Example sentences of "of [noun] [vb -s] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roger Sanderson wants the Forest of Dean Commoners Association … a grouping of sheep farmers … to keep better control of their animals so they do n't stray onto the industrial estate and roads.The right to graze the Forest of Dean dates back thousands of years , and it 's jealously guarded by the commoners.They say its up to the businessmen to fence the sheep out if they 're proving troublesome : |
| 2 | The relativism of values seems so sensible and convincing until we reflect on what this implies , namely that what we feel passionately about with regard to truth or justice or purpose of life has no justification apart from the fact that we happen to think like this . |
| 3 | The success of these Chaos armies further strengthens the tides of magic , and the Realm of Chaos grows even larger , threatening to overwhelm the north . |
| 4 | Even the JCT family of contracts contains widely different conditions and procedures to be followed . |
| 5 | To help a pregnant woman avoid certain foods , Ms Profet notes that , during the early stages , women 's sense of smell becomes more acute , food lingers longer in their stomachs and the brain centre that triggers vomiting also becomes more sensitive . |
| 6 | The writer of calls faces potentially limitless losses while the writer of puts has a maximum potential loss of E — P ( i.e. the price at which the writer has contracted to buy the shares less the option premium ) . |
| 7 | Most thinking on the preservation of houses revolves round major aristocratic seats or ancient manor houses . |
| 8 | The concept of alignment recognises how one member of a family system may oppose or join with another in carrying out some task . |
| 9 | Yet we hesitate to take this step — and here is the source of the dilemma — for the modern law of contract appears so uncertain in its scope and mysterious in its moral vision . |
| 10 | The systematic model of teaching illustrates how influential correctly used objectives can be on the whole teaching process from planning to assessment , and demonstrates the need for extreme care in choosing them . |
| 11 | One species of Gastrotheca produces about 200 young at a time . |
| 12 | These include several examples of snake forms very similar to the Lernaean Hydra which caused even Hercules some difficulty . |
| 13 | The Magistrates ' court must first form a view on which mode of trial appears more suitable , having regard to the nature of the case , whether the circumstances make the offence one of a serious character , and whether Magistrates ' powers of sentencing would be adequate . |
| 14 | Discussion of the effects of changes in the stock of money goes back hundreds of years . |
| 15 | In other words , the value of money decreases so much that the eventual outlay of £1,116 over 93 years is only equivalent to just short of £200 in 1900 's currency — weird stuff money ! |
| 16 | This size of miniature looks quite lovely when ranged together in small groups of two or three , and I think they look best of all when hanging in a straight vertical line ( see p. 101 ) . |
| 17 | The clarification of water by means of sedimentation becomes more complex with the use of dosing methods and upward-flow tanks , but , with analytical checks on the treatment the results can be much more consistent than with the simpler settlement in mill lodges , and there need be no interruption in supply caused by variations in the raw water or the need for cleaning out tanks . |
| 18 | That the expansion of exports falls well short of absorbing the growth in manufacturing output suggests that something of this kind must have happened , as does the fact that the nature of the new products does not allow for explanation in terms of extra spending on luxuries by high-income earners . |
| 19 | It follows that each element of Q[x] has infinitely many associates . |
| 20 | Kodak found that by flattening the grain into tabular or T-shape , the same amount of silver intercepts more light . |
| 21 | For the purposes of this chapter , this question of chronology makes only one difference , and that is in assessing how long the two separate procedural regimes lasted ; how long therefore the use of a trust brought with it a distinct advantage compared with the use of a modal legacy . |
| 22 | The Port of Larne handles almost 100 per cent of Northern Ireland 's tourist car and sea passenger traffic and 75 per cent of roll on/roll off freight . |
| 23 | Regardless of its limitations , the system of Paracelsus seems more satisfactory than the highly regarded but crude reductionist models that came into vogue in later generations . |
| 24 | The growth of industry requires more specialized scientific and technical knowledge which results in the development of professions such as science and engineering . |
| 25 | This peace of mind costs very little and will be provided automatically unless you tell us you do n't want it . |
| 26 | This very rigid institutional division of labour has rather serious implications in the public law field of decision-making processes , however . |
| 27 | The Republic of Indonesia comprises mainly some 13,700 islands known until 1949 as the Netherlands East Indies ; since 1976 it has also included East Timor ( when the latter was effectively annexed as the 27th Indonesian province after the withdrawal in 1975 of Portuguese troops , although this act has never been officially recognized by the UN ) . |
| 28 | This collection of questionnaires takes approximately ten to fifteen minutes to complete and can be used alongside the assessment interview . |
| 29 | If the scope of review becomes too broad this is effectively destroyed . |
| 30 | Then let me cosh you with this detail : one of the most important human pheromones , or sex-pongs , is called isobutyraldehyde , which in the mighty pulsing chain of carbon lies immediately next to — the odour of bean sprouts ! |