Example sentences of "of [noun pl] of the [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was presumably known to at least some of his fellow members — who themselves became foundation members of the Veterinary College — in particular the Duke of Northumberland , first president of the College ; Granville Penn , active in the establishment of the College , who became a member of the Society of Arts in 1788 and was in 1791 a steward ; the Earl of Morton ( one of Vial 's patrons ) ; Thomas Pitt FSA , subsequently to be one of the most assiduous attenders of meetings of the College governors , and last , but not least , Arthur Young , a member of the Society of Arts since 1769 . |
| 2 | Principal components are defined in terms of combinations of the pixel values in each of the four MSS or seven TM bands . |
| 3 | Instead , the variety of functions of the youth services are described in pedagogical rather than purely bureaucratic terms , giving for the first time recognition to the specific professional skills and capacities of social workers ( Gernert , 1990 ) . |
| 4 | As would be expected , the majority of senses of the constituent words are related to property and its purchase ( e.g. ’ leasehold ’ , ’ house ’ , ’ home ’ , ’ first ’ , ’ time ’ , etc . ) . |
| 5 | The audience consisted chiefly of parents of the conservatory students . |
| 6 | There is no other report , however , of comparisons of the DNA contents of the upper one third and lower two thirds of crypt epithelium . |
| 7 | The WEU Assembly ( consisting of delegates of the member countries to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe-see p. 37211 ) held sessions in Paris on June 5-8 and Dec. 4-7 , 1989 , adopting unanimously on the latter occasion the Caro Report advocating strengthening of the WEU 's role as the sole West European institution competent in defence matters . |
| 8 | Below each shield is a bronze plaque which contains rows of symbols of the Chaos Powers . |
| 9 | His Lordship maintained that s14(6) did not alter the law and that " purpose or purposes " referred to the range of uses of the contract goods but not that they had to be fit for all these purposes . |
| 10 | How will the proposed changes affect the respective achievement of objectives of the information users and providers ? |
| 11 | One immediate response to the CEGB 's announcement was the formation of the Alliance Against Hinkley C. This brought together a mixture of Friends of the Earth supporters from Bristol — only some twenty-five miles north of Hinkley — and others who had been active in the Somerset anti-waste-dumping campaign of the 1970s . |
| 12 | Following the National Health Service Act of 1946 , all the clinics were brought under the control of the Regional Hospital Boards and the Boards of Governors of the Teaching Hospitals . |
| 13 | My daughter was intrigued by the statue-like posture of members of the Household Guards who stood at strategic points en route , not moving an eyelid . |
| 14 | Moreover , the great majority of members of the fishing communities of the United Kingdom were either not affected by the Act at all or severely disadvantaged by it . |
| 15 | The targeting of the security forces by Republican paramilitaries is reflected in a rise in the number of members of the security forces killed as a proportion of total deaths . |
| 16 | For example , deaths of members of the security forces were 54 per cent of total fatalities in 1985 , compared to only 18 per cent in 1976 . |
| 17 | A DP statement on Nov. 26 had listed key demands as the bringing forward of elections from May-June to February 1992 , the resumption of trials of members of the security forces for the killing of pro-democracy demonstrators in Shkodër before the April elections , the removal of SPA members from key positions in Albanian Radio and Televison ( RTV — ibid. ) , and the arrest of former communist leaders ( " blockmen " ) who were accused of abuse of power . |
| 18 | The bill , put forward on de Klerk 's initiative and covering the crimes of members of the security forces and the police as well as political prisoners , had been described during the parliamentary debate as a " charter for crooks , criminals and assassins " . |
| 19 | Her actions were typical of a growing number of members of the security forces and prison service who take advantage of the availability of firearms to commit suicide . |
| 20 | I do not wish to know how to bring up my children , what view to have about drug addicts , how much Shakespeare should be taught in comprehensive schools or how much I must marvel at the achievements of members of the Commonwealth countries . |
| 21 | This may be linked to : ( a ) structures of the subject being taught ; ( b ) progression in the number of components of the subject pupils may be expected to have learned in the course of their instruction ; ( c ) the degree of difficulty of typical test items ; ( d ) sequences which correspond to the teaching approaches of the designers of a graded assessment scheme ; 4 all of the items in a test are at a similar or the same level of difficulty ; 5 tests are intended to be taken only when pupils are ready for them ; 6 performance on tests is described in terms of " pass ' and " fail " , rather than a mark or grade . |
| 22 | The regulation also sets up a Committee composed of representatives of the member states to advise the Commission on drafting the uniform document for the licence and on revising the definition of a cultural object . |
| 23 | Theodora took a couple of handfuls of the chicken pellets from the split bag in the hall and broadcast them over the gravel . |
| 24 | Then we all moved out to watch the ceremony of Beating Retreat by the Band and Corps of Drums of the Grenadier Guards . |