Example sentences of "of this [noun] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In March 1938 in England and Wales , 24 million acres were under planning control , but only 236,000 acres of this total applied to approved schemes actually operative ( 92 in number ) . |
| 2 | The DSS estimates that around 5.5 million people each year receive statutory sick pay , and that 15 per cent of this total belonged to the bottom and middle earnings bands . |
| 3 | The effects of this trend weakened in the 1970s but the numbers of economically active women were by that time swollen by the fall in the numbers of children and by the fall in the numbers of women entering motherhood in their twenties . |
| 4 | The specific version of this hypothesis tested by SPAR was for the problem of anaphor resolution in the task of paraphrasing simple English stories . |
| 5 | Half of this increase occurred in America , where the farmed area trebled in this period ( it quintupled in Australia and grew two-and-a-half times in Canada ) . |
| 6 | The bulk of this increase comes from families headed by a lone woman and , most often , a divorced woman . |
| 7 | The disappointing results of this survey come at a time when the second WHO review of its Health for All policy concludes that ‘ the implementation of strategies to achieve those aims has in many cases slowed down ’ . |
| 8 | The main cost of this benefit comes from the subsidy to approved pension schemes costing £1.6 billion in 1987–8 ; subsidizing employers ' contributions to funded pension schemes ( £2.9 billion ) ; exempting investment income of occupational pension schemes ( £4.1 billion ) ; and exempting lump sum payments ( £1.2 billion ) . |
| 9 | The charm of this resort lies in its quiet , friendly atmosphere which will appeal most to those who like to avoid the larger resorts . |
| 10 | One aspect of this discretion relates to the time limit for making an application for judicial review under RSC Order 53 : s. 31(6) of the Supreme Court Act 1981 allows the court to refuse leave or to refuse relief if there has been undue delay in making the application and that the granting of relief would , amongst other things , be ‘ detrimental to good administration ’ . |
| 11 | The ending of this novel begins with William Golding looking down on Ralph , as he lies in hiding after his confrontation with Jack and the death of his friend Piggy . |
| 12 | A further decade passed before the true potential of this cliff began to be tapped . |
| 13 | The birth of this child coincided with the bankruptcy of Edward Langtry and the break-up of Lillie 's marriage . |
| 14 | Conditions of enrolment as set out in Section 4 of this document apply in the case of those enrolling on a distance learning or correspondence programme . |
| 15 | A development of this usage comes in the form of ‘ to take a shine to ’ someone which indicates something short of adulation . |
| 16 | In the view of the Board the resolution of this case depends upon two fundamental propositions : first , agency is a contract made between principal and agent ; second , like every other contract , the rights and duties of the principal and agent are dependent upon the terms of the contract between them , whether express or implied . |
| 17 | If the outcome of this case depends upon whether or not reference is made to Hansard , how should the matter proceed in the face of the warnings of the Attorney-General that such references might constitute a breach of parliamentary privilege ? |
| 18 | Most of this song proceeds in the same manner . |
| 19 | The upper part of this formation tends to be argillaceous , and the thickest clean sandstones are in the lower section . |
| 20 | An important ‘ philosophical ’ base of this text comes from systems thinking . |
| 21 | She was glad of this opportunity to look at him unobserved . |
| 22 | A solution of this problem led to an important heresy associated with the idea of time , personified by the ancient god Zurvan . |
| 23 | erm In fact a simple formulation of this problem occurs in the opening paragraphs of À la Recherche , erm when the narrator writes this : ‘ When I woke in the middle of the night , I could not tell where I was , just as I did not know at first who I was . |
| 24 | It has been established by the judgment of this court given on 3 February 1992 that by a letter to the mother , dated 23 September 1991 , the father expressed his acquiescence in the removal . |
| 25 | Leeds , in 1981 , was dominated by large areas of mugwort and wormwood , and because of the proliferation of this genus deserves to be known to botanists as ‘ Artemisia City ’ . |
| 26 | Members of this genus live in the large intestine of horses and donkeys and , with Triodontophorus , are commonly known as the large strongyles . |
| 27 | The involvement of technical staff was recognised by the FAOR team in the functional descriptions of the proposed systems ; however , the cost of this involvement had to be considered carefully . |
| 28 | If a coincidence of this magnitude happened to me , I should call it a miracle and would watch my language in future . |
| 29 | Thus it seems likely that the winter population and a substantial passage in February and March are largely composed of stellata ; passage of this species continues through April and May , and is then joined by a large movement of arctica ; immer is always a scarce species . |
| 30 | Fortunately , the result of this test proved to be negative but , given the temperance of her lifestyle , her decision to take it in the first place would , at the very least , seem as bizarre as Mr Oliver Reed , the thirst , embarking upon an assertiveness training course . |