Example sentences of "[be] [prep] [noun pl] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The beautiful images and thoughts of the mystics are like cocoons of butterflies which take the pupae from the earth world to the air world . |
| 2 | Families are like constellations of stars : we see each one as an entity , because they make some recognisable design , yet the individual stars are scattered all over the universe , apart . |
| 3 | I just been in loads of workshops |
| 4 | The former represents those accruing from the families of those already members , while the latter represents those recruited who are from families of non-members . |
| 5 | One can only understand how things are in terms of concepts in the first place , so in a sense the concepts came first since natural conditions only gain significance in terms of the way one had learned to see them . |
| 6 | Thus , systems theory is essentially teleological — explanations are in terms of consequences rather than causes . |
| 7 | Nor is it the knowledge that Foxton , a haunt of foxes even in Saxon times , is a meeting place among others of one of the great Leicestershire Hunts , the Fernie , however important a cause that may be for assemblies of motorists in the county . |
| 8 | The only choice to be made , therefore , will be between packages of services at roughly the same cost , without any direct financial accountability at local level . |
| 9 | I 'm in floods of tears over nothing ! |
| 10 | Conclusions will tend to be in terms of shifts within the system itself — adjusting the balance between groups , levels and interests of different times . |
| 11 | This may be in terms of amenities in hospital wards , or in the actual clinical care provided . |
| 12 | However , the mapping may be in terms of representations which are close to the utterance in question , such as the verb-schema type of representation , or to structures based on more elaborate inferences , such as the one described above . |
| 13 | There are 80 organic wines on his list ( ‘ no chemicals so less chance of a hangover ’ ) and he 's been to loads of vineyards to make sure production is as natural as possible without actually treading the grapes . |
| 14 | They were like bunches of oranges and lemons |
| 15 | I suspect the answer to my first question is about numbers of jobs , by virtue of what you 've just said as long as a piece of string . |
| 16 | The king is but rarely mentioned even in the archive tablets , where the preoccupation is with lists of offerings and the deities and sanctuaries to which they were dedicated . |
| 17 | Abberley 's with piles of cigarettes , note pads , lawyer 's folders , photographs , a torch , pencils , jar of caramels . |
| 18 | The answer is in terms of incentives and disincentives . |
| 19 | One is in terms of er levels of consciousness , the other is in terms of agencies that do things . |
| 20 | Similarly , Wittgenstein 's fact-presupposing explanation of the meaning of pain-language is in terms of things that happen naturally . |
| 21 | Can I be clear please I I 'm sorry Mr , can I just be clarif clarified as far as E N V Eleven is concerned , which pond this is in terms of names ? |
| 22 | The basic method of teaching at undergraduate level is by courses of lectures but considerable emphasis is also placed on teaching in small groups such as tutorials and seminars . |
| 23 | Another was for portfolios of firms to be owned not by a pension fund but by a specialist financial or management group : Kohlberg , Kravis , Roberts or Hanson , which buy , break up and set strict financial controls for what remains ; Clayton & Dubilier or Forstmann Little , which exert direct supervision over managers ; Berkshire Hathaway , which is a more remote but patient investor . |
| 24 | As they flew over the capital , returning the Archon to the Imperial Palace , the sight below was of units of soldiers fighting hand to hand battles with other military units . |
| 25 | In this paper Cayley 's concern was with systems of elements satisfying the equation unc and for both n = 4 and n = 6 he showed that there is essentially just one other system besides the set of complex nth roots of unity . |
| 26 | I was in floods of tears . |
| 27 | ‘ It was a beautiful ceremony — the mother was in floods of tears , ’ says Margaret . |
| 28 | ‘ When he came to the hospital after seeing Buster he was in floods of tears , heaving great sobs . |
| 29 | But sometimes the Earl would ring me at home at night and ask me to drive back to Althorp because the Countess was in floods of tears . |