Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [vb -s] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | For Piaget , the activity of play represents a major advance in the ability of the child to control its own environment and engage in a variety of strategies . |
| 2 | The process of assessment incorporates a number of key elements and involves the assessors ( including users and carers ) in bringing to bear a wide range of observational , communication , interpersonal , cognitive , and analytic skills . |
| 3 | The Fijian traditional communal system of livelihood has a tendency to restrict initiative for commercial expansion and development so that there is a need to modify commercial values to meet with the demands of modern commercialism , This , in a nutshell , is what the Yalavou project sets out 10 do . |
| 4 | However , it is well recognised by conservationists that the modern pace and scale of change poses a threat which is quite unprecendented . |
| 5 | In Fig. 7.1 2/d ) the rate of change of freewheeling current is large and negative when the winding is turned off , but the decay is reversed by the motional voltage and the rate of change reaches a positive maximum . |
| 6 | A long straight nose forms a T with the straight fringe close down on the brows ; a rectangular block of hair frames a triangular face which tapers to a pointed chin . |
| 7 | ( There is no doubt that a good head of hair gives a man a wholly unjustified appearance of moral authority , witness Supreme Court judges and senators . ) |
| 8 | The data describing the prevalence of smoking illustrates a good example of a cohort effect as older women , those aged 60 and over , have the highest proportions classed as never smoking . |
| 9 | On the one hand , we have examples of speakers self-quoting , where the act of quoting activates a switch back to the code of the original utterance . |
| 10 | For example , I think it will be agreed that the Newtonian concept of mass has a more precise meaning than the concept of democracy , say . |
| 11 | What sort of noise does a … make ? |
| 12 | P.P. What sort of noise does a lion make ? |
| 13 | P.P. What sort of noise does a donkey make ? |
| 14 | Thus , allocation of function requires a continuous juggling of functional , mechanistic and behavioural approaches . |
| 15 | However , despite the complications , each of these types of function has a relatively clear central core , and the distinction between them is of importance in several areas of administrative law . |
| 16 | Actually , the debate between rigorism and our original less rigorist version of utilitarianism has a morally earnest character alien to Bentham . |
| 17 | In both projective and reactive uses , however , the infinitive expresses an actualized contingent event and the impression of contingency implies a reference to a position in time when the infinitive 's event was not a reality ( i.e. before its actualization ) , so that the term " reactive " is no more appropriate here than in the canonical uses of the " infinitive of reaction " as a description of the meaning of the to infinitive . |
| 18 | Perhaps it is because a predator is able to find and eat relatively large numbers of aposematic prey in a short space of time , and that the high initial rate of feeding produces a more powerful reinforcement than a greater number of prey eaten over a longer period . |
| 19 | The Ministry of Defence maintains a policy of not confirming whether weapons transporters are loaded with warheads when they make their regular trips through Glasgow . |
| 20 | This latter type of description specifies a typical role which a character plays in a scene , but the term role will be reserved for the role-filler notion discussed already , to avoid confusion . |
| 21 | The principle of Contrast places a strong pragmatic constraint on expressions in the lexicon . |
| 22 | The ideal of self-government has a special aspect that integrity promotes directly , and noticing this will lead us into our main discussion of legitimacy and political obligation . |
| 23 | Because the sensory processes ( 'hairs ' ) are in direct contact with the source of smell , and because the olfactory cells connect directly with the brain , the sense of smell has a powerful and immediate effect . |
| 24 | One thing all the writers share is an agreement that the progress to the special knowledge in the game of faith involves a reordering and an integration of the personality which gives birth to an essential lightness of spirit within man . |
| 25 | It is because values can be most effectively defined and expressed in words that the study of literature claims a central place in humane studies . |
| 26 | This type of case requires a long-term treatment plan using multi-disciplinary resources and requires careful monitoring over the course of many months or perhaps years if the child is to stay with the family . |
| 27 | Whenever a jury in this class of case returns a verdict , whether of guilty or not guilty , intelligent readers of newspapers and weekly journals may want to know what kind of film was under consideration . |
| 28 | The Overseas Development Administration — under my right hon. Friend the Minister for Overseas Development — has two officers in Brazil who are concerned with our environmental projects and our embassy of course keeps a running brief . |
| 29 | The Maulvi of course selects a formal Arabic name , but the celebration I am telling you about involves choosing a name to call the child by . |
| 30 | This of course poses a problem in writing which the author recognizes while deciding on separate chapters for each aspect . |