Example sentences of "[noun] of the [noun pl] [be] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As originally conceived in the White Paper , the main characteristics of the polytechnics were that they were to be large , comprehensive , have an applied philosophy , be primarily teaching institutions with a brief to develop courses in new areas , and their courses were to be validated by the CNAA . |
| 2 | There was a struggle for the polytechnics to define , in private and in public , what the characteristics of the polytechnics were and should remain . |
| 3 | The result of the enclosures was that many countrymen lost what little security they had formerly possessed , including the sense of belonging to a particular village or cottage . |
| 4 | The effect of the provisions is that the newly issued shares are deemed , as it were , to be a replacement of the shares transferred so that no capital gains tax becomes payable on the transfer by the transferor at that stage . |
| 5 | On the principle question in the case , the concensus of the judges was that the authorities against the existance of the defence were irresistable , but perhaps this payed too little regard to the paralell rule for the priviledge of self-defence . |
| 6 | ‘ Bearing in mind that the essence of the proceedings is whether or not this lady had to give up these premises , it seems to me that , although he may not have been correct in thinking that the relief sought in the counterclaim was a matter for judicial review , the issue could without doubt be better dealt with by separate proceedings . |
| 7 | An indirect result of the reduction of the fares was that the G.L.C. would lose approximately £50 million of the rate support grant . |
| 8 | The response of the companies is that such prices are necessary to recoup the costs of R&D , and to compensate for risk , since only a small proportion of R&D generates innovations that are commercially viable . |
| 9 | The quite unambiguous teaching of the Principles is that they , too , are mind-dependent ideas . |
| 10 | The titles of the sketches are as follows : ‘ The Young Couple ’ ; ‘ The Formal Couple ’ ; ‘ The Loving Couple ’ ; ‘ The Contradictory Couple ’ ; ‘ The Couple Who Dote Upon Their Children ’ ; ‘ The Cool Couple ’ ; ‘ The Egotistical Couple ’ ; ‘ The Couple Who Coddle Themselves ’ ; ‘ The Old Couple ’ ; ‘ Conclusion ’ . |
| 11 | The titles of the sketches are as follows : ‘ The Bashful Young Gentleman ’ ; ‘ The Out-and-out Young Gentleman ’ ; ‘ The Very Friendly Young Gentleman ’ ; ‘ The Military Young Gentleman ’ ; ‘ The Political Young Gentleman ’ ; ‘ The Domestic Young Gentleman ’ ; ‘ The Censorious Young Gentleman ’ ; ‘ The Funny Young Gentleman ’ ; ‘ The Theatrical Young Gentleman ’ ; ‘ The Poetical Young Gentleman ’ ; ‘ The ‘ Throwing-off |
| 12 | The other major weakness of the proposals is that they do not properly identify the nature of the problem . |
| 13 | that report er that i it was er said that it m a high proportion of the cases were because of bed closures , which surely must be linked with resources . |
| 14 | Of course another result of the withholding of the statements was that the trial judge and in their turn the Court of Appeal were ignorant of the contents of the statements and of the very existence of the May addendum . |
| 15 | Frequently recurring criticisms of the contracts are that they are of up to nine years ' duration , they contain hidden annual increases , that the costs of settling old agreements are added to the undisclosed capital value of new equipment , and that the total cost of a contract is not disclosed . |
| 16 | Another aspect of the applied philosophy of the polytechnics is that they should maintain close contacts with industry and business . |
| 17 | Using the vowel frame , the articulation place of the diphthongs is as follows ( the arrows indicating the direction in which the tongue rises slightly . |
| 18 | Possible tests of success in this facet of the changes is whether non-executives are clear about their contribution and whether decisions are more than the sum of executive preferences . |
| 19 | The chief importance of the cases is that they illustrate general principles . |
| 20 | My main criticism of the proposals is that the reforms that they suggest are far too complacent and conservative . |
| 21 | My advantage over the rest of the managers is that I can manipulate my time more . |
| 22 | The orientation of the drawings is as shown in Figure 1 . |
| 23 | Whilst desktop publishing at the low-end of the market may appear to be a careful juggling match between cost and quality of output , as indeed it is , the real determining factor about the suitability of the products is whether they actually provide some benefit that could not be achieved by other means . |
| 24 | Robert Kidder has argued that there was no clash of values , but that on the contrary the attraction of the courts was that they were in theory able to pass down clear-cut and decisive decisions . |
| 25 | Another sign of the times is that dealers are taking smaller spaces . |
| 26 | One sign of the times was that Lord Young of Dartington , a founder member of the SDP in 1981 , moved back to rejoin the Labour Party . |
| 27 | A summary of the results is as follows : |
| 28 | Yet the claim of the bureaucrats is that they are working in a dispassionate general , even national , interest ; working for the good of all society . |
| 29 | The chief demand of the strikers was that there should be fresh elections for the Assembly . |
| 30 | It would seem to follow from this analysis that the most appropriate content to ascribe to the duty to act in the interests of the shareholders is that the directors should attempt to maximise the present value of the company . |