Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [pron] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two alternative approaches have been made to the question of the patent protection of inventions which include a computer program . |
| 2 | Such an hierarchical table ( Fig. 1.28 ) can be supplemented by lists or sequences of operations which define a plan or a subroutine within a total task . |
| 3 | In 18 months of operations they lost a total of 983 aircrew , 725 of whom were killed or presumed dead . |
| 4 | Warren Beatty was among a number of superstars who make a habit of keeping people waiting . |
| 5 | Level II recognises competence in a more demanding range of activities which require a degree of individual responsibility . |
| 6 | Each reader contains two pages of activities which provide a balance of structural and communicative activities . |
| 7 | Where … as in a mature legal system , we have a system of rules which includes a rule of recognition so that the status of a rule as a member of the system now depends on whether it satisfies certain criteria provided by the rule of recognition , this brings with it a new application of the word ‘ exist ’ . |
| 8 | the goal , if it finds a sequence of rules which produce a goal fail , otherwise . |
| 9 | You know , they wan na not for that , that you know , a couple of hours you keep a kid amused by well a |
| 10 | ‘ Lots of times I think a president seems so out of your league as far as knowing somebody . |
| 11 | Clearly there are a number of institutions which play a part in the reproduction of inequality , whether at a material or an ideological level . |
| 12 | Here the paintings of Futurists such as Boccioni 's ‘ Riot ’ in the gallery and Russolo 's ‘ Revolt ’ are recalled both by the subject and the organisation of forms which implies a melée but which is itself carefully constructed . |
| 13 | ‘ The month began quietly , but things really began to move from about the 10th onwards , and in terms of takings we recorded a couple of record days . |
| 14 | Clearly there are a number of images which reveal a hinterland of religious suggestion . |
| 15 | How you decide on the assembly order is very much a matter of personal judgement , but the principles of shot to shot continuity , the function of cutaways , and the ordering of your material into a logical progression of images which tell a story , all follow the same rules as for in-camera editing . |
| 16 | Fundamentally , it is a social rather than a psychological variable , its main purpose being to enable the researcher to compare individuals in such a way as to focus on differences between them with respect to degree of integration into a set of relationships which constitute a group capable of exerting normative pressure . |
| 17 | It is verbal irony when some character comes out with a statement or a choice of words which have a meaning to those in the know , either within the text or outside it , that is significantly different or even contradictory to that which the character may be supposed to have in mind . |
| 18 | In a parliamentary written answer I was told : ’ The sale and possession of knives is subject to a number of controls There will be practical problems in seeking to apply more general restrictions on the sale and purchase of knives which have a variety of legitimate everyday uses . ’ |
| 19 | He also increased , from £8,000 to £16,000 , the amount of savings which disqualify a person from claiming housing benefit and poll-tax benefits . |
| 20 | Its only legacy will be the widespread attraction the store held for millions of day-trippers who based a visit to Liverpool around a trip to Owen Owen 's . |
| 21 | This is consistent both with politicians being larger than people who simply wish to be in office whatever they have to do , and with parties having a central number of supporters who share an ideology . |
| 22 | Among the press of cars he saw a taxicab painted like a page from a newspaper and another advertising a brand of beer . |
| 23 | A natural monopoly is sustainable if there is no vector of prices and associated vector of outputs which allow an incumbent 's total costs to be at least covered by revenues but which make entry unattractive . |
| 24 | ‘ They are a lovely bunch of youngsters who enjoy a giggle with their friends . |
| 25 | ‘ They are a lovely bunch of youngsters who enjoy a giggle with their friends . |
| 26 | ‘ They are a lovely bunch of youngsters who enjoy a giggle with their friends . |
| 27 | In all other cases , early notification to the client of any changes is necessary both to ensure a good continuing relationship and also to enable the client to adjust his scheduling of matters which have a bearing upon the task being performed by the surveyor . |
| 28 | The habitus is viewed as a structured set of dispositions which provides a basis for the enactment of strategy according to interest , perspective and power . |
| 29 | So , I think most analysts now think that the , the concatenation of circumstances which produces a person 's superego is so complex , and there are so many factors interacting , probably along with any genetic factors , there probably is a heritable basis of guilt to some extent , but the , you ca n't say in a very simple way that a person 's childhood socialization will determine every aspect of the superego . |
| 30 | ‘ The audit function should be carried out by the Court of Auditors in a similar way to that adopted by the principal auditor of a multinational group of companies which has a number of foreign subsidiary companies . |