Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | They estimate an average annual consumption of 15 litres of whisky per head of the adult population . |
| 2 | We explain the importance of unity in front of a common enemy . |
| 3 | Venous blood samples ( 5 ml ) were taken at 10 , 20 , 30 , 60 , and 90 minutes after the start of injection of isotope for measurement of the isotopic enrichment of plasma free leucine . |
| 4 | Already exhausted from her night 's activities , she was also acutely aware that she must give no sign of tiredness for fear of arousing suspicion . |
| 5 | Objective : Promotion of international environmental co-operation , recommendation of appropriate global environmental strategies and review of progress in implementation of environmental programmes by other UN and UN-appointed bodies . |
| 6 | Objective : promotion of international environmental co-operation , recommendation of appropriate global environmental strategies and review of progress in implementation of environmental programmes by other UN appointed bodies . |
| 7 | Erm ch erm Well they have different techniques of differentiation like differentiation of part . |
| 8 | Erm that 's when it starts to get busy because there 's like the there 's like the eleven til three kind of kind of kind of busy time er |
| 9 | Seasonal workers do not have the security of full-time employment , since they must seek other means of support for part of the year . |
| 10 | To gather information on the future needs of teachers with respect to health education , respondents were asked to rank five areas of support in order of importance . |
| 11 | We spend far too little time on the packaging of change for fear of misleading people . |
| 12 | The left hand side is iħ times the rate of change with time of a state vector . |
| 13 | Stock chymotrypsin solution ( Sigma ; product code C4129 ) was made up in HCl ( 25mmoldm -3 ) and the concentration adjusted with TES ( 100mM , pH7.8 ) to produce a rate of change of absorbance of 0.025 units min -1 at 405nm and 20°C in a control assay consisting of chymotrypsin ( 7–8μg in 0.6ml ) ; 0.3ml TES ( 100mM , pH7.8 ) ; and 0.3ml of a solution of substrate ( 1.2mM ) in 50% dimethylsulphoxide/TES . |
| 14 | To locate edges in images all you need is some means of calculating the rate of change of intensity of the image and locating the points where that rate is maximal . |
| 15 | Some hive worlds consist of shell upon shell of plasteel braced by great pillars , as if the planet has grown a metal skin and then another skin and yet another , each successive skin being home to billions of busy human maggots , fleas , lice . |
| 16 | The C. and A.G. , after satisfying himself that the vouchers have been examined and certified as correct by the accounting department , may , in his discretion and having regard to the character of the departmental examination , in any particular case admit the sum so certified without further evidence of payment in support of the charges to which they relate … ‘ |
| 17 | The economic depression of the early 1980s has unfortunately encouraged many managers to abandon the harder role of catalyst in favour of the more convenient and autocratic style of telling people what to do . |
| 18 | In the past , there has existed an implied threat of discrimination in favour of LTA players when it comes to selection for teams , wild-cards and trips abroad . |
| 19 | But Mr. Lester raises a more fundamental argument , with which I agree , that the effect of this court declaring the law in such a way as to enable the local authority to sue in libel , would be interference by a judicial authority with the right of freedom of expression of the press . |
| 20 | All the same , it has a curiously old fashioned format , not least in its eschewal of the art of photography in favour of the traditional sketch diagrams . |
| 21 | A survey carried out by local health workers showed that about 20 per cent of Faroese children had levels of mercury in excess of the safety limit as set by the International Programme on Chemical Safety . |
| 22 | Verba and voluntas are words of dread in writing of interpretation in Roman private law : how far did the Roman jurists interpret according to the letter , how far according to the spirit , and how far according to the spirit as embodied in the letter ? |
| 23 | She said that it was a time for prayer and especially for prayers of protection against evil of any kind and , sending for her holy book , quoted me the following passage : |
| 24 | Suffice to say , however , that there has been noise deletion ( pertaining to the surface noise from both lacquer and tape masters ) and there has been adjustment of level by way of compensation . |
| 25 | An illustration , from a not dissimilar field , of this approach in practice is Re Letters Rogatory Issued by the Director of Inspection of Government of India , where a United States Court of Appeals decided , after an analysis of the powers and duties of a tax assessment agency in India , that it was not a ‘ tribunal ’ entitled to the execution in New York of a Letter of Request seeking action under 28 U.S.C. 1782 . |
| 26 | Although there is no equivalent in international law to the fiduciary duties owed by trustees to the beneficiaries , a judgment in favour of Nauru would establish a principle of responsibility for abuse of the trusteeship system by subordinating the continuing needs of the inhabitants of the territory to those of the administering authority . |
| 27 | A number of respondents suggested a similar switch of responsibility for redemption of the mortgage — in effect the property would be sold subject to the existing mortgage , and the buyer would ensure that the previous mortgage was redeemed . |
| 28 | There appear to be no special forms or procedures which are required to be adopted in the county court where someone is found guilty of contempt in the face of the court and committed to prison under section 118 of the County Courts Act 1984 , although no doubt , if such an event were to occur , the court would follow the general approach required by Ord. 29 , r.1(5) of the County Court Rules 1981 ( as amended ) which applies in the case of committal for breach of injunctions . |
| 29 | Adam & Co managing director James Laurenson disputes that KPMG 's recommendations were not properly implemented and says that the letter to shareholders was simply ‘ their first line of defence in case of litigation ’ . |
| 30 | The concept of ‘ elite ’ derives from the notion of inequality of distribution of ‘ qualities , good or bad as may be , which guarantee power ’ . |