Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [noun sg] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It aims to finance a minimum level of services , to equalize taxable resources between different local authorities , and to relieve the domestic ratepayer of part of the local tax burden . |
| 2 | The main criteria here are numbers of species in the assemblage ( taxonomic richness ) , evenness of spread of the species ( equitability ) , and the converse , the degree of dominance of the most common species . |
| 3 | Perhaps most important was the lateness of development of the absolutist state . |
| 4 | The state stands for , in an abstract sense , the final repository of agreement of the people to be ruled , and therefore an ultimate legitimation , backed up in the last instance , by the state 's claim to the monopoly of legitimate use of force . |
| 5 | This arrangement was made more systematic in 1688 ; and after 1719 there was a good deal of discussion of the status and powers of secretaries of this kind . |
| 6 | He had had a good deal of experience of the deliberate malice of political adversaries , who felt for him a genuine fear that was replaced by contempt only for his lesser colleagues . |
| 7 | Terry 's family , unlike he himself , had n't had a great deal of experience of the world outside the States , so Peg had had an awful lot to learn . |
| 8 | The polytechnic staff were now on a work to rule , though only at local level — a vote or so at national level having gone against them in spite of a good deal of cooking of the agenda — and she was , as she said , too busy getting a strike fund to so much as think of earning , let alone working ; let alone getting to bed before Bernard had long since fallen asleep . |
| 9 | On May 7 Brizan accused the previous administration of mismanagement of the country 's finances , increasing the island 's debt and budget deficit as spending had exceeded targets . |
| 10 | ‘ For my part I do not think that the House of Lords in that case had in mind the special position in the administration of justice of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Crown Prosecution Service or would have been prepared to extend the effect of the orders of a civil court in such a way as indirectly to bind them in the performance of their duties in relation to the criminal law and before the criminal courts in circumstances in which they had not sought and may not have wished for an order for discovery . |
| 11 | On a more serious note , there are talks on the speed of expansion of the universe , the ethics of the international project to unravel man 's genetic code , fraud in the laboratory , and a seminar on how to protect your inventions with patents . |
| 12 | As we have explained earlier in the book , insulin response to the carbohydrate foods we eat varies with the speed of absorption of the carbohydrate . |
| 13 | Mean speed of propagation of the HAPCs was 0.9 ( 0.3 ) cm/s ( range 0.5–2.2 cm/s ) . |
| 14 | the speed of construction of the data structure ; |
| 15 | The point at which this happens depends on a number of factors such as complexity of requests in terms of Boolean conditions , speed of access of the medium in use , and size of data file . |
| 16 | Both the nurses and I were impressed by the speed of action of the remedy , and this experience stimulated me to look into homoeopathy more seriously . |
| 17 | There is much concern in schools and local education authorities for the speed of implementation of the programme , about the need to protect the educational entitlement of all young people during the period of implementation and for the level of resources being made available during the period of change . |
| 18 | Philips blamed the unprecedented slump in the consumer electronics market that hit business hard in 1992 and dragged down its related components business for the latest round of woe , adding that ‘ The extent of improvement is dependent upon two major factors , price developments in the markets for consumer electronics and components and the speed of implementation of the restructuring programmes . ’ |
| 19 | The machine would read the punched tape and automatically move the tool , control the speed of rotation of the chuck of the lathe , or of the milling tool , and carry out the work while the operator stood by checking that no malfunctions occurred . |
| 20 | It has also been found that age effects can be explained in terms of speed of learning of the language , which is much faster the younger the learner . |
| 21 | The speed of reaction of the Whole brigade , and the use of maximum firepower to keep the enemy 's heads down would be vital factors . |
| 22 | But it is also because of the geography of growth of the service sector , which has also been very uneven . |
| 23 | The collapse of part of the roof had let in air which intensified the conflagration . |
| 24 | Since the blend of the wind-group is not so perfect as that of the strings , owing to the greater uniformity of tone of the latter , passages of which the texture can be resolved into its component patterns , each of which suits the individual character of some particular instrument or small group of instruments , ‘ come off ’ best on the wind . |
| 25 | Incubation of normal membranes with EGF ( 5 µg/ml ) in the presence of γ 3 2 P labelled ATP , induced a striking enhancement of phosphorylation of the 170 kDa band corresponding to the EGF receptor . |
| 26 | Apart from capital punishment , the laws on homosexuality and abortion , and the decriminalization of suicide , there was no mention of reform of the penal system , or of the prisons . |
| 27 | One major or two minor criteria were required for the diagnosis ; the major criterion was scleroderma affecting the digits , forearms or face ( 15 patients ) ; minor criteria were sclerodactyly alone ( 10 patients ) , distal pitting scars of finger tips ( 10 patients ) , loss of substance of the distal finger pads ( nine patients ) and bilateral pulmonary fibrosis ( seven patients ) . |
| 28 | The process of ageing , which involves a gradual deterioration of physical and intellectual ability and loss of acuity of the senses , inevitably results in lessened ability to carry out the many activities involved in the AL of maintaining a safe environment . |
| 29 | In addition , loss of acuity of the senses — particularly impaired sight and hearing — will reduce an elderly person 's awareness of danger , for example when crossing roads or when cooking in the kitchen . |
| 30 | The general damages for conspiracy and the alternative damages for deceit are claimed to include the following : ( a ) moneys ‘ expended upon the C.M.C. ’ by the plaintiffs after the commencement of the company ; ( b ) legal costs in fighting B.M.T. ; ( c ) the stain and stigma of bankruptcy ; ( d ) loss of earnings by the plaintiffs ; ( e ) the effect upon the health of the first plaintiff ; ( f ) loss of reputation of the first plaintiff ; ( g ) distress and suffering ; ( h ) loss of opportunity to develop the centre ; and ( i ) other consequential loss . |