Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Here he uses a telling quotation : ‘ Evolution is the root of atheism , of communism , nazism , behaviorism , racism , economic imperialism , militarism , libertinism , anarchism and all manner of anti-Christian systems of belief and practice . ’ |
| 2 | She thanked him , subdued , as he handed her a pair of stretch-towelling socks . |
| 3 | Then we came to the state dining-room with its long mahogany table and rows of high-backed chairs . |
| 4 | Some of these new Jacobean pulpits were raised to a great height and topped by impressive sounding-boards in order both to emphasize the importance of the sermon and to make the preacher visible above the rows of high-backed pews . |
| 5 | The sensitivity of resonant bars is thus comparable with that of interferometers . |
| 6 | Of resonant names |
| 7 | At Stocks Hill Huggate is an individually designed and superbly appointed detached country house of spacious proportions situated on an elevated plot of some one third of an acre . |
| 8 | The centrality of hierarchical institutions in this field ( and its closeness to the field of power ) means that collective struggles will be between classes of ‘ priests ’ safely ensconced in institutions . |
| 9 | Christians gravitated to Ireland not to impose their creed on others , but to immerse themselves in the teachings of the past — and to discover , in the seclusion and peace of the island , their own inner communion with their God , independent of hierarchical priesthoods . |
| 10 | It provides object-linking and graphical displays of hierarchical structures like the thesaurus and tool boxes . |
| 11 | What characteristics of hierarchical structures can you deduce from studying the chart ? |
| 12 | We have looked at the devices which create formal links between sentences ; at pragmatic interpretations which link literal meaning to function and social meaning ; at the existence of hierarchical structures in particular discourse types ; and finally at the conversational mechanisms which enable people to construct informal discourse together and make sense of what is happening as they do so . |
| 13 | Under the old paradigm , companies are organized into a series of hierarchical tiers so that supervisors at each level can make sure that subordinates act according to plan . |
| 14 | It is therefore a theoretical structure flawed in some of its fundamental conceptions and all too readily adaptable to the needs of hierarchical bureaucracies . |
| 15 | The structural lacuna in the intentional scenario is , I am suggesting , to be filled by something like Sampson 's account of the evolution of hierarchical arrangements of stable sub-assemblies . |
| 16 | Following Holling ( 1978 ) and Grossman ( 1983 ) , they conceptualized the man/environment relationship at a series of hierarchical levels : |
| 17 | A tall organisation is one which , in relation to its size , has a large number of management hierarchies , whereas a flat organisation is one which , in relation to its size , has a smaller number of hierarchical levels . |
| 18 | Affinitive relationships are a further type of connection between index terms , and thus may be codified by a similar statement to that encountered in respect of hierarchical relationships : A is permitted , but consider using B or C or , … , |
| 19 | None the less , the supporters of the Duke of Northumberland lost no opportunity to represent her as a staunch papist , and attempted to make use of anti-papal fears to win support for their rival candidate for the throne , Jane Grey . |
| 20 | The large number of strict-liability offences , at least 3,750 of 7,200 separate and distinct criminal offences listed on the basis of the 1975 edition of Stone 's Justices ' Manual ( that is , more than half ) , are then dismissed from serious study . |
| 21 | ROUGH TRADE Your Rights Explained Chris Roan is Head of Technical Services for Cambridgeshire County Council 's Trading Standards Department . |
| 22 | The Region has a contract with the Consortium ‘ Venezia Disinquinamento ’ ( Venice De-pollution ) for the purification of waters draining into the Lagoon from the surrounding hinterland , and a contract for the provision of technical services required ( including all the legal and administrative procedures ) to de-pollute the Lagoon , the historic centre of Venice and the towns of Mira and Chioggia . |
| 23 | At the end of last year , Ian Fulton of Technical Services and his friend Sean Elvin took a lorry containing 14 tons of aid to Croatia . |
| 24 | Jack ‘ I 'll be retiring soon ’ Duncan has finally gone and in a few weeks I shall also have a clear desk and be on my way to Viewforth , Stirling to take up my appointment as Director of Technical Services in Central Region . |
| 25 | The renewal of the annual licence has been held up by the Department of Technical Services ‘ Electrical Engineer and the Fire Brigade . |
| 26 | That in France , about which most information is available , had at various times responsibility for a wide variety of technical services — couriers , diplomatic bags , codes and , much more significantly , personnel and appointments . |
| 27 | Aberconwy Borough Council 's director of technical services , Mr Roy Kendrick , said they hoped to start clearing up highways today , providing the weather held . |
| 28 | Director of technical services Ken Swales is recommending the city 's amenities and leisure committee to accept the offer from BR and seek planning permission to erect the statue . |
| 29 | Already one can see the old ‘ paternalism ’ of the industry with its hierarchies and job guarantees having to give way to different business practices which take greater account of technical exigencies . |
| 30 | Cost-increasing barriers include customs formalities like VAT and excise duty assessments , verification of technical regulations , and also costs incurred by companies in adhering to different technical regulations . |