Example sentences of "[art] variety of [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Again , the theory of this is straightforward ; it is based on standard probability theory , such as is widely used in other disciplines , notably in the biological sciences , where the sampling of a population is an accepted way of establishing the variety of species in a given area .
2 Mayhew gives a vivid picture for the 1850s of the variety of means by which the London casual poor scraped a living [ doc 1 ] .
3 One fisherman waxed lyrical about the variety of fish in the river .
4 This device is found in a variety of species including the grass snake ( right ) and the hognose snake ( below ) .
5 In certain areas , particularly on islands and in places where there are species which are not at all adapted to cope with cats as predators ( and that includes the whole of Australia ) , there have been dramatic adverse effects on populations of a variety of species of small animals because cats are allowed to roam around .
6 That there should be such a variety of species of one kind of creature astounded him .
7 I have never had fewer than three and often four dogs , since there is a use for a variety of species within the wide aspect of shooting and the countryside .
8 The Labour Party spokesperson on trade and industry on Dec. 7 , 1989 , published letters leaked to him which principally disclosed that Lord Young of Graffham , Trade and Industry Secretary at the time of the Rover sale , had offered to BAe chairman Roland Smith a variety of means by which both the government and BAe could avoid parliamentary and EC scrutiny , relating to the date on which the purchase price of Rover would be paid .
9 In Punjab the confrontation between the central government and the administration of the Chief Minister , Nawaz Sharif , leader of the opposition Islamic Democratic Alliance ( Islami Jamhoori Ittehad-IJI ) , worsened as each side tried to destabilize the other by a variety of means after the failure in March 1989 of the PPP 's attempt to win a no confidence vote against Sharif in the provincial assembly ( see p. 37150 ) .
10 By contrast , in " pre-industrial " societies there are often a variety of media of exchange which circulate in different social spheres but which are not interchangeable in any straight-forward fashion .
11 Given the likely involvement of a variety of people as a Decision Making Unit in purchase decisions , and the likelihood of particular contingencies affecting its Outcome , it will be important for the marketing function in supplier companies to : * understand how buying decisions are made ; * understand how the Decision Making Unit is constituted ; find out who are the most influential figures in the decision-making process .
12 I had found it really gratifying to hear from a variety of people of the high regard held for our staff .
13 Finally , an important aspect of administering legislation is the application of the same provisions to a variety of people with different characteristics and the consequent need to use ‘ discretion ’ .
14 We are not anxious to sell the company , but we are in discussion with a variety of people about co-operation and prospective linkages of various sorts . ’
15 Eileen has treated a variety of people from different backgrounds for a range of conditions including back problems , PMT and stress .
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