Example sentences of "[noun] of [noun] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is now a popular cruising link and the water quality in the Tame Valley canal improves markedly from here with the only weeds being small clumps of watercress along the edges . |
| 2 | Beyond Philadelphia , the farmland became vaguely English in the fading light with neat fields and little clumps of trees at the corners . |
| 3 | It is always possible to be kinder to the earth , but it is not saving clumps of trees from the bulldozers which will matter in the next century . |
| 4 | He represented the borough of Northampton in the Parliaments of 1624 , 1625 , 1626 , and 1628–9 . |
| 5 | Ltd v. Heller & Partners Ltd and Anns v. London Borough of Merton as the authorities which give rise to this proposition . |
| 6 | One obvious way to reduce the risks of conflict between the powers was to encourage the formation of an ‘ ultra-imperialist ’ consortium of powers to open up new territories like China . |
| 7 | The only sure method of reducing the risks of AIDS in the users of intravenous drugs and hence in others is to get the sufferers from addictive disease into continuing recovery through the Anonymous Fellowship of Narcotics Anonymous so that they have progressively less craving to use addictive drugs . |
| 8 | Climbed over the railings when the place was shut and did all sorts of things to the statues and the balconies . |
| 9 | When Philip was alone in the wood he imagined all sorts of things about the planes , that they were enemy planes bombing Thirkett , that they were on reconnaissance flights spying , that they were looking for him : a crashed pilot hiding out in the wood . |
| 10 | Walking with him smacked of an intimacy she wanted to avoid , apart from which the sight of them together would prompt all sorts of speculation among the villagers . |
| 11 | Here , by the harbour , there are all sorts of sounds from the docks and the ships , one gets to ignore them . ’ |
| 12 | He 's been telling me all sorts of stories about the places he 's worked in . ’ |
| 13 | A picture that you 'll find to sort of try and ex give you an example of some of the l a the text books have got some great pictures on these particular sorts of examples of the laws in practice . |
| 14 | You 've got all sorts of detail in the books , little historical facts and things |
| 15 | It would be possible to mount two sorts of argument against the Protocols style of conspiracy theory from within the conspiracy tradition itself . |
| 16 | There are two possible sorts of explanation for the difficulties we have in recalling dreams . |
| 17 | The International Association of Women in the Arts is also planning a series of events in Madrid in September , as well as its AGM and conference which will take place from the 28 September to the 2 October . |
| 18 | The CNAA will exert — indeed has already exerted — a significant influence over the thinking of teachers in the polytechnics . |
| 19 | There is a great deal of competitiveness between the sections , sometimes not always friendly , with each thinking itself the most efficient and ‘ best ’ at policing . |
| 20 | The whisky is bottled there and dispatched abroad , earning a great deal of money for the coffers of the Chancellor . |
| 21 | During that spring and summer the Australians enjoyed a good deal of help from the locals . |
| 22 | She did a good deal of field-work in the pubs of commuterland , achieving in her story ‘ Summer Schools ’ ( also in the 1958 volume ) an almost ‘ Gothic ’ horror . |
| 23 | People had been staging revolutions without a great deal of success over the years and it was seventy percent of the people who were disadvantaged was n't it ? |
| 24 | On the contrary , it draws attention to the dangers of introducing western technology outside , and even in the west it 's a good illustration this of the extent to which or work in countries overseas has relevance for Britain , because we have done a great deal of work on the implications for the unemployment problem of having technology which requires too much capital , which has a very ratio of capital to labour . |
| 25 | We organized , we supported , we gave a great deal of work behind the candidates of the party as Dave has already mentioned , but we kept off the television , we kept off the radio , we kept out of the newspapers . |
| 26 | His temper was uncertain and he was drinking a great deal of brandy during the evenings . |
| 27 | I think there 's a great deal of disparity between the countries of Western Europe erm in the way in which health and social security provisions are organized and erm provided . |
| 28 | However , a good number of geographers have conducted recreational surveys in the last 20 years and a good deal of experience in the methods and techniques for conducting visitor surveys , in particular , has been obtained , so that it is now generally agreed that the following procedure should be followed : |
| 29 | The German athletics federation ( DLV ) panel , which is expected to announce its decision by the end of the month , has put a great deal of emphasis on the findings of the reports . |
| 30 | This causes a great deal of anxiety for the parents of a girl child , for they start immediately after her puberty to worry about her marriage if she is not already married . |