Example sentences of "of [noun] [prep] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What characterises ascending stages of the scale of being is the combination of unity with ever increasing degrees of complexity . |
| 2 | MINIS , when properly developed , could identify and measure the performance of departmental cost centres , and thereby provide a potential for the comprehensive reorganization of departments based upon the principle of decentralization to managerially autonomous accountable units . |
| 3 | The input to such an algorithm is a set of values for very many attributes . |
| 4 | There are some practical considerations that must be faced in terms of support for visually handicapped pupils who are being educated in resource situations . |
| 5 | But while some obviously see social support as something easily recognisable , emphasising that the supporter must actually be present or accessible during stressful episodes ( e.g. Cassel , 1976 ) , others , like Cobb , conceive of support in less down-to-earth terms . |
| 6 | Another variant of utilitarianism which commanded a good deal of support in fairly recent times was rule as opposed to act utilitarianism . |
| 7 | The general effect of change on relatively stable and proven software configurations is to introduce a measure of uncertainty and risk into a previously well understood situation . |
| 8 | In itself , this constituted a sharp break with Ford 's traditional understanding of change in strictly structural terms . |
| 9 | The successful manufacture of products of widely differing size , complexity and quantity within short time-scales is dependent upon the joint effects of more sophisticated technology , especially testing equipment , and employee commitment . |
| 10 | He first translates the complex gill and siphon withdrawal behaviour of the intact organism into a circuit which habituates as a result of interactions between just two cells . |
| 11 | I was plunged at once into an immediate round of familiarisation of completely new and strange devices that were the work-a-day tools of Bomber Command . |
| 12 | For example , various studies have shown that the effectiveness of certain clinical interventions is increased by specialisation and this is one reason for having regional centres of expertise for more complex operations or rarer conditions to ensure clinicians see enough patients to " keep their hand in " and efficiently ration resources . |
| 13 | Struggling to hold back tears , Mr Parry added : ‘ If my son becomes a symbol for peace and gives everyone a new sense of hope after so much tragedy , then that will be Tim 's unique achievement . ’ |
| 14 | each Sainsbury 's , Savacentre and Homebase store will be offering a gift of £250 to under fives groups as part of the Good Neighbour Scheme . |
| 15 | The endoscopic aspect of the gastric lesions was clearly suggestive of malignancy in only half the patients . |
| 16 | Bella always started each day in a frenzy of horror at how much had to be done . |
| 17 | The organisation of the Latin office of the Church at the Canonical Hours evolved from a complex tradition of teaching which found justification for these hours of prayer in both Old and New Testaments of the Bible ; and a general pattern emerged in which they were connected with the Passion narrative . |
| 18 | It is intended to be of practical use in the formulation of policies of both public and private sectors in the future . |
| 19 | A second category of policies with only indirect consequences for the minister 's own department are those whose enactment and implementation depend upon another agency . |
| 20 | We know that lead was mined by the Brigantes because after the battle of Stanwick and the defeat of Venutius in AD 74 by the Ninth Spanish Legion under Petilius Cerialis , many of the defeated warriors were taken as slaves to work the lead-mines at Hurst in Swaledale and Greenhow Hill in Wharfedale , where lead pigs bearing Roman markings , probably stolen by native workers , have been unearthed from their hiding places . |
| 21 | The notion of difference of level between quite different programming languages can equally well be expressed within a single language : at a single level of language , say of the programming language LISP , one normally defines a function in terms of sub-functions , so that I might for example write a function WALK(x) ( where x ranges over walkers ) whose sub-functions ( to be executed in order ) might be some form of LIFT-RIGHT-LEG ; FLEX-RIGHT-FOOT ; and so on ( I am not suggesting that sequence would be even remotely plausible in fact ) . |
| 22 | The scourge of shepherds and farmers , the boobrie is greedy and will gobble up a whole flock of sheep in just one night . |
| 23 | After half an hour the gathering breaks up and the recruits escort their visitors off to lunch , or on a tour of camp for yet more photographs . |
| 24 | In the immediate post-war years there was an attempt to absolve the bureaucracy of responsibility for externally aggressive and internally repressive policies , by pointing out the ways in which bureaucrats had tried to hold back military excesses . |
| 25 | A TYNESIDE man who has worked for the Ministry of Defence for nearly 30 years will be awarded a medal on Thursday . |
| 26 | I 've , I 've never seen it , well I 've , I 've , I 've only had contact , I 've had these , this last set of contacts for about two years now , that 's why I want to get some new ones and erm |
| 27 | A claimant had a right of settlement in only one parish , originally in his or her father 's place of birth . |
| 28 | Or walls can be battened and covered with another layer of plasterboard with more insulating material . |
| 29 | The functionalist theory also justifies high rewards for the occupants of certain positions partly as a compensation for the ‘ sacrifices ’ of loss of earning power and cost of training during the period of preparation for functionally important positions . |
| 30 | These were linked by belts of houses in infrequently broken blocks , composed of bricks in a dull purplish red or khaki yellow , and all now between ninety-seven and ninety-nine years old . |