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

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1 After all , despite his backward views about the wrongs of women , he really did work very hard for his poor patients !
2 They have mixed views about the benefit of lights when driving in fog .
3 They did , however , anticipate that boards would bring together people likely to have different views about the purposes of boards .
4 Clearly , however , the needs we have identified at Stirling for the transmission of documents , images and so on are also arising at other sites — and between sites as well .
5 It was one of CI5 's many ‘ dirty tasks ’ to afford protection for the lives of exiles , visitors from repressive Governments , and the representatives of Governments with which Britain maintained the most reluctant and tenuous of diplomatic relations .
6 Sessions should include attitude training , assertiveness training , and preparation for the counselling of victims of violent and abusive behaviour , both users of library services and staff members .
7 Notes for the guidance of centres on the procedure for applying for approval of programmes leading to the HCIMA Professional Certificate or Professional Diploma .
8 GENERAL NOTES FOR THE GUIDANCE OF TUTORS
9 He and Chris tried to steer a middle course during the ritual of drinks before dinner and the meal that followed .
10 There are obviously many reasons for the conjunction of forces which produced its institutions and these must include the Reithian spirit ( described above ) , a political system secure enough to grant broadcasting a relatively free hand and the absence ( or the negation ! ) of deep social divisions .
11 This is one of the reasons for the choice of hymns and other music being so often limited to a few old war-horses .
12 The first six paragraphs described events leading to the setting up of the Select Committee and the reasons for the choice of witnesses .
13 There are other reasons for the predominance of women carers , even after retirement .
14 Indeed one of the main reasons for the failure of Marxists to make headway amongst the Latin American working classes is that labour organisations in many of these countries were originally the creation of the state .
15 The length of nails , in relation to the thickness of the wood they are to go through , can be discussed and reasons for the protrusion of nails arrived at .
16 If we wish to fulfil Charles Darwin 's ambition of understanding the reasons for the distribution of differences between the sexes , we shall need to examine the causes of variation in lifetime breeding success among males and females in natural populations .
17 Changes in social and commercial conditions , and changes in the moral values of the community , mean that the Courts will not always find the same reasons for the enforcement of promises to be good today as their forbears did ; equally it is likely that they will often find good reasons for the enforcement of promises where their predecessors did not .
18 Changes in social and commercial conditions , and changes in the moral values of the community , mean that the Courts will not always find the same reasons for the enforcement of promises to be good today as their forbears did ; equally it is likely that they will often find good reasons for the enforcement of promises where their predecessors did not .
19 Although people are tight lipped about the reasons for the collapse of negotiations , there were clearly bureaucratic difficulties with so many conservation organisations being involved , along with government departments , SNH and even , according to reports , Prince Charles .
20 This division between the life-styles of men and women is well documented , but little is known about the precise form or effect of housework attitudes .
21 In addition to this general point about theory placing empirical practice into pre-determined boxes , there seems little historical rationale or evidence for this particular division between the types of functions and types of politics which characterize the local and the national state .
22 provide an opportunity for the debriefing of students , discussing both the work supervisor 's and tutor 's assessment of them on an individual basis .
23 This decline was significant because it ‘ reduced the opportunity for the reflection of nuances of debate about policy and personalities within the parties ’ .
24 Their coexistence with the annual Conference of delegates and triennial Congresses provides ample opportunity for the involvement of members in the government of the BDA .
25 Choices can still be made between decision-making systems offering more or less opportunity for the involvement of workers in the design , planning and execution of production .
26 It is not proposed to repeat all this here , but a summary is appropriate , particularly since it provides an opportunity for the discussion of trends and developments of a general kind after 1974 .
27 Such people have been disappointed , to say the least , that the Government postponed the community care programme by two years because they saw it as an opportunity for the balance of resources between residential care and community care to be readdressed .
28 The fact that we could only hypothesize via ‘ indicative ’ signs about the natures of things should not lead to discontent .
29 The case in question concerned exclusive rights granted by member states for the supply of telecommunications terminal equipment and the Court held that the Commission was justified in requiring member states to withdraw such tights .
30 This is a quite unique privilege as the list of clubs and organizations granted the right to wear special ensign was closed several years ago .
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