Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] of [pron] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A concise and informative general consideration of ants and their foraging , nesting and domestic life precedes a detailed examination of the villains of the insect world , the army ants , which ends with a welcome plea for protection of their habitats . |
| 2 | The result is that the majority of women are engaged at least for part of their lives in full-time domestic work , especially while their children are young . |
| 3 | As we noted earlier , perhaps as many as one in six of the adult population of England had lived in London for part of their lives . |
| 4 | Interim Committee ( Oct. 13-14 with the attendance for part of its proceedings of a Soviet delegation ) . |
| 5 | A precedent for this was years ago when the famous collector of Greek origin , George Kostakis , was allowed to leave the Soviet Union with a considerable part of his collection of Russian Avant-garde after he had given the most interesting pieces to the Tretyakov Gallery ( for part of his memoirs , see The Art Newspaper , No. 21 , October 1992 , pp. 20–22 ) . |
| 6 | Many of the leading actors of that day came to him and some of them , such as Sir Henry Irving , used to have his professional help between acts of their plays . |
| 7 | The women began increasingly to be regarded as possessions of their families . |
| 8 | In some areas of science we want to ask questions about phenomena of which children already have experience . |
| 9 | Seeking to print the problem of a correspondent whose small son had , " taken a little girl behind the settee and pulled her knickers down " , she found her sub-editor had deleted the latter part of the quoted sentence and substituted , " taken off part of her underclothes " . |
| 10 | The vendor is likely to have disclosed its articles as part of its disclosures against the warranties . |
| 11 | Control Data Systems will continue to sell and support Silicon Graphics and MIPS Computer Systems workstations and servers as part of its systems integration activities . |
| 12 | Schering-Plough managing director Tony Cork said his team was relocating as part of its plans for further growth . |
| 13 | As in the 1830s and 1840s , this medico-moral domain specified key concepts of sexuality as part of its concerns . |
| 14 | Anglo-American Corporation announced on Nov. 11 that it was temporarily laying off between 4,000 and 5,000 workers without pay as part of its efforts to defuse tensions at the mine . |
| 15 | Also yesterday , North West Water bought a US firm , Consolidated Electric Company , which makes equipment for water and waste-water plants and pumping stations , as part of its efforts to diversify . |
| 16 | As part of its revisions project of the existing auditing standards and guidelines , the Auditing Practices Board ( APB ) has issued its second batch of exposure drafts of proposed statements of auditing standards ( SASs ) . |
| 17 | ANGLIAN Water yesterday splashed out £36 million on a Swedish water engineering company as part of its attempts to diversify out of water supply . |
| 18 | Susanne Turfus , who was Education Officer between 1982–1988 , provided as part of her duties a similar service for parents who sought advice and help to ensure that a deaf child would receive the best possible education . |
| 19 | As part of her Arts Council responsibilities , Deirdre Keaney chaired the Writers ' Bursaries Panel . |
| 20 | A useful collection of extracts and texts , including a helpful introduction , is provided by John Hick in The Existence of God , published by the Macmillan Company in 1964 as part of their Problems of Philosophy Series . |
| 21 | The government is desperately trying to push through a package of new measures to combat organised crime , including laws that will permit undercover policemen to infiltrate gangs and commit crimes as part of their duties . |
| 22 | It was dropped as both men were soldiers under orders and carrying the weapon as part of their duties . |
| 23 | DARLINGTON health officials have drawn up a smart new logo as part of their plans to revamp the service 's image . |
| 24 | ‘ In a fairy story one of them would ride up to the avenue here on a white horse and say they 'd been wanting you as part of their lives for years , ’ Benny said . |
| 25 | In small group discussions , happily married men with children clearly saw fidelity as part of their lives ; although not immune to other women 's charms , they were not prepared to jeopardize what they had for the sake of a night of passion . |
| 26 | More women are taking up regular exercise and coming to see it as part of their lives . |
| 27 | as part of their studies or occupation |
| 28 | As part of their studies , Scottish students will also have the opportunity to participate in a work placement in Germany or Portugal . |
| 29 | By 1994 the principal is confident that every student on a full-time course will have the chance to visit a foreign country as part of their studies . |
| 30 | Students on these programmes , which are offered at Coleraine , Jordanstown and Magee College , may be teachers in further education , school teachers with a role in community education or practitioners of any of the professions which have education as part of their functions . |