Example sentences of "[det] of the [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The National Rivers Authority ( NRA ) , which blames leaching from the sites for much of the pollution of waterways , commented that meeting statutory requirements on water quality would now be " much more difficult " . |
| 32 | To argue that much of the work of philosophers like Aristotle or theologians like Aquinas was based on a simple grammatical error is quite unfair . |
| 33 | Much of the work of consumers ' organisations is responsive . |
| 34 | Much of the history of women and women 's movements is still to be written . |
| 35 | Because social changes which can be fitted into comparatively lengthy processes are yoked together with some structures in a single category , much of the history of conjonctures consists in relating one to another . |
| 36 | Singleton sees the break up of the family , with single women raising their children , as a source of much of the disintegration of values amongst young men . |
| 37 | Fforde makes much of the importance of archives and private correspondence as the means to discover ‘ true intentions ’ , so why did Austen Chamberlain not simply drop Hugh Cecil a note to let him know that his speeches in favour of tariffs and pensions were all a put-up job ? |
| 38 | Much of the functionality of GIS lies with their ability to overlay one or more digital maps for the purposes of Boolean or network analyses . |
| 39 | Much of the veneer of sediments resting on the oceanic crust of the downgoing plate will not be subducted since it is not firmly attached to the underlying crust and because it is not sufficiently dense to sink of its own accord into the asthenosphere . |
| 40 | Throughout either of the sequence of developments with increasing Rayleigh number described in Sections 22.5 and 22.6 , the temperature profile tends away from the linear form that occurs when the fluid is at rest and towards the form of Fig. 22.11 . |
| 41 | I hope that the Bill will change that so that there are fewer of the type of engineers described by my hon. Friend the Member for Harrow , West ( Mr. Hughes ) and more progressive traffic engineers . |
| 42 | The ensuing conflict is the most famous battle in all of the history of Men , the Battle of Black Fire Pass . |
| 43 | That 's what the section committee is there for and the C E C after balancing these arguments decided that with all of the limitations , with all of the stretching of points and so on , on that basis , we should come down and recommend to you that only people who work in the section should be eligible for election . |
| 44 | The most striking example of all of the employment of foreigners , however , was Prussia . |
| 45 | Many of the sort of examples I have cited so far have been pushed aside by theorising palaeontologists with the disparaging term " facies fossils " . |
| 46 | ‘ Need ’ was redefined in terms of learning difficulties significantly greater than those of the majority of children . |
| 47 | The member states appoint the Commissioners , the judges and Advocates General of the European Court of Justice , the members of the Economic and Social Committee and those of the Court of Auditors . |
| 48 | For example , many adult education institutes , traditionally non-vocational , now put on courses for specific language examinations , that is either GCSE or A-levels with a choice of examination boards , those of the Institute of Linguists , the RSA or in the case of EFL , the Cambridge examinations amongst many others . |
| 49 | Under s 4 of the Charities Act 1992 , the Charity Commissioners have powers which are similar to those of the Registrar of Companies to require that a charity 's name be changed . |
| 50 | Louis 's behaviour betrayed no interest in abstract justice : he was prepared to force modifications of the immunity in his own favour , but not in those of the count of Nevers or of the rebels ; moreover , his opposition to the commune was inconsistent with his behaviour at Rheims or Amiens , and with long-term royal policy ( by the end of the century , Vézelay had won its liberties ) . |
| 51 | The boundaries of that part of the working classes — it might overlap with the independent craftsmen , shopkeeper and even the small entrepreneur — which was coming to be recognised as a social and political force pretty well coincided with those of the world of clubs — Mutual Aid Societies , fraternal benevolent orders ( generally with strong rituals ) , choirs , gymnastic or sports clubs , even voluntary religious organisations at one extreme , labour unions and political associations at the other . |
| 52 | Similarly , importing a bitmapped graphic in any of the variety of formats DW1.2 supports gives the opportunity to use the very simple tracing tool to trace only selected shapes and pick them out of the bitmap — the second screenshot shows the Windows 3.1 window being picked out of the 3.1 opening logo screen . |
| 53 | Regulation of transmitter release could occur at any of the sequence of events leading from Ca 2+ entry to exocytosis , through the mobilization , docking and fusion of vesicles at release sites in the presynaptic terminal . |
| 54 | Flick through the pages of any of the glut of games magazines and you 'll find torrents of abuse flying between Mario and Sonic followers . |
| 55 | The action and control areas were carefully selected so that they were matched as far as possible in terms both of the number of referrals to the psychogeriatric service in the previous year , and of 1981 census data on the number of elderly people resident , particularly those aged 80 and over , the housing amenities of elderly people and the proportion of elderly people living alone ( see Table 2.1 ) . |
| 56 | You 'll find specimens of most of the kind of letters you will need to write at every stage of a simple conveyancing matter in Appendix II . |
| 57 | Right erm well I hope I 've covered most of the range of things that come . |
| 58 | These are scattered throughout the country and include most of the variety of habitats in Japan . |
| 59 | She swam and sunbathed , went sightseeing , worked on her designs , talked brightly on the phone with Lucy , or Dad or Charles whenever they rang her , forcing herself not to ask whether Guy had moved in on the firm yet , and then wincing when Lucy said that he 'd made his mark in a dramatic emergency board meeting , put up the backs of most of the board of directors when he announced sweeping measures to increase profitability , cut overheads … |
| 60 | Unfortunately , however , Hoving 's overweening ego becomes distressingly evident : he presents a soon tiring scenario of the young , hip , rebellious David against the stuffy old WASP Goliaths , symbolised by most of the board of trustees and members of the curatorial staff . |