Example sentences of "of [noun sg] for [noun pl] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Considering the Statue of Liberty has been a beacon of hope for generations of newly-arrived immigrants , it 's appropriate that Mario arrived in New York with his parents 30 years ago . |
| 2 | In a series of assaults on Scotland 's natural heritage laws the Scottish Office , and Scottish Secretary Ian Lang , have succeeded in overturning the presumption of protection for Sites of Special Scientific Interest , creating instead new ‘ natural heritage areas ’ which will be protected — if that 's the right word — by voluntary agreements . |
| 3 | We could make the same kind of case for clusters of compatible genes building the different parts of eyes , ears , noses , walking limbs , all the cooperating parts of an animal 's body . |
| 4 | I therefore arranged a meeting with Colin Campbell of DOMIS for representatives of all departments using 12/24 St Giles Street to consider both issues . |
| 5 | 4.1 The Assessment Procedures sections of the modules have been updated to show clearly defined performance criteria , standard use of terminology for instruments of assessment , detailed assessment specifications and performance levels . |
| 6 | There was William Foreman , a pioneer of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants , Alexander Wilkie , the general secretary of the Associated Society of Shipwrights and former MP for Dundee , and there were John Wilson and William Crawford of the Durham Miners , both Members of Parliament for divisions of the County Palatine in the 1880s , not to mention one of the most respected leaders of his day , Robert Knight of the Boilermakers to whom we owe the present day Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions . |
| 7 | Payne suggests several different avenues of action for proponents of psychodynamic social work . |
| 8 | In addition , these authorities license airports to ensure that they comply with their national interpretation of ICAO standards , and they also issue certificates of airworthiness for types of aircraft and in respect of each individual aircraft on their register , besides monitoring aircraft design and manufacturing standards . |
| 9 | He said that until ‘ scandalous ’ loopholes in the extradition laws were blocked , condemnations of terrorism and expressions of condolence for victims of the violence fell short of being the optimum Irish response . |
| 10 | The recently-held Day of Recollection for members of the APC and friends had been greatly appreciated and as a result a further Day of Recollection will be held in the spring . |
| 11 | All you have to do is call free of charge for details of your local Citroën dealer and arrange to take your test drive before 31st December 1990 . |
| 12 | Secondly , general practitioners and primary health care teams are the first point of contact for users of the health service . |
| 13 | If they were literary-minded , you could even try to include all the flowers mentioned in a particular poem or part of a play — William Shakespeare in particular offers a positive fund of inspiration for ideas of this kind . |
| 14 | Certain types of taxation also continued : the seventh century boasts plenty of evidence for tolls of various kinds , which will be considered in chapter 12 . |
| 15 | This misconception has led many researchers in more recent years to discuss the apparent absence of evidence for members of the native population . |
| 16 | The company offers six levels of service for shippers of small packages under 70lb. , and for important documents . |
| 17 | On 11 May 1992 the wife , Frances Butler , gave notice to the husband , Robert Butler , to show cause why he should not be committed to prison for contempt of court for breaches of an order dated 12 September 1991 prohibiting him from entering or visiting premises where she lived and from assaulting , molesting or harassing her . |
| 18 | Governments today undertake responsibility for the discharge of a vast and complex range of functions — from the organisation and administration of the armed services to the provision of education for persons of all ages . |
| 19 | After the Restoration of Charles II Mabbott petitioned successfully for the lucrative office of manager for licences of wine and strong waters in Ireland for himself and his eldest surviving son , Kympton , then aged seven , letters patent being granted in January 1661 . |
| 20 | If the public ( and opinion formers among scientific journalists ) have reliable information about the evidence of efficacy for methods of diagnosis and treatment then the public need not be deceived by quacks and sincere practitioners will have an incentive to validate their methods by appropriate clinical trials . |
| 21 | Kevlar ( DuPont ) has fallen out of favour for reasons of safety . |
| 22 | Where the services can not be seen as making an economic contribution , they are clearly improving the quality of life for members of the community , which is presumably the ultimate goal of raising productivity and standards of living anyway . |
| 23 | They have provided a way of life for generations of mudlarks living close to the tidal foreshores of the Thames and the Medway . |
| 24 | This implies an average 387 days less of life for inhabitants of the indebted countries . |
| 25 | I also welcome Amendment twenty-seven which sets out plans for the appointment by the Secretary of State for members of authorities which will have sanction of having to come before Parliament before accepted and I think that again is extremely important . |
| 26 | Private court patronage was not just a reserve of employment for members of a political interest , however , for there was danger in it for the patron . |
| 27 | The research involves experimental studies of memory for sequences of movement , body centred encoding of movement , and memory for movements which can be named . |
| 28 | Having said that , the landlord may accept that there is more certainty in serving a s 146 notice with a short period of notice , leading to re-entry , rather than to run the risk that the tenant may subsequently utilise the Common Law Procedure Act 1852 which permits the tenant to apply for relief for up to six months after judgment in respect of forfeiture for arrears of rent . |
| 29 | The show is one and a half hours of entertainment for children of all ages . |
| 30 | In 1820 Sir Frederick Adam published his Survey of the State of the Poor , in which he showed that throughout the shires rates of pay for labourers of all types were low , and that many families lived on small quantities of wheaten or barley bread , skimmed milk , cheese , potatoes and legumes , meat hardly ever figuring in their diet . |