Example sentences of "of the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 31 | It is now not easy to talk to Bill Larnach for very long before becoming aware of the depth of his knowledge and the way in which , following the traditions of his birthplace , he has achieved a mastery of this very difficult subject . |
| 32 | a realization of the depth of stereotypical portrayal involved in any one text . |
| 33 | To tell him the truth — that she 'd been afraid of the depth of her own feelings — would be far too revealing . |
| 34 | Is he also aware that British Steel can not go ahead with its plans for building a new plate mill on Teesside because of the depth of the recession into which the Government have plunged the country ? |
| 35 | The trial of Sir Terence and the charges against Sir Joh were indicative of the depth of corruption associated with the National Party 's 30 years in office in Queensland which had ended with the party 's electoral defeat in 1989 . |
| 36 | The announcement came amid new indications of the depth of Latvia 's economic crisis . |
| 37 | The results — 66 per cent for the PLO , 33 per cent for Hamas and 1 per cent for Islamic Jihad — were regarded as an important signal of the depth of support for the PLO mainstream and its policy of negotiation with Israel . |
| 38 | Even when the newspapers were able to introduce photographs , the ILN prospered because of the depth of its pictorial coverage . |
| 39 | Steve was doing the right thing ; he was going to marry the woman he loved even though she had a baby by another man , which was a true measure of the depth of his caring . |
| 40 | Only too conscious of the depth of passion simmering in him , and conscious too of her crumbling resistance and his vow that nothing would happen that she did n't initiate , she took a deep , shaky breath and got into the car , shutting the door firmly behind her . |
| 41 | The night 's events must have given them a very clear idea of the depth of local opinion . ’ |
| 42 | The names and addresses of senior judges in the Irish Republic , together with a document which purports to come from the office of the Chief of Staff of the Irish Army , surfaced yesterday as the latest in the series of security leaks , writes David McKittrick . |
| 43 | That is now the task of the Chief of Defence Staff and his Central Staff , who are responsible for formulating national military strategy , and for expressing it to the government of the day and within the Whitehall market-place . |
| 44 | The greatest of these was Sigmar , the first son of the chief of the Unberogen tribe . |
| 45 | This prompted civil rights organisations and black politicians to demand the resignation of the chief of the Los Angeles Police Department , Daryl Gates . |
| 46 | The appointment on Feb. 26 of Col. Faustino Rico Toro as the new head of the Special Force for the Fight against Drug Trafficking ( FELCN ) sparked off a controversy within the country , which resulted in the eventual resignation of the Chief of Police and the Interior Minister . |
| 47 | Sections of the elite Presidential Guard led the army intervention , with the backing of the Chief of Staff , Gen. Jean-Marie Michel Mokoko , a close ally of President Sassou-Nguesso . |
| 48 | Moreover we see both bomber forces gaining weight and flexing muscle ; Harris with his 100 bomber squadrons in sight ( but still painfully short of the Chief of Air Staff 's promised 3,500 aircraft ) , and the General commanding the Eighth Air Force in no better state , having to fight and fight hard to arrest the diversion of his build-up in aircraft to other theatres . |
| 49 | The Crown Prince was just six years old when his father came to the Imperial Throne , and from that moment on all communication — even the most personal — between himself and the Kaiser took place through the formal intermediary of the Chief of the Military Cabinet . |
| 50 | As Vimla pirouetted , pulling her sari over her head in a parody of the Dance of the Seven Veils , Chaman Guru put down the cymbals and got down to the serious business of collecting money . |
| 51 | There are three N.F.P.A. Codes which specify the protection of the storage of goods in the United States of America . |
| 52 | For example , this month 's issue of Psychology Today contains the result of a study of the pace of life in 36 American cities . |
| 53 | Penzias conveys a vivid sense of the pace of technological evolution in our time . |
| 54 | I was in the Decoding Room briefly , as were all Hut 6 recruits , but was very glad not to remain there , as the operators were constantly having nervous breakdowns on account of the pace of work and the appalling noise . |
| 55 | I have n't really had a vacation , this is the first time I 've taken some time off and I barely got here ; just because of the pace of the world , especially last year . |
| 56 | This necessity of the pace of social and industrial change has its implications for teaching method : the student must increasingly develop and practise the skills of enquiry and discovery , in order to experience the confidence and pleasure of it and to be able to make fullest use of " recurrent education " possibilities and requirements in later life . |
| 57 | Annual population estimates give a rather different impression of the phasing of the pace of the urban-rural shift over time ( Champion , 1981 , 1987b ) . |
| 58 | " I 'm sick and tired of the pace of play on the Tour , " said the winner of this year 's Catalan Open . |
| 59 | Statements issued by the PLO during January were highly critical of the Baker plan and of the pace of peace negotiations in general . |
| 60 | Accusing the VPN leadership of " not defending the interests of Slovakia " , Meciar declared that the new formation would support a new constitution based on a formal state treaty between the two republics and a slowing of the pace of reforms to create a market economy . |