Example sentences of "of [noun] [prep] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Now although it is true that we need to consider contextual factors to explain what it is that creates a feeling of unity in stretches of language of more than one sentence , we can not say that there are no formal links between sentences in discourse .
2 The conclusion is self evident — if the Chancellor wants to maintain the real value of excise duties from alcoholic drinks he must switch the burden of taxes from spirits to beers and wines .
3 SCOTVEC has written to colleges reminding them of the availability of a devolved system of assessment for awards for which only one college provides the course .
4 Each contribution , from whatever source , is capable of assessment in terms of units of goodness , and when that goodness is accepted as such by a large majority , it can be enshrined in the Created God .
5 Analog Devices Inc has turned in first quarter net profit of $8.1m against losses of $972,000 last time , on turnover that rose by 15.2% to $151.3m .
6 The issue of decentralization of services to local bases in the community has inevitably brought with it questions of the decentralization of budgets .
7 Clearly , the operations of TNCs contribute significantly to globalization and also reduce the autonomy of states in terms of economic policy .
8 His theories linked the idea of progress with advances in technological knowledge and , by showing how progress follows natural laws , he sought to place the development of political organization on a scientific footing .
9 This debate has wider implications for the study of political science since it emphasised major features of the process of governmental decision-making — the plurality of values of participants in policy-making , the plurality of actors involved , the emphasis upon perceptions rather than ‘ objective interests ’ and the fact that policy outcomes seldom reflect the values and preferences of one group .
10 Consider the importance of values in terms of culture and job .
11 Intercim Corp saw third quarter net profits of $13,974 against losses of $715,797 last time , on turnover up 47% at $1.7m ; net losses for the nine months stood at $274,754 this time down from losses of $764,818 last time , on sales down 5.4% to $4.7m .
12 Thus , in a cumulative response , consensus , dissensus and , possibly , conflict of opinions on matters concerning the management of change and on curriculum theories in action , could be examined between and within the different groups .
13 In this paper we describe a suite of programs for building the physical map of a genome , using data of hybridisations of probes onto unordered clone libraries .
14 Do you find that erm the likes of yourself and your workmates do you have a lot of kind of views in common and things , do you think that you 're maybe kind of the same political persuasions or whatever ?
15 ‘ There are means of support for women in your situation . ’
16 Wellington also contained the headquarters of New Zealand Railways , and its massive , confident air surmounted by rows of flag-poles represented an extraordinary reaffirmation of support for railways in New Zealand .
17 It is arguable that the Swedish policy of support for parents in the labour force , as well as similar measures in Eastern Europe , have put a brake on fertility decline and perhaps reversed it .
18 THE Foyle Civic Trust has sent a message of support to members of the Armagh Civic Trust after the town centre bomb attack destroyed historic buildings .
19 How have patterns of support between members of the same kin group changed in Britain over time , and especially over the past two centuries ?
20 Thanks to the two teachers from S.W. London who served tea on the 27th June under considerable difficulties — a temperamental urn and lack of support from others in their area .
21 On the other side , the spontaneous growth of a disability culture , in the absence of support from organisations of disabled people , can be regarded as a symptom of ordinary disabled people losing interest in the issues that an elite leadership regards as a priority .
22 ( A similar spread of support among states in the United States presidential elections may result in a president obtaining a majority in the electoral college without obtaining a majority of the popular vote . )
23 Nevertheless , until the end of his life Muldoon continued to command a significant degree of support among interventionists within the parliamentary caucus of the National Party , a factor which consistently served to undermine his leadership successors .
24 This was suggested by the relative lack of change in rates of acid secretion and intragastric acidity on eradication of H pylori despite substantial falls in circulating gastrin concentrations , and by the suppression of acid secretion produced by H pylori on first infection .
25 Thirdly , the current pace of change in ideas about what needs to be purchased is increasing .
26 In fact I think the people who are looking in the direction of change in terms of parent governors and P T As etcetera are , I think looking in the wrong direction .
27 Previous British estimates of seroprevalence in women of childbearing age have range from 22% in England to 14–25% in Scotland .
28 In fact , for a number of reasons including changes in the market situation of managers ( in terms of narrowing pay differentials and perceived increases in job insecurity ) together with the more ready conceding of union recognition for those employed in the public sector of the economy , managerial unionism increased markedly in Western Europe during the 1970s .
29 Giving of reasons for decisions of a licensing board
30 This is a result of that historical process by which , through new media such as printing , material goods have been created with cumulative effect ; as a result of this powerful force for cultural production , the present generation has inherited a vast accretative mass of products in terms of which it is expected to know itself .
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