Example sentences of "of [noun] [pron] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the Later Middle Ages , there was an increasing shortage of coins which some historians believe led to a trade depression . |
| 2 | Social workers — caring workers generally — are " entrusted " with a burden of responsibility which many people would find impossible and most would find repugnant . |
| 3 | Yes Chair , I think Mr was quoting Michael Portillo was n't he in about the er , when you sell a house you do n't not pay off the mortgage , and of course what most people do is buy another house , sorry who was it ? |
| 4 | Er then to er put er against the background as the District Council last last week were being told our budget will cost us er to er accidents and of course what this exercise would cost us , three hundred and fifty thousand is the amount very close that some of you just want to spend on the doing traffic calming over the next year year . |
| 5 | Erm I have said all erm conservation processes have been out it is know as a sham , because they have their numbers quite determing of course what this intention er that proper consultation so this time round . |
| 6 | The provincial landscape of factions and fractions — localities squalling in impotence , absurdly competing for crumbs of resources , with no incentive to collaborate — is of course its own creation . |
| 7 | The only antidote to an unbridled proliferation of spurious designators is analysis , and of course we all practice analysis in some form or another , even though not always very radically or systematically . |
| 8 | ‘ And of course your former remarks about lady doctors were quite right . |
| 9 | Then I 'm ashamed of the cliche : plenty of Somervillians know the thick of things , the Principals for starters : Miss Pestell and Lady Park at the F. O. , Mrs Craig with the British Council , and of course our own DameJanet , at the end of that last war … . |
| 10 | And of course it all ends happily when the Arab obviously can not bear to part with his horse : |
| 11 | Chomsky suggests that there is a ‘ universal grammar ’ — a limited set of rules which all languages follow . |
| 12 | Most transactions involve substantial numbers of tens of thousands of pounds and whether it is your firm or your employer 's firm , you must respect the large sums of money which any conveyancer is called upon to handle in every week of his working life . |
| 13 | This is the average quantity of money which this person had available ( i.e. ‘ to hand ’ or ‘ unspent ’ ) over this same period . |
| 14 | First , encouraging the women to run their own preschool facilities rather than seek an extension of statutory resources is deceitful because it promotes a form of provision which such women can not supply for themselves . |
| 15 | Of course there is a core range of skills which all actuaries must possess in order to qualify . |
| 16 | I do not now intend by beauty of shapes what most people would expect , such as that of living creatures or pictures , but … straight lines and curves and the surfaces of solid forms produced out of these by lathes and rulers and squares … |
| 17 | The absolute love of books which this shop engenders is hugely joyous . |
| 18 | In general , the approach is to leave a project to the first in the field without adequate consideration whether the type of instrument which that body 's work will produce is necessarily the most appropriate . |
| 19 | The Stanford School of Medicine ( which has some 8000 animals in stock ) and the University of California-San Francisco claim that ‘ the legislation creates a great irony by increasing the number of animals which each year will be euthanased instead of being transferred to research facilities . |
| 20 | Such a format will help to diminish the feeling of isolation which some individuals or departments may feel and will provide a forum for the exchange of views and ideas . |
| 21 | In the remaining chapters , it is argued that religion in Ireland basically solidifies the opposing alliances in an exclusive way and precludes a common state form , thus providing the structure of violence which such divisions entail . |
| 22 | HCIMA publishes and regularly updates a list of centres offering its programmes including the modes of study which each centre offers . |
| 23 | Under the immensity of weight which such considerations hold for the developing youngster , it is not surprising that sexuality falls into comparative disregard . |
| 24 | The type of research which this kind of geology necessitates is careful , painstaking fieldwork , covering large areas of difficult terrain , and it is only by long-term work involving many individuals that the answers to the problems can be found . |
| 25 | If they have since discovered that this contact can be fulfilling and life-enhancing — and this is certainly not always the case — it is because they have benefited from the broader range of experiences which this contact has offered . |
| 26 | Citing the EC example , he said : ‘ It was Mrs Thatcher who signed the Single European Act , which is the biggest transfer of sovereignty which this government has ever undertaken in any period of our history . ’ |
| 27 | From the direct comparison of housework with factory work we move to an aspect of work which many studies agree has possibly the strongest influence on a worker 's satisfaction . |
| 28 | Obviously the main justification for location shooting is for outdoor work , but , given the costs of set-building , it is often realistic to film indoor material in a ‘ real ’ house — it is a moot point how ‘ lived-in ’ it ought to look : studio sets do tend to look like studio sets , but real houses are often too run-down to provide the slightly artificial air of super-tidiness which many commercials strive for and which at least some consumers seem to respond to . |
| 29 | It had the glamour that attaches to other people 's privileges ; Barbara did not resent the lack of advantages her own parents had given her , but she wanted those advantages for her own children . |
| 30 | The great length of wing which this bird possesses , admirably adapts it for inhabiting such a country as the far interior is generally imagined to be … ’ |