Example sentences of "[noun] of [noun] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A glass of wine/whisky/champagne is said to cure all sorts of ills such as the common cold . |
| 2 | There are many groups , much literature , and a great deal of help available for the widowed or divorced — so much that to go into the subject in detail would require another book . |
| 3 | Both Surveys contain a good deal of information relevant to the assessment of living standards including expenditure data ( from the FES ) , indicators of health and social participation ( from the GHS ) and data on the possession of assets ( from both Surveys ) . |
| 4 | The OAS had previously made the lifting of sanctions dependent on the return of Aristide to office . |
| 5 | Once an associate of criminals such as the Krays and Richardsons , he has a number of convictions for violent crime . |
| 6 | Usually she had a saucepan of water simmering on the electric stove , with two plates warming on top of it , waiting to receive the meal . |
| 7 | The bulk of Book 1 of the Essay consists of arguments against innateness . |
| 8 | With the coming into force of Part 1 of the Control of Pollution Act on 14th June 1976 came a further means of controlling odours emanating from premises used for the disposal of ‘ controlled waste ’ , that is household , industrial and commercial waste , or any such waste defined by s.30(1) of that Act , especially where the odour is due to bad housekeeping , bad handling or spillages of waste . |
| 9 | These Rules shall come into force on the coming into force of section 9 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 . |
| 10 | In the light of modern knowledge of crime and its causes and of modern penal practice here and abroad , to re-examine the concepts and purposes which should underlie the punishment and treatment of offenders in England and Wales ; to report how far they are realised by the penalties and methods of treatment available to the courts , and whether any changes in these , or in the arrangements and responsibility for selecting the sentences to be imposed on particular offenders , are desirable : to review the work of the services and institutions dealing with offenders , and the responsibility for their administration : and to make recommendations . |
| 11 | Methods of authentication such as the use of trusted third parties can be effective , and highly specialised services such as SEADOCS have advantages in certain transactions . |
| 12 | One area of application is in null balancing methods of measurement such as the transformer ratio-arm bridges described in section 7.8 . |
| 13 | The first year has six required units which introduce students to the concepts and methods of analysis central to the study of mass media . |
| 14 | The first year has two required units which introduce students to the concepts and methods of analysis central to the study of mass media . |
| 15 | The company swung the axe before revealing pre-tax losses of £129 million for the first half of this year . |
| 16 | Taxable profits , which slipped from £62.1 million in 1991 to £53 million , would have been higher had the group not set aside £12.7 million against the cost of closing its four Chesterman furniture stores , which suffered operating losses of £6.2 million in the year . |
| 17 | CONTROL Securities , the debt-laden mini-conglomerate that owns the Belhaven Brewery , yesterday revealed taxable losses of £51.2 million for the six months to end-September after making massive property write-offs . |
| 18 | Our players were magnificent in defence in the second half and we somehow managed to keep the Irish out ’ — RICHARD GACHES ( Thurrock captain ) after the shock defeat of London Irish in the Pilkington Cup third round . |
| 19 | Analysis of the structure of households can provide indicators of shortage such as the number of families doubling up , and show changing patterns of housing needs . |
| 20 | If it is not due to diagnostic suspicion bias then postulated mechanisms might include changes in gall bladder contractility associated with the progesterone content , or increased cholesterol saturation of bile due to the oestrogen content . |
| 21 | Even the Tech , which has trumpeted the fact that it has pushed hard for a greater training element , has only been enabl able to include such elements as health and safety , job search , an enhancement of skills relevant to the job that is being done . |
| 22 | There have been numerous calls for a more positive statement of the right to demonstrate peacefully , perhaps by the incorporation of Article 11 of the ECHR as part of domestic law . |
| 23 | On this last point they were reassured by the Governor 's mention of December 1948 as the outside date for this . |
| 24 | On the other hand , the use of keywords from Dewey as a means of generating additional keywords for records was extremely fruitful and allowed better retrieval even if , on occasions , there was some loss of precision due to the granularity of the classification . |
| 25 | But an exceptional item of £11.7 million covering write-offs and redundancy costs will result in a loss of £9 million in the year to January 25 . |
| 26 | The dismal figures of a net loss of $7.7 million for the nine months ended September 1992 , compared to $5.4 million for the same period last year , and a net loss of $13.2 million for the third quarter with a loss per share of $0.25 ( compared to $0.22 per share last third quarter ) were almost obscured by the announcement that the company will be raising its buyer 's premium from 10% to 15% as from January 1993 . |
| 27 | ‘ A temporary loss of memory due to the blow on your head . |
| 28 | The dismal figures of a net loss of $7.7 million for the nine months ended September 1992 , compared to $5.4 million for the same period last year , and a net loss of $13.2 million for the third quarter with a loss per share of $0.25 ( compared to $0.22 per share last third quarter ) were almost obscured by the announcement that the company will be raising its buyer 's premium from 10% to 15% as from January 1993 . |
| 29 | One limitation of this as a punishment is that it may not be very severe — it may imply a moderate loss of profit relative to the collusive agreement — and so may support collusion only for a small set of discount rates . |
| 30 | The use of side ponds at Foxton and Watford reduces the loss of water due to the passage of a boat to a minimum of one half of a lock full of water . |