Example sentences of "of [noun sg] is [verb] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The societal divisions and problems of relations between the police and the community which this style of policing is called upon to ameliorate in Northern Ireland are more severe than is normally the case , which makes the RUC 's implementation and operation of community policing of special interest and previous neglect of this aspect of policing in the province a significant oversight . |
| 32 | The Mean Length of Utterance is found by dividing the number of morphemes , in a consecutive sequence of utterances from a speaker , by the total number of utterances . |
| 33 | The preferred method of financing is established by considering the characteristics of the project , the sponsor 's objectives and the impact that each of the financing options will have on the financial return from the project . |
| 34 | The simplest form of perspective is generated by calculating the value of z ( with its translation set to zero ) . |
| 35 | The principle of deduction is incorporated by seeing empirical investigation as primarily a procedure for testing theories through hypotheses deduced from the theory itself . |
| 36 | A pinch of salt is taken for granted in many cake recipes and is added simply to bring out the flavour of the other ingredients . |
| 37 | Before the plastic can break , many of the crystals have to unfold , rather like concertinas , and , in doing so , a great deal of energy is expended in unravelling the long molecules ( Plate 13 ) . |
| 38 | At the Blue Circle Cement Works in Wiltshire , 20 per cent of energy is provided by burning shredded rubbish and rubbish pellets ( a more processed version which contains 60 per cent of the calorific value of coal ) . |
| 39 | In the plant , 50 kW of power is provided by recovering waste heat from the town 's existing power system . |
| 40 | Although few patients under investigation for iron deficiency anaemia will be found to have bleeding from the small intestine , these lesions can be difficult to find and therefore a disproportionate amount of time is spent in investigating these patients . |