Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [prep] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will be overseeing the installation of a small-scale hydro-electric generating scheme bringing heating and lighting to the village of Mango in the foothills of the Karakoram range . |
| 2 | ‘ Ah , yes , performance , ’ he murmured , taking another great gulp of whisky from the glass in his left hand , still holding her tightly with his right . |
| 3 | The man sitting at the other end of the bench took a quarter-bottle of whisky from the pocket of his torn donkey-jacket , twisted off the gold tin top and took a swig . |
| 4 | One means suggested for transfer of moisture into the interior of Pangaea has been monsoonal circulation created by the Permian continental configuration . |
| 5 | Rory grinned , stirring his finger through a little patch of moisture on the side of his glass . |
| 6 | The very strength of the German Bildungsbürgertum meant that it served not only as ‘ organic intellectual ’ to the entire Bürgertum , but that it ( unlike in other countries ) was to be the hegemonic force imparting its own specific type of unity to the whole of the Bürgertum . |
| 7 | But this was a rare moment of unity in the expression of oppositional definitions of the ‘ national interest ’ . |
| 8 | She did a good deal of field-work in the pubs of commuterland , achieving in her story ‘ Summer Schools ’ ( also in the 1958 volume ) an almost ‘ Gothic ’ horror . |
| 9 | It could not be long before the football emperor was in truly royal circles He met King George V , Queen Mary and the Prince of Wales , and often discussed points of play with the King during Cup finals . |
| 10 | Despite the lack of studies , much of what follows in this book derives from the application of theories of play to the study of reading . |
| 11 | Two unconnected events , but they present a picture of sport on television which brings the state of play in the battle for the sporting viewer into sharp perspective ; BBC , centre circle , triumphant ; ITV pushed to the wings ; and the satellite and cable companies warming to the game after their first year 's play . |
| 12 | Some kind of assessment of the competence of teachers was seen as a way of weeding out those who were incompetent : a reaction to severe cuts in education ( along with the effects of falling rolls ) , and the need to thin out the teaching force . |
| 13 | However , it was the local authority 's plan that there should be a period of assessment of the relationship between L. and her mother , the mother 's skills as a parent and her willingness to respond to counselling , and that a programme of rehabilitation should be entered into . |
| 14 | To forestall any immediate and hasty rejection of the foregoing method of assessment of the value of human virtue by the reader , he is reminded that there is at present no rational way in which this can be done . |
| 15 | This special qualitative factor has now received the approval , at least by implication , of the Court of Appeal in Spittle v Bunney [ 1988 ] 3 All ER 1031 at 1041 , a case in which guidance is given on the method of assessment of the value of a mother 's services to a young infant . |
| 16 | The National Computing Centre commissioned a survey of assessment of the impacts of office technology on organisational structures and relationships , and that work was completed in 1985 . |
| 17 | The guidelines exclude the possibility of assessment of the bargain under the contract as described above . |
| 18 | The study also suggests that priority ought to be given to research which synthesises available evidence and arguments about key aspects of welfare policy , including the unit of assessment for the purposes of tax and social security , personal freedom and preventive health measures and the social responsibility for dependants . |
| 19 | It superceded GCE ‘ O ’ Level and CSE examinations to constitute a unified system of assessment at the end of compulsory schooling . |
| 20 | The Board made it clear that ‘ if a School Board is resolved upon , the arrangement by which the Company now pay rates upon their cottage property will be terminated , and that the rates will have to be paid by the tenants themselves : On the other hand , if the Board is not decided upon , the Company will combine with the remaining £4,000 of assessment in the Parish with a view of providing a small Infant School at Old Bradwell . |
| 21 | Where a capital sum ( as defined ) is paid directly or indirectly in any relevant year of assessment by the trustees of a settlement to the settlor then , to the extent that there is an amount of income available ( as defined ) in the settlement , the settlor can be taxed on that capital sum as if it were income . |
| 22 | The research has 3 principal aims : a ) to throw light on the process of assessment from the viewpoints of parents , children , professionals responsible for identifying special needs , and administrators responsible for producing a formal Statement of a child ; s needs ; b ) to describe , and provide an analysis of , sources of conflict and of agreement in the assessment process ; c ) to develop a theoretical understanding of the concept of EBD from the view-points of the various people involved in assessment , whether as clients or as professionals . |
| 23 | However , the wine must have been amphetamine-free , because the resulting doldrums never arrived , and I remained in a state of euphoria for the whole of the afternoon . |
| 24 | There were also changes within the labour markets , with strong evidence of decentralization from the cores to the metropolitan rings and outer rings . |
| 25 | Many of them were frustrated by the lack of progress under the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative , seeing its message of free trade as at odds with the actions of an increasingly protectionist US Congress . |
| 26 | Research students register as Probationer Research Students in the first instance , and , subject to a formal review of progress at the end of the first year , they may have their registration upgraded to that of D.Phil . |
| 27 | Speaking in Moscow Tun Razak denied that he had arrived to obtain the official approval of the USSR for the neutralisation of Southeast Asia ‘ because the responsibility for this rests with the countries of Southeast Asia themselves , acting on a collective basis ’ but he hoped that ‘ according to the extent of progress of the countries of Southeast Asia on this path towards our goal the Soviet Government will show sympathy and understanding towards us ’ . |
| 28 | A total of $100,000,000 in aid had been frozen by the US administration in May because of lack of progress on the compensation of US citizens for property seized by the former Sandinista regime [ see p. 38957 ] . |
| 29 | An indication of progress on the subject of SLCMs was provided on July 14 , when the US National Security Adviser , Brent Scowcroft , commented that ( Soviet ) proposals to ban SLCMs altogether ( in the light of perceived verification problems associated with ascertaining their numbers ) were " one of the open areas in the strategic arms negotiations ' ( the USA had formerly wanted to exclude SLCMs from the talks ) . |
| 30 | James Stephen provided encouragement at signs of progress in the operation of amelioration measures in the Crown Colonies but required recommitment from the representatives of the cause in the work still to be done , particularly in pressing change upon the legislative colonies . |