Example sentences of "of [noun] [coord] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I think that for me , having learnt quite a bit about these differences , I find what I want to do now is go forward to see how we can build some sort of unity and on what basis and whether in fact that is required . |
| 2 | Thus there is today a reiteration of long-established themes , proclaimed more insistently as a consequence of the postwar extension of socialist planning ; opposition to the increasing , more ubiquitous and more centralized power of the state , and to the concomitant growth of public bureaucracy , and on the other side advocacy of decentralization and of what Nisbet ( 1975 , concluding chapter ) has called ‘ a new laissez-faire ’ . |
| 3 | The fact that a growing proportion of diplomats were now laymen whose fluency in Latin was often limited helped to accelerate this process , as did the fact that different nations pronounced the same Latin words in markedly different ways ; but as the language of treaties , especially those which involved a large number of states or in which the German states were concerned , Latin survived longer than as the language of negotiation . |
| 4 | It would not be surprising if the loss of a job for a middle-aged manager who would have difficulty finding other similar employment within his field of expertise and at his age and occupational level was experienced as highly distressing . |
| 5 | Both she and Prince Albert believed wholeheartedly in the value of photography and through their patronage encouraged its early popularity . |
| 6 | John speaks of his knowledge of Aristotle and of his willingness to share his learning with him . |
| 7 | The transition from classical elite theory to modern variants of elitism and to its mutant offshoot pluralism is best illustrated by reference to the work of Joseph Schumpeter , whose most important contribution to modern political theory is to provide the template for many theoretical efforts to reconcile the ‘ fundamental fact ’ of elitism with democratic theory . |
| 8 | I was conscious of rich chaos , the sort of jumble that lures one into a junk-shop knowing that under the piles of objects and above one 's head there are riches to be mined . |
| 9 | That there should be a presumption of negligence and for them to show that they 've done nothing wrong . |
| 10 | By the seventeenth century the hood disappeared as an item of mourning and in its place came sashes and scarves . |
| 11 | In the open intellectual milieu where Catholic exegetes and theologians now move among colleagues of other traditions of faith or of none , the traditional term ‘ hermeneutics ’ ( the art and the principles of interpretation ) has been taken over for a mode of philosophical discussion so technical that its products are usually baffling even to a well-educated reader . |
| 12 | He brings with him a wealth of experience and for our part , we assure him of our loyal support ’ . |
| 13 | So let's , ask ourself these questions , not just for this woman of Samaria but for us , why did our Lord seek the interview with this woman ? |
| 14 | Delivering improved primary care to Londoners will depend on the skills of primary health care practitioners from a range of disciplines and on their ability to work together . |
| 15 | Without doubt there will be schools who see the guidelines as indicators of direction and in which child-centred learning will take precedence over externally imposed guidelines . |
| 16 | Just as a young child needs to be contained , given a safe and secure haven from which to explore and develop mastery of skills and to which to retreat when his efforts fail , so too might an adult need security in order to develop fully . |
| 17 | FOR THE LOVE OF ME AND OF US MY GOD DO N'T LISTEN ! |
| 18 | My hon. Friend the Member for Denton and Reddish ( Mr. Bennett ) emphasised how important it was not merely for Members of Parliament but for our constituents to put their case . |
| 19 | Privilege is the exceptional position of the two Houses of Parliament and of their members at common law and by statute . |
| 20 | It gives expression not to a technical aspect of the division of labour but to its social aspect . |
| 21 | It demonstrated the excesses that are possible in the present climate of confusion and for which the chief public prosecutor has apologised . |
| 22 | It demonstrated the excesses that are possible in the present climate of confusion and for which the chief public prosecutor has apologised . |
| 23 | This astonishing diversity manifested itself in great complexity of relationships and in our lacking dominance almost everywhere . |
| 24 | A traditionalist , he was guided by the natural right of succession and in his view , ‘ the house of Stuart succeeded to the full right of both the houses of York and Lancaster , whose common source is the undisputed right . ’ |
| 25 | Again , the ‘ normal ’ situation in the sciences is not a sure guide , as none of you needs to be reminded , when the brain and mind are the subjects of investigation , given the peculiar features that attach to the notion of consciousness and to its close relations , thought , feeling , privacy and so on . |
| 26 | And these , along with other cortical events relating to other sensory pathways , are the basis of consciousness and of our state of being ‘ worlded ’ . |
| 27 | The general shortage of comforts and of everything which kept us just above the lowest level of life was sufficiently great to make individuals cling to what they had with something like fanaticism . |
| 28 | They differ in their date of onset and in their scale and relative importance over time . |
| 29 | We start with er er a fine and exciting topic for Monday morning the topic of boils and in their finalist form they 're shown here as starike . |
| 30 | His principal work in philosophy is a detailed refutation of Nicolas Malebranche 's Cartesian theory of perception and of his non-Cartesian , Augustinian , doctrine of ‘ vision in God ’ , the doctrine from which George Berkeley sought to dissociate himself . |