Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] of [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ culture of contentment ’ — Galbraith might equally have used the phrase ‘ culture of complacency ’ — is the prevailing majority of electors in the US , UK and other advanced economies . |
| 2 | In this latter condition , gluten ( which is also found in oats , barley , and rye ) produces damage to the lining of the bowel , preventing normal absorption of nutrients from the diet . |
| 3 | On the Vistula delta the Mennonites bred black and white Friesian cattle just as their ancestors in Holland had done , and grew sugar-beet , tomatoes , rye , and a resilient variety of wheat on the rich alluvial soil . |
| 4 | If a ship was intended for patrolling the sea , it had to be equipped to take part in action against the enemy : the building of castles , fore and aft , and , in the fifteenth century , the possible installation of cannon on the deck ( guns were placed below decks , to fire out of ‘ ports ’ , only in the very first years of the sixteenth century ) had to be carried out . |
| 5 | Nonetheless , it did seek to address the problems identified during the FAOR analysis , albeit at a lower level of attainment in the initial stages . |
| 6 | The assistant 's task is to deputize , where necessary , for the account executive ; to run meetings covering minor points of detail ( often follow-up action for major meetings ) , to attend to detail within the agency ; and , in general , to provide a lower level of contact between the client and the agency — on a par with your own assistants or subordinates . |
| 7 | Having admitted that the lower duty on unleaded petrol has helped to promote its use , has the Minister had any discussions with the Treasury about introducing such a lower level of duty for the cleaner diesel fuels which are now available , especially as BP is one of the pioneers in that respect ? |
| 8 | The spectacle of young people deferring to others and flagrantly performing small selfless acts of charity in the local area leaves a very bad taste in the mouth and gives an entirely distorted view of the standards which obtain at this school . |
| 9 | Being asked how he knew this he says that each carucate of land by the custom of the district contains one hundred and four score acres of arable land , which quantity there is not in that Manor . |
| 10 | LEBANON 'S Christian leader , General Michel Aoun , last night denounced a draft peace agreement produced by the country 's parliamentarians in the Saudi resort of Taif on the grounds that it did not set a timetable for the withdrawal of Syrian troops occupying the country since 1976 . |
| 11 | It is the final stage of machinery for ‘ minor ’ issues that have worked their way up the machinery from other levels , and the first stage for ‘ major ’ issues such as proposed new staffing arrangements or working conditions affecting broad groups of staff throughout the railways . |
| 12 | Marxism 's main flaw is its insistence on economics and the economic category of class as the one fundamental explanatory factor . |
| 13 | The point that my hon. Friend is about to come to is that the advertising directed at young people creates a climate of social acceptability in which children will then not complain about the awful smell of smoke from the other side of a physical barrier — |
| 14 | From the upstairs window of the grey-stone , substantial house at the top of the road there was billowing into the night slow , steady streams of smoke — not thick , or threatening in themselves , but culminating in a heavy , acrid cloud haloing the house , and sending a hideous smell of ruin down the gentle hill to the centre of the town . |
| 15 | British Bio-technology Group achieved a total income of £1.95m during the half year ended 31 October 1991 , against £2.35m in the previous year Income from Research Division was £342 000 and from Laboratory Products Division was £1.61m . |
| 16 | I do the odd bit of d-i-y round the home , which I do n't find too difficult , being an engineer by trade . |
| 17 | So , if I pass my er printed overheads for this one an allowance er , is , and you were talking about it really , you were using this as though it were going to be er , your money that you 'd got to spend for doing each one of those activities or each bit of work within the , the project . |
| 18 | But I am sure that , as a reasonable man , he will agree on reflection that the wisest course of action for the Government is to continue to support the secretary-general 's efforts . |
| 19 | She said : ‘ Experience elsewhere has shown that people with head injuries need a concentrated level of service in the early stages . |
| 20 | An obvious method is to advertise but be careful that you aim the right kind Of advertising in the right direction , otherwise it is money badly spent . |
| 21 | There is usually no great profit on these transactions , despite the high rents achievable on the right kind of homes in the right areas for incoming expatriate employees of firms like his own . |
| 22 | Ralph King must be a very active 70 year old to attempt such an ambitious project , namely to cover the broad field of safety in the process industry in one volume without assistance from other experts . |
| 23 | They are advised to choose the compulsory modules for an extra field , not only to encourage breadth of study but also to serve as a foundation for a possible change of field in the future . |
| 24 | Correspondence between P.Gordon , S. Rosie , and Councillor Mrs B. Brereton re use of courts after 11.00 pm and destructive activities of children during the day . |
| 25 | Then Kerry began to realise that she had found a strange kind of relief amid the disappointment that knocked her sideways when she first saw Panos . |
| 26 | ‘ Did you follow that trail of paint towards the clearing they talk about ? ’ |
| 27 | The Council for National Academic Awards was to be established to validate degrees in this rich variety of institutions within the public ( that is , the Local Education Authority-controlled ) sector . |
| 28 | That there is a broad division of opinion on the subject of sole practice within different sectors of the profession is difficult to dispute from the comments made in response to the consultation . |
| 29 | Delegates emerging from eight hours of talks by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries in Vienna said that the proposals could remove up to 1.4 million barrels from the present combined production of about 25 million barrels per day ( bpd ) by cartel members . |
| 30 | In Pomerania , where in practice serfdom was to last almost a generation longer than in any other corner of Europe , the Prussians were able to prevent even a narrow coincidence of interests between the Polish nobles and peasants by inviting the nobles to leave and by inviting the peasants to become Prussians . |