Example sentences of "of [pron] they [vb base] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The debate is now largely ‘ old hat ’ in the sociology of education and there is a general consensus that schools do indeed impart values , but these are usually modified or developed versions of already existing dominant values of the society of which they form a part , including a number of parental values . |
| 2 | Their views on questions of human aggression and violence therefore assume major importance in the moral community of which they form a part . |
| 3 | But language and interpretation assume a structure of values of which they form a part . |
| 4 | It would certainly include : the physical lay-out of the houses we live in and of the settlements of which they form a part ; the general pattern of conventional procedures by which foodstuffs and other necessities of life are produced and distributed and finally consumed ; the way children are brought up ; the way tasks are allocated to different members of the household ; the ideas we have about the nature of reality and of the cosmos , our sense of what is the proper way to behave towards kin and neighbours and persons in authority ; the kinds of clothes and the styles of language which are appropriate to different occasions , etc . |
| 5 | Although non-restrictive adjectives are therefore not necessary to the entity-identification achieved by the phrase of which they form a part , there is no particular mystery about their appearance . |
| 6 | Other crustal fragments , while appearing to be of more local origin , have , none the less , experienced significant horizontal displacement and rotation with respect to the plate of which they form a part . |
| 7 | Over-exploitation of rattan does not indicate a high ‘ conservation of resources ’ sense , nor does their attitude to animals , of which they keep a wide range of pets from rats to tigers . |
| 8 | What it does , in effect , is to enable such companies to conceal from outsiders detailed information regarding profitability and turnover , something of which they have a ( much exaggerated ) fear that it will be used by their competitors to the company ‘ s disadvantage . |
| 9 | Although few of the wares are found on the Wall itself , to the south of it they have a wide distribution pattern over the central and eastern parts of the northern garrisons ; , presumably the western sector was firmly under the control of the Wilderspool potters . |
| 10 | Both of them have workshops at the Abbey and are members of what they call a spiritual community there . |