Example sentences of "[noun] of [noun] [be] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What sorts of people are there in this world ? |
| 2 | However , public perception of risk is often at odds with the objective measures used by engineers . |
| 3 | Other , less scientific , methods of location are also in use . |
| 4 | Finally , although it seems clear that many methods of appropriability are far from perfect ( patents , for example , offer only limited protection in most sectors ) , firms can exert at least some control over their knowhow . |
| 5 | The administration of Yorkshire is now in good hands , expertly led by Sir Lawrence Byford and chief executive Chris Hassall and shortly by a committee which will be reduced by half to cut the waffling and dissent . |
| 6 | Consciousness of time is clearly in the forefront of the government 's concerns , both for teachers and pupils . |
| 7 | But they admit that foreign students with a poor command of English are most at risk . |
| 8 | The stock of books is now in excess of 9,500 and will increase each year . |
| 9 | Mitterand was too clever a politician to put anything in writing but nevertheless his seal of approval was clearly on the operation . |
| 10 | ( iv ) A large concentration of seagulls was either on the active runway of was arriving over the airport at the time of take-off . |
| 11 | The future of England is here in these islands . |
| 12 | The Friend is like the phoenix , yet without the life-giving or self-sacrificing qualities of that mythical creature : Again , ‘ thou consum'st thy self in single life ’ : for Shakespeare images of self-division were always among the most potent signs of disorder . |
| 13 | Some people take furniture to her that they do n't like or are tired of and want transformed into a work of art ; she optimistically feels that no piece of furniture is totally without hope . |
| 14 | If this was true , any piece of DNA was just like any other piece , whereas every gene must be different from every other one . |
| 15 | Democracy and the rule of law are yet to be firmly established . |
| 16 | Professor Wade considers that the true effect of Anisminic is still in doubt : Administrative Law , 6th ed. , pp. 299 et seq . |
| 17 | The main effect of wind is probably to be seen in undercutting and fluting at the base of upstanding rock masses , while such things as wooden telegraph poles and stone monuments may be undercut at the base and even worn through . |
| 18 | The execution of a transfer on completion of sale is unquestionably within the power conferred by the power of attorney . |
| 19 | In some cases the term of imprisonment was only for one year , and the fine was £200 . |
| 20 | ‘ To take but one example , the right hand side of the Antrim Road at Fortwilliam travelling out of town is considered by the Planning Office as commercial , and the office buildings along that stretch of road are generally in a good state of repair , ’ he explained . |
| 21 | The tiny islands of Quemoy and Matsu just off the coast of China were still in the possession of the Chinese Nationalists . |
| 22 | The criterion of legality is enough for many parents , and understandably so : a criminal conviction is a handicap and a label that may stick for life . |
| 23 | Some people 's conception of God is simply of the old man with a beard in the sky ; others have a more sophisticated vision , but still see Him as a person , subject to feelings and emotions in the same way as human beings are ; yet others conceive of Him ( or , occasionally , Her — or , even , It ) as a creative force . |
| 24 | Alas , Dragons of Flame is far from gripping . |
| 25 | But on this occasion the weight of reason is decisively on his side . |
| 26 | Quite apart from the impossibility of virgin births , it must be said that symbolically the figure of Mary is surely of little avail . |
| 27 | In effect this definition excludes the payment of the benefit under the policy during any payment in lieu period as the contract of employment is still in force . |
| 28 | One of the many indefensible anomalies of practice at the Bar is that the grant of silk is entirely in the discretion of political officer , the Lord Chancellor ; but he canvasses the views of various legal eminences including the heads of the judicial divisions . |
| 29 | One important direction of expansion was southward into the Altai-Sayan mountain region on the border of Mongolia , where the Russian town of Kuznetsk was for long an outpost threatened from west , south and east by the ‘ White Kalmyksn ( Teleuts and other Altaian tribes ) , the Oirats or western Mongols , and the Chinese . |
| 30 | The second category of doubt is just like this . |