Example sentences of "of [noun sg] in [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 " . |
| 2 | An advocate of progress in all forms , Wilson was the first in his area to illuminate his premises with gaslight . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | It is clear from these data that relatives are by no means the only , or even the major , source of support in such circumstances . |
| 6 | Also the idea that a strong obligation exists between parents and children , which can be relied upon as a source of support in most circumstances , misses a point of prime significance , namely that such support must be negotiated and provided in a way which does not trespass upon the independence of either party , especially of adult children . |
| 7 | There has been a lively debate in the American literature on this issue , with some researchers arguing that , if one looks at assistance of all types , the model is curvilinear in the sense that the middle generation in three-generation families is net provider of support in both directions ( Hill , 1970 ) . |
| 8 | The conception and management of change in these organizations confirms the inadequacy of the structure-strategy paradigm either as a heuristic for understanding the process of innovatory change or as a prescriptive tool for enterprises searching for durable competitive advantage in volatile markets . |
| 9 | Biological features of the colonizing vegetation were seen to change with time and from the rate of change in these features a time for ecosystem recovery was calculated . |
| 10 | It would be a bold person who claimed that these channels and mechanisms , comprehensive as they are , provide a guarantee of reliability in all contingencies . |
| 11 | Because there was a shortage of pasture in many districts , cattle were allowed to wander freely to search for food , especially during the seasons when they were not wanted for agriculture . |
| 12 | The collapse of communism in many countries which were hitherto allies meant that North Korea was more isolated in 1990 than at any time in its recent history . |
| 13 | Jews had to experience forms of discrimination in many walks of life . |
| 14 | Evidence of discrimination in these sectors is less easy to obtain . |
| 15 | You need a bit of luck in these games and while England have had it over the years , Wales have n't . |
| 16 | Section 6(8) of the 1974 Act can relieve the seller of responsibility in these circumstances provided that he obtains a written undertaking from the buyer that the buyer will himself take the necessary steps in relation to the safety of the goods . |
| 17 | Much of the acreage in this round is closer to the coastline , and as such has many implications in terms of how it could impact upon fish spawning , local bird life , and even the Ministry of Defence in some cases . |
| 18 | That aspiration is true of Tolkien in many places . |
| 19 | Now unity can be guaranteed simply by using the same material from beginning to end , as is done as a matter of course in many fugues . |
| 20 | Now in the period that I come into it would be the First World War , when we had er , of course in these days , the thing we always , to look at the motor trade then , it was a follow up from the carriage trade . |
| 21 | Of course in both cases their technology covers system software not applications the way 88open 's does . |
| 22 | Here the great problem is to try to decide if the non-respondents differ in any way from the respondents and of course in most cases they obviously do in not being interested in the subject of the survey itself . |
| 23 | But you see the point , so in our species and of course in most societies this is true men are breadwinners whether in an agricultural society or an industrial society erm you know one often feels that if you 're the man in the family you earn all the money your wife spends it on most of the time erm it certainly happens to me er |
| 24 | Of course in those days we used to go to Bournemouth . |
| 25 | Er , er the main means of propaganda of course in those days was er leaflet and er street meetings . |
| 26 | Er you were called out at night and of course in those days you went round on a bicycle and you , you went round with your little black bag strapped on the back . |
| 27 | but we did n't you see , we did n't , we just got things as we went on and of course in those days , it was , what was it called ? |
| 28 | The ability of soil to support plant life is an extraordinarily involved and technically complicated science , and although you do not have to become a scientist in order to grow roses well , you do need to use a lot of judgement in all sorts of situations . |
| 29 | Furthermore , the deterioration of visibility in some regions associated with the increased occurrence of regional hazes ( composed of sulphates and nitrates ) reflects the trend of rising emissions from power stations located increasingly outside metropolitan areas . |
| 30 | As stated above , the goal of the TEI encoding scheme is no less than hardware- , software- , and application-independent support for the encoding of all kinds of text in all languages and of all times . |