Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would naturally consider sympathetically any invitation to take part in clinical trials requiring ingestion of whisky for medicinal purposes . |
| 2 | Tyminski announced on Oct. 4 that he would be returning to Canada , because " I do not want my presence here to create the appearance of honesty in these elections " . |
| 3 | When we consider temperament in horses , and especially in families , it is most reasonable to look at the stallions in a family to get a more valid picture of the family characteristics , as stallions often exhibit traits of temperament to greater extremes than geldings and mares . |
| 4 | And in terms of unity there is n't a very good chance of unity with British feminists right now in this country because whenever we start discussing our issues , out comes the racism , out comes the attempts to monopolise our struggle . |
| 5 | At last it has achieved a respectable measure of unity at most levels of the party . |
| 6 | During an era which Milton described as one of ‘ sects and schisms ’ , Baxter promoted the cause of unity between true believers . |
| 7 | Franco was quick to exploit the lack of unity in Allied attitudes to Spain , accusing the United States of intransigence and ingratitude and stating defiantly that Spain would not curtail its aid to Germany under Allied duress . |
| 8 | It operates as a profoundly cultural category , an attempted representation of particular experiences and a particular construction of unity around those experiences . |
| 9 | It is a matter of scale ; of working with like-minded , self-employed farmers and craftsmen rather than of subservience to faceless officials and giant firms . |
| 10 | And Grainne was struck all over again by the complete lack of subservience of these creatures . |
| 11 | Despite having the majority of play for three quarters of the game the home side squandered numerous chances . |
| 12 | Darlington bombarded the Reading goal in the opening stages but without success , and went a goal down completely against the run of play after 40 minutes . |
| 13 | Quakers completely dominated the opening stages , but without success , and went a goal down completely against the run of play after 40 minutes . |
| 14 | Now we have GCSE , which devolves somewhat the choice of topics and the manner and timing of assessment to individual schools , and shifts the balance of that assessment from the retention of content to the mastery of certain identifiable skills — though in practice how extensive a shift this has been remains open to question . |
| 15 | In an internal reorganisation Jim Kennedy has moved from the National Certificate Unit to take charge of assessment of Advanced Courses . |
| 16 | to participate in discussions with colleges on devolution of assessment of single-college courses . |
| 17 | In place of an external adviser drawn from the careers service , the primary school draws on the build-up of a pupil 's capacities and potential as assessed by teachers in the traditional way and by the national system of assessment at two stages . |
| 18 | The increased prominence of assessment at all stages of compulsory education is the feature which now most clearly distinguishes the British central curriculum from its continental neighbours . |
| 19 | It is clear that practitioners need a framework to help them manage this process , to produce a degree of consistency of purpose , scope , and content of assessment across different practitioners , whilst also enabling the assessment process to be adapted flexibly to individual people and their circumstances . |
| 20 | The idea of decentralization to departmental units of accountable management not only undermines the hierarchical authority structure traditionally used in bureaucracies to enforce equitable application of departmental rules ( see p. 26 ) , but its underlying aim , as Gray and Jenkins ( 1985 , p. 157 ) warn , ‘ may be to downgrade … the search for fairness and equity of treatment … since such practices may not be value for money ’ , In the private sector , where equity is less important ( and in some cases absent ) , the search for value for money conflicts with no particular value systems , but in the public sector it does . |
| 21 | This is , of course , an old and central dilemma as well as a major reason for the general acceptance of decentralization in large businesses in the last 40 years . |
| 22 | We now publish an annual review of our HSE performance and of progress towards those targets . |
| 23 | It had been reported to the Committee by schools operating such a series of tests that the motivation of their pupils was increased because tests at different levels provide both an incentive and evidence of progress over several terms . |
| 24 | the care given to the development of access courses and to the monitoring of progress of non-traditional entrants . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , we have made a lot of progress in recent years , and as I shall describe , there are some grounds for cautious optimism that we may see a complete theory within the lifetime of some of those reading these pages . |
| 26 | In addition , more information needs to be collected on the neurological status of early treated children from infancy onwards , and programmes of neuropsychological and neurophysiological assessment and brain imaging need to be developed to provide more precise measures of progress in individual subjects . |
| 27 | An advocate of progress in all forms , Wilson was the first in his area to illuminate his premises with gaslight . |
| 28 | Support for the Scottish farming industry assurance scheme , FASL , however , showed clear signs of dwindling fast with many former strong supporters in the Aberdeen and Kincardine ranks deploring the recent resignation from the beef committee and the apparent lack of progress in attracting members . |
| 29 | As the Clean Air Act had left much to state initiative , congressional dissatisfaction with the rate of progress in some states led to the Air Quality Act of 1967 which at last required states to establish air quality standards consistent with federal criteria , and then to devise implementation plans setting out ways of achieving the air quality standards . |
| 30 | The lack of progress in these talks , which were due to resume on Sept. 5 , was highlighted by the latest projection , released on July 16 , from the administration 's Office of Management and Budget ( OMB ) that the budget deficit would be $168,800 million for fiscal 1991 ( beginning in October 1990 ) . |