Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will be overseeing the installation of a small-scale hydro-electric generating scheme bringing heating and lighting to the village of Mango in the foothills of the Karakoram range . |
| 2 | That was a case in which the defendant took two bottles of whisky from the shelves and put them in her shopping bag . |
| 3 | For Gertrude Jekyll the arts and crafts creed of unity of the arts was not just an artistic concept but fundamental to her special art and skills in home-making which she passed on to Lutyens , inspiring him to build not just houses but homes . |
| 4 | By October the Communist attitude had softened in the light of the pact of Unity between the Socialists and Communists in France . |
| 5 | The fragmentation and lack of unity within the women 's movement in this country and elsewhere , resulting in a severe lack of power , organisation and strategy in the face of a very powerful oppression . |
| 6 | There was also a great spirit of unity among the workers and , although the statements were coloured with rhetoric , it was emphasized that at Wolverhampton , ‘ The whole of the workers stood firm and were prepared to fight to the bitter end ’ and that at Hull there was ‘ Alarm — fear — despair — a victorious army disarmed and handed over to its enemies . ’ |
| 7 | She did a good deal of field-work in the pubs of commuterland , achieving in her story ‘ Summer Schools ’ ( also in the 1958 volume ) an almost ‘ Gothic ’ horror . |
| 8 | Billy Joel this is what we 're going to play and er traffic is coming up to let you know the state of play on the roads it 's pretty awful out there today . |
| 9 | The shaking table is a 50-tonne concrete plate set horizontally in a hole in a concrete floor with several centimetres of play at the edges . |
| 10 | I made two ruler from Tufnol ( 24x1–1/2x1/2in ) , then joined them with two brass strips , allowing about 1 in of play between the rulers . |
| 11 | ‘ The real problem is once again the Government is trying to rush through a complex pattern of assessment without the resources or time to give it the proper foundations . |
| 12 | The National Computing Centre commissioned a survey of assessment of the impacts of office technology on organisational structures and relationships , and that work was completed in 1985 . |
| 13 | The study also suggests that priority ought to be given to research which synthesises available evidence and arguments about key aspects of welfare policy , including the unit of assessment for the purposes of tax and social security , personal freedom and preventive health measures and the social responsibility for dependants . |
| 14 | Before exploring some of the attitudes held towards the issue of assessment by the arts teachers interviewed , it might help to look at the philosophies being advanced by them towards the teaching of their respective specialisms . |
| 15 | Where a capital sum ( as defined ) is paid directly or indirectly in any relevant year of assessment by the trustees of a settlement to the settlor then , to the extent that there is an amount of income available ( as defined ) in the settlement , the settlor can be taxed on that capital sum as if it were income . |
| 16 | The research has 3 principal aims : a ) to throw light on the process of assessment from the viewpoints of parents , children , professionals responsible for identifying special needs , and administrators responsible for producing a formal Statement of a child ; s needs ; b ) to describe , and provide an analysis of , sources of conflict and of agreement in the assessment process ; c ) to develop a theoretical understanding of the concept of EBD from the view-points of the various people involved in assessment , whether as clients or as professionals . |
| 17 | The reshuffle served its purpose , for after a 15-minute rather uncomfortable settling-in period Sunderland , inspired by Davenport 's goal , gradually assumed control and there was no indication of tiredness as the Rokermen , superbly served by Anton Rogan in defence and the non-stop Brian Atkinson in midfield , hustled Boro at every opportunity . |
| 18 | There were also changes within the labour markets , with strong evidence of decentralization from the cores to the metropolitan rings and outer rings . |
| 19 | While British officials were busy trying to put the best face on the evident lack of progress at the talks , the Chinese delegation was eager to emphasise the differences between the sides . |
| 20 | Speaking in Moscow Tun Razak denied that he had arrived to obtain the official approval of the USSR for the neutralisation of Southeast Asia ‘ because the responsibility for this rests with the countries of Southeast Asia themselves , acting on a collective basis ’ but he hoped that ‘ according to the extent of progress of the countries of Southeast Asia on this path towards our goal the Soviet Government will show sympathy and understanding towards us ’ . |
| 21 | Unless we show that we are determined to proceed with the deployment of cruise and Pershing missiles , there will be no chance of progress in the arms control talks . |
| 22 | Last night Alastair Morton , the British co-chairman of Eurotunnel , said the banks could be driven to this ‘ by sheer exasperation through lack of progress in the talks ’ . |
| 23 | His work was frequently illustrated , not only in magazines but also in books ; in William Johnstone 's Creative Art in Britain ( 1950 ) , in Herbert Read 's small but significant survey , Contemporary British Art ( 1951 ) , and in Wyndham Lewis 's The Demon of Progress in the Arts ( 1954 ) where his large painting of the dice-playing soldiers in the Crucifixion scene , The Gamblers ( Colour Plate XX ) , was reproduced with the observation : ‘ The symbolic power of John Minton 's picture requires no comment . ’ |
| 24 | Heads of state and government of the 12 member countries of the European Communities ( EC ) met in Luxembourg on June 28-29 to take stock of progress in the negotiations on economic and monetary union ( EMU ) and European political union ( EPU ) which had opened at the Rome summit in December 1990 [ see pp. 37905-06 ] . |
| 25 | This is the latest in a series of conflicts over the Baltic environment , including an escape of effluent from the chemicals complex on the river Dvina which poisoned large numbers of fish . |
| 26 | What is undeniable is the determination of the bishop to bring the cult of Benignus under the auspices of the Church , if it was going to exist at all . |
| 27 | In rejecting Descartes 's theological argument for a physical principle , he did , however , extend the process of differentiation between the provinces of science and religion . |
| 28 | Privatization would not mean the end of support for the railways . |
| 29 | As concern over state expenditure mounted , governments have looked for ways of cutting back the volume of support for the railways . |
| 30 | The occasion was hosted by Secretary General of the Greek National Tourism Organisation , who made a public statement of support for the aims and objectives of the Association and its new Greek Chapter . |