Example sentences of "of [noun] [vb past] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The assistant Deputy Surveyor in the Forest of Dean reported in 1788 that : |
| 2 | In this , the third issue of Update devoted to general SVQs , we also report back on the seminars held recently for external verifiers and for centre co-ordinators from new piloting centres . |
| 3 | The 1977 Porchester report published figures provided by MAFF to indicate the potential loss of agricultural production if 16,000 hectares of Exmoor stayed as rough sheep grazing and were not converted to grassland . |
| 4 | The signs of progress came in recent bilateral negotiations between America and the EC over tariff barriers — big cuts are crucial in winning industrial backing for a successful round . |
| 5 | For example , the average frequency of bingeing fell from four or five time a week to once a fortnight at the twelfth session . |
| 6 | Pledges of support came from other institutions of higher education and there were reports of demonstrations and boycotts elsewhere . |
| 7 | The wave of change continued throughout 1990 . |
| 8 | As social workers have always known , the ‘ product ’ is in fact a ‘ process ’ — an explanation and acceptance of change mediated through social relationships — not a standardized item of service . |
| 9 | THOUSANDS of Namibians stood in long queues , stretching nearly a mile in some cases , as they waited to vote on the first day of Namibia 's five-day pre-independence election yesterday . |
| 10 | A fringe of hair plaited with tiny Belial clay beads bobbed gently in the reduced gravity , obscuring her dark skin and brooding eyes . |
| 11 | Although the growth of Brighton accounted for some of this expansion , most of the burden fell on an economic base too narrow to cope adequately , there being few alternatives to agriculture . |
| 12 | At the same time it should be noted that while 14% of authorities fell into this group , 26% of the total sample had establishments of less than 100 , so that not all small libraries found this an insurmountable problem . |
| 13 | The terms of the Treaty of Shimonoseki concluded on 17 April included Japanese possession of Formosa , the Pescadores Islands and the Liaodong Peninsula in Manchuria , the opening by China of four more treaty ports and the payment to Japan of a sizeable indemnity . |
| 14 | About half of all firms of solicitors fell within this profile , while about one in six firms have five or more partners ( Benson Commission , 1979 , vol. 2 , Section 16 ) . |
| 15 | In particular the calculus of operations became in English preserve [ 96 ] . |
| 16 | The degree of formality ranged from elaborate and schematic written documents to a simple mental rehearsal of what would happen next . |
| 17 | While some of the clearest evidence for localization of function came from neurological studies on humans with damaged or disturbed brains , some of the best evidence against it came from experimental studies on animals . |
| 18 | The idea of inspection started with national inspectors ( Her Majesty 's Inspectorate ) , but increasingly local inspectors are being used at local education authority ( LEA ) level . |
| 19 | The Duke of Wellington died in 1852 , when Lord Derby was Prime Minister , and a most magnificent funeral was arranged in his honour . |
| 20 | The Flemish regional government and the city of Antwerp stumped up most of the BFr600m ( $18m ) needed to restore the building to its ornate , late-classical grandeur . |
| 21 | The inhabitants of Antwerp surrendered on 10 October . |
| 22 | The fall of McCarthy came in 1954 as a result of his own excesses and the actions of a few courageous individuals , rather than from any official disapproval . |
| 23 | In key respects the views of Whitehall coincided with those of the Central Electricity Board , which had for long felt that its own , indirect control of power station construction was inadequate . |
| 24 | The lists of possessions bequeathed in aristocratic wills — horses , hunting-dogs and hawks , swords and daggers , belts and baldrics , body-armour , spurs , cloaks and furs , bracelets and rings , drinking-cups and silver dishes — allow a glimpse of this world we have lost . |
| 25 | The severity of damage ranged from small islets in which the surface remained completely denuded ( Fig 5C ) to areas in which the continuity of the surface epithelium was nearly complete ( Fig 5D ) . |
| 26 | The British government 's Welsh Office says the project was the culmination of discussions started in 1980 when Edwards led an industrial mission to the US . |
| 27 | The data which showed that only two per cent of calls came after 11 p.m. provided useful reassurance that statistically a broken night 's sleep was rare . |
| 28 | The zig-zag stripes of trench-systems lay on either side like the skin shed by a massive snake . |
| 29 | Thus the central theme in both the works of Steiner referred to earlier is the nature , and very recent decline , of classical literary culture which , for the classically educated reader , formed a complex web of allusions and developments . |
| 30 | More training of young members should be provided as well as distribution of literature aimed at young people . |