Example sentences of "account of the [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By ‘ social action ’ Weber refers to action ‘ which takes account of the behaviour of others and is thereby oriented in its course ’ . |
| 2 | The distinction is not clean and complete , partly because the umbrella has some social significance and is not customary everywhere , partly because some behaviour , like avoiding other people when wanting to be alone , takes account of the behaviour of others without exactly being social . |
| 3 | Elsewhere in this issue , Isabel Wolff reports on the inspiring life of Rigoberta Menchu , a indefatigable defender of human rights of indigenous people in Central America ; Ian Williams describes his experience in Somalia while working there as a nurse during the worst of the 1992 famine ; and we publish an extract from The Princess , an anonymous account of the treatment of women in Saudi Arabia . |
| 4 | It is not possible or necessary to consider this question fully here , but a consideration of the texts of Scaevola shows that in fact he too took account of the scientia of buyers when considering the availability of missio . |
| 5 | The law 's requirement for information on entry is an attempt to take account of the variety of policies operated by schools . |
| 6 | The view of the House of Lords in Davies v Sumner [ 1984 ] 1 WLR 1301 failed to take sufficient account of the variety of situations in which the phrase " dealing in the course of a business " appear . |
| 7 | The developments which followed are too recent and perhaps too elaborate to belong in this essentially historical account of the discovery of drugs . |
| 8 | LEAs will continue to be able , as now , to respond flexibly to local demand and to the needs and circumstances of their local communities , taking account of the ability of students to pay fees . |
| 9 | There is implied the possibility of a break in this functionalist account of the determination of ideas , beliefs and actions . |
| 10 | Short courses or one-day events can be scheduled to avoid peak holiday periods and should take account of the presence of learners in patient areas . |
| 11 | But Coun Jan Blythin , environmental spokeswoman for the council 's Labour group , said the study was inadequate as it took no account of the influence of currents or tidal conditions . |
| 12 | This method is also deceptive because it takes no account of the timing of receipts . |
| 13 | It is now commonly agreed that a better way of appraising projects is to use a method of discounting such as discounted cash flow ( DCF ) or net present value ( NPV ) as rate of return takes no account of the timing of receipts . |
| 14 | I have given here only a superficial account of the business of signatures but sufficient , I hope , to indicate something of their history , use and worth . |
| 15 | The dissolution , taking an account of the distribution of assets , should normally be provided for in the partnership deed . |
| 16 | This includes an account of the organization of services and a critical evaluation of initiatives resulting from the growing dissatisfaction with residential care over recent years . |
| 17 | Like the poll tax , the council tax would also take account of the number of adults in each household . |
| 18 | For all practical purposes it is necessary to run simulations on a computer , on account of the number of times it is essential to rerun the model under different conditions . |
| 19 | This result underlines the importance of employing a measure which takes account of the number of workers in question in relation to the total number of employees in the organisation when testing propositions about the influence of size on personnel practices . |
| 20 | This more complex account of the process of levels of social formation interacting is reminiscent of Althusser 's theory of overdetermination . |
| 21 | Erm you gave a a very full account of the sort of pressures that erm you were under because you did n't have a job and you related it to the necessity of involving yourself in what you euphemistically called the black economy . |
| 22 | Next , quoting the Confederation of British Industries , the chapter rehearses the view that companies have a duty to take account of the interest of employees and should develop effective systems of employee participation . |
| 23 | In some respects Kerrier may have constituted an exception , yet although the mean of £4.4 per head may need scaling down to take account of the multitude of labourers discovered and roped in for the subsidy , upwards of seven-tenths of the assessments made in 1522 were at £2 — £4 . |
| 24 | However , the consumer boom caused a rapid deterioration in the current account of the balance of payments and an upturn in the rate of inflation . |
| 25 | In the previous chapter we identified the major variables which influence the current account of the balance of payments and examined how automatic and discretionary adjustments operate to rectify payments imbalances . |
| 26 | Previously , on Oct. 9 , 1989 , the Reserve Bank of South Africa ( central bank ) had raised interest rates for the third time that year by 1 per cent to 18 per cent to protect the capital account of the balance of payments . |
| 27 | The only negative aspect highlighted by the report was an increased deficit in the current account of the balance of payments ; however the overall balance of payments was expected to remain positive because of large capital inflows . |
| 28 | This will increase the demand for sterling on the foreign exchange market : there will be a short-term capital inflow into the UK ( the capital account of the balance of payments will go into surplus ) . |
| 29 | Schneider ( 1974 ) explains how male silk moth pheromones are received ; and Wilson ( 1971 ) gives an account of the use of pheromones by ants . |
| 30 | Werking 's 1980 review of the state of the art with regard to evaluation provides an up-to-date account of the use of tests in library user education . |