Example sentences of "of this [noun sg] [is] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our first impression of this passage is of a meticulously detailed setting of the scene for the story . |
| 2 | The specification of this standard is of course pure value judgement . |
| 3 | The intention of this law is in doubt ; the idea that it was specifically directed against Kimon , whose mother was Thracian , fails because Kimon is now thought to have died as early as 451 , too early for the law to have touched him . |
| 4 | Awareness of this problem is by no means new ( Mallinson 1986 ; Schürer 1985 ; Hedstrom 1984 ) . |
| 5 | One obvious policy for the achievement of this objective is for government to stimulate aggregate demand by some means or other . |
| 6 | The question of any appeal over the undue leniency of this sentence is under consideration . |
| 7 | Although a well-respected body of opinion favours the belief that an enduring emotional attachment between mother and baby develops during the infant 's first year of life and the quality and strength of this bond is of paramount importance to the individual 's future social and emotional development ( Bowlby , 1951 ; Rutter , 1981 ) , there is a surprising lack of research which has succeeded in demonstrating a continuity in the development of psychopathology . |
| 8 | The basic orientation of this handbook is towards the situation where : there are speaks of the language who are literate , and bilingual to some degree ; and |
| 9 | Recent public expenditure White Papers have allowed an annual 2 per cent for such changes as well as to take account of the increased costs of technological progress , but the adequacy of this allowance is in doubt . |
| 10 | Yes , I mean you could put it in the minutes , but also it would be quick at the next meeting of this sub-committee is after the election , it 'll be some time in June , so a quick way of dealing with it would be to put it in the bulletin , yes , but also , but I 'll put it in the minutes , as well . |
| 11 | The right hon. Gentleman said that the self-government of this country is in peril and , while I disagree with his domestic politics , he is right to point that out . |
| 12 | The object of this activity is for one side to carry a ‘ ball ’ from one end of the assembly hall to the other . |
| 13 | Much of this income is from the surrounding region or other parts of the same country . |
| 14 | But the core of this disagreement is about what we really mean by democracy . |
| 15 | Hilton says that the concomitant of this state is to be reformed to the image of Jesus , that is to the wisdom of God , the traditional title of the Son , and such reformation will combine both knowledge and love " cognicioun and affeccioun " ( 8.282b. – 82 ) . |
| 16 | One , relating to its ability to get things wrong , is sick and frustrated : " now euere ilk man in wrecched lyfe is gostly seke " ( Scale 1 , 44.316a. – 116 ) ; Hilton 's view of this state is like that of Rolle 's view of the body of this death in his Meditations on the Passion . |
| 17 | But it 's a , it 's a problem that , that you 've put your finger on , and this is why I personally think that a lot of this literature is of such a poor quality . |
| 18 | The declared policy of this Company is as a commercial operation . |
| 19 | The detailed working of this system is of little interest or concern to the investing public , or to readers of this book . |
| 20 | A lengthy discussion of this issue is beyond the scope of this work but given its importance in relation to the socialist project I shall make some comments . |
| 21 | An instructive example of this approach is to be found in German law , in which we find a general right of recovery which is subject to the principle that an administrative act is , even if in fact unlawful , treated as legally effective unless and until it is cancelled , either by the authority itself or by an administrative court . |
| 22 | So again you have the difference between compiled S Q L and interpreted S Q L. But again the major advantage of this approach is in application maintenance and control . |
| 23 | The best description of this journey is to be found in Satyrane 's Letters , written by Coleridge and reprinted at the end of Biographia Literaria . |
| 24 | Again , though the validity of this proposition is beyond dispute , its relevance to the debate on the desirability or otherwise of the European currency union is less than obvious . |
| 25 | The obvious application of this proposition is to relationships between European policy and DGIV on the one hand , and policy and institutions in the UK ( or any other member state of the EC ) on the other hand . |
| 26 | The secret of this trick is in the preparation of the rings by cutting and resticking them . |
| 27 | The concern of this course is with the creation and design of beautiful things and the exercise of a high degree of skill in the handling of materials . |
| 28 | Now most of this tip is in the parish of South Milford er so I take it he means he does n't count those people . |
| 29 | The commercial significance of this discovery is under review and a number of similar prospects in the area are being evaluated . |
| 30 | The focus of this discussion is upon old people living in private households . |