Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [prep] the following " in BNC.
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| 1 | Look at the different requirements and forms of assessment in the following questions . |
| 2 | Lord Diplock explained the distinction between these two types of case in the following passage , at p. 364 : |
| 3 | Francis Tidbury received a certain amount of sympathy over the following few days , but the public were so outraged at the brutality involved , it carried little weight . |
| 4 | That was the approach of Lord Oliver of Aylmerton in In re K.D. ( A Minor ) ( Ward : Termination of Access ) [ 1988 ] A.C. 806 where , in relation to an argument based on articles 6 and 8 of the same Convention and a previous decision of the European Court of Human Rights , R. v. United Kingdom ( Case 6/1986/104/152 ) , The Times , 9 July 1987 , he cited with approval the argument of counsel in the following passage , at p. 823 : |
| 5 | An elected departmental committee also assists the head of department in the following terms as defined in the Statutes of the University : ‘ The functions of the departmental committee shall be to advise the head of department on all matters affecting the department , with particular reference to ( a ) annual estimates ; ( b ) allocation of resources and accommodation ; ( c ) junior academic appointments . ’ |
| 6 | In 1576 Simon Bowyer , gentleman usher to Queen Elizabeth , was granted a licence to buy and sell 500 sarplers of wool in the following ten years ; and in 1590 he received a commission to act as sole informer against those who infringed certain statutes controlling the wool trade . |
| 7 | Two men were shot by the police , triggering an escalation of violence on the following day in which four people , including a Christian and a policeman , were killed in Dayrut . |
| 8 | ( Underlined stretches of talk in the following are those which are identifiably " Creole " in phonology or grammar . ) |
| 9 | Take your own voyage of Discovery through the following pages and see for yourself — it truly is the most exciting gas cooking discovery of the century . |
| 10 | What is the source of misunderstanding in the following ending to a conversation between an English native speaker ( N ) and a foreign learner ( F ) , and how would you remedy it ? |
| 11 | Windeyer J. rejected any idea that mere superiority of position of the defendant was a ground of recovery in the following passage , at p. 142 : |
| 12 | ‘ Had you no idea who she was ? ’ demanded Tyrell , the constable , of Forest on the following day . |
| 13 | To give you time , should you need to agree the details with others , we will normally hold your holiday choice until the close of business on the following working day , when it will automatically lapse unless you instruct your travel agent to confirm the booking to us . |
| 14 | ( c ) The requirement of reasonableness Part I of UCTA 1977 permits a party to restrict or exclude liability by reference to the requirement of reasonableness in the following cases : ( 1 ) Negligent damage to property ( s2(2) ) . |
| 15 | Thus the statement that That 's a dog entails That 's an animal can be viewed as a kind of shorthand for a pattern of normality like the following : |
| 16 | I greatly enjoy sitting down on a Thursday evening to compile a list of all the pleasant and even unpleasant things I have to do , and then luxuriate in my sense of achievement on the following Sunday evening when every item on the list is ticked off . |
| 17 | A Scottish Certificate of Education with the following grades gained at not more than two sittings of the examination : |
| 18 | This was taken up by the Economic Section of the Cabinet ( under Meade ) which devised the Economic Survey : the expected level of output for the following year was predicted on the basis of the estimated changes over the present year in individual sectors of the economy . |
| 19 | In 1755 storms destroyed the floodgates he had built , and renewed efforts to conquer the mere in the 1780s were crowned with permanent success only as a result of the use of steam-power in the following century . |
| 20 | There was no delivery of coke on the following day but , on Tuesday 29 May , thousands of pickets plus police from eleven forces descended on the plant . |
| 21 | Petain , a general considerate of his men , was promoted to command of the Army Group and two lesser generals assumed immediate responsibility — Nivelle , who was to bring the French Army to the point of mutiny in the following year , and Mangin , dubbed ‘ the heroic defender of Verdun ’ by some , ‘ the butcher ’ by others . |
| 22 | Pieces of timber of the following approximate sizes , ( from your local D. I.Y. store ) : |
| 23 | The export volume series shows a rather different pattern , with a more modest rise from 1977 to 1981 and a greater degree of fluctuation in the following years . |
| 24 | In both examples the alveolar is assimilated to the place of articulation of the following segment . |
| 25 | achieved a level of efficiency within the following range : |
| 26 | There will be further examples of assertiveness in the following chapter , showing how techniques can be used to influence . |
| 27 | Trasler summarises his survey of the recent literature on the psychology of property in the following way : |
| 28 | As previously discussed the proposal to change the hours of duty to the following — will commence on a trial basis as of 6 September 1993 . |
| 29 | Where the summer is very dry and hot , the longevity of L3 is reduced except in areas with shade and these can act as reservoirs of infection until the following winter . |
| 30 | I had already decided that tomorrow I would take the train back to what was now your official European City of Culture for the following twelve months . |