Example sentences of "[noun] of [noun sg] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I refer , of course , to manners of thought that have become formalised , certain convolutions , the consistent combination of apprehensions with little twistles of kinaesthetic intimation , d'ye follow me ? ’ |
| 2 | The ATB needed to do more to make farmers aware how training was one of the cogs in a wheel of progress that included advisory services , banks , accountants , marketing organisations , etc . |
| 3 | Visitors to the gallery may spin a wheel of fortune and wait for it to stop and illuminate one or another of eight room tableaux . |
| 4 | How Christianity starts off as the religion of peace but ends up violent like other religions . |
| 5 | Helping the sufferer to take the risks of self-disclosure and to acknowledge the need for emotional and practical support and help from others . |
| 6 | Continuity in subcontracting allows parent companies to diversify the risks of specialization and promotes the exchange of technological information so that the quality of inputs is ensured and delivery schedules guaranteed . |
| 7 | Continuity in subcontracting allows parent companies to diversify the risks of specialization and promotes the exchange of technological information so that the quality of inputs is ensured and delivery schedules guaranteed . |
| 8 | It would maximise civilian tactics of resistance and defuse the natural potential for violence , containing and eventually eliminating the marginal but intrusive phenomenon of collaborator activation by Israeli security authorities and collaborator execution by local Palestinians . |
| 9 | It 's the political tactics of divide and conquer , you see ? ’ |
| 10 | There are other important questions , such as the general characteristics of behaviour that tends to get identified as child abuse and the social conditions that tend to make such behaviour more or less likely . |
| 11 | Positive cytology was based on the presence of cells with established characteristics of malignancy as shown in Figure 2 . |
| 12 | Over the past few years there has been increasing interest in the biological characteristics of biliary and gall bladder epithelial cells in an attempt to enhance our understanding of diseases affecting the biliary tree . |
| 13 | Some of his reassurances were marvellously paradoxical , claiming the contradictory characteristics of novelty and experience at once . |
| 14 | The first , more than two years ago , considered the feasibility of privatisation and followed reports from the Treasury and the Central Purchasing Unit which came out against wholesale privatisation . |
| 15 | If it does not react like this , it is not one of the sorts of society that survive . |
| 16 | Extracts from the diary of a working supervisor in a small building company , with useful tips on all sorts of building and decorating work . |
| 17 | And as a DJ it means you can pace the night better , play a lot of different sorts of music and try and create a rave atmosphere in the club . ’ |
| 18 | The roots of this war lie in Yugoslav history ( though not as deep as some claim ) , in the frailty of Tito 's state and in three distinct sorts of nationalism that sprouted as his odd form of communism collapsed . |
| 19 | I have to spend three hours a day doing all sorts of muscle-building and strengthening exercises . |
| 20 | Yes , in a way it is , it helps to clear the mind of all sorts of rubbish and to focus attention on improving the family member 's own life . |
| 21 | During the period of field-work the sorts of crime that occurred in Easton under this heading included murder and major robbery , possession of drugs , breaking and entering , car chases for stolen vehicles , and the occasional sex-related crime . |
| 22 | Conceptualizations of police work are therefore derived from and embedded in such phenomena as the day-to-day experience of police duties , which is itself contextually related to the sorts of crime that occur in the area in which the station is located , common-sense notions about policing contained in the occupational culture , and stereotypes of policing found in the wider culture . |
| 23 | In summer the reedbeds resound to the songs of reed and sedge warblers , and in spring up to a dozen bitterns boom mysteriously from the reeds . |
| 24 | THE LEAVING TRAINS : ‘ Sleeping Underwater Survivors ’ ( SST ) misunderstood Los Angeles band with their confusingly titled fourth album of mixed up and messed about songs of violence and torture — out on Monday |
| 25 | If a group of workers combined in an association of union and tried to set wages above their ‘ natural ’ level , their actions amounted to ‘ a conspiracy in restraint of trade ’ since the price level of goods would be artificially distorted and the competitive market undermined . |
| 26 | To examine further the association of age and anti-HEV , prevalence rates were calculated for each decade . |
| 27 | Instead of thinking of society as made up of simple parts , we must think of it as a collection of wholes which together make up one ‘ complex whole ’ . |
| 28 | Surely it was kindness of heart and had nothing to do with complexes . |
| 29 | Craig stared into the fire , it had been over a week since he had escaped from the prison , lying in the back of the van , smelling the fresh mouthwatering tang of bread and listening to the clip clop of the horses ’ hooves . |
| 30 | The only illumination was the oblong of light that spilled from the open doorway of the TARDIS . |