Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun pl] [conj] [is] " in BNC.

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1 White clover is polymorphic for the presence or absence of cyanogenic glucosinolates and is also polymorphic for the beta glucosidases that release HCN from glucosinolates when a leaf is damaged .
2 The loch covers an area of eight acres and is stocked with brown , rainbow , and Canadian brook trout .
3 It needs to be emphasised that in marking intonation , only stressed syllables are marked ; this implies that intonation is carried entirely by the stressed syllables of a tone-unit and that the pitch of unstressed syllables is either predictable from that of stressed syllables or is of so little importance that it is not worth marking .
4 The regional distribution is important , but at a local scale it is the location of tied cottages that is crucial .
5 It was designed as a list of subject headings for use in the dictionary catalogues of medium-sized libraries and is still widely used by school and small public libraries , particularly in the United States .
6 The id is the centre of primitive desires and is at its most powerful , indeed it is extremely powerful , in the first months of life .
7 Currently , he is fascinated by the interaction of different cultures and is in Scotland for two premieres .
8 The Piper Alpha explosion itself involved the loss of 167 lives and is estimated to have cost over £2 billion , including £746 million in direct insurance payouts .
9 But with the lure of free elections that is already proving difficult .
10 It is probable that this signal is restricted to the vicinity of activated spines and is amplified by release from intracellular stores .
11 An increased freedom in life-style might be supposed to account for the increased variability in timing of daily rhythms that is found in the elderly .
12 The hotel has wonderful gardens full of olive trees and is set back from the main lakeside road , about 700 yards from Brenzone .
13 These standards have been evolved from such current consensus of damage-awarding tribunals as is manifested by the amounts they have in fact awarded in broadly similar cases .
14 For the Frankfurt School , ‘ ideology ’ is a concept to be used in the political interpretation of social forces and is predicated on a Marxist theory of the political history and structure of society .
15 The individual is the provider of material and data , is sought after for this purpose , is the bearer of social forces and is the agent of society itself .
16 We can distinguish two main kinds : ( a ) an emphasis on the ‘ informing spirit ’ of a whole way of life , which is manifest over the whole range of social activities but is most evident in ‘ specifically cultural ’ activities — a language , styles of art , kinds of intellectual work ; and ( b ) an emphasis on ‘ a whole social order ’ within which a specifiable culture , in styles of art and kinds of intellectual work , is seen as the direct or indirect product of an order primarily constituted by other social activities .
17 The director of social services is the ‘ commander ’ of social services and is responsible not just to the council but to the community for social services .
18 At least in Marx 's usage , ideology is a part of the structure of social relations and is not overcome by an individual who adopts a materialist account of history .
19 ‘ It has caused the abandonment of high standards and is one of the prime causes of stress among teachers and conscientious pupils . ’
20 It offers little discussion of some topics and is not controversial ( contrary to the claim on the back of the book ) .
21 Intarsia is normally thought of only in terms of four-ply jumpers but is also effective using finer yarns such as would be used for the vest top or T-shirts .
22 He is chairman of the Edinburgh and East of Scotland Association of the Institution of Civil Engineers and is a member of the Scottish Council for Development and Industry .
23 This ‘ lake effect ’ modifies the climate considerably within 40-50km of individual lakes as is observed in the Great Lakes region of North America .
24 The Society has a unique collection of pre-grouping wagons and is very keen to store them away from the ravages of salt sea-spray , weather and vandals .
25 A high-end offering , the model 620 , destined for the workstation and server markets , will apparently have a performance rating of 100 SPECmarks and is expected to rollout the door mid-1993 .
26 In terms of preventing relapse among people with an established schizophrenic illness , a concern for the social environment to which they return needs to become as much a part of standard procedures as is the administration of maintenance medication .
27 Where a deposit is paid on exchange of contracts for the purchase of such properties and is held as " agent " rather than 'stakeholder " , Newco 's election and notification to Customs must be made on or before exchange of contracts .
28 The Public Order Act does not require notice to be given of such assemblies nor is there any power to ban .
29 Our study of exotic tribal religions , however , enables us to come to terms with this tantalizing problem at a safe distance ; indirectly it makes it easier to realize that it is not the presence of such beliefs that is odd or unusual but their absence .
30 A Practice Direction ( 18 December 1986 , ( 1987 ) 1 All ER 604 ) has set out the evidence which will suffice to justify an order for substituted service : ( a ) one personal call at the residence and place of business of the debtor where both are known or at either of such places as is known .
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