Example sentences of "of [verb] [noun pl] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ring compounds of low molecular weight exist but we are here mainly concerned with the properties of long-chain polymers -ones in which there are hundreds or thousands of repeat units before the end of the chain , a branch or a cross-link occurs . |
| 2 | He strengthened the forces holding the gateway fortresses and initiated the system of rotating units to the forts in succession so that the forces holding these valuable citadels would always be fresh and near to full strength . |
| 3 | Caradryel introduces the system of rotating units to the Gateway fortresses so that the garrisons are always at full strength . |
| 4 | Alongside whatever direct impact petitions had on MPs , some printed material and very particular kinds of evidence were channelled straight to parliamentarians — especially the results of quantifying aspects of the slave trade and slavery and the direct testimony of witnesses whose authenticity was expected to impress . |
| 5 | Tudjman , who had urged local leaders in Trogir ( west of Split ) on May 5 to demonstrate at the naval base to show the world their support for the battle being waged by the Croatian leadership , was accused by the Defence Secretariat of inflaming sentiments against the army . |
| 6 | Husbands were equally exempt from liability under section 3(1) as well as for the offence of administering drugs to a woman with intent to stupefy her and enable a man to have sexual intercourse with her . |
| 7 | The cleanest way of recovering embryos from the oviduct is to use a fine needle with attached syringe and to flush them out . |
| 8 | He appealed to drivers to park sensibly and avoid the inconvenience and expense of recovering vehicles from the car pound . |
| 9 | The system of co-opting members of the public to serve on council committees can be a good one , for in this way specialised knowledge , information and service can be recruited to the council 's activities . |
| 10 | The idea of using frames in a word processor is , perhaps , a little novel , although Ami Professional uses them for graphics and tables . |
| 11 | The rigidity of the system operating in the United States , imposed by private enterprise ( Taylor ) through the publication of Dissertation Abstracts International , which practically eliminated the formerly widespread practice of using theses as an exchange medium between universities , is unlikely to occur here , because of the smaller potential market . |
| 12 | The advantages of using microbes for the early stages of such studies were well known and their biochemistry provided a convenient starting point for several investigators , especially in America . |
| 13 | In principle , any reasonably dry biomass can be gasified ; but the practical problems of using fuels with a high ash content or of low density are quite severe . |
| 14 | The utility of using readmissions as an index of outcome and as a surrogate method of identifying ‘ poor ’ clinical care is limited by the conceptual and methodological limitations noted earlier . |
| 15 | For some teachers , " database creation " might well bring to mind a class of using microcomputers as an efficient means of collating , storing and retrieving information about the local enviroment , about 19th century village life or about the class itself . |
| 16 | In addition , this project will consider the feasibility of using organs of the UN , such as the Security Council , for an expanded role in environmental diplomacy . |
| 17 | We can expect , in the next decade , to see more sophisticated hardware and software produced as users become more expert and practised in the best ways of using computers in the learning process . |
| 18 | One of the advantages of using stripes for a garment is that only a small amount of each yarn is needed and the width of the stripes can also be varied , depending on the amount of each yarn which is available . |
| 19 | The meeting had been called by the party 's political bureau , which on Aug. 27 had accused the extreme right of using events in the Soviet Union to relaunch an attack on the party . |
| 20 | This might have had the effect of drawing families into the specialist system at an earlier stage . |
| 21 | In my experience this is one of the quickest and most effective ways of drawing children into the drama ; you are helping them to make sense of what they 're doing , you 're showing them clearly that what they 're doing matters . |
| 22 | COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN is a method of drawing ideas on a monitor screen and recording them . |
| 23 | Dr Enevoldson said the more records of blood and bone marrow types she has , the more chance of helping patients like the England and Spurs striker 's baby son , who was taken ill with a form of leukaemia when he was only a few months old . |
| 24 | It must be remembered , however , that this is only , in the end , a way of reflecting differences in the languages . |
| 25 | The revenue from the ivory was used both for personal gain and as a means of channelling funds to the guerrillas . |
| 26 | US President George Bush on Jan. 11 welcomed the move as " a very sound step " , and cited the announcement as a justification for his policy of maintaining contacts with the Chinese government [ see p. 37122 for visits to China by senior US officials in July and December 1989 ] . |
| 27 | There 's sunbursts and there 's sunbursts , and although this one is flawed by a couple of sanding marks around the back , the overall effect is more than a little tasty . |
| 28 | Or , one might say , the Reeve 's Prologue is where the Reeve makes his confession , publicly , and thus frees himself from the charge of seeing motes in the eyes of others and ignoring a beam in his own : which is just the figure he ends his Prologue with in commenting upon the Miller . |
| 29 | It encouraged them to form good personal relationships with them instead of seeing children in the mass , differentiated only into those who can and those who wo n't . |
| 30 | Tatiana Rovkatch , 12 , remembers the shock of seeing pictures of the deserted villages around the plant . |