Example sentences of "[det] [noun] of [noun] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 The hierarchy of cycles for each division of time led the Maya to devote more attention to the past than to the future .
2 In the room each bit of furniture seemed to be too far away from the others , as if they had been dropped there as markers , but the space was eroding them .
3 And there 's that bit of wood burning between his boots !
4 Ah ooh you want that bit of bread do you , ooh .
5 That bit of knowledge had kept him sweet for weeks .
6 How , how that bit of hardware works .
7 The book is lent , it needs to be know when it 's gone out , when it 's due back , but the computer clock up one — that bit of information adds to other bits of information , all within the central store .
8 That bit of information adds to other bits of information , all within the central store .
9 It 's a lot different from living together and my parents are divorced , so I 'm wary because you just do n't know how it will turn out — that bit of paper makes such a difference . ’
10 But in fact of course it 's also there to fragmentation because either perhaps individual departments have exercised that freedom of choice to build systems
11 That glory of hair gone and she had never noticed , not even on Saturday when they had said goodbye .
12 That look of sympathy deepened in his eyes , as if he knew she was just casting around desperately to try and outrun the turmoil of her own feelings .
13 The DoE sees the duty as self regulating , since each holder of waste checks on the next ( and sometimes previous ) holder in the chain .
14 We may not actually continue escalating the physical side of our relationship , but each level of intimacy brings a more intense motivation to advance .
15 The model is meant to describe what operations the speaker performs upon each level of representation to generate the next level .
16 It should be obvious first of all , but surprisingly to many people is n't , that each field of expertise needs its own vocabulary .
17 Before he could be consulted , writs were issued against the banks by the companies and the shareholders in accordance with resolutions purporting to have been passed by each board of directors consisting of members of the Crawley family , but the receivers of each of the companies did not give their consent .
18 The solution they adopted was to assess , in respect of each category of problems identified , what would constitute ‘ … a risk of substantial loss or disadvantage which would be important for the individual concerned . ’
19 The accord also resolved , reportedly in favour of the NATO position , the question of a " sufficiency rule " — the proportion of the permitted total in each category of weapons held by any one country .
20 My understanding is that change of traffic flows along the A sixty one , through Harrogate and Knaresborough will or through Harrogate anyway , will allow significant improvements to the environment to be to be attained through for example erm pedestrian er refuges on on the roads through i er allowing er pedestrian er priority areas .
21 How could she through that snout of teeth sealed with syn-skin , even if she wished to ?
22 The point is that the inference which you give to it is that they 're not quite fit to be Governors , by comparison with others , and I 'd like to defend that because I can assure you that I have never ever nominated a Governor for a school who I have not thought would be advantageous to that Board of Governors to have as a member and that he will be he or she will be a contributor to that particular school , and I 've done it time and time and time again and indeed on occasions have had headmasters coming to me and thanking me for the particular person that I put in .
23 There 's obviously frustration on the part of low paid women members of NALGO and some of our NUPE colleagues , and we are pleasantly surprised that they felt = and I wish now to express frustration at that response of management to break off local negotiations on their grading structure .
24 That wave of jealousy had really scared her half to death .
25 Each kind of water contained the sewage of London and was supplied with very little attempt at purification .
26 As Table 4.1 shows , two-thirds of the cases of each kind of offence appeared in only one newspaper .
27 In the past , each kind of unit has been expressed in a rather different way , by means of a different type of unit specification , or module descriptor .
28 Each kind of bulb has its own particular planting depth , which should be explained on the packaging or in the catalogue .
29 Each kind of animal lives best in a particular environment .
30 Each kind of eagle has its sacred site in whose sanctuary dark forces weaken and lose their grip .
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