Example sentences of "[adv] of [noun] [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plight of the poor was ameliorated by the slowing down of population growth during the second half of the seventeenth century and by simultaneous improvements in agricultural production techniques and employment opportunities offered by rural industries . |
| 2 | The squadron is returning to America as part of the wind down of NATO bases after the end of the Cold War . |
| 3 | And finally , people er were subject to various forms of forced labour , most obviously of course conscription into the armed forces but other kinds of forced labour as well repairing the irrigation streams , digging dykes and , and so on and so forth . |
| 4 | Summoning the last of my energy for one big effort I blew half an ounce or so of Redbreast Flake from the uterine mucosa and heaved forward . |
| 5 | Geac Computer Corp Ltd has reported a third quarter net loss equivalent to $5.6m after an exceptional charge of $8.6m for buying in of software research by the library automation business , against a profit last time of $2.9m , on turnover that rose 31.7% to $22.3m ; net loss for the nine months was $241,000 against a profit last time of $5.1m , on turnover that rose 17.9% at $58.7m . |
| 6 | I wanted to show her why hospitals like Barts are crucial as providers not only of specialist care of the rare and the bizarre , but also superlative care of the plain and usual , with a quality of nursing that surpasses the ‘ barely adequate ’ striven for by the NHS executive . |
| 7 | It is a fairly sparse forest mostly of birch trees on a light , sandy soil . |
| 8 | It was argued that the law should do more to ensure , not fairness , but honesty , in the carrying on of investment business in the United Kingdom . |
| 9 | In the shot from above of Deckard hanging from the side of the building , the painting , mostly in shades of blue and purple , represents the precipitous drop beneath his feet . |
| 10 | This does not of necessity call for a middle way between the extremes of egalitarianism on the one hand and élitism on the other . |
| 11 | Initially this consisted largely of background information about the cultures and languages of the workers together with exercises which enabled the managers to examine their own use of language . |
| 12 | Derby boss Arthur Cox had no complaints about the sending off of Jason Kavanagh in the 66th minute . |
| 13 | The Cabinet , however , even though shorn of Crosland , and also of Roy Jenkins on the right and Barbara Castle on the left for different reasons , still remained credible as an agent of authority , and in the early months of 1977 Britain slowly emerged towards a plateau of greater tranquillity and modest economic recovery . |
| 14 | One technique involves the picking up of spread cells from the surface of a saline or sucrose solution onto a slide and is generally used for spermatocyte spreading when an abundance of cells is available in suspension . |
| 15 | The opening up of North America by the railways made American wheat available to Europe . |
| 16 | A visit should also include the Chapel of the Pietà , occasionally known as the chapel of San Satiro , where there is a superb Deposition made up of terracotta figures by the artist Agostino De Fondutis . |
| 17 | It 's believed warm weather has led to a build up of botulism bacteria in the canal . |
| 18 | ( d ) Private customers — the number of these is small , and are mainly made up of staff members of the Bank and some UK organisations . |
| 19 | In fact I thought that most of the Scotland team was made up of Leeds player in the mid-70 's … infact that is why I support Scotland & not England ( actually because of Lorimer ) at fooball . |
| 20 | There are also fears about the build up of methane gas at the site , which is yards away from a railway bank made of thousands of tonnes of coal waste . |
| 21 | SHELL is sending a top financial professional to Japan to take charge temporarily of treasury operations of an affiliate company which has lost huge amounts on currency speculation . |
| 22 | Suppression of an individual 's own breeding allows a slow rate of reproduction , which is probably of survival value in a harsh environment where over-exploitation of resources can easily develop . |
| 23 | Plucked out of school rugby by the current All Black assistant coach , Ellis has impressed with his ability and polished skills . |
| 24 | ‘ I was paid £3 10s a week , and worked on Saturday mornings , ’ he said as he bowed out of Linlithgow Branch for the last time . |
| 25 | And up until now , it has pumped a high level of turnover back into just such research and development — out of £820,000 sales for the fiscal year ending March 1992 , some £213,000 went on this activity , while for the year ending March 1993 , the figure was more like £414,000 , out of total revenues of only £922,000 . |
| 26 | Windowboxes and other containers often begin to run out of flower power towards the end of summer , but it is usually possible to give them a boost to sustain interest until it is time to plant them up for a spring display . |
| 27 | British Petroleum is pulling out of South Africa with the sale of its $225million stake in coal mining businesses to the Anglo American corporation . |
| 28 | Pop music history is littered with examples of out of court settlements as a result of unlicensed sampling . |
| 29 | REPRESENTATIVES of 1,600 Lloyd 's of London names who lost hundreds of millions of pounds through syndicates run by Mr Dick Outhwaite yesterday appealed for an out of court settlement of a threatened legal wrangle . |
| 30 | Exxon Corporation , the multi-national oil giant , has agreed to pay up to $1,100 million ( $1.1 billion ) in an out of court settlement over the 1989 Valdez oil spill . |