Example sentences of "of these [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The men guilty of these outrages did not even have the excuse of their European counterparts , who could sometimes claim that wartime bombing had flattened the great stations which they were replacing . |
| 2 | The amount of these entitlements has been actuarially assessed and is fully funded by assets held independently of the Group . |
| 3 | Computer simulated graphics of these species show electron density delocalised across three centres . |
| 4 | The males of these species display in groups in order to attract females . |
| 5 | The colour of these species varies ; they may be yellowfish , pale pink , grey or , most commonly , various shades of brown and beige . |
| 6 | The different life-stages of these species become prominent at different times of the year and at different depths ; many species have marked diurnal ( vertical ) and annual ( horizontal ) migrations ( Hardy and Gunther , 1936 ; Dinofrio , 1987 ) . |
| 7 | Many of these species perished in the attempt . |
| 8 | Some of these species feed far offshore , necessitating very long foraging trips ( up to 300 m ) . |
| 9 | Every one of these species has evolved its own special way of finding food , but they fall into eleven basic categories . |
| 10 | With the voluntary banning of organo-chlorines most of these species have recovered , but great care in the use of pesticides is necessary to prevent a repetition of these events . |
| 11 | The perithecia of these species have long , often multicellular ‘ horns ’ that originate just below the openings of the perithecium . |
| 12 | All of these species have been recorded eating mountain goats at one time or another , but whether they are regular or serious predators on the goat is another matter . |
| 13 | All of these species have vivid coloration , spend the greater part of the day on view and act as excellent scavengers . |
| 14 | On the other hand the loss of heather has meant a contraction of the breeding-grounds for birds like golden plover , dunlin , and perhaps whimbrel , although the post-breeding flocks of these species seem to favour the re-seeded grassland . |
| 15 | With a few exceptions , insectivores are much less commonly represented in pellet assemblages , and lagomorphs even less so , and it has proved impossible to obtain large enough samples of these species to provide numerical data . |
| 16 | While the male of one of these species constructs the nest alone ( as in other weavers ) , in others the female also involves herself in this activity and in two cases receives the active assistance of additional apparently adult birds . |
| 17 | But once the contents of these plans got around the rumours died down and people began to say that the family must be coming back . ’ |
| 18 | The disclosure of these plans forced a premature announcement that two plants — Cowley South and Llanelli Pressings — were to be run down and closed in the early 1990s with the loss of about 3,400 jobs . |
| 19 | Did any of these forms mutate into hereditary surnames ? |
| 20 | The documentation provided is oriented towards computer people and it is difficult for users to translate many of these forms used in conventional systems documentation into their ‘ language ’ . |
| 21 | A feature of these forms has been the increase in those aspects which relate to procedure rather than to strict contract conditions . |
| 22 | The majority of these forms have been in use since October 1967 when the drink/driving law regarding being over the prescribed limit ( OPL ) was introduced . |
| 23 | It also describes the way the New OED Computer Group and the Computer Services Department must complete their sections of the forms to inform the lexicographers that the tasks set by the issuing of these forms have been completed . |
| 24 | Some of these lines break up into dashes or spots , but the overall effect is of a tigerish striping . |
| 25 | For she and the other natives of these isles lived at a time before sin , it seemed to him , a happy time , but inferior in intelligence and humanity to the enlightened ideals of his kind . |
| 26 | Each of these rememberings subverts the nation . |
| 27 | The existence and scope of these duties depends upon the terms on which they are acting . |
| 28 | Did his view of these duties change ? |
| 29 | The exercise of these duties has been at all times , and remains , subject to the visitorial jurisdiction of the judges . |
| 30 | Even so , the unpleasantness of these duties arises less from contact with things which the police consider either literally or metaphorically unclean ( such as decomposed bodies and the ‘ dregs and scum of society ’ ) , and more from the risk the police run of displaying emotion . |