Example sentences of "of [n mass] [noun sg] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the deal goes through , Dr Brian Smith will step down as chairman of MB Group to make way for Murray Stuart , currently group chief executive . |
| 2 | The amount of rhino horn entering Yemen has doubled over the last 20 months , apparently as a result of increased poaching activity in Zimbabwe and Swaziland . |
| 3 | Those of us who believe that causality is central to the philosophy of data analysis prefer measures of effect , which force us to be explicit about causal order , to symmetric measures of association . |
| 4 | A CRUCIAL breakthrough in the use of fish oil to treat cancer brought fresh hope to millions of sufferers last night . |
| 5 | Cabinet rigidity is maintained with the use of 22mm Medite profiled baffles , which have rounded edges to minimize diffraction effects . |
| 6 | This was made on a piece of 3mm hardboard measuring 300mm by 230mm ( 12″ by 9″ ) although you can adjust these measurements to suit yourself ; nothing else is affected by this . |
| 7 | It was not until about a year later , when I became the High Master of Warboys , that I took him into Warboys and made him a sort of Staff pilot flying Oxford aircraft on special navigational training exercises ; this was something that I could physically check and I do not know why it is , and I am not being clever now , I just accepted the evidence he gave me of this phoney flying . |
| 8 | The evolutionary advantage of pair bonding to protect offspring and male group relationships to facilitate hunting is well recognised . |
| 9 | The vast and easy background of Deer Forest gave hope to a future prospect of marriage . |