Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] of [noun] the " in BNC.

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31 And in course of time the whole world reaps the benefits .
32 In course of time the poor seem to have accepted the image of their domestic life created by their betters .
33 It seems as though habitable mountains have grown up precipitously and cancerously from out of the ravaged landscape in defiance of gravity the leveller .
34 In Honour of HM The Queen 's Birthday .
35 In Honour of HM The Queen 's Official Birthday .
36 In Honour of HM The Queen Mother 's Birthday .
37 In my view in the case of such a statutory assignment the person to whom compensation is payable under section 58 is B. He is the person who has become entitled to the deposit in place of A. The expression ‘ depositor ’ in that section is apt to embrace him as the assignee of A , and the ‘ protected deposit ’ referred to is the liability of the bank to him in respect of the United Kingdom sterling deposit or deposits to which he is entitled .
38 In point of interpretation the line taken in ex p Osman looks correct .
39 This might seem to be moving away from Golyadkin , but in point of tone The Double and The Possessed draw closest to one another , and to Don Quixote , in the ludicrous materialities of preparation , and in their juxtaposing of very particular odds and ends with an airy universality which in lesser hands would be emptiness .
40 In point of fact the JCS had been pressing for consistent applications of containment ever since 1947 , had identified US security interests with Nationalist success in China and had declared that , if the Chinese Nationalists were to fall , the US must be prepared to accept eventual Soviet hegemony over Asia .
41 In point of fact the reverse ruled : I was constantly having chits thrust at me giving me a blow-by-blow account of " Charlie 's " state of health , but I was never made aware of the seriousness of Eddie 's wound , and somehow I did not know until I visited him in hospital later that morning .
42 With the ardour of his age Dick agrees to carry a vital message across the frontier into Flavonia : delighting in unexpected action , he is afraid only of being late and failing in his mission and it is the free resourcefulness of a boy that ensures that in spite of accidents the message does get through .
43 Also , in writing of events the writer is certain to have to abbreviate any descriptions very sharply .
44 When the referenda failed to produce the necessary 40 per cent vote in favour of devolution the Nationalists lost hope and saw no point in keeping the government .
45 ( 5 ) The turnover rent shall be determined by a qualified accountant ( acting as an expert ) and whose decision shall be final ( except so far as concerns matters of law ) to be appointed by the President for the time being of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales : ( a ) if the tenant fails to supply a certificate in accordance with paragraph 3 above ( in which case the landlord 's costs of the determination and the expert 's fee shall be borne by the tenant ) or ( b ) if there shall be any dispute between the parties as to the calculation of the turnover rent ( in which case the costs of the determination and the expert 's fee shall be borne as the expert directs ) ( 6 ) Until the determination of the turnover rent for any rental year the tenant shall continue to pay rent at the rate payable immediately before the beginning of the rental year in question and upon such determination there shall be due as arrears of rent or as the case may be refunded to the tenant the difference ( if any ) between the rent paid by the tenant for that year and the rent which ought to have been paid by him for that year plus ( if the turnover rent is determined by an expert ) such amount of interest as may be directed by the expert ( 7 ) If the turnover rent for any rental year falls below £ the landlord may by notice in writing served on the tenant not more than one month after the determination of the turnover rent for that year ( time not being of the essence ) require that there be substituted for the basic rent and the turnover rent for that year the amount for which the demised property might reasonably be expected to be let on the open market at the beginning of the year in question for a term equal to the residue of this lease then unexpired and on the same terms as this lease ( save as to rent but on the assumption that the rent may be revised every five years ) there being disregarded the matters set out in section 34 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 ( as amended ) and in default of agreement the said amount shall be determined by an independent surveyor ( acting as an expert not as an arbitrator ) to be appointed by the President for the time being of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors whose decision shall be final and whose fee shall be borne as he directs Example 4:5 Turnover rent for theatre or cinema based on box office receipts1 ( 1 ) In this schedule : ( a ) " box office receipts " means the gross amount of all moneys payable to the tenant or any group company on the sale of tickets for theatrical cinematic or other performances in the demised property or the right to stage productions or hold conferences or other events ( whether public or private ) in the demised property and any moneys payable on the sale of programmes souvenirs or similar items ; ( i ) treating any sale by credit card as having been a sale in consideration of the net amount recoverable by the tenant from the credit card company ( ii ) treating any amount which the tenant is entitled to receive by way of grant gift or sponsorship as part of the box office receipts and ( iii ) deducting any value added tax payable by the tenant to HM Customs and Excise ( b ) " bar receipts " means the gross amount of all moneys payable to the tenant or any group company for the supply of food and drink in the demised property : ( i ) treating any sale by credit card as having been a sale in consideration of the net amount recoverable by the tenant from the credit card company ( ii ) allowing the tenant a reduction of two per cent for wastage ( 2 ) The rent payable by the tenant shall be the aggregate of : ( a ) £ … per annum ( b ) 5 per cent of the first 60 per cent of the box office receipts for any year ( c ) 10 per cent of the remainder of the box office receipts ( d ) 7.5 per cent of the bar receipts payable annually in arrear on 31 December in each year ( 3 ) The tenant shall pay on account of the rent on 1 January 1 April 1 July and 1 October : ( a ) in the first year of the term £ … by four equal instalments ( b ) in the second and every subsequent year of the term payments at the rate of the rent payable for the last preceding year of the term by four equal instalments and as soon as possible after the end of the second and each subsequent year the amounts payable for that year under paragraph 2 above shall be agreed or otherwise determined and all necessary adjustments ( whether by way further payment by the tenant or credit given by the landlord ) shall be made ( 4 ) The tenant shall : ( a ) keep full and accurate books or records of account ( b ) permit the landlord ( or a person nominated by the landlord ) to inspect the books or records of account ( but not more often than once every three months ) and if so required to provide the books or records in a readily legible form ( 5 ) ( a ) at the end of each year of the term either the landlord or the tenant may require an audit of the tenant 's books and records by an independent auditor ( acting as an expert ) to be appointed ( in default of agreement ) by the President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales ( b ) the auditor shall certify the amount of the box office receipts and the bar receipts for the year in question and his certificate shall be binding on the parties ( except in so far as concerns matters of law ) ( c ) the auditor has power to determine how his costs and the costs of any representations to him shall be borne
46 In Lewis v Barnet ( 1982 ) 264 EG 1079 the lease provided that in default of agreement the rent was to be determined by a surveyor appointed by the President of the RICS on the application of the landlord made not less than three months before the review date .
47 In consideration of £24,500 the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged Michael Derek Steed of 2 , Arlow Road , Winchmore Hill , London N.21 by his attorney Mary Steed of 2 , Arlow Road , aforesaid as beneficial owner hereby transfer to David Hammond and Claire Madeleine Hammond his wife both of 2 , Arlow Road , Winchmore Hill , London N.21 the land comprised in the title above mentioned .
48 In reality of course the effect of individual measures depends upon the combinations in which they are used , so it becomes important to test packages of improvements against each other and against control areas in which no changes have been made .
49 The document ranked in order of importance the factors it wished to take into account in a new procedure : its knowledge of the institution ‘ as a whole ’ , the quality and experience of the staff , and the papers submitted for the proposed course ( the last justified by the fact that ‘ the discipline involved in preparing and documenting a proposal for the approval or re-approval of a course of study is extremely valuable to the College submitting it ’ ) .
50 In a poll , published last week , asking voters to rank in order of priority the issues they most wanted discussed during the election campaign , unemployment came top by a long way , followed by worries about the funding of the badly-indebted State pension and social security fund , and then education and training .
51 In face of insolvency the following principles apply .
52 ( b ) Increase in value of asset The receipt or accrual of the income operates to increase the value to the individual of any assets held by him or for his benefit .
53 In time of war the presence of a king on campaign was an asset to be exploited .
54 In time of war the proportion was probably as high as one in eight .
55 In breach of contract the boiler was delivered five months late .
56 As Griffiths LJ explained in Lion Laboratories Ltd v Evans " I believe that the so-called iniquity rule evolved because in most cases where the facts justified a publication in breach of confidence the plaintiff had behaved so disgracefully or criminally that it was judged in the public interest that his behaviour should be exposed " and , as he aptly stated , " there is a world of difference between what is in the public interest and what is of interest to the public " .
57 Where a part warrant is suspended on payment of instalments the balance of the judgment or order ( unless otherwise directed ) is automatically suspended on the same terms ( Ord 26 , r 11 ) .
58 ( c ) Action on receipt of reply The circumstances in which searches are made and the variety of information elicited are too wide for a short answer .
59 Where ownership has been transferred without continuity of management the levels of inefficiency experienced have often been disastrous , setting up a vicious spiral of underperformance .
60 Using a conversion factor of 1,250 feet per inch of mercury the approximate height above ground , at least in relation to the take-off point , could be calculated .
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