Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun pl] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | In planning this network of commercial stations the companies involved had unashamedly looked across the Atlantic in search of inspiration and blueprints . |
| 32 | Although the army now had its largest-ever establishment of 85,000 men the great majority were serving overseas , but Pitt tried to offset the shortage of troops by increasing their mobility . |
| 33 | With the advance of viticultural techniques the volume of grapes produced in Champagne naturally tended to rise and , always provided that they did not over-produce — a responsibility of ComCon which must be ratified by the non-partisan decree of the minister of agriculture — the quality of the fruit yielded also rose . |
| 34 | In its review of sexual offences the Criminal Law Revision Committee argued in favour of preserving the existing classification , on the basis that rape has a settled popular meaning and that the distinguishing feature of ‘ conventional ’ rape is the risk of pregnancy . |
| 35 | Because of the shortage of raw materials the government was running a propaganda campaign to persuade women to wear tampons during menstruation . |
| 36 | As compactness is an important design feature of cordless tools the all round efficiency of the tool is crucial , and that is why I tend to perceive cordless tools as being very much state of the art . |
| 37 | He called The Sacred Dance ‘ an excellent study of primitive religious dances ’ , and read how these were performed round sacred trees , but also ‘ how often with the decay of old faiths the serious rites and pageants … have degenerated into the sports of children ’ . |
| 38 | Microprogramming was first used on a large scale in the IBM System/360 range of computers , where a common architecture and instruction set had to be implemented on a number of different models the range with widely-varying basic hardware . |
| 39 | Russell attempted to assess in a number of different ways the impact of wife rape on the victims in her survey . |
| 40 | Also I think you 'd find that the erm er although , now I 'm suggesting you do this , but if you went through the Independent and you counted the erm number of different words the total vocabulary , I think you 'd find it 's many many many many many many many times bigger than the |
| 41 | With a power rating of 300 watts the DSP 715 is about as small as it could realistically be , standing at 507mm high , 464mm wide and 362mm deep ; and at 77lbs in weight there 's no real difficulty in heaving it up on stage . |
| 42 | Normally the afternoon meeting at the east Boldon track are attended by around 250 regulars , but with the attraction of a couple of free pints the gate is expected to be much bigger at tomorrow 's meeting , which starts at 2.08 pm . |
| 43 | Caribbean news agency reports , as well as news filtering into neighbouring Dominican Republic , confirmed that the army had initiated a new wave of repression on Dec. 15 , to forestall the celebration of the first anniversary of free elections the following day . |
| 44 | Yet in the case of electronic records the details of provenance are all too quickly lost following the process of generation . |
| 45 | Sir John reserved the right to become a partner at the end of the first three years term for a quarter share of all mines and ores , then opened , got , or sold , … or … at the end of six years also to commence as a partner for one quarter share … or … at the end of nine years to commence as a partner for the same … or … at the end of 12 years the same , and at 15 years ditto . |
| 46 | In the space of 12 months the War Office built 25,000 pillboxes — almost a quarter of which still survive — and erected hundreds of miles of concrete anti-tank defences . |
| 47 | By the end of 12 months the first group recorded 20 per cent lower medical claims than the other two , and the savings amounted to six times the cost of the health promotion package they had received . |
| 48 | But county councillors claimed it would reduce parental choice by restricting the number of 11-year-old pupils the popular school can recruit . |
| 49 | All the ministers were new to government office ; the Minister of Finance had been hitherto a banker , the Interior Minister a lawyer and the Minister of Foreign Affairs the ambassador to the United States . |
| 50 | Holists , by contrast , wish to explain individual intentions and desires as the outcome of these wholes , thereby awarding explanatory priority to a range of social factors the identity of which varies from theory to theory . |
| 51 | Has not the Minister discussed with the chairman of British Airways the very large order for American planes with American engines ? |
| 52 | Up to the age of 2 years the developmental screening tests ( Griffiths 1954 ; Bayley 1969 ) provide a profile of the child 's skills . |
| 53 | At a joint meeting reviewing the agreement on March 20 , both sides noted that in spite of some problems the overall timetable of the withdrawal , which was due to be completed by July 1991 , was being fulfilled . |
| 54 | Enormous growth in this business occurred through the substitution phase and for a period of some years the business was extremely profitable . |
| 55 | According to a number of reliable witnesses the assailant was a tall man in a grey coat walking towards Mahoney , a short woman in a green hat hiding in a doorway , a masked figure in the back seat of a car and an unseen person who fired from behind a parking sign . |
| 56 | Under Article 134 of the Articles of Association of the Company , the directors may , if authorised by an ordinary resolution of the Company , offer holders of ordinary shares the right to elect to receive ordinary shares credited as fully paid instead of cash in respect of any dividend specified by the ordinary resolution [ ‘ scrip alternative ’ ] . |
| 57 | While presiding over the implementation of a large number of separate projects the entire structure of the Urban Programme seems increasingly marginal to the problems of both urban decline and mainstream inner-city policy . |
| 58 | ‘ It is alarming that in the annual reports of chief constables the number of stray dogs is always recorded but not the number of missing children , ’ Ms Newman writes . |
| 59 | For a more extensive review of cognitive therapies the reader is referred to Dryden and Golden ( 1986 ) . |
| 60 | As one reads the pages of classified entries the rich variety of professions , trades and crafts to be found in Victorian market towns is brought home in a vivid manner . |