Example sentences of "[noun pl] of [adj] [vb pp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is an interesting thought that the numerical approach could be strengthened and made more acceptable if the number of units of good credited to a ‘ good ’ decision and then added to the Godhead , could be a factor of the numerical majority of individuals in sympathy with that decision . |
| 2 | And Stena Sealink claimed that the total market had grown by a mammoth 39pc over the first four months of 1993 compared with the previous year . |
| 3 | The guns , which fire blanks , are exact replicas of those fired in the Wild West . |
| 4 | In court the young women were cross-examined at length and accounts of this published in the press . |
| 5 | and I 'm not entirely sure , Marcus did phone me and say , at one point , when he was making up the mailing list , he 's had three hundred copies of that made of the extract and he was kind of you know , sniffing around for who to send them |
| 6 | It seems this is a risk employers must take , although it is reduced when the employer consults and investigates the wishes of those affected before the move . |
| 7 | the expense , and thus the infrequency and relative brevity , of meetings of those engaged in the scientific work ; |
| 8 | In 1711 the Whig Kit-Cat Club spent £200 on planning an elaborate procession in London for 17 November , along the lines of those staged by the Green Ribbon Club during the Exclusion Crisis , culminating in burning effigies of the Pope , the devil , and the Pretender . |
| 9 | Relations with France had deteriorated in recent weeks [ see p. 37874 ] , and on Dec. 21 the government denounced as " paternalistic " the comments of Thierry de Beaucé , the French Secretary of State for International Cultural Relations , who had called on the Moroccan government to respect human rights , especially in the context of the trials of those arrested over the Dec. 14-15 demonstrations . |
| 10 | He said to Miriam , who was helping him dress the wounds of those hurt in the recent engagement : " The poor Collector has erysipelas . |
| 11 | No one can represent fully the lives of those met during a case study ; nor can full justice be done to the complexity and the range of issues , interpretations and concerns experienced by each individual . |
| 12 | The G M B and Apex Partnership shop stew stewards and representatives of Leyland Daf played a magnificent part , maximizing jobs whilst at the same time looking after the needs of those thrown on the scrap heap through no fault of their own . |
| 13 | Interest in the implications of this increased in the 1960s , with the result that seismic and drilling have since demonstrated the continuation of the thrust with shallow dips well to the south of its outcrop . |
| 14 | At the same time President Bush took the unusual step of sending a message of condolence not only to the families of the seven labourers killed at Rishon Le Zion , but also to the families of those killed in the rioting afterwards . |
| 15 | We got out of the coach and walked through the gates to the stares of those gathered on the gravel , and over to a low metal hut in the corner of the compound where we were ordered to go inside and sit down in silence . |
| 16 | The figures of those lost in The Great Wars are dwarfed by the millions involved in the slaughter of the unborn . |
| 17 | The council passed a motion backing calls by relatives of those killed in the Dublin and Monaghan bombings for an official inquiry . |
| 18 | The 1917 announcement and the reforms of 1919 known as the Montagu-Chelmsford reforms ( Chelmsford being the viceroy ) , which introduced the principle of ministerial responsibility into provincial government , were seen as means to this end . |
| 19 | Whatever the commercial motivations of those engaged in the ‘ farming industry ’ , the ultimate purpose of agriculture must be to provide mankind with a sustained and ample supply of health-giving food . |
| 20 | The lists of names of those assessed for the Whitechapel sewer rates for the period — yes , there was some rudimentary sanitation ! — reveal the extent to which immigrants into the area consisted not only of young lads up from Somerset , but included , amongst others , Jewish families for whom East London would be a place of shelter , away from persecution elsewhere . |
| 21 | It is , of course , not the place , duty or even wish of the investigators to frustrate the administration of justice in respect of proper awards for damages but some of the awards , particularly in the USA , have got out of proportion , particularly when it comes to product liability cases brought by the representatives of dependants of those killed in an accident . |
| 22 | The Act of 1986 contains provisions relating to many different aspects of receivership , all designed to improve the efficacy of the contractual machinery and to protect the interests of those affected by the receivership . |
| 23 | Andropov added that if Khrushchev resisted , he would produce documents showing the latter 's signature on the warrants of many arrested during the 1935-37 purges . ’ |
| 24 | First , the Treasury fixes the salaries of those employed in the National Museums and Galleries in London , Cardiff , Liverpool and Edinburgh . |
| 25 | And too many of them are deliberate re-runs of those seen in the aforementioned film . |
| 26 | Inspiration from these is drawn from a variety of sources , including national laws , the American Restatement , and the fertile minds of those engaged in the projects . |
| 27 | The main findings show that the degree results of those accepted on the basis of entry qualification other than A-levels were marginally higher than for those accepted on the basis of A-levels . |
| 28 | There were sixty such cubicles , two rows of thirty separated by a narrow corridor . |
| 29 | In their last financial years , only 39 FT-SE 100 companies ' audit fees increased above the rate of inflation ; 25 companies ' audit fees were cut from 1990 to 1991 ; 30 companies paid the same amount ; and the fees of six increased at a level below the rate of inflation . |
| 30 | The import liberalization measures of 1989/90 combined with an upswing in domestic demand to produce a strong growth of imports in 1990 . |