Example sentences of "variety of [noun] [conj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time the Ashleys bought the twenty-two-room château , it had seen a variety of owners and fortunes , yet although remarkably close to the battlefront in both World Wars , had escaped any major damage . |
| 2 | Haslet is a pork meat loaf , which is flavoured with a variety of herbs and spices . |
| 3 | In the towns , markets contain whole sections given over to stalls with a vast variety of herbs and roots for every conceivable ailment from toothache to tuberculosis . |
| 4 | To replace the depleted vegetation a range of species were planted on the island in the nineteenth century , including the maritime pine ( Pinus pinaster ) and blackwood ( Acacia melanoxylon ) , as well as a variety of herbs and shrubs which have now established specific vegetation zones . |
| 5 | The industry provides food , accommodation and other services at all levels for all parts of the community in a wide variety of locations and situations . |
| 6 | • Liaison between , and close collaboration with , Mashreq country national programs in carrying out all aspects of the Program ; • Assist national program coordinators in developing working plans and monitoring performance ; prepare a variety of documents and reports ; |
| 7 | They have proved to be adaptable to a wide variety of climates and environments , able to tolerate heat and cold and with a high resistance to disease . |
| 8 | Membership — the personalities concerned , the variety of knowledge and skills available can not be changed overnight . |
| 9 | The mild climate and the many different habitats support a wide variety of birds and flowers , butterflies and moths . |
| 10 | She had kept her looks and her health , and had spent her free time productively with a variety of projects and committees . |
| 11 | More important than that ( for medieval village buildings could have been swept away as easily as the Romans had swept away the native British buildings for their planned towns ) — a variety of ownerships and rights had grown up that precluded a unified plan even as early as the twelfth or thirteenth century . |
| 12 | So in France , says Tarrow , ‘ regionalism … came to cover an increasing variety of problems and policies , from the regionalization of the plan to the reform of territorial administration to the provision of rural roads and the urban planning ’ . |
| 13 | One advantage is that salaries are paid even during training ; and a career in the world of manufacture and commerce is attractive to those who want to do something ‘ real , ’ to take part in the basic process of creating wealth , to tackle a variety of problems and jobs and to have a chance to organise and administer , and perhaps to travel . |
| 14 | First , as we have already noticed , Althusser 's account must somehow explain the enormous variety of beliefs and judgments , many of them damaging to the status quo , that are found in capitalist societies ( and others , for that matter ) . |
| 15 | The muddy or sandy beds and long damp grass make ideal habitat for such birds as dunlin , which are mainly seen in winter , and of course a variety of ducks and geese . |
| 16 | Besides the Women 's Institute , there are over a dozen other active groups in the village , which cater for a variety of ages and interests . |
| 17 | Congratulations to all graduates and welcome to membership of a special group of people of a wide variety of ages and careers , in all parts of the world who share with you the experience of studying at this University . |
| 18 | → DI stands for ‘ direct inject ’ , a term applied to an electronic unit which provides a method of hooking up a variety of instruments and amplifiers to a mixing desk . |
| 19 | Later it could develop into music groups consisting of a variety of instruments and voices , bands , instrumental ensembles or dance groups . |
| 20 | Words derived from a verb stem by means of the suffix -ing may be used in a variety of meanings and functions according to the context in which they occur . |
| 21 | While the Australian and Pakistan examples quoted above serve to illustrate the variety of provisions and problems which may emerge under the rubric of ‘ rural education ‘ , Sher 's thinking leads us to an awareness of the uniqueness of the situation in a country school whatever its location . |
| 22 | To cope with the variety of take-offs and landings , it is imperative that the horse is light on his forehand and well-balanced with the weight on his hocks . |
| 23 | Invariably the cases studied had been referred for a variety of concerns and worries about the children but there was no unequivocal evidence that the children were abused according to any definition . |
| 24 | The group has access to a greater variety of experiences and skills than does one person . |
| 25 | From mankind 's point of view the varying configurations of these 329 million cubic miles present a variety of conveniences and opportunities . |
| 26 | Describing herself as the unrepentant collector , Mrs. Vernon Smith showed a variety of garments and artefacts . |
| 27 | She was able to appreciate the problems they might be having dealing with English spoken in a variety of accents and dialects after learning it in a purely academic setting . |
| 28 | Before the advent of swimfeeders and the preoccupation with maggots , casters and hempseed , anglers used a variety of baits and methods to make their catches . |
| 29 | Conventional music history 's delineation of the period through rigid Classical/Romantic periodization or ‘ great man ’ physiognomies hides a complex web of interactions , as old and new elements were articulated into a variety of patterns and meanings . |
| 30 | Each section contains appropriate weaving charts to illustrate the variety of patterns and fabrics which can be produced . |