Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Stocks Hill Huggate is an individually designed and superbly appointed detached country house of spacious proportions situated on an elevated plot of some one third of an acre . |
| 2 | None the less , the supporters of the Duke of Northumberland lost no opportunity to represent her as a staunch papist , and attempted to make use of anti-papal fears to win support for their rival candidate for the throne , Jane Grey . |
| 3 | The Region has a contract with the Consortium ‘ Venezia Disinquinamento ’ ( Venice De-pollution ) for the purification of waters draining into the Lagoon from the surrounding hinterland , and a contract for the provision of technical services required ( including all the legal and administrative procedures ) to de-pollute the Lagoon , the historic centre of Venice and the towns of Mira and Chioggia . |
| 4 | This chapter considers the use of expert determination in : ( 1 ) energy and mining contracts ( 7.2 ) ; ( 2 ) shipbuilding contracts ( 7.3 ) ; ( 3 ) construction contracts ( 7.4 ) ; ( 4 ) computer contracts ( 7.5 ) ; which display the following features discussed in Chapter 6 : ( 5 ) the use of technical experts drawing on expertise not directly associated with valuation ; ( 6 ) the use of technical experts to act as general dispute resolvers ; and ( 7 ) the use of " two-tier " dispute resolution procedures . |
| 5 | This chapter considers the use of expert determination in : ( 1 ) energy and mining contracts ( 7.2 ) ; ( 2 ) shipbuilding contracts ( 7.3 ) ; ( 3 ) construction contracts ( 7.4 ) ; ( 4 ) computer contracts ( 7.5 ) ; which display the following features discussed in Chapter 6 : ( 5 ) the use of technical experts drawing on expertise not directly associated with valuation ; ( 6 ) the use of technical experts to act as general dispute resolvers ; and ( 7 ) the use of " two-tier " dispute resolution procedures . |
| 6 | The idea was originated by Guinness and produced by a team of technical experts led by Anthony Daniels , an actor best known for his role as the golden robot C3PO in the Star Wars series of films . |
| 7 | The late 1960s threw up extensive demands for public bodies to be more open and responsive to community groups and sectional interests ; the demand was for plan making to be a negotiable activity between interested parties , rather than a matter of technical decisions handed down from a monopoly elite in government . |
| 8 | Preliminary drafts of technical reports have been prepared . |
| 9 | Technical Documentation : As aircraft become more sophisticated integrating many technologies , so the proliferation of technical manuals continues . |
| 10 | The social effects of this complex of technical changes have been diverse . |
| 11 | The White Paper programme introduced a fundamental policy change to expedite and implement the removal of technical barriers leading to the ‘ harmonisation ’ of standards . |
| 12 | The series of technical evaluations began in October for a six-month trial . |
| 13 | In the case of the steel industry Stone ( 1974 ) contends that the restructuring of job hierarchies , the creation of internal job ladders and accompanying wage payments did not , in fact , reflect the attainment of technical skills derived from on-the-job training . |
| 14 | In the textile industry a number of technical inventions produced an increase in output ; a way had been found of using coal , in the form of coke , to smelt iron ; and the steam engine was so improved that it provided a new source of power . |
| 15 | She comments on the role of women in contemporary American society , using a variety of technical tricks to reveal the ‘ feminine ’ nature of objects that crop up regularly in day-to-day life . |
| 16 | In addition to the physical attributes to look for there are naturally a host of technical features to check . |
| 17 | By means of technical methods known as single , double , and triple tonguing extremely rapid but clear staccato production is obtainable , which is most sure and effective when used for the rapid reiteration of a single note , e.g. : |
| 18 | With her large photographs of articulated manikins contorted to display their manikin — genitalia and plastic joke-shop breasts , Cindy Sherman attempts to make her male audience uncomfortably aware of the de-humanising nature of the western male 's fragmented erotic view of the female body . |
| 19 | Yet another mechanism has been suggested for secretin induction of HCO 3 - uptake into bile ductular cells : insertion of cytoplasmic vesicles containing H + ATPase into the basolateral membrane . |
| 20 | Then , around 1700 BC , the Minoans developed from the hieroglyphic script a new syllabic form , today called Linear A. When the Mycenaeans invaded Crete they adapted Linear A to produce a revised form , Linear B. Both scripts have been preserved on clay tablets , most of which are inventories ; however , only a few hundred examples of Linear A exist , whereas there are some thousands of surviving tablets bearing Linear B. |
| 21 | Here a thick series of alluvial deposits rests in a basin cut largely in the Upper Jurassic clay formations , the Oxford , Ampthill and Kimeridge Clays . |
| 22 | The surf here is renowned , with a stream of persistent youngsters fighting the elements to ride the waves . |
| 23 | When a handful of persistent pickets parked a caravan at the Hinkley entrance during the long drawn out miners ' strike , they got precious little support . |
| 24 | In 1947 the problem of persistent shortages turned into a crisis . |
| 25 | These final examples of persistent facies brings us right up against the obvious explanation of a climatic control , and certainly strong arguments have been put forward on climatic grounds to explain some of the carbonate distributions . |
| 26 | The case also confirms the limitations to the patchwork of parental rights provided by the 1981 Act . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , despite a similar provision in section 6(3) of the Education Act 1980 ( enabling , until the ERA 1988 restricted its effect to schools which are not yet subject to LMS , parental preference to be denied formally on economic efficiency grounds ) considerable extensions of parental rights have occurred , as shown below . |
| 28 | The greater use of charges and the use of parental contributions to purchase quite basic school equipment discriminates against poor children and schools in poor areas . |
| 29 | Because crossing with the blending of parental characters keeps the species constant as long as the conditions are constant overall , only changing temporarily and locally . |
| 30 | This was answered in part by a number of small-scale entrepreneurs operating in the shanty towns . |