Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is , undoubtedly , a tension between cause and consequence , but no acceptable way in which significance can be confined to the realm of an expression and consequence of unity institutionally achieved . |
| 2 | WARNING — Aspects of play not covered by the rules will have to be fought out between the parties . |
| 3 | The rapid feedback of marks and grades on a termly basis creates an open system of assessment easily understood by students . |
| 4 | Another important aspect of assessment not addressed by this study is that of physical disorder . |
| 5 | Spencer 's emphasis on the struggle against the environment as the driving force of progress thus helped to create the popular image of ‘ Darwinism ’ . |
| 6 | For the water authorities in general the practical significance of consents is that many rivers are now substantially comprised of effluent already discharged subject to consent . |
| 7 | The burgeoning elderly population may in future be left without levels of support currently provided by relatives , a new report suggests . |
| 8 | The framework of support so established might well lead to a partnership between schools and LEAs which gives more effective support to those working within the institution . |
| 9 | On the situation in South Africa , the Council deplored the present phase of serious violence but welcomed " further indications … that the process of change already begun is going ahead " , and decided to lift its ban on new investments in South Africa [ see also p. 37910 ] . |
| 10 | In France intermittent discussion from 1879 onwards , in which the advocates of change often pointed to Britain and Germany as models , bore fruit at last in the sending in 1904 of a commercial attaché to London at the special request of the embassy there : by 1908 the French diplomatic service included six such appointments . |
| 11 | She was a large , beefy creature , with wisps of hair just freed from curlpapers writhing round her moon-like face . |
| 12 | He threw down the towel , damp locks of hair still slicked on his forehead . |
| 13 | Thus we have seen that British capitalism in the 1860s abandoned non-economic compulsion of labour ( such as the Master and Servant Acts which punished breaches of contract by workers with jail ) , long-term hiring contracts ( such as the ‘ annual bond ’ of the northern coalminers ) , and truck payments , while the average length of hiring was shortened , the average period of payment gradually reduced to a week , or even a day or an hour , thus making the market bargain more sensitive and flexible . |
| 14 | Some glimmer of hope still remained ; but the woman 's voice dispelled it . |
| 15 | This tendency to make light of Rushdie 's predicament was well illustrated when the American edition of Esquire recently published a vicious personal attack on the novelist , which angered many of his friends and supporters . |
| 16 | Here I focus on the genealogy of two aspects of discrimination already addressed by this study , namely displacement between the political and the sexual , and the idea of perversion as an inimical absence . |
| 17 | Fat women are campaigning against all forms of discrimination currently experienced . |
| 18 | But this fact can not save the inflated concept of freedom just mentioned , because people 's upbringing is normally just as far out of their control as their genetic constitution is . |
| 19 | The intensity of the colour achieved is also much greater , as the shades become of necessity slightly diluted when mixed into icing . |
| 20 | First , retrospective assessments of this kind are of necessity highly coloured by Nizan 's ultimate break with the party in 1939 . |
| 21 | This is completely contrary to the present recognition of the priority of function neatly expressed in Cazden ‘ s maxim ‘ take care of function and the structure will take care of itself ’ . |
| 22 | One definition of function often found in present-day texts is : " A function is a rule which associates with each element of some set A a single element of a second set B. |
| 23 | Because deep meditation can be likened in many ways to the altered state of hypnosis , and because those who have a profound interest in such forms of meditation are likely to be on a deliberate spiritual voyage of discovery , they may be able to pass more easily through those barriers of protection normally erected by the subconscious mind . |
| 24 | The sort of protection currently offered covers damages for conflict of interest , negligent misstatements , acting beyond the scope of authority and authorising excessive borrowing , failure to supervise others to whom responsibility has been delegated , unauthorised payments and failure to make statutory payments , and errors of judgment not only of negligence . |
| 25 | ( 2 ) Nothing in subsection ( 1 ) above shall prohibit or restrict : ( a ) the consumption of alcoholic liquor in any premises at any time within fifteen minutes after the conclusion of the permitted hours in the afternoon or evening , as the case may be , if such liquor was supplied in those premises during the permitted hours ; ( b ) the taking of alcoholic liquor from any premises within fifteen minutes after the conclusion of the permitted hours in the afternoon or evening , as the case may be , if such liquor was supplied in those premises during the permitted hours and was not supplied or taken away in an open vessel ; ( c ) the sale or supply to , or consumption by , any person of alcoholic liquor in any premises where he is residing ; ( d ) the taking of alcoholic liquor from any premises by a person residing there ; ( e ) the supply of alcoholic liquor , in any premises , for consumption on those premises , to any private friends of a person residing there who are bona fide entertained by , and at the expense of , that person , or the consumption by such friends of alcoholic liquor so supplied to them ; the ordering of alcoholic liquor to be consumed off the premises or the despatch by the vendor of liquor so ordered ; ( g ) the supply of alcoholic liquor for consumption on licensed premises to any private friends of the holder of the licence bona fide entertained by him at his own expense , or the consumption of alcoholic liquor by persons so supplied ; ( h ) the consumption of alcoholic liquor at a meal by any person at any time within half an hour after the conclusion of the permitted hours in the afternoon or evening , as the case may be , if the liquor was supplied during the permitted hours and served at the same time as the meal and for consumption at the meal ; ( i ) the sale of alcoholic liquor to a trader for the purposes of his trade , or to a registered club for the purposes of the club ; or ( j ) the sale or supply of alcoholic liquor to any canteen in which the sale or supply of alcoholic liquor is carried on under the authority of the Secretary of State or to any authorised mess of members of Her Majesty 's naval , military or air forces . |
| 26 | That £5 million will buy an awful lot of sightscreens , heavy rollers and bags of loam all designed to improve the country . |
| 27 | THE MINISTRY of Defence officially announced yesterday that the next General Officer Commanding Scotland will be Brigadier Michael Scott , CBE , DSO . |
| 28 | Kerekou remained President and Head of the Armed Forces , but the new government was headed by Prime Minister Nicéphore Soglo , who also took on the portfolio of Minister of Defence formerly held by Kerekou . |
| 29 | ‘ It is entirely up to you whether you can gradually raise yourself to the highest position of eminence ever achieved by a musician … whether you choose to leave this world having been ensnared by a skirt , forced to lie on straw and shut up with an attic-full of starving children , or whether , after a Christian life , you go full of satisfaction , honour and glory , your family well provided for , and your name revered by all . ’ |
| 30 | The Guardian disclosed in July that the Ministry of Agriculture secretly agreed to an investigation as soon as the US findings were known . |