Example sentences of "of [det] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The times of death seemed to span the whole day , but he could n't be sure the thirty-eight covered everybody who died that day because the numbers of each certificate did n't add up to a complete sequence . |
| 2 | During the period of the Call-slip analysis and book condition survey — that is , between 12 and 24 January 1981 — the second copy of each call-slip submitted to the Issue Counter was stamped by a member of staff with the time and date of its submission , and when it ultimately arrived in the Reading Room , accompanied by the book to which it related , the time and date of its arrival was recorded on it by one of two fieldwork students from the College of Librarianship Wales who assisted in the implementation of the Survey . |
| 3 | How might the function of each utterance vary according to context ? |
| 4 | We tested for a mating preference for large crests by comparing the attractiveness of models with short crests to the same models with crest feathers lengthened ( Fig. 1 ) , using three models of each sex to ensure that responses were not biased by unique characteristics of any one specimen . |
| 5 | Some , but not all , automatically roll back the source tape at the beginning of each edit to offset the backspace and so produce edits which are accurate to within one or two frames . |
| 6 | The convection divides into a series of layers ; nearly all the variation of each quantity occurs close to the edges of the layers . |
| 7 | The size of each household depended upon the stage of the life cycle that the occupants had reached and upon whether or not adolescents were living-in as servants or apprentices . |
| 8 | It is the responsibility of each candidate to ensure that his script is received by an invigilator . |
| 9 | At night after close of the service it was the practice to stable the empty trains end to end on the running lines in the tunnels on each side of the shed car pits , the end doors of each vehicle opened to permit ready exit of passengers in the event of an emergency , and to allow access to the lines of stabled trains by cleaners and others whose nocturnal duties took them into the subway tunnels . |
| 10 | The time taken by the sound of each click to bounce back from the rock to the bird , enables the swiftlet to judge just how far away it is from the rock wall ahead . |
| 11 | In quite a different vein , one teacher in a workshop described how she spent part of each weekend visiting old people in her community . |
| 12 | If the Policyholder or his driver or any occupant of any motor car described in the Schedule shall in direct connection with such motor car sustain any bodily injury by violent accidental external and visible means the Corporation will pay to the Policyholder the medical expenses in connection with such injury up to the sum of £50 in respect of each person injured . |
| 13 | A superior quality of relationships or quality of teaching is n't built upon genius in the headteacher 's room or any magical acts , but built on listening , trust and respect for the dignity and creative potential of each person connected with the school . |
| 14 | We recorded the address of each person arrested over the six month period — a total of over 5,000 people — and , using maps , we ascertained the enumeration district or ward in which the arrestee lived . |
| 15 | If it is in the interests of the development , a single Stage 2 submission from a consortium may be accepted provided it sets out clearly the ability of each course team to deliver and the ability of each centre to support the course or the units which it proposes to offer . |
| 16 | The consortia which are established may cover a wide range of situations and it is important that the position of each centre involved is made clear at an early stage in the validation process . |
| 17 | The existence of two rhetorics , of two different systems of understanding and explanation at such odds with one another , leads to a situation in which the lives and aspirations , wishes and needs of each company become more and more opaque to each other . |
| 18 | As has already been indicated , the planning processes of each company had previously been examined in a research study carried out at the London Business School . |
| 19 | As far as public international law is concerned , the member states in question refer above all to the Geneva Convention of 29 April 1958 on the High Seas , article 5(1) of which expressly recognises the right of each state to fix ‘ the conditions for the grant of its nationality to ships , for the registration of ships in its territory , and for the right to fly its flag . ’ |
| 20 | The other algorithms are all designed as if the children of each state form a discrete set with no structure . |
| 21 | Although there are no uniforms as such , the various regiments of each state adopt a distinctive pattern utilising the colours of their native land . |
| 22 | The bottom of each panel has a pattern which can be trimmed if necessary , to fit individual dado heights . |
| 23 | The objectivity of the internal auditor is seen in terms of each auditor having an objective attitude of mind and being able to exercise judgement , express opinions and present recommendations with impartiality . |
| 24 | Each corner of each cube coincides with the centre of the body of another . |
| 25 | The interludes at the start of each act determine the character of the music for a time ( except for Interlude V , which is abruptly curtailed by the Barn Dance music of Act Three scene one , lending thereafter only a few sinister flecks of moonlight ) . |
| 26 | It appears to be at the discretion of each branch to decide how nursing vacancies are publicised . |
| 27 | Closer yet , and the clustered spires of each hive soar from the wastes of ash to pierce the highest clouds . |
| 28 | Although the length of each activity varied , both the Japanese and US projects had a significant overlap between product and process engineering . |
| 29 | Otherwise you may find you have made twenty garments , all in different shades and have about 300 grammes of each colour left on your hands ! |
| 30 | AMONG the great delights of the South Bank 's Moments of Vision touring exhibition back in 1988 were the thumbnail sketches and descriptions of each painting made by Nerys Johnson . |