Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [prep] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , there is no reference to a requirement of ‘ suddenness ’ in the Homicide Act 1957 , and the courts have in effect restricted the defence to people with certain kinds of temperament . |
| 2 | This has broadly supported the stance taken by the Committee for the Defence of Fauna and Flora ( CODEFF ) , which is co-ordinating campaigns against this and other logging plans . |
| 3 | All things considered the response of people to the proposed scheme can hardly be described as ‘ extraordinary ’ . |
| 4 | Ultimately , the cost is overload and the response of people to overload is stress , prioritizing , queuing of information ( or problems ) , and , ultimately , degraded performance . |
| 5 | And what was the response of people when they actually got this ? |
| 6 | The main difficulties to be overcome in this type of exercise relate to timing the issue of the questionnaire , its content and the response from staff . |
| 7 | Bristol and West claims these auctions will help to bring some action to an otherwise slow market , and says it was overwhelmed by the response from people wanting to sell in this way . |
| 8 | PC Ron Hall , who suffered serious leg injuries and underwent emergency surgery in Middlesbrough General Hospital , said : ‘ The response from people has been overwhelming . |
| 9 | Section 674 deems that income for tax purposes to be the income of Mr A. The income of £50,000 is amalgamated with the £100,000 and Mr A is assessed accordingly . |
| 10 | As a result of the second limb of what is now s681(1) ( a ) being passed into law , the Inland Revenue could assess all the income under Part XV of the Taxes Act ; with regard to the income of £2,000 derived from the American shares the Inland Revenue may have an option whether to charge the same under Case V of Schedule D or if , for instance , s672 is the relevant provision under which Part XV is applied , then under Case VI of Schedule D ( s679 ) . |
| 11 | The Council of Economic Advisers produced startling figures : 9.3 million ( 20% ) of Americans were living below a poverty line drawn at the income of $3000 a year . |
| 12 | In a sector where the income from sales of tickets represented less than a quarter of total expenditure , there was little else one could expect . |
| 13 | The ether was evaporated under nitrogen after the addition of 4M NaOH , and extracts stored at -20°C until analysis . |
| 14 | Sucralfate ( 100–200 mg/kg given orally ) protected gastric mucosa against the ethanol , aspirin , and stress induced acute gastric lesions but the addition of bFGF ( 100 µg/kg subcutaneously or intragastrically ) failed to affect sucralfate induced protection against ethanol or aspirin but increased that against stress . |
| 15 | The addition of bFGF to sucralfate resulted in similar stimulation in DNA synthesis and in similar increases in the concentrations of DNA and RNA to those in rats treated with bFGF without sucalfate ( Table IV ) . |
| 16 | As expected , the addition of bFGF to sucralfate did not augment the gastroprotective activity of this drug except in stress lesions , which were significantly more reduced after treatment with the combination of bFGF and sucralfate than with each agent separately . |
| 17 | Free and bound tracer were separated by the addition of 6% ( weight/volume ) charcoal ( Norit PN5 , BDH , Poole , UK ) with 0.6% ( weight/ volume ) dextran . |
| 18 | As a consequence , Anglo-Welsh 's offer for Palatine is now being increased by the addition of 25p in cash per Palatine ordinary share . |
| 19 | For that reason , the Russians will need to have a community in which there is private property , freedom from regulation and low taxation , with the opportunity for people to accumulate wealth and invest it . |
| 20 | Developing Managerial Effectiveness — this highly successful five-day residential conference provides the opportunity for people to explore and develop their own managerial skills in work which requires leadership , communication , motivation and the use of one 's own authority . |
| 21 | ‘ The new association will provide , for the first time , the opportunity for people from throughout Scotland to find out what is going on elsewhere , ’ she said . |
| 22 | Crime , vandalism and delinquency are confined to a minority , handful they said , in a district where the majority of folk want to lead decent lives in peace and quiet . |
| 23 | While the majority of samurai did live as retainers in castle towns , there were some marginal cases who continued to reside in the countryside , often cultivating the land . |
| 24 | This generally leaves the majority of sperm in suspension and sediments the larger cells including the spermatocytes . |
| 25 | Chabertia ovina is present , usually in low numbers , in the majority of sheep and goats . |
| 26 | The majority of c.c.d.s have around 500 stages , which is just about enough to give some sort of reverberation effect . |
| 27 | The majority of works in ‘ From the Treasuries of Eurasia : Masterpieces of Ancient Art ’ have never been shown in the West before . |
| 28 | While a large number of the items taken from Germany are held in special State-run storage facilities and are easy to work with , the majority of works removed from Russia were scattered over the world in the post-war period ’ . |
| 29 | The exhibition has been selected by the curator of the Henry Moore Foundation , David Mitchinson and the majority of works are borrowed from that institution , with others lent by the British Council and Leeds City Art Gallery . |
| 30 | The majority of works were produced in the dying years of two centuries , our own and that which preceded it . |