Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb past] of [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hong Kong manufacturers employ perhaps 2m workers in southern China , and last year nearly 58% of Hong Kong 's total exports consisted of re-exports from China . |
| 2 | Its membership and its political weight varied of course from time to time with the personality of the monarch and with changing circumstances . |
| 3 | The main part of this group consisted of Cossacks from the Soviet Union , who , because of their fierce anti-Communism , had sided with the Germans during the advance towards the Caucasus in 1942 . |
| 4 | Popular parlance spoke of Time as a medium wherein one had a certain independence of movement quite at variance with scientific dogma . |
| 5 | The core of Fidel 's men at this stage consisted of supporters of the Ortodoxo party , so-called because of its avowed adherence to the principles of José Marti , a radical thinker in many respects but one who was unequivocally in favour of democratic government for Cuba . |
| 6 | Briefly , the perfused preparation consisted of pancreas with a small remnant of duodenum according to the method as described elsewhere . |
| 7 | Rapid accumulation maintained expanding markets — much extra output consisted of means of production bought by capitalists — so that demand shortage did not pull down prices and hence push up real wages . |
| 8 | This was not invented until 1913 and in its early simple form consisted of steel with a chromium content : this made the alloy highly resistant to corrosion . |
| 9 | Of the 18 patients who were alive at short term follow up , one has since died of coronary disease ; a second patient with coronary disease died of carcinoma of the lung ; and four further surviving patients have angiographic evidence of disease . |
| 10 | A particular , and somewhat misleading , borrowing by the Chicago School from the natural world consisted of analogies with plant life . |
| 11 | These fictions had ceased before a whisky-sodden Brown died of erysipelas at Windsor Castle , 27 March 1883 . |
| 12 | This marriage was advantageous to him in that it introduced him into the local society but it was to last only three years , for in 1573 Jane died of smallpox at the age of 20 . |
| 13 | In 1989 3,500 people died of cancer in Northern Ireland , that 's 22pc of all deaths . |
| 14 | The International Forum came of age in October 1990 when the 21st conference was held . |
| 15 | The International Forum came of age in October 1990 when the 21st conference was held in Aviemore on the theme Innovation . |
| 16 | The entire first half consisted of film of Botham 's greatest moments , liberally interspersed with more film of him drinking the sponsor 's lager . |
| 17 | Sims was twice married : his first wife died of cancer aged thirty-two ; his second , Florence Wykes , whom he married in 1901 , survived him . |
| 18 | In 1991 , 62% of management buyouts recorded in continental Europe consisted of divestments from domestic or foreign companies and only 33% from private or family companies . |
| 19 | Antibacterial drugs , such as the sulphonamides , did not become generally available until some years later , and as in the case of erysipelas in Dr. Prior 's day , the only treatment consisted of isolation with adequate nursing care and hygiene . |
| 20 | With the few data presently available , it is difficult to assess whether isolated primary involvement by non-Hodgkin 's lymphoma would be equally responsive to treatment ; our case 1 patient died of complications before any relevant treatment could be undertaken , whereas follow up in the case reported by Berman et al was too short ; only successful local excision of the tumour was reported although ‘ radiotherapy and chemotherapy were recommended to the patient ’ . |
| 21 | Each cycle consisted of denaturation at 94°C for 2 minutes , annealing at 42°C for 2 minutes with subsequent extension at 72°C for 2 minutes . |
| 22 | Same thing happened of course with , he 's desperate for a goal as well , he makes the winner for but has n't got his name on the score sheet . |
| 23 | The new Board consisted of members with knowledge and experience rather than representatives of particular interests . |
| 24 | At least 130 pandas died of starvation in the mid-70s when three species of bamboo died off in panda territory . |
| 25 | This working party consisted of representatives from the Scottish Division of Royal College of Psychiatrists , the Scottish Section of Royal College of Nursing , Medical and Nursing Officers from within SHHD , and Medical and Nursing Officers from the Common Services Agency Building Division which has its headquarters in Glasgow . |
| 26 | A long black beard and a penchant for smoking cigars in the street were the outward signs of a nonconformity whose intellectual dimension consisted of enthusiasm for French utopian socialism . |