Example sentences of "[noun] of [noun pl] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In high concentrations of algae the meshes become clogged , and their filtering efficiency is reduced ; however , it is not usually difficult to estimate numbers of cells per cubic metre of sea water . |
| 2 | Immediately with a great flutter of wings the pigeons rose into the air and circled above the terrace . |
| 3 | ‘ Many of the first colonies were built at the expense of societies the settlers did n't understand because their cultures varied from Earth basic , ’ she said . |
| 4 | After several months of discussions the leaders of 32 trade unions agreed in mid-July to join forces and sanctioned the creation of the National Trade Union Centre ( NATUC ) . |
| 5 | The kind of things the carers said were : |
| 6 | And we had to help them to move and you know help them to move their things and really I saw the kind of difficulties the girls would be living under . |
| 7 | Cinzia had told him what kind of drinkers the Perugians were , and what kind of lovers . |
| 8 | I say " purport " deliberately because , for a variety of reasons the terms may fail in their objective in any particular case . |
| 9 | In the majority of cases the plays did not formally raise specific political concerns which would warrant such close regulation . |
| 10 | In the vast majority of cases the offender(s) will be on a solo motor bicycle , and occasionally one having a sidecar attached . |
| 11 | Neither party will benefit from getting hurt and in the great majority of cases the disputes are settled without serious damage on either side . |
| 12 | As with the case of voids the terms of any deemed subletting should be carefully considered by the tenant 's advisers . |
| 13 | In the case of trespassers the courts have adopted an objective rather than a subjective test of agreement . |
| 14 | In the case of characters the models must actually carry the weapons ascribed to them . |
| 15 | General unions on the other hand are open to membership from a huge variety of occupational groups e.g. clerical workers , labourers , cleaners , technicians etc. , The term ‘ white collar union ’ is derived from the type of clothes the members of such unions wore . |
| 16 | The sort of problems the owners ’ party have had on this trip so far are a tap that wo n't stop dripping , a blind that wo n't stay down in one of the bedrooms , eh ? , and a lady who thought one of her suitcases had been stolen , only it turned up in someone else 's room . ’ |
| 17 | If somebody beats you up and you feel hurt and upset and it 's enormously painful then you need to go to casualty afterwards erm that sort of fits the scripts y'know that 's w that 's that 's understandable . |
| 18 | Perhaps the very first thing you will discover in acquiring a knowledge of actual police work , though it is in fact obvious , is that the sort of murders the police deal with are very different from the sort of murders that the detectives of detective stories dealt with . |
| 19 | The need to compete with television , and with the sort of films the Americans were making , meant that producers had to make spectaculars , which they could n't afford to do , or the sort of brave and adventurous pictures that the circuits were reluctant to accommodate . |
| 20 | Whereas the young hamadryas baboon males move in the periphery of the bands of harems the geladas establish groups of consistent membership , close bonding between individuals , and reciprocal collaborations in several aspects of life . |
| 21 | In the very nature of things the orders disposing of a case by a final court of appeal will almost invariably remain inviolate . |
| 22 | Thus during the period of restrictions the contras grew , and occasionally even thrived , apparently on air : or on nothing more than the scattered largesse of rich Americans . |
| 23 | Beneath a haze of cobwebs the walls were painted with clouds , hefty angels and Disney characters . |
| 24 | In another group of cases the courts grappled somewhat variously with a new institution . |
| 25 | Perhaps more than any other group of molluscs the gastropods are remarkable for the variety and beauty of the external sculpture on the shell , which may be covered with a delicate tracery of ribs and lines , or stout spines , or fine prickles . |
| 26 | At the Court of Wards the offices of Auditor and Receiver became virtually hereditary in the families of Tooke and Fleetwood . |
| 27 | 9.15 Service of notices The provisions of the Law of Property Act 1925 section 196 as amended by the Recorded Delivery Service Act 1962 shall apply to the giving and service of all notices and documents under or in connection with this Lease except that section 196 shall be deemed to be amended as follows : |
| 28 | ‘ On the surface of things the Buddhists seemed the best of all the religious groups . |
| 29 | Due to a shortage of teachers the recruits were more urgently needed in schools . |
| 30 | The grounds on which the father relied were , inter alia , that ( 1 ) the justices heard evidence from which they could properly conclude that his costs had been incurred as a result of the actions and omissions of the local authority ; ( 2 ) as there was no machinery for taxation of costs the justices were correct to assess the amount of the costs ; ( 3 ) the father was entitled to his costs incurred in the Family Proceedings court to the extent allowable under the Legal Aid in Family Proceedings ( Remuneration ) Regulations 1991 and the justices were correct to hold that the actions of the local authority justified making the costs order which included the costs of the hearing on 27 and 28 January 1992 . |