Example sentences of "[adj -er] [noun sg] of [noun] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If so , they would be prepared to supply further evidence of use of the path over a number of years . |
| 2 | Both before and during the events of 1789–92 in France and St Domingue they distinguished their aim of abolition of the trade from the larger question of emancipation of the slaves . |
| 3 | Of the very few banners that mentioned it , one from Moscow University called pointedly for ‘ a faster rate of democratisation of the party ’ . |
| 4 | For example , theory shows that financing a service by an annually-negotiated budget will result in a higher level of provision of the service than would be socially optimal , and higher than would be provided by financing through charges to the user . |
| 5 | Questions could be asked about the so-called Maidenhead factor , which relates to the apparently higher level of affluence of the population that is likely to be affected by a flood than elsewhere in the United Kingdom . |
| 6 | A higher level of stabilisation of the product has been offered . |
| 7 | The crucial assumption underlying this analysis , in contrast to those which have focused on the rate of growth of labour supply and the idea of too few producers , is that the achievement of higher productivity is a prior condition for and not a consequence of a higher rate of growth of the manufacturing labour force [ cf. |
| 8 | Equally , the current trend of research councils to favour formal training , an important component of which for history will be computing and methodology , should bring with it a fuller measure of recognition of the skills acquired by the computer-using historian ( Denley 1990 ; Kruse 1991 ) . |
| 9 | Since the blend of the wind-group is not so perfect as that of the strings , owing to the greater uniformity of tone of the latter , passages of which the texture can be resolved into its component patterns , each of which suits the individual character of some particular instrument or small group of instruments , ‘ come off ’ best on the wind . |
| 10 | Produce pieces of writing in which simple subject matter is organised and set out clearly and appropriately ; in which sentences and any direct speech are helpfully punctuated ; in which a wider range of uses of the comma , eg around appositional or parenthetic constructions , is evident ; and in which brackets or pairs of dashes are used where necessary . |
| 11 | The greater degree of digestion of the isolated teeth is due to their greater exposure to digestion while still in the predator 's stomach ( as suggested earlier for the molars ) . |
| 12 | Respondents commented on the greater sense of ownership of the new courses , of opportunities to tailor the courses better to the needs of local candidates and employers , and of greater flexibility , particularly in assessment arrangements . |
| 13 | Not surprisingly one finds a greater number of narratives of the miracles of dead saints in France than in Germany , because they were more needed there . |
| 14 | This results in much thinner material at the joints and greater possibility of separation of the glue due to less surface contact . |
| 15 | Earlier detection of carcinoma of the bowel by the use of faecal occult blood screening tests should reduce the number of these patients presenting with iron deficiency anaemia . |
| 16 | First there were a series of general review papers sometimes based on inaugural or presidential addresses and these included a review of Man and the Natural Environment ( Wilkinson , 1963 ) ; advocacy of the need for study of anthropogeomorphology because of the earlier deficiency of studies of the form-creating activity of man and of the influence of man in natural phenomena ( Fels , 1965 ) ; and a revival of the title used by Sherlock for a review by Jennings ( 1966 ) in which he stressed that ‘ Man as a Geological Agent ’ is significant because studies of contemporary processes are nearly always heavily biased by anthropogenic effects . |