Example sentences of "[noun] of [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mean of serum pepsinogen C values in five hypertrophic gastropathy patients with hyperpepsinogenaemia A was 296 ( 131 ) µg/l . |
| 2 | Though the big R100 BMW has been designed as much for cross-country work as for the road , the wheels bucked and skidded in the grey waterlogged soil as Trent fought the handlebars , weaving between scrub bush and clumps of hagara grass . |
| 3 | Ye injur 'd fields , ye once were gay , When Nature 's hand displayed Long waving rows of willows grey And clumps of hawthorn shade ; But now , alas ! your hawthorn bowers All desolate we see ! |
| 4 | The characteristic signs of Alzheimer 's disease visible with a microscope are tangled clumps of nerve cell fibres in the brain and ‘ senile plaques , knobby patches of dying nerve fibres ’ . |
| 5 | Rain and rivers eroded the soft sandstones that had filled the lagoon basin , scouring them away so that today the reefs are exposed once more , high and dry , facing not the sea but desert covered with clumps of spinifex grass and stunted mulga trees . |
| 6 | While he admittedly hooked off the tee , he was very unlucky to lose his ball in one of the tall clumps of reed grass that dot many of the bunkers . |
| 7 | When tempted by didacticism , the writer should imagine a spruce sea-captain eyeing the storm ahead , bustling from instrument to instrument in a catherine wheel of gold braid , expelling crisp orders down the speaking tube . |
| 8 | Daredevil Diana races around the track at the wheel of go-kart No 1 . |
| 9 | Fun-loving Diana led Team One and took the wheel of kart No 1 for a 400-lap endurance event . |
| 10 | HIGH on the agenda at the start of the next council term in the borough of North Down will undoubtedly be the controversial issue of a new library for Bangor . |
| 11 | In a whole series of urban dramas , of which the best known is The Musketeers of Pig Alley , he showed that a society of Dickensian-like authenticity could be created in a film studio . |
| 12 | This forbade the export of aviation fuel and certain other raw materials to Japan . |
| 13 | Controls on export of missile technology — nuclear allegations |
| 14 | The move follows several waste dumping scandals , in particular the illegal export of hospital waste to France and chemical waste to Romania . |
| 15 | Both the scale of his operations and the degree of his specialization in financial business made him a unique figure in early Stuart England , though he did have a few other economic irons in the fire : among them , a share in the tobacco monopoly and the export of iron ordnance in the 1620s and huge purchases of East India Company pepper in 1623 and 1628 . |
| 16 | Advances in medical knowledge might lead to the conclusion that some are simply too dangerous : there has long been a debate about the status of boxing , with increasing knowledge of the risks of brain damage to boxers . |
| 17 | AN INDEPENDENT inquiry must be set up by the government to examine the risks of brain injury in boxing , doctors ' leaders said today . |
| 18 | While he set out very clearly the risks of court office , his letter may have exaggerated them . |
| 19 | The need to ensure that the new all-regular Army lived in conditions that would not deter recruiting became more pressing than consideration of the risks of capital expenditure on accommodation in areas where reasonable security of tenure was not assured . |
| 20 | Such oils may help to lower the risks of heart disease by reducing the stickiness of blood that can lead to a heart attack . |
| 21 | Relative risks of child mortality in social classes I and II in comparison to classes IV and V suggests a progressive shallowing from 2.08 at ages 1–4 to 1.37 at ages 10–15 . |
| 22 | Using social classes I and II combined as the reference point , Table III sets out the relative risks of child mortality for different social groups in three age bands : 1–4 , 5–9 , and 10–15 years . |
| 23 | The well-established practice , which helped to avoid wrongful identification and risks of libel action , should not be departed from for the benefit of the comfort and feelings of defendants . |
| 24 | Because of the potential side-effects and risks of lithium carbonate ( e.g. toxicity , hypothyroidism , and renal impairment ) , as well the non-response of some patients , other drugs with possible prophylactic effects in patients with recurrent affective disorders are currently under investigation . |
| 25 | Topics covered included the latest knowhow on breeding , business recording , costing and analysis , and ways in which to minimise and avoid the risks of silage liquor pollution ( see page 56 ) . |
| 26 | Potential risks of drug withdrawal should not be ignored . |
| 27 | Current educational programmes aimed at all school children on the risks of drug abuse may fail to emphasise the major risks of alcohol and of some prescribed medicines and they may make the false assumptions that : a. drug addiction is simply a product of repeated use of drugs rather than a specific risk of some particular individuals . |
| 28 | The call to stop the plant also has the backing of the Pentagon , which points to the proliferation risks of plutonium reprocessing and separation . |
| 29 | ‘ The proved long-term risks of lung cancer — and the smaller risk of leukaemia , from inhaling it over any period of time — mean it has to be regarded very seriously . ’ |
| 30 | Radon occurs naturally in rocks such as granite , and can move readily through porous rock and soil and can seep into buildings causing dangerous concentrations to accumulate ( inhaling radon causes it to be deposited in the lungs so increasing the risks of lung cancer ) . |