Example sentences of "of the [noun sg] [be] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To the right of the green are bunkers from which it appears easy to thin the ball into the water the other side . |
| 2 | Far from being rest days , the festivals of the church were times of heightened activity , in an atmosphere redolent of older , grander , more disciplined ways . |
| 3 | Section 682 provides that income arising under a settlement shall be deemed not to have been distributed if and to the extent that it exceeds the aggregate of : ( i ) the sums , excluding all payments of interest , paid in that year by the trustees of the settlement to any persons ( not being a body corporate connected with the settlement and not being the trustees of another settlement made by the settlor or the trustees of the settlement ) in such manner that they fall to be treated in that year , otherwise than by virtue of s677 above , as the income of those persons for the purposes of income tax , or would fall to be so treated if those persons were domiciled , resident and ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and the sums had been paid to them there ; and ( ii ) subject to s682(2)– ( 5 ) ( rules for ascertaining undistributed income where interest is paid by trustees ) any expenses of the trustees of the settlement paid in that year which , in the absence of any express provision of the settlement , would be properly chargeable to income , in so far as such expenses are not included in the sums mentioned in para ( i ) above ; and ( iii ) in a case where the trustees of the settlement are trustees for charitable purposes , the amount by which any income arising under the settlement in that year in respect of which exemption from tax may be granted under s505 of TA 1988 exceeds the aggregate amount of any such sums or expenses as aforesaid paid in that year which are properly chargeable to that income . |
| 4 | ‘ Yeah , the sound in front of the amp is sort of a cross between a Les Paul and a Telecaster . |
| 5 | In this sense TNC , which shares with ISS a conviction that part of the problem is teachers with too low expectations of their pupils , directly addresses the problem by means of externally imposed targets and pressure on teachers to reach them by placing the achievement of a school within a comparative framework , with results on school performance unadjusted for intake . |
| 6 | Part of the event are exhibitions of indigenous art and a colloquium on visual anthropology . |
| 7 | The tin roof of the verandah is home to all sorts of creatures . |
| 8 | Stooping , what I saw of the valley were glimpses of a richly farmed landscape and a dark brown river , all imbued with a hazy crepuscular Tuscan light . |
| 9 | Some of the dialogue is shin in Figures 5.4 and 5.5 and the matching procedure is described by Walker and Jones . |
| 10 | Much of the comedy is knockabout for knockabout 's sake . |
| 11 | The same thing is seen in a more hesitant form on another boy ( fig. 71 ) , and here the very slight tilt and turn of the head are part of a change in the pose of the whole figure , as they must have been in the fair-haired boy also . |
| 12 | A brother of the Earl was MP for Bootle until 1910 , when he gave up his seat to Bonar Law after Law 's defeat in Manchester . |
| 13 | The story of the Baron is part of the country lore of Ayrshire . |
| 14 | In any case , many royal clerks would see no sharp distinction between royal and church business or between clerical taxation and clerical reform , both of which were relevant to the well-being of the church : for many clergy , as indeed for Winchelsey , the solvency of the crown was part of their responsibility for the Christian commonwealth . |
| 15 | In common with other organs in the body , the metabolic activity of the liver is affectd by increasing age and prescription of all medication should be considered carefully with this in mind . |
| 16 | The dirty , oily waters of the river were lifeblood to the capital , and the steady throb of activity along its shores was as the living heart of London . |
| 17 | The ‘ good thing ’ of the day is Fly For Gold in the Levy Board Novices ' Handicap Hurdle ( 2.30 ) at Uttoxeter . |
| 18 | The theme of the day was Tongues of Fire . |
| 19 | What I 'm saying is , ‘ Here am I sitting in a tin can ’ sounded exactly like a Simon and Garfunkel record , and the rest of the song was lifts from everything else . |
| 20 | The common assumption is that the survival of the monarchy is proof of the enduring British attachment to its hallucination . |
| 21 | The use of the ‘ half-peace ’ ( with each side making a major concession which left neither side fully satisfied ) and of the truce were proof of the failure of military pressure to force a final settlement of the war , one way or the other , through diplomatic negotiation . |
| 22 | On two sides of the square are houses of mud-brick and concrete ; on the other two the barn of a church with its squat , square bell-tower and the municipal building . |
| 23 | This withdrawal state may be life-threatening and under the terms of the Act is grounds for compulsory admission to hospital . |
| 24 | The town you can see on the other side of the bay is Grange over Sands . |
| 25 | Opening hours of the museum are Wednesday to Sunday 2 to 5pm . |
| 26 | The target price of the system is £200 to £300 . |
| 27 | Towards the pure perception end of the spectrum is awareness of opinion polls , awareness of local constituency candidates , awareness of campaign activities by party leaders , and awareness of the parties ' campaign themes . |
| 28 | At the other end of the spectrum are approaches in which an organisational and behavioural perspective is paramount , and in which a consultant facilitator plays a major role . |
| 29 | Along the edge of the burn were thickets of alder and hawthorn standing knee-deep in foxgloves . |
| 30 | The demand of the Campaign is amnesty to all unauthorised workers |