Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [vb -s] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , when these societies become industrialised and urbanised another set of values begins to undermine these time-honoured traditions . |
| 2 | Any farmer or keeper of animals has observed this kind of behaviour . |
| 3 | The greater use of computers has brought more ‘ transparency ’ to the market place , transactors being readily discovered . |
| 4 | The easy availability of funds has led many Mozambican officials to view the formation of NGOs as a way to tap donor money . |
| 5 | His range of roles has crossed many more adventurous and challenging boundaries , from the devil himself through to perhaps his now most famous portrayal of The Joker in Batman and when Nicholson insists that everything he does on screen is in some way autobiographical , delves into what makes him tick find contradictions and confusion at almost every turn . |
| 6 | The current generation of editors prefers to see this maturity exemplified in the ‘ final versions ’ produced during Shakespeare 's later years . |
| 7 | This view of things has created many opportunities for innovations : markets for new health care magazines , for all kinds of health foods , and for exercise classes and jogging equipment . |
| 8 | A more recent study in a small number of patients has emphasised these sex differences ( Seviour et al , 1985 ) . |
| 9 | Moreover , experience in New Zealand and Australia ( where the strict rule has been relaxed for some years ) has not shown that the non-availability of materials has raised these practical problems . |
| 10 | Through all this process , and partly because of the pressures created by it , the central role of governors has received little public attention . |
| 11 | This bias of Gregory makes it very difficult to assess the regularity of tax collection , but on one occasion the bishop of Tours does allow some insight into what appears to be the norm . |
| 12 | The addition of nutrients has made little difference to the rate of succession at sites in Sheffield . |
| 13 | The unearthing of the extent of sexual abuse of children has shocked many people in a number of western countries during the 1980s . |
| 14 | His opposition to capital punishment , on the other hand , does not seem to fit very well with the principle of symbolic representation — the public execution of murderers appears to satisfy all his requirements . |
| 15 | The Guinness Book Of Records has had all its records stolen . |