Example sentences of "[to-vb] the [noun sg] of [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The strength of the Crown during the Tory Reaction was to a large degree dependent on the fact that Charles II was at last prepared to wear the mantle of King of the Anglicans , and he was very careful in soliciting their support . |
| 2 | First , it would be necessary to monitor the quantity of pollution of each firm in order to assess its tax liability . |
| 3 | Road transport pollution Congestion on the roads costs an estimated £15 billion a year , yet the Government continues to do nothing to curb the rate of growth of car use — estimated at 142% between 1990 and 2005 . |
| 4 | It was an answer that did not mean much to me then and I confess that it means very little to me today : it is not only a rather arid and pompous definition , which seems to drain the idea of God of imaginative life , but it also seems arrogant — even hubristic . |
| 5 | Presumably any G-Pt-G intrastrand crosslinks on the non-template strand do not provide a sufficient protrusion to affect the rate of movement of RNA polymerase , and are therefore not detected as transcriptional blockages . |
| 6 | A project to be launched at the three-day conference aims to promote the involvement of Christians of all ages in caring for the environment . |
| 7 | The APU was instituted by the DES in 1974 ‘ to promote the development of methods of assessing and monitoring the achievements of children at school , and to seek to identify the incidence of under-achievement ’ . |
| 8 | A conference will be held in May in Porto Alegre to promote the process of decentralisation of health care in Brazil . |
| 9 | I really just wanted to see er just wanted to see the sort of range of things they did now this is more like it you see Effective Writing , Report Writing , Technical Report Writing , Business Sales Corres , Editing House Journals Writing for Publication , Desk Top Publishing , things like working with the media these are more the sort of things that I would see people |
| 10 | It is important that group members try to see the point of view of other individuals , and are willing to talk about their problems . |
| 11 | During the first few days that Mr Reynolds was in hospital the main aims of his care were to confirm the diagnosis of carcinoma of the rectum , and to ensure that both Mr and Mrs Reynolds understood the implications of this . |
| 12 | A barium enema and a sigmoidoscopy and biopsy of the rectal mass were required to confirm the diagnosis of carcinoma of the rectum . |
| 13 | They have the examination results of these pupils at 16 and are able ‘ to compare the progress of pupils of similar ability and background in the two school sectors ’ ( 1987 , p 56 ) . |
| 14 | Therefore , to compare the severity of illness of patients , two options remain . |
| 15 | The aim of the walk is to demonstrate opposition to prospecting , quarrying , mining , dumping and speculative developments in the area and to support the maintenance of rights of way . |
| 16 | James Oporia-Ekwaro , Head of the Africa and Middle East Group , will visit Ghana from June 9 to 25 to attend the Council of Churches of Ghana 's Round Table meeting . |
| 17 | It is to include the date of removal of goods or of their arrival , a description of the goods sufficient to identify them , the value or consideration involved and , if the goods are subject to a process , then a description and value of the process . |
| 18 | Still less is it intended to mirror the expectation of life of the deceased or his dependants . |
| 19 | Finally , to protect its own security interest in the collateral and its proceeds , the bank will need to acquire the equivalent of possession of the original bill . |
| 20 | The challenge is to modify the development of populations of pests and diseases in relation to their enemies , which requires a clear understanding of population dynamics . |
| 21 | In the event , high inflation and sharply rising unemployment worked to halve the rate of growth of real wages in comparison to the previous five-year period ( the effect was particularly marked in the manufacturing sector in Europe and Japan ) . |
| 22 | Poor Law administrators were to encourage the co-operation of Boards of Guardians with charities operating on COS principles . |
| 23 | After an earlier round of talks in Islamabad in July [ see pp. 38338-39 ] , it was reported that some mujaheddin groups had refused to accept the inclusion of representatives of the Najibullah regime in a transitional government [ see also p. 38194 ] . |
| 24 | They are rather too prone to accept the point of view of reactionary educational committees which are afraid of the WEA . |
| 25 | By checking acknowledgments in papers for co-authorship , academic origins , past and present employment , and citation frequency , it would be possible to establish the existence of networks of trusted assessors . |
| 26 | A second survey was undertaken to establish the level of loss of requested items over a six month period . |
| 27 | Medical tests were continuing yesterday to establish the cause of death of Lilian Iley , 30 , whose naked body was found in the bath at her home in Canning Street , Newcastle , at the weekend . |
| 28 | To establish the efficacy of identification of underachieving readers in France |
| 29 | Not only is this likely to increase the likelihood of relevance of the information , it also enhances user commitment . |
| 30 | i Cigarette smoking is believed to reduce fertility and to increase the frequency of abortion of chromosomally normal foetuses . |