Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [noun] of [noun] " in BNC.

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31 Er the things that she said were that women used more hedges , such as I think er hedges are sort of things that get put into the conversation if al allegedly if somebody wants to give the impression that they 're not quite sure , and they would n't w You know like I would n't want to say it for sure but I think that .
32 The clinics are areas of resource and knowledge , with nurses taking the lead , putting research-based theory into practice .
33 The US Justice Department 's Merger Guidelines and Vertical Restraints Guidelines are examples of rules designed to give an initial screen , and are obviously extremely helpful to firms and their advisers .
34 The statue of S. James the Apostle decorates the trumeau and on each side are statues of apostles , prophets and elders .
35 Other considerations are price of energy and the way its use is controlled .
36 Subject headings lists are lists of index terms , normally arranged in alphabetical order , which have been given authority for use in an index , catalogue or database for describing subjects .
37 Columbia Records said : ‘ All 12 songs are favourites of Des . ’
38 Both WTBS and WGN are parts of entertainment conglomerates which also own baseball teams whose games they pipe into their subscribers ' homes ( the Atlanta Braves and the Chicago Cubs respectively ) .
39 Many proponents of commune life would probably not regard the collective solution as a real commune but , in reality , most British communes are collections of couples living together .
40 It is perhaps because they are both unique and at the same time a faithful continuation of ancestral traditions that oriental rugs are objects of allure and fascination for the West .
41 Remember also that cutting blooms for the house and dead-heading are forms of pruning , and the general principles should be observed , particularly with regard to leaving spurs .
42 In addition , the ICAEW ethical guideline on corporate finance advice , effective from 1st September 1989 , precludes our acting as the lead adviser ( for example , confirming that the terms offered to the client disposing of the business are fair and reasonable ) in situations where the transaction is subject to the City Code and both parties are clients of KPMG .
43 That parties are coalitions of interests can be seen in both Britain and the United States and particularly in the latter .
44 The liar and the hypocrite are enemies of society since they pervert language to their own gain and other people 's harm .
45 Although the link between signifier and signified is arbitrary , the relationships amongst signifiers and amongst signifieds are relationships of value :
46 His legs are pillars of marble , his lips lilies …
47 He knows that the intruders are followers of Chaos and wicked heretics , here to find some terrible evil beyond the south doors .
48 They will have some feeling that the sacred books of the religions are really fairy stories , that religious people are out of date and a bit silly , that the clergy are figures of fun .
49 The external doses recorded for the fathers in our study are orders of magnitude lower than the external doses received by survivors of the atomic bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki , whose children are not at an increased risk of childhood leukaemia .
50 Low wages , high unemployment and rising crime are facts of life in the North , more so than many other parts of the country .
51 Those necessities are sacks of flour and sacks of rice , although I am glad to say that the Iranian Government are now providing flour for every refugee within their borders , and certainly for the Shias .
52 For instance , the intended subjects are boxes of plants which remain in place and do not change rapidly .
53 In the FRG the most significant variables are flexibility of operation and clarity of problem definition .
54 L and R are strings of terminals .
55 Why do we assume that rage , aggression , violence are products of frustration ?
56 Particularly in complex , internally differentiated societies , musical styles are assemblages of elements from a variety of sources each with a variety of histories and connotations , and these assemblages can , in appropriate circumstances , be prised open and the elements rearticulated in different contexts .
57 Calories are units of energy , the energy we need to keep going .
58 The most popular d-i-y materials for insulating lofts are blankets of glass fibre or mineral wool , or loose pellets of vermiculite .
59 Both books are anthologies of materials by a large number of contributors .
60 First , the inequalities of the system lead to demands for more and better education for the majority of their peoples ; second , the authorities often regard education as a direct threat to their domination so that teachers , academics and indeed books are targets of repression and censorship .
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