Example sentences of "the [noun] [prep] [noun] is [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This dealer commits an offence under section 1(1) ( a ) and the defence of disclaimer is no defence whatsoever to someone charged under section 1(1) ( a ) , R. v. Southwood ( 1987 C.A. ) . |
| 2 | Furthermore , he did not make the mistake of insisting on ideological purity during his nomination campaign ; there was to be no ‘ extremism in the defence of liberty is no vice ’ or ‘ moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue ’ rhetoric from Reagan and no abrasive assaults on the liberals in the party as had occurred in 1964 . |
| 3 | An authoritative article in Pravda entitled ‘ The defence of socialism is the highest international duty ’ set out what later became known as the ‘ Brezhnev doctrine ’ : this insisted that the interests of the communist countries as a whole took priority over the wishes of any individual communist country and that no defection from the communist camp could be permitted . |
| 4 | The defence of territories is a widespread habit among many kinds of animals . |
| 5 | The response to pruning is a concentrated and redirected burst of growth which will be more readily sustained by good , fertile conditions than can be expected on sandy , barren and infertile soils . |
| 6 | The sticking-point for Buckingham is the murder of the princes in the Tower , and in two brief soliloquies Richard resolves to break with this half-hearted Machiavellian — ‘ High-reaching Buckingham grows circumspect ’ ( IV.ii.31 ) . |
| 7 | Although the addition of fibres is a fairly effective way of making these materials tough it does put up the cost of manufacture and it also restricts the number of applications for which they are suitable . |
| 8 | As I have a fairly tight budget I am looking to buy at around £6,000 to £7,500 , However , at this price the addition of VAT is a hefty extra . |
| 9 | The submissions for the defendants included the following : ( i ) a local authority , such as the council , is controlled by elected councillors and the ability to control such a council by the vote of the majority of councillors is the objective of political activity . |
| 10 | This stress on communitas [ the bond of community ] is one in which the potential divisions between active and contemplative life are healed , and provides the structure within which the prayer of contemplatives is a channel for the release of the love of God , not just within the self , but within society . |
| 11 | The reduction of fever is an early sign of improvement in tuberculosis . |
| 12 | The link through language is the most obvious and most straightforward one to make if your syllabus is based on linguistic items such as language structures or functions . |
| 13 | Will he confirm that the capital cost of the school is no different from the cost of building a new school anywhere , that the funding per pupil is no different compared with any other state pupils and that the evil campaign by Nottingham county council would deny the most deprived children in our inner city a first-class education ? |
| 14 | The Prince of Wales is an irrepressible font of ideas , a classic entrepreneur . |
| 15 | The Prince of Wales is an expert at getting on to the person 's own level . |
| 16 | Given the nature of the building , the provision of ducts is a very complex task . |
| 17 | ( e ) Removal from accommodation The provision of accommodation is a service which parents accept on a voluntary basis . |
| 18 | Why the change of direction is the most important and difficult move in golf to come to terms with goes much further than many golfers seem to realise . |
| 19 | The report states that the change in usage is a direct result of the advice given to farmers by the UK Agricultural Development and Advisory Service . |
| 20 | As the change in density is the result of a change in temperature this kind of isostatic adjustment is termed thermal isostasy . |
| 21 | One direct result of the change in policy is the abandonment of a coffee-growing project in the south of the Central African Republic , which would have opened a rainforest area to unplanned colonization and illegal logging . |
| 22 | A common theme , especially from those enthusiastic about the proposal , was the need for commitment : ‘ the struggle for justice is the only hope for the movement of society towards the kingdom of God … |
| 23 | Truman 's work focused more explicitly upon organised groups , the increasing number and importance of which he regarded as a result of governmental growth : the ‘ trend towards all increasing diversity of groups functionally attached to the institutions of government is a reflection of the characteristics and needs , to use a somewhat ambiguous term , of a complex society ’ . |
| 24 | Another element in the break-up of libraries is the advent of computers . |
| 25 | If the heroism of Roland is the obverse of a coin , the reverse is the doctrine of holy war as it impinged on the cruder minds of thousands of contemporaries . |
| 26 | The auditor of government is a unique institution . |
| 27 | Then then then the winner of course is the one that takes the money . |
| 28 | Up until this point we have assumed that a referential locus is quite generally available for property words , not only adjectives in fact but also adverbs : ( 8 ) Philippa comforted her lovingly the referential locus of the adverb is that of the verb ; and the referential locus of the verb in turn is the entity of the subject phrase ; that is why a sentence like : ( 9 ) the drink comforted her lovingly is unacceptable , despite the fact that lovingly can co-occur with comfort , while comfort is compatible with drink . |
| 29 | ‘ ( 1 ) Where the buyer wrongfully neglects or refuses to accept and pay for the goods , the seller may maintain an action against him for damages for non-acceptance. ( 2 ) The measure of damages is the estimated loss directly and naturally resulting , in the ordinary course of events , from the buyer 's breach of contract . |
| 30 | ‘ ( 1 ) Where the seller wrongfully neglects or refuses to deliver the goods to the buyer , the buyer may maintain an action against the seller for damages for non-delivery. ( 2 ) The measure of damages is the estimated loss directly and naturally resulting , in the ordinary course of events , from the seller 's breach of contract . |