Example sentences of "the [noun] of several [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today the palazzo , an enormous Neo-classical building , the work of Piermarini whose workers toiled from 1770 and 1778 to transform the existing building on the site , houses the headquarters of several institutes of history and art . |
| 2 | The mass of several moles of a substance can be calculated using the following relationship : where m denotes the mass of the substance in units of grams , fl denotes the amount of substance in units of moles and M denotes the molar mass of the substance in units of grams per mole . |
| 3 | It is featured proudly on the cheeseboards of several temples of gastronomy , and richly deserves much wider acclaim . |
| 4 | Eliot stressed that his own opinion was that once these abstractions had developed in the course of several generations within a civilization they required either renewal or else replacement . |
| 5 | It seems to me significant that in the course of several years of investigation , and after consulting , quite extensively , with all the authorities concerned , no such evidence has emerged . |
| 6 | Already we have a few examples of the end-product of several stages of processing , although we do not yet understand the mechanisms . |
| 7 | The most interesting aspect of the civil development is the recognition of several elements of a possible internal street grid , apparently laid out in line with or at right angles to the Fosse Way . |
| 8 | Robert Maxwell has deployed this tactic with considerable success to limit the circulation of several books about him to which he has taken exception . |
| 9 | The earth in the flower bed in front of the window was grey and powdery , the result of several weeks of drought . |
| 10 | This new extended edition is the result of several years of collaboration between the Ministry of Agriculture , Fisheries and Good and the RSC . |
| 11 | The development of a simple method of gall bladder cell culture from a readily accessble source will facilitate the study of several aspects of the gall bladder epithelial cell function and in particular the regulation of ion transport and hydrogen ion secretion , identification and cloning of the several antiport systems and channels operating on the cell membrane , regulation of mucin secretion and prostaglandin metabolism , and will enhance the understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms of gall bladder disorders . |
| 12 | The first volume of her poems was published by subscription ( the proposals for which were drawn up by Mr. Garrick ) under the patronage of several persons of rank and taste , in 1748 ; as was also the second volume , of which the late Mr. Hawkins Browne was the editor in 175 … , both of them after her death , which happened prematurely by the meazles , at the age of 24 . |
| 13 | The effect of several talks with Les has made these two decide to use their home , their lives and all they have to create a new Rhodesia , a fair society . |
| 14 | Major research programmes involving several research students within a single department are likely to lead to the completion of several theses within the same academic year . |
| 15 | An Honourable Death is an imaginative recreation of the life of Hector MacDonald , the son of a Highland stonemason who ran away to the Army when 17 and by the end of the last century had become the hero of several adventures in far-flung parts of the British Empire . |
| 16 | Most promoters analyzed in detail , which correspond to Escherichia coli , form open complexes with RNA polymerase that are essentially irreversible in vitro , in the sense that they have relatively long half-lives ( in the range of several minutes to hours , refs. 3 , 4 , 6 , 7 ) , and are therefore resistant to the challenge of competitors such as heparin or heterologous DNA . |
| 17 | This derived from the confluence of several lines of clinical and experimental work and can be stated as follows : induction of a state of inappropriate immunity ( hypersensitivity ) to gliadin is a relatively frequent occurrence , genetically restricted . |
| 18 | This increased expenditure upon the older age groups probably arises from the inter-relationship of several factors including : price inflation in health care ; population change ; the increased use of health services . |
| 19 | Ace had hung her coat over a chair in her lab , and was busy rearranging the workings of several weapons with the aid of a set of jeweller 's screwdrivers . |
| 20 | The attempt to ‘ discipline ’ certain offending local authorities involved the government in many political and legal battles , the passage of several Acts of Parliament , and , ultimately , the creation of a radically reshaped system of local government . |
| 21 | For this man the ordeal of several hours in a police cell is over there 'll be no court case , no difficult explanations for his employer . |
| 22 | The Fraud Squad had been seeking the help of several journalists for some weeks , as part of its work on the findings of that official report . |
| 23 | Their popularity is due to the lower cost of ‘ consolidated ’ shipments , in which freight forwarders place the cargo of several shippers in the same container or on pre-leased space in a vessel . |
| 24 | The book 's 468 photographs , 75 of which are in colour , are complemented by the inclusion of several examples of Penn 's drawings . |
| 25 | The book 's 468 photographs , 75 of which are in colour , are complemented by the inclusion of several examples of Penn 's drawings . |
| 26 | Then there is the linking of several figures within a single contour , especially in the lovely arabesques , fig. 127 and the corresponding trio , sometimes to the distortion of the individual figure : try thinking apart the Centaur and woman at the right of fig. 126 . |
| 27 | Soon there came the sound of several pairs of feet . |
| 28 | She knew the Spanish liking for these little snacks and she stepped down into the street , a little surprised to find herself the focus of several pairs of eyes . |
| 29 | He said he would be pressing for the expulsion of several members of the local association who had privately aired derogatory views about a black candidate while publicly supporting him . |
| 30 | He died 5 January 1737 , ‘ suddenly , of a fit of apoplexy , as he was sitting in his chair at his house in Bartlett 's Buildings , Holborn ’ , and was succeeded first by his son Erasmus [ q.v. ] , the author of several treatises on economics , and then by a younger son , John , ‘ a notorious Jacobite ’ . |