Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [verb] [adv] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The potential of graphs to communicate effectively is consequently being undermined . |
| 2 | A number of contracts have already been negotiated with retailers but the group will operate in a three-way partnership with both processors and retailers . |
| 3 | A number of improvements have recently been introduced to FAC complaints procedures , including : |
| 4 | Alice saw on the desk that there was a white canvas bag in which stacks of notes had already been put . |
| 5 | ‘ Correct ’ treatment of prisoners had always been acknowledged , but there had never been any mention of civilian suits or bottles of whisky . |
| 6 | However , an Agence France-Presse ( AFP ) report on Sept. 18 revealed that the exchange of prisoners had suddenly been interrupted on Sept. 15 reportedly because there were only a few prisoners in Iraq , while almost 20,000 remained in Iran , many of whom were unwilling to return to Iraq . |
| 7 | Er you will all be aware I think that the budget has been running for some months and er I suppose a lot of you either as spokes persons or as members of groups have actually been dealing with the budget issues in some detail . |
| 8 | The second reason why conventional maps are unsuitable for the answering of the types of queries mentioned above is that the human eye and brain can not take in the amounts of information that would be present in the overlays and in the accompanying tables of figures and statistics . |
| 9 | ( When Sinhalese thresh their paddy , pairs of buffaloes yoked together are walked round and round the threshing floor at night . |
| 10 | The attraction of shells has often been enhanced by attributing to them symbolic meanings suggested by more or less fanciful resemblances . |
| 11 | Various classes of solutions have already been obtained by separating the variables of this equation in a number of different ways . |
| 12 | Changes in the abundance of mRNAs for a number of proteins have recently been identified in single CA1 cells 30min to 3hours after tetanization . |
| 13 | His choice of roles has always been intelligent , but after starring with Marlon Brando in the screen legend 's first major role for years , is paying the price . |
| 14 | However the dealers who bought and sold for themselves in opportune moments while trading in new issues on behalf of clients have sometimes been found out and reprimanded , but not usually sacked , if they were good dealers . |
| 15 | The ending of the monopoly of solicitors over house sales conveyancing and of opticians over the sale of spectacles has already been noted . |
| 16 | Delegates were informed that an encouraging number of responses had already been received to the search for sponsoring organisations , and there was every prospect that the chair would be established in 1992 . |
| 17 | The sexual behaviour of blacks has hardly been controlled in such a way as to create a gene pool in which specific physical traits related to power , speed and agility became dominant . |
| 18 | The characteristics of hackers have now been described a number of times . |
| 19 | Among dozens of companies reporting yesterday was speciality chemicals group Laporte which reported a profits slide of ten per cent and saw its shares slip . |
| 20 | Miranda 's ten-man board of directors had recently been expanded to include a new chairman , the Earl of Brighton , and Frederick Swanson of Seligman Swanson , the merchant bank chosen to handle the SUPPLYKITS flotation . |
| 21 | This board of directors has just been spelling out the fact that we 're in big trouble ; we 're heavily in debt , we 're showing a … a net loss before taxation … we can barely afford this month 's wages bills , we ca n't meet half our orders … all that does n't just come blazing in overnight after an accident with the new singeing machine in the printing plant … ’ |
| 22 | A large number of the mosaics which appear to indicate fairly specific affinities with the mosaics of sites mentioned above are geometric pavements . |
| 23 | Up to 55% of cancers have subsequently been found to contain deletions involving MCC . |
| 24 | On the ground , in accordance with this order , 5 Corps had already entered into arrangements with the Yugoslavs to take them over , and the first batches of Croats had already been repatriated , with the remaining categories to follow . |
| 25 | A number of contingencies discussed below are illustrative and not exhaustive . |
| 26 | The repatriation of Yugoslavs had now been proceeding for a week . |
| 27 | This desire has shewn itself in some minds in the advocacy of the introduction of some new style especially marking our own age , in others in the wish to see the Architecture which so especially belongs to our own and immediately neighbouring Countries , — and which for some classes of buildings has already been so completely revived , — adapted to the especial requirements of our own times and all the inventions habits and comforts incident to them . |
| 28 | The problems of object-relations have apparently been resolved . |
| 29 | The second characteristic of the type of statements given above is that they are stereotyped : the social argument against rural primary school closure generally consists of some or all of the following assertions : |
| 30 | Thirdly , a recurrent theme of much criticism of local government has been that the division and allocation of responsibilities have always been unclear . |