Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] of [noun pl] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The professional miner seeking to achieve a higher standard of living through maximisation of earnings scarcely existed in the early sixteenth century . |
| 2 | Example 2:18 Covenant to yield up tenant 's fixtures at the expiry or sooner determination of the tenancy to yield up the demised property including all tenant 's fixtures in good repair and clean and tidy Example 2:19 Covenant to remove tenant 's fixtures if required if so required by the landlord by written notice given not later than three months before the term date to remove ( or pay for the removal of ) all fixtures affixed to the demised property by the tenant or such of them as may be specified in the notice Example 2:20 Covenant by tenant to inquire about removal of fixtures not later than six months before the expiry of the term to inquire in writing of the landlord which ( if any ) tenant 's fixtures the landlord requires the tenant to remove on the termination of the term |
| 3 | Nothing concentrates the mind of the pursuer 's solicitor more than the possibility that he may require to look to his own client for payment of expenses rather than the defender ! |
| 4 | Use of idiom was almost totally lacking in the samples of signing collected , partly because these were fixed tasks of description of pictures rather than conversational ( though even in conversations which we recorded with interpreters the signing was dominated by English ) , and partly because there is a feeling that BSL in its deaf form is somehow inappropriate for the formality of a test situation . |
| 5 | Brody speculates that this finding ( which runs counter to the evidence which I presented above that grandparents place more value on this relationship than grandchildren ) may reflect the idealism of the younger generation and their lack of experience of situations where demands are actually made upon them . |
| 6 | The rise in the share of transfers ( pensions , dole , etc. ) also probably took the form ( as it did over the period as a whole ; see chapter 9 ) of an extension of coverage of schemes rather than of a growth in real value in excess of productivity . |
| 7 | the work of Action of Churches Together in Scotland ( A.C.T.S. ) Church Unity Week |
| 8 | Jean 's bought me a tin of biscuits and a tin of of tin of biscuits so there 's ample biscuits . |
| 9 | An accurate account would have to have regard to all those instances where a remedy has been accorded by a state party simply to forestall a successful application and to those cases , also , where breach had been avoided in the first place by reason of adjustment of procedures so as to ensure compliance with the Convention . |
| 10 | Those Christians who belong to the sort of council of churches where passionate debates take place about atomic war , South Africa , police brutality , racism and urban decay may think that they at least are closer to the real action . |
| 11 | Leeds , bereft of professional soccer despite the Lord Mayor 's gallant attempt to keep City a going concern outside the League , became the focus of attention of managers everywhere . |
| 12 | You 're in the realm of sort of metaphysics then , it 's not maths any more , it 's division by zero . |
| 13 | If you ask me , it looks like a load of picture of heads all over the bloody place ! |
| 14 | ( v ) development of complex amplificatory , extending and reproductive technical systems , which make possible new kinds of presentation of all the preceding types , but also new kinds of presentation of practices still otherwise based on the use of inherent and constituted resources . |
| 15 | Mens rea is not normally an issue in the case of pollution of watercourses when cause is to be established . |
| 16 | Rather the assertion is that explicit training is not necessary to produce discrimination , that the need to extract information from the environment is enough to do so , independently of any externally imposed rewards or punishments or of knowledge of results more generally . |
| 17 | In the civil service the prevailing ethos is one of control of subordinates rather than allowing discretion . |
| 18 | It is not easy to decide how best to tackle these questions , and the difficulties that we came up against in discussing the problem of individuation of particulars partly explain why . |
| 19 | Now i , let's let's do a bit of definition of terms here , osteoporosis is what |
| 20 | We 're not putting any oxygen in the ox It 's got nine oxygens tied up with that already to make all these other things from , so we 've got a lot of volume of gases there . |
| 21 | Roy Parker closes the book by reiterating the case for research : stressing that its ultimate purpose must be to help us to improve the quality of life of children generally and of some of the most disadvantaged in particular . |
| 22 | Also studied were the consistency of performance of individuals within and between topics , between mode of assessment and over a period of time . |
| 23 | There are a number of reasons why I have chosen to express these findings in terms of number of word-strings rather than in average number of words at each choice point ( branching factor ) . |
| 24 | It was accompanied by a street exhibition on the political history of Czechoslovakia from its foundation in 1918 until the present , again using of lot of materials not seen before . |
| 25 | It is still true to say that the law of sale of goods today is basically the common law , i.e. the law as stated over the years by judges in the process of deciding cases before them . |
| 26 | ‘ Conditional ’ and ‘ Credit ’ are commonly used to describe contracts of sale of goods where the price is payable in instalments . |
| 27 | As many as 800 Irish supporters are expected in the Albanian capital Tirana for the match , despite advice from the Football Association of Ireland not to make the trip because of lack of facilities there . |
| 28 | but the fact that , in an open court of law , someone has been shown to have failed to meet their credit obligations without sound reason must have a bearing on whether or not it is sensible to lend to them again — both from their own personal point of view ( whether or not they will find the payments an unduly heavy burden ) and from the pint of view of consumers generally , whose credit costs must rise if the level of bad debt rises . |
| 29 | The solicitors have warned Mr Clark of the consequences if he presses ahead : ‘ Our clients have the option to irritate the feu on the basis of breach of conditions thereof , which would revoke the feudal grant and thus the property would revert to the church . ’ |
| 30 | After intensive questioning North also conceded that Poindexter had ordered him to lie to the intelligence committee of House of Representatives when he appeared before it on Aug. 6 , 1986 , as part of its investigation into the affair . |