Example sentences of "the advocates [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | , formerly the Advocates ' Library , founded in 1689 , contains over two million books and 10,000 volumes of manuscripts . |
| 2 | Another similar purchase was a copy of Sir Robert Sibbald 's A Collection of Several Treatises in Folio , Concerning Scotland , As It Was of Old , and Also in Later Times ( Edinburgh , 1739 ) , which was sold , in 1758 , from the library of Thomas Ruddiman , the grammarian and former Keeper of the Advocates ' Library . |
| 3 | Manuscripts fully catalogued during the year include a gathering-up of letters of Sir Walter Scott , papers of Neil Munro , George Scott Moncreiff and Fred Urquhart , the Lesmahagow Missal and other liturgical and biblical manuscripts , and various items from the Advocates ' Manuscripts . |
| 4 | The publication consists of a facsimile of the earliest ( c. 1683 ) list of books in the Advocates ' Library with an introduction , modern catalogue , and associated indexes prepared by Miss Maureen Townley of the British Antiquarian Division . |
| 5 | Perhaps he kept such books at Castle Street , or read them in the Advocates ' Library . |
| 6 | Of the 3978 items supplied to readers , 89% were housed in the Main Building , 8% in the Annexe , and 3% in the Advocates ' Library . |
| 7 | Legal items from the Advocates ' Library showed a similar pattern of delivery times , with just over half ( 51% ) taking more than thirty-five minutes to reach the Reading Room . |
| 8 | As Figures 4–6 , above , show , the percentage of straightforward deliveries was uniformly high , irrespective of the location of the requested items , and ranged only from 95% of deliveries in the case of books from the Main Building and the Annexe , to 97% in the case of material from the Advocates ' Library . |
| 9 | Figures 4–6 , above , show that whereas only 5% of items from the Main Building were placed on reserve , this figure rose to 23% in the case of material from the Advocates ' Library , and 45% in the case of books outhoused in the Annexe . |
| 10 | These figures suggest that where items are available at all times ( as in the case of items housed in the Main Building , which are accessible whenever the Library is open to the public ) and can be delivered relatively quickly ( as is again the case with items from the Main Building ) readers will tend not to make advance reservations , but where access is restricted ( as in the case of material from the Annexe and from the Advocates ' Library , both of which have restricted hours of service ) or where delivery may take some time ( as is particularly the case with Annexe materials ) advance orders will more frequently be placed . |
| 11 | As Figures 4–6 , above , show , the proportion of deliveries in this category ranged from 1% for items housed in the Main Building and the Annexe , to 3% for material from the Advocates ' Library . |
| 12 | Although , as shown in Figures 4–6 , above , the proportion of ‘ initial failures ’ was relatively small , with none recorded in the case of material issued from the Advocates ' Library , and with only 4% and 3% of all deliveries from the Main Building and the Annexe falling into this category , they nevertheless merit close attention , since delays in the provision of items which are in fact available on the shelves can be a considerable source of irritation for both readers and members of staff . |
| 13 | 1.4.3 Legal material from the Advocates ' Library : delivery time |
| 14 | Of the straightforward deliveries to readers , 92 were of legal material from the Advocates ' Library , and in the case of 88 of these ( 96% ) it was possible to calculate a delivery time . |
| 15 | As the figure shows , deliveries from the Advocates ' Library ( which are largely outwith the control of the National Library ) tended to take longer even than deliveries of rare or early material , with more than half ( 51% ) of all timed deliveries taking longer than 35 minutes , and with only 16% — around one in five — taking twenty minutes or less . |