Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] of [noun] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is minimal information about patterns of USO pressure in children with problems believed to be related to oesophagopharyngeal reflux . |
| 2 | Vacuum between joists and check for signs of insect attack before applying any form of insulation to the loft |
| 3 | Inhabitants of Pripyat , the town nearest to the reactor , were told nothing for 36 hours , and not tested for signs of radiation sickness until much later . |
| 4 | This proposal will examine this question by analysing the links between methods of employee participation in management decision taking and the achievement of organisational goals and objectives . |
| 5 | ( It is possible to learn about aspects of sentence structure by studying linguistics , specifically the part of linguistics called SYNTAX . ) |
| 6 | The possible segmentation could be interpreted as traces of muscle blocks in a chordate model and the midline trace could be a septum , dividing these muscle blocks , or a faint trace of , say , the gut . |
| 7 | Technologies such as ‘ Silver II ’ , for the destruction of organic wastes , are also attracting international interest as an alternative to incineration , and we are making good progress with contracts for aspects of waste management in Japan . |
| 8 | The research is also of interest because of its educational implications for speakers of nonstandard varieties of English , who form the majority of the population . |
| 9 | PRE-TAX LOSS FOR THE YEAR OF $29.3M AFTER LOSSES OF $65M NET ON HURRICANE ‘ ANDREW ’ |
| 10 | This study included EEG/EOG recordings during sleep , and it is interesting to compare the sort of sleep that these subjects were getting after months of sleep reduction with subjects who have reduced sleep for briefer periods of time . |
| 11 | In 1945 one could have been excused for believing that scarcely a wall could be left standing in the German capital after years of night raids by the RAF . |
| 12 | After years of knockabout abuse in this paper , lets give two muted cheers for Whitbread and their hops . |
| 13 | Renewed criticism from opposition parties , after reports of government interference in the official inquiry into the Bombay securities scandal [ see pp. 38913 ; 38967 ; 39008 ] , led to the resignation of K. Madhavan , Joint Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation ( CBI ) and head of the investigating team . |
| 14 | After nights of fox predation on my small flock of sheep , I wonder if the anti-hunt protesters would like to hear the cries of my bereft ewes who have lost their lambs ? |
| 15 | Yet nearby landowners had little option other than to tolerate the threat to law and order which the existence of open villages implied because the closed parishes to some extent relied upon the open ones to provide a pool of reserve labour which could be used during periods of peak demand like harvest , but which would not at other times become a charge on the poor rate . |
| 16 | For example , in many mammals growing males lay down less body fat than females ( Glucksman , 1974 ) and suffer heavier mortality during periods of food shortage as a consequence ( Clutton-Brock et al . , |
| 17 | Moreover , the limited exception to the nemo dat rule created for dispositions of motor vehicles to " private purchasers " , does not distinguish between a conditional buyer or a hirer under a hire purchase agreement ( see Chapter 11 ) . |
| 18 | Seven agreements were signed during the visit : ( i ) a long-term programme for economic , scientific and technical co-operation ; ( ii ) co-operation in research and the use of space for peaceful purposes ; ( iii ) guiding principles for mutual reductions in armed forces and confidence-building in the military sphere in the border region ; ( iv ) a protocol on consultations between the foreign affairs ministries ; ( v ) an intergovernmental agreement on state credit for deliveries of consumer goods from China ; ( vi ) a memorandum on co-operation in building a nuclear power station in China ; and ( vii ) agreements for Soviet state credits for Chinese projects , including two 1,000,000-MW power engineering facilities . |
| 19 | and that voters should create pressure groups committed to this purpose and the acceptance of policies of arms control with the Soviet Union . |
| 20 | This " 4W " approach , according to Auer " takes the unproblematic existence and relevance of patterns of language choice for granted " . |
| 21 | Indeed the American sociologist Talcott Parsons has stated that the main task of sociology is to examine ‘ the institutionalization of patterns of value orientation in the social system ’ . |
| 22 | In Britain two examples of cohort studies provide descriptive accounts of patterns of infant care in urban communities . |
| 23 | There are a few examples in other structures of pairs of carboxyl acids within hydrogen bond distance of each other but no other example of a cluster of four carboxyl groups as in R2 . |
| 24 | The evolution is based on growth of pairs of flux patches in the Southern Hemisphere , presumed to result from flux expulsion , each about half the strength of the four main lobes , as envisaged previously . |
| 25 | Now you get the health problems caused by over tight corseting , which led to constriction of lungs , of ribs , in some cases , punctured lungs , a lot of cases of T B in the eighteen forties were in fact where the corset had compressed the ribs so tightly , that they 'd actually punctured the lung . |
| 26 | Hopefully , this will deal with such questions as , ‘ If Gardner is right , why are n't there a lot of cases of childhood leukaemia in Devon and Cornwall where natural radiation levels are high ? ’ |
| 27 | loads of loads of egg loads of eggs hatched . |
| 28 | Although in France changes in the balance of class relations permitted a whittling away of forms of labour representation in the state enterprises , in Britain they have been much more resistant to change , until recent years at least . |
| 29 | For those who want a complete directory' not only of the world 's railways but also of manufacturers of railway equipment of every kind , from coaches to couplings , then Jane 's is your book — provided you have £50 to spare , which is £7 less than a second class return from London to Newcastle . |
| 30 | Thousands of acres of rice paddy in north and west Bangladesh will be ruined if drought persists , agriculture officials have said . |