Example sentences of "[noun] of [noun] [vb pp] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Musselburgh , there was a beach game ( called fitba ) in which the goals were of little sticks and the ball a dried bladder of seaweed flicked with the middle finger to score . |
| 2 | And throughout the evening , making you almost afraid to blink in case you miss anything , Ninagawa fills the stage with a constantly shifting sequence of such pictures — including a magnificent riverside landscape with clumps of reeds bleached by the light of an enormous moon . |
| 3 | They settled , great clumps of blackness outlined against the sky . |
| 4 | For through the seemingly substantial chest of his great-great-grandfather he could glimpse the hazed , refracted image of the Ywe Lung , the great wheel of dragons broken by the planes of his ancestor 's body . |
| 5 | Reports in late January suggested that the United Kingdom Defence Ministry might have been aware of the export of components used in the manufacture of the Iraqi " super-gun " [ see pp. 37332 ; 37390-91 ; 37471 ; 38361 ] . |
| 6 | The declared characteristics of tribunals specified in the Franks Report were ‘ cheapness , accessibility and freedom from technicality , expedition and expert knowledge of the particular subject ’ and stated that the objectives of tribunal procedure are ‘ openness , fairness and impartiality ’ . |
| 7 | Having mapped out the general social and drug career characteristics of users interviewed in the four snowball samples , the following section will discuss why these users had not come into contact with the various voluntary and statutory bodies expected to deal with the ‘ heroin problem ’ . |
| 8 | MINIS , when properly developed , could identify and measure the performance of departmental cost centres , and thereby provide a potential for the comprehensive reorganization of departments based upon the principle of decentralization to managerially autonomous accountable units . |
| 9 | We 're entitled now you know to have all sorts of things done at the doctors , coming up to the right age to be hav to be done er |
| 10 | Dr Mackie said ; ‘ It 's perfume sprays , cologne and the sorts of things left on the dressing table . ’ |
| 11 | The decor is impressive , with all sorts of artefacts suspended from the ceiling and attached to the walls . |
| 12 | These are the sorts of questions tackled in the research . |
| 13 | This was exciting and I was very soon trying crystals of all sorts of substances taken from the shelves of my own and my colleagues ' laboratories . |
| 14 | Not only can you enjoy the beauty of pond plants , but you 'll find all sorts of wildlife attracted to the water . |
| 15 | When they canvass , they must explain their programme and , conversely , must listen to all sorts of points put by the voters on their own doorsteps . |
| 16 | Dark because it had once been the attic of the house and its only natural light came from a tiny oblong of glass set in the sloping roof . |
| 17 | School press officer Adrea Menzies , said : ‘ The school gained a great deal of experience related to the issues of a general election and into voting procedures as well as taking part in a nationwide children 's election . ’ |
| 18 | But he said they would present the designs to Reflection , these very sketches , and there would be a great deal of acclaim given to the Gnomes as a result . |
| 19 | As a result , a great deal of material related to the running of a business will fall within the ambit of the law of confidence . |
| 20 | He says there has been a great deal of interest shown in the firm because virtual reality is seen as an exciting new technology with a lot of potential . |
| 21 | There is a good deal of industry associated with the city , but for the most part it is not heavy industry . |
| 22 | Responding to Bush 's initiative , Gorbachev said during a banquet speech on July 31 that " a more determined reciprocal movement is needed " , in particular , the lifting of restrictions applied through the 17-member Co-ordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls ( COCOM ) on the transfer of technology from the West to the Soviet Union . |
| 23 | Thunderous applause and screams of delight echoed throughout the venue , when Bronagh Brolly , who had delivered an emotional ‘ I Honestly Love you ’ , won her place , and the last act into the final was Now & Then — two guys who gave a faultless performance of ‘ More Than Words ’ . |
| 24 | The treatment was as diverse as the geographical distribution , from the simple four-part settings of the complete Psalter in Polish by Mikolaj Gomolka ( Cracow , 1580 ) , employing tunes drawn from plainsong , Protestant song , and the popular music of Eastern Europe generally , to the astonishing collection of settings of Marot-Bèze published by the Dutch master Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck ( 15621621 ) in four books ( Amsterdam , 1604 , 1613 , 1614 , and Haarlem , 1621 ) . |
| 25 | All I can see is hands and the hard bulk of bodies pressed against the glass . |
| 26 | As a result , the bulk of research listed in the Police Foundation Register , or outlined in a Home Office Research and Planning Unit 1987/8 ‘ Research Programme ’ document , is concerned with managerial effectiveness , workload assessments , resource deployment measurements ; evaluation of neighbourhood watch or victim support schemes , or the analysis of the effectiveness of enforcement programmes . |
| 27 | The force of gravity measured at the surface depends on the altitude of the location , the gravitational pull of the underlying rock and the attraction exerted by any areas of highland near by ( this last effect being negligible except close to large mountain masses ) . |
| 28 | The task of dealing with the mainly English force of rebels commanded by the M.P . |
| 29 | A ring of blocks lit on the slant would similarly foam upwards and inwards , finally meeting in the middle to complete a rigid conical roof . |
| 30 | One remaining issue worthy of development concerns the quality of the methods of inspection used by the inspectors . |