Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [vb base] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Promotional packs have been sent to over 100 organisations and a number of discussions have taken place with interested parties . |
| 2 | Recently , numbers of researchers have made pleas to managers to get back to basics and be continually alert to counter-productive actions . |
| 3 | While simple imitation fails to explain the occurrence of such novel utterances , a number of researchers have presented evidence indicating that imitation may nevertheless play a significant role in the child 's mastery of vocabulary , syntax and pragmatic functions ( Bloom et al . |
| 4 | Recently , a number of researchers have drawn attention to the importance of providing language-impaired children with opportunities for learning language in contexts where language is both natural and appropriate ( Harris 1984b ; McClean and Snyder 1978 ; Nelson et al . |
| 5 | A number of researchers have investigated parents ' expectation , preferences and choices with regard to their children 's schooling . |
| 6 | Post-banding after hybridization can be achieved using Wright 's stain ( Gurr or Merck ) ( 22 ) but often , band definition is not detailed and , from hearsay , a number of researchers have experienced problems with the method and failed to obtain bands . |
| 7 | You may have noticed that recent issues of NOTES have given people with visual impairments the chance to have NOTES on a DOS text file on computer disk , to use with aids such as screen magnifiers , synthetic speech generators or electronic braille . |
| 8 | Contrary to the claims of the TUC , only a minority of employers have expressed reservations about the change in the law that we propose to make . |
| 9 | How you know , w what kind of views do do people have ? |
| 10 | There are no traceable physical defects , although around a third of cases have associated handicaps such as epilepsy or spasticity . |
| 11 | Authors are worried that Britain is moving in the same direction as America , where a wide range of groups have mounted campaigns to ban books from schools and libraries because they do n't conform to their particular view of society . |
| 12 | For example , a number of groups have described patients who can point to the location of briefly flashed stimuli , even though they deny seeing them . |
| 13 | However , the fact is that if the directors of galleries wish to raise money the Minister can refer them to the Bill and powers contained in clause 4 . |
| 14 | Recent historians of institutions have seen Anselm 's period as archbishop as a turning point in the relations between England and the papacy . |
| 15 | Before I examine some of the ways in which recent analyses of literacy practices in a number of disciplines have taken account of these political and ideological factors , and have implicitly challenged the model of literacy put forward by Goody , it is important to recognise the extent to which many of Goody 's arguments and those of the ‘ autonomous ’ model of literacy have derived support from assumptions within the specific field of linguistics . |
| 16 | I will expand on what I mean by discourse in Chapter 10 but here it is sufficient to say that ‘ discourse ’ refers to the structured features of cultural processes when groups of signs become signifying elements in themselves . |
| 17 | The two sets of metaphors have persisted side by side , not only in the West since the ancient Greeks , but in other civilizations as well ( Chinese ming ‘ bright ’ is the ordinary word for the enlightenment of the sage , which is often compared to a mirror reflecting things exactly as they are , while te ‘ get ’ is used of insight ; ‘ I 've got it ! ’ says the disciple to his master as he catches on to the Tao ) . |
| 18 | A P L O statement says , A series of meetings have taken place with the personal blessing of it 's leader Yassa Arafat . |
| 19 | This is in sharp contrast to other countries on the continent such as France where up to 80 pc of homes have fitted bedroom furniture . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , because SCs and other structures such as nucleolar organizing regions ( NORs ) and attachment plaques are visible at the light microscope level when silver staining is used , a number of authors have devised methods for LM analysis ( 40 ) , or for sequential LM and EM investigation ( 41 ) . |
| 21 | About 50% of teenagers do develop acne and about 5% of women continue to suffer spot problems into late 20 's and early 30's . |
| 22 | Well , as a matter of fact , numerous species of bats do produce cries that sweep down , usually through about an octave , during each cry . |
| 23 | According to Radio Times , TV Times has been hardest hit by the duopoly 's bust-up ( see chart ) , and it reckons Bauer , TV Quick 's publisher , will keep the price low and continue aggressive promotion until ‘ a significant proportion of readers have taken root in the brand ’ . |
| 24 | Now agricultural erm one of the reasons why agriculture has n't been included in the G A T T is because governments right from all sorts of countries have said hands up why agricultural policy , this is a domestic policy , it 's got nothing to do with international trade , right there 's no international dimension to it right , you ca n't come in here and t tell us that we 're erm disbanding these protectionist measures right . |
| 25 | After all , hundreds of fundamental revolutions involving the whole and almost completely illiterate populace of countries have taken place in the history of civilization . |
| 26 | Despite the mess , lots of Liberians long to take charge . |
| 27 | At home the recession has deepened , hundreds of thousands have lost their jobs , a record number of companies have gone bust . |
| 28 | The Urgent Issues Task Force issued a statement on 17 December 1992 about the unsatisfactory way that a small minority of companies have applied UITF 3 ( see also ACCOUNTANCY , January , p 9 ) . |
| 29 | It 's looking promising at the moment , we 've had a lot of support from the people of Didcot , er a number of companies have made donations , T N T express have given us a van to er transport the bikes to the start/finish , and Denton Cycles spares for the bikes if we break down , punctures being the worst |
| 30 | What sort of companies have attracted BES support ? |