Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [adv] [vb -s] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strip Search Two : An exhibition of the new breeds of comics also features characters as diverse as Tintin and Sid the Sexist , Krazy Kat and Biffa Bacon . |
| 2 | Movshon and his colleagues ( in Maunsell and Newsome 1987 ) have shown that this translation from the movement of edges to the movement of objects probably takes place in area MT . |
| 3 | Comedy of humours basically means personality traits carried to excess . |
| 4 | A useful exchange of views always takes place and engenders an excellent team spirit , which proved its worth with the campaign for increased subscriptions when we all felt we were working towards the same goal and had a common purpose . |
| 5 | The network of existence and of relationships seldom allows consideration of any problem to be considered in relation to one person alone . |
| 6 | Caroline Thomas , editor of the Biggles books , accepts the books reflect their period , but makes the point that the changing perception of words actually leaves Biggles ' use of a word like nigger open to misinterpretation by the modern reader . |
| 7 | Though not strictly competitive , the selection of schools inevitably involves comparisons according to a range of formal and informal criteria , and since funds have until recently always been less than sufficient to serve all deserving cases , an element of competition is inescapable . |
| 8 | More than one in ten of youngsters now gets clothes from Adams . |
| 9 | There are two key tasks in these areas : first , the regions have to be thoroughly surveyed , which in the case of elephants often involves tracking of tagged animals by VHF radio or even satellite . |
| 10 | All over Eastern Europe similar cases could be found , and a similar state of affairs probably holds sway elsewhere . |
| 11 | Fourth , decisions are made in sequence rather than according to a grand plan , because the series of searches crucially affects outcomes and because each time a search is concluded another problem is attended to . |
| 12 | I 'm not bothered either erm and he goes he goes , he goes I have n't got the best handwriting and by the looks of things neither has Mr it 's completely changed from the first three weekly you had . |
| 13 | Wearing specific copies of uniforms also gives children the opportunity to try out occupational roles , such as astronauts , or nurses as well as fancy roles like robots , or witches . |
| 14 | Some database software come " content for pupils to use as a source of information e.g. QUES1 as books come in a variety of formats so does computer soft " Viewdata software such as COMMUNITEL , with pages down from Frestel , comes closest to the description of a book with and page numbers . |
| 15 | Most secondary market trading of eurobonds also takes place in London . |
| 16 | The annual general meeting of the Society of Archers then takes place . |
| 17 | A much smaller percentage of pupils now leaves school without any qualifications . |
| 18 | S 4(3) provides that , subject to s 5 , a supply of services generally takes place when the services are performed . |
| 19 | The lively programme of events also includes microwave cookery demonstrations by celebrities , championship aerobics displays , fashion shows , competitions , plus a series of lectures on natural therapies and much , much more . |
| 20 | For the very sight of peelings deeply hurts Lord Walton 's feelings . . |