Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] of [noun pl] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All plants and animals , ourselves included , are made up of cells , but the cell walls of plants are of a more rigid structure . |
| 2 | In particular , will he confirm that conventional submarines will continue to play an important role and that the story broadcast by the BBC last night as a hard fact — that the HMS Upholder class of submarines is to be sold — is completely untrue and without foundation ? |
| 3 | The statistical , financial and projection skills of actuaries are of particular relevance to this work . |
| 4 | Analyte affinity constants of antibodies are at least an order of magnitude greater than those of enzymes , so much higher sensitivity is possible , but it is difficult to extract a detectable signal from the binding event . |
| 5 | While the area health authority ( AHA ) had commissioned work to consider the future of its long-stay hospitals , the looming 1982 reorganization of the NHS by which the area tier of authorities was to be abolished , did not augur well for any initiative to be taken forward from such work . |
| 6 | For instance , a clause providing for auditors to value shares may state that the auditor is to certify their " fair value " or similar words ( see 3.5 ) ; a minority holding of shares is to be valued without regard to the fact that it is a minority holding ( see 3.6 ) ; surveyors have to assume certain facts and disregard others in establishing a rental ( see 2.3.3 ) . |
| 7 | The fossil record of insects is at its best from Tertiary deposits , where amber , the fossil resin of coniferous trees in which insects became entrapped , yield great numbers of exquisitely preserved specimens . |
| 8 | The sibling parents of parallel cousins are the same sex and the sibling parents of cross-cousins are of the opposite sex . |