Example sentences of "of [noun] [noun pl] [vb -s] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Computer instructions generally operate on individual scalar variables , although we have seen how the use of index registers allows us to interpret these scalars as elements of vectors or stacks . |
| 2 | Any assessment of the impact of labour unions requires us to consider not only their influence on the wages and conditions of their members but also how this affects non-members in the same firm and labour in general . |
| 3 | It is undoubtedly true that Hansard and particularly records of Committee debates are not widely held by libraries outside London and that the lack of satisfactory indexing of Committee stages makes it difficult to trace the passage of a clause after it is redrafted or renumbered . |
| 4 | The impact of the National Curriculum and all the changes it brings with it gives heads a pressing reason — just as Mr Baker 's off-the-peg allocation of incentive allowances gives them an opportunity — to review the structures and responsibilities of management in their schools . |
| 5 | In principle , there is the same incompatibility between the Webbs ' prospectus of general public ownership and Consumer Co-operation as an aspect of private ownership ; and since the Webbs ' approval of consumer co-operatives makes them an exception , we need to know why . |
| 6 | Thus the research so far on the origin of parish churches leads us to suspect that a lot of early churches disappeared in the reforms and rationalisations of the early Middle Ages . |
| 7 | Nor can they reduce the burden of government debt by inflation , as they could in the 1970s , because the abolition of capital controls prevents it . |
| 8 | Ben Matthews of Oxford cycos says it 's a bit like ice hockey , not like polo . |
| 9 | It also shows that their very small holdings of sight deposits enables them to hold very small reserves of notes , coin and bankers ' balances . |
| 10 | None the less the fact remains that the presence of descent groups tells us nothing directly about domestic organization . |
| 11 | The weakness of glass fibres brings us to the question of Griffith cracks and it also brings us back to Professor Inglis , whom we left in Chapter 2 worrying about why ships broke in two at sea when simple calculation showed them to be amply strong enough . |
| 12 | It is commonly assumed that it is impossible to change this state of affairs , but the Guild of Food Writers believes it can be done , and that it is all-important , even vital , to do so , says Claudia Roden , its vice chairman . |
| 13 | A knowledge of feng shui enables us to look at some of the ancient sites elsewhere in the world in a new light . |
| 14 | The general form of payoff functions allows us to address dynamic models with asymmetric information and to investigate the reputation effects in these models . |
| 15 | ‘ What kind of out-of-hours activities does he enjoy ? ’ |
| 16 | Yet the prevailing treatment of women workers defines them as a particular and different sub-group of the general category ‘ workers ’ ( this parallels the role they are assigned in the study of deviance ) . |
| 17 | Like Michels , Schumpeter thought that parties are internally oligarchic , and the autonomy of party elites permits them to collaborate against the expressed interests of party members . |