Example sentences of "the [noun sg] of [noun] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This can be counteracted to some extent by the addition of materials such as poly-phosphates , which sequester the calcium and magnesium ions , but this is an expensive way of softening water . |
| 2 | There was no increase in lysosomal enzyme activity after the addition of Triton X-100 to the supernatant suggesting that supernatant enzymes were in the free form — that is , not membrane bound . |
| 3 | Groups of sensilla at the base of the halteres are stimulated by deformations of the integument when the halteres vibrate and the resulting pattern of nervous impulses is modified by the addition of torques due to the turning movements of the fly . |
| 4 | Technique becomes expression and , with the addition of props such as paper crowns , masks and banners , relatives , friends and their babies are transformed into hierarchical beings . |
| 5 | The guide also suggests how excavated areas can be made into wildlife havens through the addition of features such as trees , islands and marshy areas . |
| 6 | Under the Conservative Government the people in Great Britain , including people , have been given the opportunity of shareholding undreamed of before opposed opposed by the Labour Party . |
| 7 | In fact , we ignore the majority of sounds present in the world . |
| 8 | That is to say , all those specific causes of fluctuations in returns should offset each other leaving the majority of risk inherent in the portfolio 's return being solely due to the market . |
| 9 | Oddly , the majority of books available about the cultivation of waterlilies tend to display pictures and descriptions of the rarer and more unusual varieties . |
| 10 | ‘ The majority of people interested in the centre so far are not from Darlington , ’ he said . |
| 11 | I suppose you except such motor cars as the Jaguar from this and Ferraris and Rolls Royce , but the majority of cars available to the public are very dull . |
| 12 | Legal and administrative institutions , paradoxically , often protect and promote the proliferation of ownership , absenteeism and the fragmentation of land common to the southern European regions . |
| 13 | By the fragmentation of units inherent in this system , the development of large-scale capitalistic enterprises which might compete with the advanced sectors is discouraged . |
| 14 | By association , therefore , there is a direct link , according to the ideology of groups such as the NVALA , with the role of the mother , and the strength of the family . |
| 15 | It was decided to ‘ kick off the dust from our sandals ’ and extend the remainder of Province 5 of the Catenian Association . |
| 16 | The erosion is believed to have been caused by a combination of : i ) the relative rise in sea level brought about by the slow sinking of southeastern England ; ii ) an actual rise in sea level locally since the 1970s ; and iii ) the reduction of saltmarshes due to human-made sea defences . |
| 17 | The Union — regrets the Decision of the F&S Committee to reject the Unions and Staff Council 's common proposal on the reduction of Grade 1 to 4 differentials . |
| 18 | So for any particular project we want a quality plan which will tell us what the client brief is , tell us which procedures we 're going to use from the suite of procedures available within C E D G , and following the dictates of the quality plan which will be individual for each individual project , we get an output . |
| 19 | In October 1989 the government approved the funding of Phase 1 of Metrolink , Greater Manchester 's proposed light rail system . |
| 20 | As the polar headgroups of the lipid bilayer will account for some 6 to 10 of this distance , the overall stalk length , from the base of domain 2 to the cell surface , is likely to be less than 10 . |
| 21 | Therefore the variety of norms concerned with the health and safety of members of society can be seen as expressions of the value placed on human life . |
| 22 | Given the variety of strategies available to us for the pronunciation of words , it is not surprising that there are marked individual differences in the ways in which skilled readers respond to different kinds of words . |
| 23 | Most staff were not aware of the variety of facilities available on AEA 's network or even on their own telephones . |
| 24 | Such reduction in lake diversification reduces the variety of food available through the trophic levels . |
| 25 | The elaboration and detail of the scheme and the variety of techniques available under it to protect investors suggests that it would be wrong to assume that the statute and its rulemaking powers should be interpreted as being in the shadow of the common law . |
| 26 | Except in their occasional introductions , science textbooks do not describe the sorts of problems that the professional may be asked to solve and the variety of techniques available for their solution . |
| 27 | This practice supports T. S. Kuhn 's ( 1963 ) argument that science textbooks ‘ do not describe the sorts of problems that the professional may be asked to solve and the variety of techniques available for their solution ’ but rather they ‘ exhibit concrete problem-solutions that the profession has come to accept as paradigms ’ which the student is expected to solve for himself ( or herself ) in the laboratory . |
| 28 | Finally , let us consider some motion verbs that have built-in deictic components , English come vs. go makes some sort of distinction between the direction of motion relative to participants in the speech event ( the exposition here follows Fillmore , 1966 , 1975 : 50ff ) . |
| 29 | The provision of £8.5 billion of grant aid hardly amounts to standing idly by . |
| 30 | But at least as important was the provision of coinage suitable for reasonably small deals and sufficiently abundant for merchants to be able to rely on the supply . |