Example sentences of "of [noun] [noun sg] were " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other features of change management were not recognized , including the time it takes to embed changes in institutions ( Georgiades and Phillimore , 1975 ) , negotiating with institutions ( Easen 1985 ; Hughes et al , 1985 ) , approaching individuals ( Easen , 1985 and 1987 ) and challenging avoidance ( Bolam , 1975 ; Janis , 1977 ; Phillips and Fraser , 1982 ) . |
| 2 | Adults ' and children 's private parts of various shades of skin colour were displayed in a centrefold in the French left-wing newspaper Liberation . |
| 3 | Copious quantities of Champagne wine were consumed by such a large influx of visitors , enabling the vineyards to flourish and the vignerons to prosper , and leading to the export of both the wine and its reputation throughout the growing markets of Europe . |
| 4 | The cattle that survived this vicious circle of pasture depletion were no doubt those that could make the most of small areas of rough grazing and it is likely that small , thrifty cattle were positively selected in preference to larger improved types which needed better feeding . |
| 5 | Patterns of use obtained after the introduction of the programme of user instruction were compared with the pattern of use obtained for a control group before the start of the innovation . |
| 6 | In Oxfordshire much of the last blocks of Wychwood Forest were cleared and replaced by regular stone-walled fields in 1857–8 . |
| 7 | Overall , the energy efficiency aspects of building design were well appreciated . |
| 8 | All these twists given to human character by the conditions of camp life were noticeable in varying degrees throughout the years . |
| 9 | All the other peculiar effects of camp environment were bad . |
| 10 | By the time the Japanese landed at Koebang on 19 February 1942 , the main elements of Sparrow Force were also ravaged by malaria . |
| 11 | Unlike the athletics scene where the use of anabolic steroids was rife , football had very few cages to rattle ; almost all the significant incidences of drug abuse were overseas . |
| 12 | During the CAST investigation , patients who had a proarrhythmia response during the early period of drug exposure were eliminated from the long-term study . |
| 13 | Several specific , and probably longstanding , complaints by the residential workers of field practice were graphically documented in the DHSS studies . |
| 14 | Alice Edelson is reputed to have played the harp sitting in the bay , where books of harp music were actually found by the Carters . |
| 15 | In UC , rates of butyrate metabolism were similar in the ascending ( 92.5 ( 58.3 ) nmol/h-µg protein ) and descending ( 93.3 ( 115 ) ) colon , and these were not significantly different from controls . |
| 16 | It is a large figure , but the County Council was breaking er , new ground in the sale of link waste , and it was necessary to engage specialist lawyers , erm , Lond a firm of er , London solicitors er , to assist in the in the process , and members will recall that in fact , the the proceeds from the sale of link waste were four point two million pounds initially , with potentially another four hundred thousand pounds , erm , once certain conditions were satisfied . |
| 17 | Not that the beginnings of rail travel were auspicious . |
| 18 | He might just as well have said : ‘ It 's all very well asking for more money for the railways , but if the volume of rail freight were doubled , it would still be only a mere 16 per cent of the rail-and-road total . ’ |
| 19 | It would be sad , though , would it not , if the analysis of teaching quality were to be prejudged by the availability or attractiveness of particular solutions for dealing with it ? |
| 20 | Two types of sentence structure were used . |
| 21 | Visual mean values of UOS pressure were taken for each two second interval from 10 seconds before the onset of the common cavity episode until one second before the first swallow after the common cavity episode , or the onset of the first secondary oesophageal peristaltic wave ( Fig 3 ) . |
| 22 | By the same token , back payments of income support were to be limited only to a three-year period starting in April 1988 . |
| 23 | A number of past and current approaches to the area of handwriting recognition were reviewed . |
| 24 | If the Managing Director of Cords Plc were to require that next year 's profit show a 15% increase over last year 's performance , how many pairs of trousers would have to be sold each month ( i ) assuming that the Sales Director 's policies were adopted and ( ii ) assuming that they were not adopted . |
| 25 | Doses and lengths of exposure time were high but ‘ not so far from the levels to which some people are exposed , particularly in the workplace ’ . |
| 26 | Ratios of butyrate/glutamine metabolism were significantly lower ( p<0.05 ) in the ascending than in the descending colon ( Fig 6 ) . |
| 27 | Huy dug into the leather pouch at his side , concealed under a fold of his kilt , and withdrew its contents : a couple of silver deben were all it contained . |
| 28 | BREWERS of Castlemaine lager were accused yesterday of not giving a XXXX for deaf people because a TV commercial for the Aussie booze uses ‘ gobbledegook ’ sign language . |
| 29 | In 1793 two companies of horse artillery were formed , the first British artillery units to have their own drivers ; and this reform was later extended to the whole of this branch of the army . |
| 30 | The small hours of Friday morning were busy ones for stockbrokers who remained open in case investors were shocked by the result into selling stocks . |