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Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [to-vb] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1	The Law Society and the BSI are drawing up plans which would allow firms of solicitors to apply for a kitemark .
2	Their work can be seen as a range of attempts to deal with a shared set of problems which have perhaps been most clearly formulated by the greatest among them — by Bloch and Febvre ( the founders of the journal ) in the first generation , by Braudel in the second , and more recently by Le Roy Ladurie .
3	In four out of the five authorities studied in depth by the research team , ‘ the provision of a statement appeared in the majority of cases to coincide with a decision to transfer a child to a special school ’ .
4	The test requires the child to select one of a pair of pictures to go with a stimulus sentence .
5	It also accounts for the extraordinary ability of shoppers to select from a huge array those goods most appropriate to themselves and their close friends or relatives .
6	And he 's collecting lots of words to put into a very large book .
7	the availability of opportunities to study at a broad range of levels , of course lengths and of modes ( part-time , full-time or mixed ) ;
8	Its rigorous application of the acquis communautaire and the finalité politique to new members will in all probability lead to a Europe too full of contradictions to survive as a unitary bloc .
9	But the greater professionalism of the top search consultants and their measurable success in the business by the 1980s has influenced a significant number of clients to go beyond a basically negative attitude ; and in the words of one regular user of search , to see headhunting not just as a convenient time and money saver , but as an objective , imaginative , innovative , creative and even indispensable management tool .
10	A parallel and significant trend of policy is a move in a number of countries to differentiate between a basic education cycle and a continuation cycle , the first aiming to provide basic learning skills , the latter emphasising prevocational studies and education for citizenship .
11	The first prizewinner will also receive £250 worth of vouchers to spend at a range of top high-street stores ; the 12 second prizewinners get £80 worth of vouchers .
12	Second , there is empirical work which looks for evidence that fiscal considerations play any part at all in the decision of individuals to reside in a particular locality .
13	In July last year I was sponsored by a number of organisations to go on a Health Study Tour of Nicaragua to witness first hand their popular , positive health initiatives .
14	As Tudge ( 1988 ) discusses , the facility of plants to regenerate from a few cells is related to the characteristic known as totipotency .
15	Please could you tell me the best form of algae to keep in a fish-only aquarium ?
16	Kenneth has a list of questions to ask as a result of his reading , but the Dr has to admit that the subject is a highly complex one and that his knowledge is limited as he is a G.P. and not a specialist on the subject .
17	But , not everyone has thousands of pounds to spend on a studio set up and Freeman has addressed this point and also detailed the necessary design and items for the temporary home studio and has also included sections on portable studios .
18	Sunderland have appointed a firm of consultants to advise on a proposed referendum over a move from Roker Park .
19	The men from Saatchi and Saatchi have been doing their best in the glossy mags with the slogan ‘ there 's a lot of Glasgoing on in 1990 ’ — but yesterday provided the taste of things to come in a city which has borne more than its fair share of music hall humour and Billy Connolly .
20	But compressed ZIP files are n't the easiest of things to handle on a day-to-day basis .
21	Critically discuss the apparent inability of academics to arrive at a universal set of determinant factors for the APT .
22	They bridge the gap between the desire of lenders to be able to get their money back quickly , and the desire of borrowers to borrow for a long period .
23	After referring to the ability of partners to sue for a libel on their firm he said , at pp. 145 , 146–147 , 148 :
24	And your can use any number of eurocheques to pay for a particular item or service .
25	The team members are busy raising money in a variety of ways to go into a fund towards the costs but do need all the help they can get , any ideas , suggestions would be most welcome .
26	The point is that the inference which you give to it is that they 're not quite fit to be Governors , by comparison with others , and I 'd like to defend that because I can assure you that I have never ever nominated a Governor for a school who I have not thought would be advantageous to that Board of Governors to have as a member and that he will be he or she will be a contributor to that particular school , and I 've done it time and time and time again and indeed on occasions have had headmasters coming to me and thanking me for the particular person that I put in .
27	To force together two protons that are initially far apart , for example those in two separate hydrogen atoms , is like trying to encourage the two north poles of a pair of magnets to join at a distance of less than a billionth of a millimetre .
28	Many of the techniques of exploratory data analysis require the repetition of procedures to converge on a fit that minimizes the residuals ; this can make the techniques rather laborious , but it is one side of the trade-off required to get methods of analysis which are resistant to outliers .
29	The company operates its own radio network in the UK with a system that allows thousands of users to operate on a single UHF or VHF channel .
30	I 'm not saying you will always be successful or that it will never cost you a penny , nor am I advising those almost too timid to open a can of beans to tinker with a complex and potentially dangerous machine if they feel it 's beyond them ; we all have our limitations .