Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At which she reached for a bottle of whisky called Old Rarity . |
| 2 | But the diffuse culturalism of the woman-centred definition of lesbianism induces woman-centred psychology to study the emotional satisfactions and positive self-image associated with lesbianism , rather than sexuality ( e.g. Cox 1981 , Mannion 1981 ) . |
| 3 | W.N. and L.A. Kellogg adopted the then revolutionary idea of rearing an infant chimpanzee in their own home in the 1920s but the experiment with Gua was abandoned after a year because no signs of vocalisation resembling human speech were observed . |
| 4 | One of the companies involved in what can only be described as the latest round of unity talks that Unix International seems to be sponsoring ( UX No 423 , 424 ) says that for all the fear , uncertainty and doubt unleashed by Microsoft Corp , the project still lacks the compulsion that galvanized the industry to form the Open Software Foundation five years ago . |
| 5 | By contrast to the barn owl , all the other species of owl showed some degree of digestion of the molars of their prey , even when clearly coming from adult birds only . |
| 6 | So if you find some yeah find some yeah it 's a matter of y'know getting some stuff erm getting some stuff together . |
| 7 | Whitton Wood Designs will build any style of kitchen using any wood you choose . |
| 8 | Similar changes are simultaneously occurring in a large number of advanced societies ( Challis , 1992b ; Kraan et al. , 1991 ) , albeit in slightly different ways for different client groups , Of course this simple conception of change requires further elaboration . |
| 9 | But the enthusiasm so often expressed in favour of change produced little movement within the industry . |
| 10 | Accelerated rates of change demand improved organization and procedures to increase the ability to adapt to new conditions and to conserve money by well-designed , economical manufacturing ; keeping this in focus often requires a single vision . |
| 11 | The social and environmental costs of reforestation to counter global warming far outweigh the likely benefits , according to the FoE 's report , Deserts of Trees . |
| 12 | Until 1190 , they were kept up-to-date ; but in that year , Count Henry II of Champagne took one copy of the list with him when he set out for Outremer , and this may have inhibited his officials from making further changes in the copy left behind at Troyes . |
| 13 | The difficulty about using these tests is how to score the responses with any reasonable hope of reliability let alone validity . |
| 14 | The GDR 's acceptance as a real country has been the function of the Cold War , a piece of make-believe reflecting tacit agreement by both blocs that the German Question is best put on hold . |
| 15 | In his first season at Arsenal he was cast in the role of footballer turned male model . |
| 16 | It is also possible that in this continuum a tumour increases the amount of large cells and develops higher grades of malignancy transforming low grade into high grade as occurs in nodal counterparts . |
| 17 | Disabled people 's main aim may be just to create art , but for many the current scale of discrimination makes that goal unreachable . |
| 18 | Part of the campaign against any form of discrimination has this problem : part of the success of any such campaign carries with it , by the yardstick of some , disbenefits . |
| 19 | The removal of restrictions and the removal of discrimination to provide equal access does not itself create a single market . |
| 20 | Median visual analogue scores over the first 3 days of admission showed less breathlessness in the NIPPV group ( 2.3 cm [ range 0.1–5.5 ] ) than in the control group ( 4.5 cm [ range 0.9–8.8 ] ) ( p < 0.025 ) . |
| 21 | A flash of lightning and a peel of thunder heralded torrential rain and a squally wind . |
| 22 | The research is intended to explore in detail different type of impairment affecting visual recognition after brain injury , and their implications for understanding the organisation of the visual recognition system . |
| 23 | But the distinctions between ‘ high ’ and ‘ low ’ in so far as they are doctrinal do of necessity affect devotional practice . |
| 24 | In the context of the debate on continuation schools it can best be understood through an examination of two of its principal features , namely , political stability , which of necessity included social harmony , and what has been called the ‘ civic ideal ’ , which meant service to the community . |
| 25 | The form of protection requiring intermediate level , in-rack sprinklers quoted in paragraph ( 3 ) above have so far only been tested full scale , to stack heights of 15 metres . |
| 26 | The new cotton-spinning mills created opportunites for some women after the mid 1760s , but in many rural districts the loss of cottage spinning reduced family earnings . |
| 27 | The issue is whether making the protean forms of racism seem more omnipotent , cohesive and enduring than they are does after all serve to strengthen and unify the antiracist movement , or whether it reinforces the more sectarian elements within it . |
| 28 | Each area of responsibility requires good preparation and hard work in sharing , adjusting and reaching agreed policies and practices . |
| 29 | Joint studies in 1953 did produce agreement that the Zagros mountains ( in Iran ) provided the best line of defence given appropriate support on the flanks from Iraq to Pakistan . |
| 30 | Mudar Badran Prime Minister ; Minister of Defence Salim Masa-idah Deputy Prime Minister ; Minister of Interior Marwan al-Qasem Deputy Prime Minister ; Minister of Foreign Affairs Abd al-Majid al-Shuraydah Social Development Muhammad Addub al-Zabin Health Abd al-Ra'uf al-Rawabidah Public Works and Housing Ibrahim Ayyub Supply Khalid Amin Abdullah Planning Ibrahim Izziedin Information Basil Jardana Finance Ziyad Fariz Industry and Trade Muhammad Hamdan Education and Higher Education Dawud Khalaf Irrigation and Water Resources Nabil Abu al-Huda Transport and Communications Yusuf al-Mubayyidin Justice Thabit al-Thair Energy and Mineral Resources Sulayman Arabiyat Agriculture Khalid al-Karaki Culture Ali al-Faqir Waqfs ( Religious Endowments ) , Islamic Affairs and Holy Places Qasim Ubaydat Labour Ibrahim al-Ghababishah Youth Affairs Abd al-Karim al-Kabariti Tourism and Antiquities Abd al-Karim al-Dughmi Municipal and Rural Affairs ; Environment Sharif Zaid Ibn Shaker Chief of the Royal Court Shaykh Abd al-Baqi Jammu Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Hikmat al-Sakit Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs |