Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [adj] [noun] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 But I do n't think it really ever I mean there were quite a lot of initiatives like that you know of people thinking of different ways really of of sticking together to combat er you know what I 've been talking about which was smashing unionism and er forcing lower wages really onto the the already low paid , which er really seems to be what Thatcher 's all about you know in order to er curb inflation and create a very divided society where er half the population seem to have to live either on the dole or in in poverty really in in derelict bits of Britain .
2 BSL therefore provides a great deal of aspectual information directly for the receiver , while English sets out the same story in a different way , allowing alteration of event structure without destroying meaning .
3 There is a deal of social activity now for the hunting season .
4 In early manuscripts and books using the Latin alphabet J and U were written I and V as capitals and there was a good deal of indiscriminate use even in the lower case ( e.g. Maiestie above ) .
5 First , neither the development of the ‘ visible hand ’ in coordinating ‘ vertical ’ flows from the extraction of raw materials through to final sales , nor the rise of the diversified corporation carrying out a planned allocation of resources between different product divisions , abolishes competition between capitalist enterprises .
6 ‘ They 've got a ring of anti-aircraft guns all round them .
7 The grant of a right of way over a road will include the following ancillary rights : ( 1 ) the right to stop for such time as is necessary to load and unload vehicles ( McIlraith v Grady [ 1968 ] 1 QB 468 ) but only where there is no other convenient place to stop London and Suburban Land v Carey ( 1991 ) 62 P & CR 480 ) ; and ( 2 ) the right to a sufficiency of vertical space immediately above the road for the purpose of loading and unloading ( VT Engineering Ltd v Barland ( Richard ) & Co Ltd ( 1968 ) 19 P & CR 890 ) .
8 We suggest your readership would be better served by some honest and balanced reporting of real issues instead of trying to conjure up imaginary conflict to act as a smokescreen for what is really happening in Wear Valley under the present Liberal administration .
9 ‘ The picture that emerges from our review of radioactive waste management is in many ways a disquieting one , ’ the Commission noted with cautious understatement , ‘ indicating insufficient appreciation of long-term requirements either by government departments or other organizations concerned . ’
10 Following the incorporation of Social Work Today into Community Care , the combined event will be held at the city 's New Century Hall .
11 Second , there was the loss of certain responsibilities either to central government departments or to the regional structure of nationalised industries or services .
12 All-party talks on the future of Northern Ireland , initiated by Peter Brooke , the UK Northern Ireland Secretary [ see p. 38156 ] , which were due to start on May 7 , were delayed as a result of procedural disputes mainly concerning the venue and chairing of the second strand of discussions .
13 On all courses we include a programme of extra-curricular activities either of a tourist nature or professionally orientated .
14 You have to be able to control every aspect of production , be able to trace every batch of raw materials right through your process and hold comprehensive records of production , sometimes for years afterwards .
15 Nevertheless the HMI secondary survey expressed some disquiet at the complexity of option schemes and the resulting individual curricula so generated , in addition to their general concern about the extent of the ‘ core ’ ( too many pupils were discontinuing study of important subjects well before the end of their schooling ) .
16 I carelessly accepted an invitation to debate with Mrs Williams on the future of social democracy etc on the radio .
17 So we are encouraged , instead , to go out on the town with our peers from other Mephistco departments , for the betterment of internal relations back at base .
18 Open records should lead to better record keeping in the primary sector and will give further support to the general practice of consulting parents early about learning or behavioural problems .
19 There was another piece of good news yesterday with the announcement that BAe plans to take on apprentices again .
20 There was another piece of good news yesterday with the announcement that BAe plans to take on apprentices again .
21 The London Docklands Development Corporation ( LDDC ) was faced with the opportunity of regenerating an area , which no matter how physically derelict , had an unfulfilled development potential the equal of any piece of real estate anywhere in the world .
22 Which was why he dipped the second piece of fried bread carefully in the egg and turned it about , concentrating on making it yellow all over .
23 He sat up and took a piece of mud-coloured rag out of his pocket and wiped his face .
24 I pull my little piece of four-by-two-inch rag out of the barrel of the Smith & Wesson , hold the pistol up to the overhead fluorescent , and squint inside .
25 Although he greeted them cheerily enough , they noticed that he was twisting a new piece of white chalk nervously between his fingers .
26 Lord Donaldson MR said at p 609 that dissemination of confidential information knowingly in breach of the plaintiff 's right can not undermine the right itself : it can however affect the remedies available to the plaintiff especially regarding the appropriateness of injunctive relief .
27 Feed on the usual aquarium foods with the occasional offering of live food in between .
28 Sometimes it 's as late as 1600 , which creates a log-jam of toppled novices somewhere down wind .
29 Silent serial recall of similar-sounding words ( homophones ) or signs sharing the same handshape ( non-homophones in English ) was used as a base for considering the effect of overt rehearsal either in sign ( into sign ) , or in words ( into words ) .
30 annual increases that some irresponsible Labour-controlled councils were imposing and which had the sole effect of driving businesses out of many of our major inner-city centres .
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