Example sentences of "[prep] [pos pn] [noun sg] of [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether they will look after our type of clients in the way they are used to being looked after is of course a different question . |
| 2 | ( c ) We moved " recent critical appraisal " after our analysis of powers of description and humour because these sections give our own critical appraisal ; now , by the time we outline other people 's opinions we have something to compare them with , and can therefore do something more interesting than just repeat them . |
| 3 | The mixture of praise and criticism for general practitioners ' care of people in residential homes was similar to comments about their care of others during the last year of their lives . |
| 4 | Current drugs education materials targeted at 13-17 year olds are based on two premises : i ) that substance abuse needs to be approached in the context of the general use of legal drugs in society and ii ) that young people should be encouraged to make rational decisions about their use of drugs on the basis of criteria related to personal health , self-identity and relationships with others . |
| 5 | He worried about her lack of friends of her own age , yes , even male friends . |
| 6 | In a civil trial that began in 1987 , Eileen Roddenberry sued Norway , the company set up by her ex-husband , for her share of profits from the original television show , as well as Star Trek : The Next Generation , Star Trek : Deep Space Nine , and the Star Trek feature films . |
| 7 | Lisa was heckled during her speech of thanks for some crystalware — given to her as part of the Diamond Jubilee celebration of the Blackpool Lights . |
| 8 | The children , via the network , are able to learn about one another and develop their understanding of global issues through their exchange of messages on the system . |
| 9 | The latter company has an appalling record for its treatment of workers in South Africa and its behaviour in Namibia is little better . |
| 10 | Bradford was especially notable for its provision of clinics for infant and maternal health care and the provision of free milk for babies . |
| 11 | Savernake is famed for its lichens and the Forestry Commission is noted for its love of lichens on old trees . |
| 12 | Its design drew very mixed responses , the styling being criticised for its hotchpotch of elements from the MX-5 ( taillights ) to the current Toyota Celica ( rear hatch ) and even Nissan 's 100NX ( nose and headlights ) . |
| 13 | Digital Equipment Corp has signed Lechmere Inc as the first independent direct retailer for its line of printers for MS-DOS and the Mac . |
| 14 | In the past , questions have been raised about the publication of financial reports and the accountability of the UKCC for its use of funds to those who supply them . |
| 15 | Primary nurses act as ‘ leaders ’ for their caseload of patients by prescribing their care after ‘ negotiation ’ with each patient and discussion with the nursing team . |
| 16 | The major element of ‘ common funding ’ derives from an institution 's staff-student ratios which are based on slightly different norms for their provision of courses in art and design , laboratory-based subjects and non-laboratory subjects respectively . |
| 17 | The whole circular design is set within a square formed by the inner border of an arrangement of repeating geometric panels ( panels which , themselves , are significant not only for their suggestion of links with the continent ( section 4.4 ) and with other simple , geometric designs , but also for their inclusion of eight circular medallions , each of which is reminiscent of the three , minor concentric circular designs listed above ) . |
| 18 | During our last dog sledge trip I had talked of my love of whales to Odd-Knut . |
| 19 | IN the musical South Pacific , American GIs sung of their pursuit of women on the mythical , tropical island of Bali Hai . |
| 20 | But if it was so easy for me to see this evidence and to talk to those who had substantial proof of their ownership of homes in mandate Palestine , surely it would be no more difficult to go to Israel , find those same homes and — the idea had a special excitement about it — to knock on those same front doors . |
| 21 | Gilbert and Ward found that renters made up 36.4 per cent of their sample of inhabitants of spontaneous housing settlements in Bogota , 12.7 per cent of those in Mexico City and 4.5 per cent in Valencia ( Gilbert and Ward 1985 ) . |
| 22 | and she would I think be prepared to as she 's in charge of their sort of arrangements for where they dance , er it 's easier than ne negotiating with someone who who I 've only met once er very briefly . |
| 23 | [ That this House calls upon the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and the Minister of State for Overseas Development to grant Aid Trade Provision Cover and ECGD cover over three years from 1992 to enable Communication Supplies Ltd. to continue to export further System X telephone exchanges and ancillary equipment to Kenya , which they have done successfully for the past seven years ; and furthermore notes that the Kenyan Government considers this project as top of their list of priorities for trade with the United Kingdom , and the project will save and provide many thousands of jobs throughout the United Kingdom and will lead to repeat business for many years to come , and that if funding is not forthcoming the contract will be lost to the United Kingdom and awarded to either Japanese , French or Italian companies , all of whom have shown open interest . ] |
| 24 | The Accounting Standards Board recently published two further chapters of its Statement of Principles in discussion draft form ( see ACCOUNTANCY , August , p 14 ) . |
| 25 | A former Consett steelworker , Stafford was born in nearby Chopwell known as Little Moscow because of its proliferation of streets like Engels , Marx and Lenin Terraces . |
| 26 | Through the application of her knowledge of theories of interaction , the student will learn to develop constructive relationships with patients . |
| 27 | As part of his programme of visits to the regions of the Russian Federation , Yeltsin on July 22-24 visited the Krasnodar region , the Kalmyk Republic and Omsk . |
| 28 | The solitary willow , the gutted brook : these were the things which Clare picked out as the climax of his catalogue of casualties in this , one of his finest poems . |
| 29 | Certain conduct may , rather than effect a variation of the agreement generally , have the effect of creating an estoppel in a particular case , not infrequently in connection with the possible expulsion of a partner on the ground of his breach of provisions in the agreement where his behaviour has in fact been tolerated over a considerable time . |
| 30 | For this purpose , it will be useful to divide our attention between three different aspects of a literary work of fiction , corresponding to the three functions : Chapter 6 : Work as MESSAGE ( ideational function ) Chapter 7 : Work as TEXT ( textual function ) Chapter 8 : Work as DISCOURSE ( interpersonal function ) These three chapters form the nucleus of our investigation of aspects of style . |