Example sentences of "[noun] of [v-ing] [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THERE WERE GOODBYES TOO for Nelson Piquet , who retired hurt after a terrible Indy smash … and , to everyone 's sorrow , to Denny Hulme , who died at the wheel of racing car in October . |
| 2 | For the incident has not only highlighted the risks of transporting oil by tanker past sensitive environments , but also brought the wider issue of UK oil consumption and energy policy to the fore once again . |
| 3 | ( 31 July 1778 ) Later , at the beginning of September , Mozart again outlined risks of composing operas in Paris : |
| 4 | 10.4 ( a ) Simply biased , capacitor-coupled , common-emitter amplifier , ( b ) output characteristics of amplifying transistor with load lines corresponding to circuit ( a ) superimposed and ( c ) input characteristics of amplifying transistor also with load lines corresponding to circuit ( a ) superimposed . |
| 5 | This report is concerned with an NFER project set up to study the feasibility of devising tests in mathematics at several levels of difficulty , for lower attaining pupils aged 14 to 16 years . |
| 6 | Our pilot project aims to assess the feasibility of identifying people at risk , nothing more . |
| 7 | They were ( i ) the Alternative Youth list , comprising the German Youth Party , Marxist Youth Association , Green Youth and the Free German Youth or FDJ ( 14,616 votes ) ; ( ii ) Christian League ( 10,691 votes ) ; ( iii ) Communist Party of Germany ( KPD ) ( 8,819 votes ) ; ( iv ) Independent Social Democratic Party ( 3,891 votes ) ; ( v ) European Federalist Party ( 3,636 votes ) ; ( vi ) Independent People 's Party ( 3,007 votes ) ; ( vii ) German Beer Drinkers ' Union ( 2,534 votes ) ; ( viii ) Spartacist Workers ' Party ( 2,417 votes ) ; ( ix ) Unity Now ( 2,396 votes ) ; ( ix ) League of Socialist Workers ( 386 votes ) ; ( x ) Association of Working Circles for Employees and Democracy ( 380 votes ) ; and ( xi ) European Union of the GDR ( no votes ) . |
| 8 | Methods of locating errors in trial balance |
| 9 | Let us clear the alternatives out of the way ; while they are often brought into discussions on the best methods of sharing knowledge with undergraduates , they have but limited scope , and there is no doubt that you must learn to handle lectures as the first step towards a fruitful co-operation with the staff at your college . |
| 10 | You should have at your fingertips some basic methods of handling conflict in meetings since it is almost inevitable and occasionally healthy . |
| 11 | Thus , the two procedures are alternative methods of creating settlements of land . |
| 12 | Advice on methods of conducting negotiations with clients or workers is useful . |
| 13 | That thinking was still cast in the mould of a hundred years before ; the methods of conducting war at sea were still those of blockade , commerce-destroying and protection , and still depended ultimately on the ability to win a pitched gun-battle with the enemy fleet . |
| 14 | The aims are to identify the training needs of doctoral research students with regard to writing , to assess the effectiveness of two methods of providing help with writing , and to contribute to our understanding of . |
| 15 | Most leading merchant banks have established their own property investment departments and have been at the forefront of developing innovative methods of financing projects through equity and long-term debt . |
| 16 | Co-ordinators ' ideas for improving links included a suggestion for staff exchanges for finding better methods of publicising choices for courses . |
| 17 | Unlike the traditional methods of catching tuna by line or by lure , superseiners are able to scoop up entire schools , without a single fish escaping . |
| 18 | 5.2 TRADITIONAL METHODS OF ORGANISING DATA ON BACKING STORAGE MEDIA |
| 19 | This was never articulated directly , a variety of subtler means were employed ; humour , to engage an audience and convey an important message without alienation ; sensuality , in a particular response to materials and experimentation , a need to manipulate materials and accepted methods of doing things in order to extend traditional boundaries , blurring and redefining the nature of art , craft and commercial design . |
| 20 | These methods of securing freedom of speech may have been effective , but they are happily unusual in England and constituted in our opinion a deplorable outrage of public order . |
| 21 | The military demands of the crown also aroused opposition , both to the methods of arraying men for service and the levying of money to pay their wages and provide their equipment . |
| 22 | This was followed by a series of studies of the relationship between living environments , the elderly , and ill health ( Exton-Smith 1955 ) , and of methods of minimizing length of stay in hospital by the establishment of out-patient assessment and follow-up clinics ( Adams et al 1957 ) , day hospitals ( Cosin 1954 ) , and preventive health care ( Anderson and Cowan 1955 ) . |
| 23 | Methods of investigating features of rejuvenation |
| 24 | Although there are a number of methods of measuring personality including observation , situational tests and projective tests , the most common method used in personnel selection is the questionnaire or inventory . |
| 25 | The results are also adversely affected by the costs of meeting enhanced safety requirements and a switch of accounting date to November , the 14-month period bearing the full costs of a non-income producing extra two months . |
| 26 | This was accomplished by the trades of buying September for £59900 , and selling March for £62025 . |
| 27 | It is therefore perhaps unsurprising that the problem over the loss of providing powers in Bedfordshire did not appear to be a major one in the context of such close co-operation and joint endeavour to promote the growth of rural adult education at that time . |
| 28 | As a result of seeing part of knowledge as the whole , ‘ rationalists ’ , Oakeshott contends , over-estimate their abilities to define and solve problems , whereas reason proper indicates the need for caution in assessing the scope of human capability . |
| 29 | Observers noted that the export drive by Japanese industry was the result of slowing demand on Japan 's domestic markets , but they expected the situation to stabilize as the year progressed . |
| 30 | Changes in the overall incidence of H pylori gastritis , as a result of rising standards of living and improved public health , together with past smoking habits , may partly explain these observations . |