Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.

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1 THE 41-year-old chairman of the Shui On property and construction group , Vincent Lo , has risen sharply to political prominence since he was chosen by Peking in 1985 as one of the 180 members of its Basic Law Consultative Committee .
2 At 1100 hours all is set and the parade ground is filled by the long ranks of the 180 members of Training Company and the Pegasus Band all awaiting the arrival of the Inspecting Officer , Brigadier Mike Scott DSO CBE , who commanded the 1st Battalion of the Scots Guards in the Falklands War .
3 The attractions of the 180 km of pistes escaped her entirely , but she was mad keen on the 57 ski lifts .
4 After some confusion over the numbering scheme , US sources say HP is preparing to debut a low-end with a box that will best the introductory price of Sun Microsystems Inc 's new Sunergy Classic by $10 .
5 If the message contains the word ‘ Secure ’ , that means the words following make up the introductory identification of someone who will contact him and give him orders .
6 The introductory chapters of my books contain much advice which , if heeded , would help to minimise the dangers .
7 To discover why , we must turn to the introductory chapters of Genesis .
8 It leads towards the Introductory Certificate of the National Examination Board for Supervisory Management ( N.E.B.S.M. )
9 At this point my story becomes the introductory scene of a fiction which could be continued .
10 Following the introductory assessment of the market context of handheld electronic books in this current section , this report provides two main areas of update .
11 A new study by the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board ( PMPRB ) found that 56 per cent of the introductory prices of 124 new drugs in Canada were greater than the corresponding median international prices .
12 Hobbes first describes this , in the introductory part of De Corpore , as a part of ‘ indefinite ’ science , the working out of a theoretical structure in terms of which particular ‘ limited ’ questions are answered .
13 Customs themselves predict that the introductory costs of meeting the single market requirements will be about £100m to British companies .
14 Helen Cooper notes that the inferrable character of the Nun 's Priest is the same as the inferrable character of Chaucer .
15 Helen Cooper notes that the inferrable character of the Nun 's Priest is the same as the inferrable character of Chaucer .
16 A half-hour subway ride into Brooklyn , it has the third-highest incidence of drug-related crimes in America .
17 A decree law of Oct. 17 which introduced strict limits on the right of workers in essential services to strike , provoked a strong protest from the anti-Menem faction of the main CGT union confederation .
18 It is useful to put this information on the inside cover of a loose-leaf course folder .
19 not on each subject but , maybe on the inside cover of er , a presented re , er set of sheets but wha wha , you know , however it 's gon na be sent or on the back of the summate sheet or something .
20 The repairs are being carried out to the bridge at Knayton and the inside lanes of both carriageways are closed .
21 The repairs are being carried out to the bridge at Knayton and the inside lanes of both carriageways are closed .
22 Large plants and containers make this impractical , and it is then a case of loosening the soil-ball at the sides with a stick pushed down against the inside wall of the container .
23 Using the inside scale of the protractor
24 Bott was given huge amounts of space on the inside pages of Ink in December 1971 and January 1972 to set out the scrambled views on life which he was culling from a variety of standard left-wing and anarchist gurus .
25 On the inside pages of this ‘ Update ’ , there is a description of the new Quality Framework .
26 Huge jams built up behind the 74-year-old pensioner as he crawled for five miles along the inside lane of the dual-carriageway A1 .
27 Also on the A one in the Leeming area the inside lane of the south bound carriageway 's closed at Holby Grange for emergency gas repair works and delays are likely as a result there .
28 Okay on the er A one area that 's the er Bedale area , the earlier north bound lane closures have been lifted and the Leeming area the inside lane of the southbound carriageway 's closed at Holby Grange for emergency gas repair works and delays are likely as a result .
29 Traffic tailed back fourteen miles after police were forced to close the inside lane of the northbound carriageway .
30 It is now possible to obtain purpose-made double-glazed units incorporating ‘ low E ’ , or low emissivity , glass which includes a thin and imperceptible metallic coating on the inside surface of the outer leaf of each unit to reflect interior heat back into the room while allowing solar heat to enter the building .
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