Example sentences of "[adj] of [art] [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Half of the pension trustees will be employees , with an independent chairman , and pensioners will be represented . |
| 32 | Carbon dioxide accounts for half of the greenhouse gases and , in global terms , 75 per cent of emissions comes from the burning of fossil fuels for energy . |
| 33 | About half of the travelling families were found to be living on official local authority sites with only 28 per cent living on derelict land . |
| 34 | Having taken control of Volvo 's 29 per cent Pharmacia stake , which carries nearly half of the voting rights in Sweden 's biggest drugs company , Procordia is expected to launch a full takeover bid of at least £1billion . |
| 35 | It was suggested that should enter a team for the 13 mile run , however as the day approached , half of the team members were unexpectedly unable to join in , including who unfortunately sprained his ankle two weeks before , climbing in the Cairngorms ! |
| 36 | But after 1936 — a turning point for Poland — only the French continued to supply finance ( over 2,600 million francs ) and roughly half of the trade credits and finance that flowed through the economy came directly from the state . |
| 37 | A few cases dominate this reporting , while just over one-half of the rape cases mentioned appeared only in one sample newspaper . |
| 38 | This drug duo may have been singled out because their penchant for fine racehorses and private zoos , not to mention murder on a massive scale , made them the most public of the mafia bosses . |
| 39 | Claims are rarely as simple as the type of situation envisaged in Clause 12 of the ICE Conditions of Contract ( 5th edition ) producing a readily identified effect that can be costed easily . |
| 40 | However , in attributing prime importance to male decision-making on birth control , Banks is dismissive of the part women may have played . |
| 41 | On it goes , oblivious of the Planning Acts , |
| 42 | Unfortunately for them , some of the Hurricane pilots failed to see this and stuck to their Fulmar , ignoring all signals to break away . |
| 43 | And as I sat on the beach , I idly picked up some of the myriad stones lying on the shore , and one of them surprised me with its remarkable colours — it was pure marble glistening and sparkling with mica particles imbedded in it . |
| 44 | It is through change that we grow and discover ourselves , that we begin to actualise some of the myriad possibilities of our lives . |
| 45 | Watson ( 1986 ) suggests how some of the communication problems can be surmounted when in contact with minority ethnic groups who have difficulty with a second language but even within one language there can be several local vocabularies which strangers can not understand . |
| 46 | Fenella and Caspar could see this clearly ; they could see that some of the Tree Spirits were still breathing , shallowly and painfully , their strange , wise faces shuttered and suffering , their branches torn from their bodies and great , gaping wounds still bleeding . |
| 47 | Some of the tree remedies , however , are prepared from flowering sprigs which include the twigs as well as the flowers and these are placed in fresh water , brought to the boil , simmered for an hour , cooled and strained . |
| 48 | Some of the mining operations show this , and the Fens have Roman canals , embankments , and elaborate water systems . |
| 49 | Some of the gang members got into the car while others sat on the vehicle 's bonnet . |
| 50 | If you are talking about marketing pot plants , then some of the sample plants will help to draw your audience 's attention to the subject . |
| 51 | DETAILS OF SOME OF THE STATE BENEFITS OF MAJOR IMPORTANCE TO THE ELDERLY AND THEIR CARING RELATIVES |
| 52 | Apart from the statutory exceptions made after Independence for some of the state banks , parate execution was not permitted . |
| 53 | Some of the water molecules would be split at such a temperature and would be available for chemical or physical activity as soon as the bubble burst . |
| 54 | Some of the water authorities are thought likely to attract predatory interest . |
| 55 | Favourable treatment has been given to the small shareholder , when allocating oversubscribed issues , in some of the privatisation issues . |
| 56 | Some of the function keys on a manual till include : |
| 57 | The excavations on Santorin are far from complete , but already some of the wall paintings that have been recovered from the ruins and preserved in the museum at Athens have been ranked as amongst the most important artistic discoveries of the century . |
| 58 | Not so much for the platform speakers , who have arrived , but for some of the floor speakers , who have n't and would like to . |
| 59 | However , after about half an hour , some of the smell chemicals have started to evaporate creating an odour gradient , and the dog can set off on the trail . |
| 60 | Bio-tex Powder and some of the Stain Devils had to be dissolved in water — laborious for a small stain . |