Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun pl] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have a number of technical differences which are essentially differences about the composition of the population and its natural change . |
| 2 | Anyone with the slightest interest in aviation will know of the array of technical devices which enable a pilot to navigate himself and his aircraft with pinpoint accuracy around the globe . |
| 3 | Edmunds was thirtyish , bearded , slim , and earnest ; one of the modern breed of technical scientists who believe that the ultimate secret of life , the universe and all that , must be reducible to the predictable antics of their molecules and atoms and the infuriatingly ambiguous particles which seem to compose them . |
| 4 | These were the sorts of technical problems I began discussing with my colleague Mike Stewart in the early days of the chick work , when it became clear we would want to try to make this type of measurement . |
| 5 | However , there are a number of technical requirements which have to be met before a tenant is granted another business tenancy or compensation . |
| 6 | On the one hand , and most obviously , it comprises a set of repressive practices which among other things may help to preserve the conditions of production by deterring crime . |
| 7 | He was chosen for Word after he showed programme bosses a reel of wacky interviews he had done — including one with me . |
| 8 | Mr Clarke believes the crackdown will deal with a hardcore of persistent offenders who can clock up scores of crimes before they reach their teens . |
| 9 | Dr. Peter Clough ( Lecturer in Special Needs Provision ) has been concerned in a number of small-scale projects which explore continuities in Language provision between mainstream and special settings . |
| 10 | There is a long list of sacked ministers who have objected to her style . |
| 11 | The kernel of the unconscious system is the whole set of instinctual wish-impulses which may be represented to consciousness by dream images . |
| 12 | Dante could turn aside from his most sublime passages of religious contemplation to hone a gratuitous insult for the benefit of Florentine families whom he happened to dislike . |
| 13 | Because of uncertainty about the true palliative benefit of combined regimens we conducted a randomised study of the effects of chemotherapy and supportive care on survival and quality of life of patients with colorectal cancer . |
| 14 | In a series of striking phrases he described a theory of emotional development which highlights the role of the ‘ ordinary devoted mother ’ in providing a facilitating environment as the basis for growth and development and for later emotional stability . |
| 15 | As we saw , Montagu 's contemporary James Parkinson , the radical surgeon , made a visual point in the frontispiece to his Organic Remains of a Former World ( 1804–11 ) which shows Noah 's Ark grounded on a rock in the middle distance with the rainbow beyond it , while on the beach in the foreground are various shells of extinct creatures which had missed the boat . |
| 16 | Legislative authority is vested in a unicameral House of Representatives which consists of 97 members who are popularly elected for up to three years . |
| 17 | He was a man of advanced tastes who appreciated African art and the films of Charlie Chaplin . |
| 18 | Centres offering Phase 1 Pilots have been provided with a draft catalogue of advanced schemes which gives details of the schemes validated for session 1988–89 . |
| 19 | The 20 had been brought out to absorb the quantities of low-speed Vikings they were getting . |
| 20 | Ancestral spirits of Aboriginal tribes who accompany their descendants in their daily life . |
| 21 | Emma started work at the age of fourteen for the London Ladies ' Co-operative Guild , a group of professional women who designed and decorated glass tables . |
| 22 | Morgan came from a family of professional administrators who took their regional colouring from the location of their service , but the family came originally from Wales and one of Morgan 's uncles , Owain ap Cadwgan , still held office in the lordship which gave the Anglicized members of the family their surname . |
| 23 | Morgan came from a family of professional administrators who took their regional colouring from the location of their service , but the family came originally from Wales and one of Morgan 's uncles , Owain ap Cadwgan , still held office in the lordship which gave the Anglicized members of the family their surname . |
| 24 | Here the faculty is able to draw on the wide range of professional musicians who reside in Edinburgh or visit regularly . |
| 25 | ‘ I have met a couple of chief executives of professional firms who have found it utterly demoralising , ’ says Mr Aldous . |
| 26 | Thus , while the proportion of professional households who had sole use of bath increased from 92 per cent in 1962 to 96 per cent in 1977 , the corresponding proportions for the unskilled were 60 per cent and 89 per cent . |
| 27 | A few years later there was a proposal to set up a council , composed exclusively of professional diplomats who had served abroad for at least seven years , to advise the king on foreign affairs . |
| 28 | In addition , some workers are members of professional organisations which are able to restrict entry into the profession and so keep salaries high . |
| 29 | Motability can provide the names of professional organisations who can assess the needs of the disabled person and advise them whether or not they are capable of driving and what sort of car and adaptations they might need . |
| 30 | There may be all kinds of professional practices which frail and inarticulate older people hate , but which , without support , they would be unable to articulate . |