Example sentences of "of [noun sg] the [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the period of field-work the sorts of crime that occurred in Easton under this heading included murder and major robbery , possession of drugs , breaking and entering , car chases for stolen vehicles , and the occasional sex-related crime . |
| 2 | They imbibed of necessity the belief in order and stability and , inevitably and as was intended , projected the same values on to the street people . |
| 3 | But if , having served a term in purgatory , if having had the chance to try his arguments on other philosophers , Hegel was not unrepentant , he might agree that there was perhaps something in the alternative view : that each of the factors affecting historical development does have its own authenticity ; that they act upon and react to one another ; that from time to time this or that factor will take on a greater or lesser importance ; that of course — with a nod in the direction of Marx — at least since the neolithic age and the development of agriculture the mode of production has been a major factor ; and that the actions of particular men , Marx among them , have in fact been formative , changing not merely the degree of development of a kind already prescribed by a programme of social evolution , but the kind of development itself . |
| 4 | In the development through the years of adolescence the number of foreclosure pupils will diminish , hence the recruitment of boys into science would be cut . |
| 5 | In the first ten years of nationalisation the proportion in fact declined to around a third . |
| 6 | Authority for this view is found in Lord MacNaghten 's judgment in the Nordenfeldt case where he said " Of course the quantum of consideration may enter into the question of the reasonableness of the contract " . |
| 7 | Of course the sense of occasion is heightened by this seasonal tide and many feel that here the Calvinist Kirk is at its very essence — grim , taciturn , with the minister perched in judgement on a wicked generation , like a hoodie craw in the pulpit . |
| 8 | Both find that life , and of course the activity of philosophy , is untenable without some standards of absolute truth , the canon of ‘ reason ’ , which can generate knowledge that can be held to be true regardless of perspective or context . |
| 9 | And of course the function of inactivation is to allow the membrane potential to recover after the channel 's open . |
| 10 | Thirdly , there is of course the benefit of hindsight , which always makes the critic 's job easier , and enables a view of ‘ women and film ’ in historical perspective against a backdrop of developments within feminist cultural analysis as a whole . |
| 11 | It is of course the privilege of gods to control their apparent outward form , even to other gods ; the Fate of the discworld was currently a kindly man in late middle age , greying hair brushed neatly around features that a maiden would confidently proffer a glass of small beer to , should they appear at her back door . |
| 12 | Everyday objects are of course the stock-in-trade of Arman , whose retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum continues until the 26th of this month . |
| 13 | Of course the field of view is 3-dimensional , so in principle we need only state three of these four coordinates , but there is no point in discarding information and so we may as well keep them all . |
| 14 | Of course the influence of Buchanan has not been confined to Western Europe . |
| 15 | Of course the actions of carcinogens on methylase activity in a test-tube may not reflect what happens in tissues exposed to those chemicals . |
| 16 | Although it was common gossip that Zoia 's private life was deeply and messily unhappy , and that alcohol was a frequent source of consolation , and of course the stories about Nicu 's debauchery and coarseness were unparalleled , Valentin 's public reputation ( which is to say , the cautious whispers between friends about him ) was positive . |
| 17 | Seems to me that there was some and then of course the Wave of Life |
| 18 | Aye and of course the likes of milk tokens it Just like now , you know , they would come round the door and leave your milk there in the morning . |
| 19 | Fortunately the building suffered more injury than what the men did , thankfully , but obviously of course the building by insurance it would still , it was still a nasty shock for the owner occupier of the house . |
| 20 | In such cases , a local planning committee has full power to reject the application and of course the Secretary of State can call a public inquiry . |
| 21 | But then of course the kind of stories I give and the ones that most people like generally speaking are the accidents I have . |
| 22 | They 're retiring to various parts of the country , down here onto the Sussex coast and on the whole coast into the South West — to the pleasant places if they can afford to do it , and they 're leaving the inner city and leaving behind there a lot of young families , often single parent families and older people , and of course the kind of provision you have to make , the Social Services , the needs of these communities differ quite widely . |
| 23 | One was of course the attack on Delphi . |
| 24 | Of course the parallel between ontogeny and phylogeny can not be carried the whole way through — prehistoric human beings did not look like newborn babies — but there are various reasons why we might expect the early stages of embryonic development to have some relation to the early stages of our evolution . |
| 25 | Of course the type of soil in the area plays an important part in good gooseberry growing , and the good heavy loam of Egton Bridge is ideal as it retains vital moisture . |
| 26 | Of course the fantasy of animals talking like humans is as old as human fables and is resplendent in a great chunk of the literature for children . |
| 27 | There are of course the court of protection costs which are to be calculated and are not a source of disagreement . |
| 28 | Of course the Court of Bank of Ireland has very important things to do and important things to think about . |
| 29 | Of course the majority of people who volunteer do so because someone they know has asked them and this avenue should not be ignored . |
| 30 | Of course the Deputy Under Secretary had not been beyond the reach of Century House while in Mombasa . |