that the second type of explanation leaves room for views to change , while the former appears to rule this out . |
| 3 | There are right and wrong ways of handling microphones for speech recording . |
| 4 | Within government itself the practicalities of administering controls in peacetime became increasingly difficult and , in the process , exposed the crucial lack of any coherent and comprehensive theory of planning . |
| 5 | However , they believe there could be some hope of recovering lines of credit which were extended by International Signal and Control to a number of European intermediaries . |
| 6 | Instead of using lumps of lead with the shape of the required letters moulded into their surface or spinning glass disks with the letters etched into them , the world was going digital . |
| 7 | A particular concern of the investigation will be to examine the definition of politicization used by the US and to examine the effectiveness of using threats of resignation as a credible technique for managing the activities of those agencies which are the world 's primary multi-lateral forums for the negotiation of global issues . |
| 8 | ( In this particular area of using dictionaries in catalogue systems , the only precedent of which I am aware is of a university paying something in the region of $40–50,000 . ) |
| 9 | A lighthearted look at one of the pre-Medau ways of using loads of energy and having lots of fun . |
| 10 | Public Health Minister Hedi Mhenni announced on Nov. 18 that Tunisia would press for compensation from France on behalf of 12 haemophiliacs who might have developed AIDS as a result of using transfusions of blood , imported from France , which carried the HIV virus . |
| 11 | An independent user group has been formed in central London covering Lotus Development Corp 's Notes groupware product : the Lotus Notes User Group is to provide a forum for discussing strategic issues of using Notes in business , as well as application ideas and will maintain close links with the Worldwide Lotus Notes Users and Technologists . |
| 12 | It was decided to adopt it as the standard background , keeping open the possibility of using pieces of velvet in special cases . |
| 13 | An important point here is that existing school staff may have little experience of using microcomputers for information retrieval and the school librarian needs to impress the staff by her/his ability in using the microcomputer . |
| 14 | I was n't keen on the deep-fried banana served with many fish dishes , and the habit of using photos of food instead of a menu . |
| 15 | The benefits of using computers in engineering applications is very substantial indeed in terms of reliability , cost and ease of use . |
| 16 | Caleman added that every time the United States accuses the Soviet Union or Vietnam of using mycotoxins in south-east Asia the standard reply is to ‘ remind people about the US use of herbicides in Vietnam . ’ |
| 17 | Briefly then , what we found in section 4.1 and have summarised here , is that building societies form the largest group of intermediaries but their function is almost exclusively one of channelling funds between surplus and deficit units within the personal sector . |
| 18 | Graham believes care managers will have the option of pursuing careers in management or specialist practice roles : ‘ I do n't see a problem with returning to direct client work . |
| 19 | Papandreou , accused of breach of public trust and of accepting bribes as part of a US$200,000,000 bank embezzlement in 1988 , refused to appear and dismissed the trial as an attempt to discredit his party , the Panhellenic Socialist Movement ( Pasok ) . |
| 20 | On March 24 Takeshi Kato , a former vice-Minister of Labour , was given a two-year suspended prison sentence and a fine of 6,810,000 yen after being found guilty of accepting bribes from Recruit . |
| 21 | Most leading merchant banks have established their own property investment departments and have been at the forefront of developing innovative methods of financing projects through equity and long-term debt . |
| 22 | Mr Boyle accused the NIKB of allowing standards of instruction and refereeing at tournaments to drop to a dangerously low standard . |
| 23 | The government remains committed to Green Belt protection , conservation of agricultural land etc. but states that ‘ there is , therefore always a presumption in favour of allowing applications for development having regard to all material considerations , unless that development would cause demonstrable harm to interests of acknowledged importance ’ . |
| 24 | A later circular ( 14/85 ) on Development and Employment stressed that there is always ‘ a presumption in favour of allowing applications for development , having regard to all material considerations , unless that development would cause demonstrable harm to interests of acknowledged importance ’ . |
| 25 | Finally , in tune with the government 's general philosophy , ‘ there is always a presumption in favour of allowing applications for development , having regard to all material considerations , unless that development would cause demonstrable harm to interests of acknowledged importance ’ . |
| 26 | The MoD has ‘ no intention ’ of contacting individuals at present . |
| 27 | All were victims of a year-long bribery scandal in which dozens of politicians stand accused of demanding contributions to party funds in return for lucrative public works contracts . |
| 28 | Gaitskell saw public ownership as a means of assisting moves toward equality and a classless society . |
| 29 | Dalton succeeded Silkin as Minister in February 1950 and initiated another method of organizing arrangements for overspill from the big cities , without quite the extravagant implications of new corporations which Silkin 's schemes had required . |
| 30 | Usually however , most of this type of eating results from over-restriction beforehand , too much hunger , too many favourite foods banned . |