Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | For what we need is not only the idea of non-arbitrariness but the idea of error and the ( logical ) possibility of correction of error by third persons . |
| 32 | Treatment for all these patients was standardised and consisted of correction of dehydration by the administration of World Health Organisation glucose oral rehydration solution supplemented by parenteral fluids where necessary . |
| 33 | Beyond that , however , there are clearly certain factors which have acted to throw a kind of cloak of invisibility around the semantic contribution made by syntactic constructions . |
| 34 | The result suggested an increasingly fragmented political scene , confirming the importance of the regional Lombardy League and providing further evidence — following on from the referendum on electoral reform in June 1991 — of the erosion of support for power-sharing between the DC and the PSI . |
| 35 | Having achieved this , they provoked disquiet in two quarters : first , those concerned with the defence of Basrah , up the river to the north , and the nearby port of Umm Qasr ; and , second , the government of Kuwait ( an important source of support for Iraq throughout the war ) , which had already suffered air attacks and was to be struck again before the fighting was over . |
| 36 | ‘ There are means of support for women in your situation . ’ |
| 37 | Wellington also contained the headquarters of New Zealand Railways , and its massive , confident air surmounted by rows of flag-poles represented an extraordinary reaffirmation of support for railways in New Zealand . |
| 38 | It is arguable that the Swedish policy of support for parents in the labour force , as well as similar measures in Eastern Europe , have put a brake on fertility decline and perhaps reversed it . |
| 39 | Sir Leon added that the Government should also adopt a more active policy of support for progress towards European monetary union , with a central banking system , while resisting other forms of unnecessary economic union . |
| 40 | The overall level of support for independence among the republics ' ethnic-Russian and other minorities was higher than expected , especially in Latvia ( minorities constituted over 36 per cent of Estonia 's population and around 47 per cent of Latvia 's ) . |
| 41 | Seasonal workers do not have the security of full-time employment , since they must seek other means of support for part of the year . |
| 42 | The major put on a show of support for Fergie with other guests . |
| 43 | A special session of the Diet was called for early August , but with the developing securities scandal leading to widespread calls for urgent measures to improve regulation of the stock market , the LDP 's failure to secure the support of Komeito and the DSP , and an unknown level of support for Kaifu within his own party , it was far from certain that the Prime Minister would succeed in his legislative aims . |
| 44 | As it stands , the crucial implication of these findings , if they are correct , is that increasing the availability of support for people with adverse living circumstances in an attempt to prevent depression would not be expected to be effective . |
| 45 | THE Foyle Civic Trust has sent a message of support to members of the Armagh Civic Trust after the town centre bomb attack destroyed historic buildings . |
| 46 | ICL , one of the key supporters of Unix V. Release 4.2 , and with $750m worth of SVR4 sales under its belt in 1991 , lent a statement of support to Sun for its Solaris operating system last week , although the statement was admittedly somewhat vague . |
| 47 | Lets hope Community Care will be a constant companion and source of support to Thompson in the future . |
| 48 | How have patterns of support between members of the same kin group changed in Britain over time , and especially over the past two centuries ? |
| 49 | Proceeding with due caution therefore , we can ask : what do we know about patterns of support between kin over the past two centuries ? |
| 50 | How are we to reconcile or decide between these competing and very different accounts of the basis of support between kin in the past ? |
| 51 | This year , for the first time , many head teachers accompanied the governors on their fact finding mission and were given stirring messages of support by speaker after speaker . |
| 52 | To gather information on the future needs of teachers with respect to health education , respondents were asked to rank five areas of support in order of importance . |
| 53 | Thanks to the two teachers from S.W. London who served tea on the 27th June under considerable difficulties — a temperamental urn and lack of support from others in their area . |
| 54 | A message of support from Thatcher for the Conservative candidate was delivered through the voters ' letter-boxes and several leading Tories , including Party Chairman Kenneth Baker , visited the constituency to support the election campaign . |
| 55 | On the other side , the spontaneous growth of a disability culture , in the absence of support from organisations of disabled people , can be regarded as a symptom of ordinary disabled people losing interest in the issues that an elite leadership regards as a priority . |
| 56 | ( A similar spread of support among states in the United States presidential elections may result in a president obtaining a majority in the electoral college without obtaining a majority of the popular vote . ) |
| 57 | Nevertheless , until the end of his life Muldoon continued to command a significant degree of support among interventionists within the parliamentary caucus of the National Party , a factor which consistently served to undermine his leadership successors . |
| 58 | Be alert to the possibility of change to cross-talk between four people , which is much more difficult for the speechreader . |
| 59 | We spend far too little time on the packaging of change for fear of misleading people . |
| 60 | Now , I think there 's probably a very nice parallel here , I ca n't help thinking it was probably a bit better , must have been better organised in the Second World War , but there 's going to be a erm special exhibition here is n't there , on memories of change on Oxford in the Second World War , and of course there were a great many extra people there too . |