Example sentences of "[adv prt] of several " in BNC.
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| 1 | The latter reduced hydro-electric power and caused the shutting down of several nuclear power stations when river levels dropped and the water in any case became too warm for effective cooling . |
| 2 | The subsequent growth of Teheran had made the previous royal quarters in town too cramped and after an attempt on the Shah life in 19965 , on of several that he survived , the family had moved to Niavaran . |
| 3 | The stomach muscles are made up of several muscle groups , the most important being the rectus abdominis and the external oblique . |
| 4 | A grain of wheat , for example , consists essentially of three parts : the bran , made up of several outer coverings , the germ ( the embryo of the new plant ) and the endosperm , the starchy centre which is made into flour . |
| 5 | Each activity will be made up of several episodes . |
| 6 | The circulation pattern can be thought of as made up of several contributions . |
| 7 | It seems to ignore the way in which existing fares are calculated' including as they do an element of ‘ taper ’ to avoid long journeys made up of several different sectors ‘ bolted together ’ from becoming too high : again something which would be difficult to replicate in a situation where the railways were operated by numerous regional franchises . |
| 8 | This interview came out of several inspirational talks we had in June and was highlighted by his brilliant summer lecture to the Art and Architecture Society . |
| 9 | I must have passed in and out of several counties that morning , looking for that dolmen . |
| 10 | Pardy 's previous convictions were of a relatively trivial nature , being ordered out of several county towns by magistrates for persistently collecting without a licence in the street — rattling his tin in support of a variety of causes but only very recently turning his attention to those connected with animals . |
| 11 | She travelled via Canterbury to London , where she spoke ‘ boldly and mightily ’ against the vicious , did a good deal of sobbing and crying , and was turned out of several churches . |
| 12 | Big Black ripped the heart out of several corners of music and were astonishing in their own right . |
| 13 | POLICE are warning residents to be on their guard after two men tricked a pensioner out of several hundred pounds . |
| 14 | I suppose you look back and select one particular moment out of several and then stick to it . |
| 15 | Some films have to be shot on location : you can not create a moving ‘ face ’ out of several thousand people for a British Airways commercial in any other way . |
| 16 | I was talking to a civil servant in the Ministry of erm Energy the other day , and he said that he reckoned out of several hundred people working there there were about fifteen people who had a scientific or engineering background , and therefore were able to talk with some degree of expertise perhaps and certainly knowledge about the matters that they were discussing . |