Example sentences of "[adj] as the [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Contradictions can be subsumed in something so unproblematic as the designation of places . |
| 2 | But her new sheets smelled of lavender and there was a comforting stone hot-water-bottle at the foot of the bed , wrapped up in part of an old blanket so that it would not bruise her toes , and Victoria 's gentle breathing was drowsy as the humming of bees , and she slept , with the tears drying on her cheeks . |
| 3 | Most of the enemy still seemed to be asleep as the avalanche of horses and riders bore down upon them in pounding fury . |
| 4 | Was that as the result of comments ? |
| 5 | The lord valued his land first and foremost as the source of knights . |
| 6 | When certain assumptions are challenged , such as the ordination of women to the priesthood , suddenly tradition is seen as an inviolable and fixed form of living truth which compels the Church for ever to say ‘ no ’ to the ordination of women . |
| 7 | He warned the Church was in danger of being dominated by single issues , such as the ordination of women priests , and insisted the door must be kept open to all , whatever their views on the matter . |
| 8 | And , to this end , he stressed the importance of the internal arrangement and design of buildings , of features such as the size of rooms , the location of doors , passages and staircases , and the availability of lighting . |
| 9 | Financial accounting concerns the need to have systems in place which ensure that financial transaction ( such as the payment of wages ) are properly conducted and that appropriate records are maintained . |
| 10 | Indeed , Lord Plowden ( who was at the time a civil servant engaged in economic planning and subsequently the chairman of a public corporation ) has recently suggested that the blueprint laid down in the Act was arguably too detailed , and that questions such as the division of powers between the centre and Area Boards could rationally be placed within the purview of nationalised industry management rather than of Parliament . |
| 11 | The imperative for a writer of a chronological survey is that a defined period of time is covered ; this may be linked with a theme , such as the history of styles in Gombrich 's case , but it is unlikely to be linked solely with a spotlight on quality . |
| 12 | Aspects of the ‘ crisis ’ , such as the separation of children from their family homes , worried and frightened them , and the possibility that the doctors were wrong brought welcome relief from the pain of child sexual abuse and precipitated denial and anger in the community . |
| 13 | There was no outright attack on the civil rights gained so far , but Nixon , mindful of the white " backlash " in 1968 , spoke out against some of the more unpopular results of greater racial equality , such as the bussing of school-children . |
| 14 | Lying in wait for the industry are further pressures from environmental issues such as the level of nitrates in water and continuing EEC attempts to tackle the problem of its Common Agricultural Policy . |
| 15 | She also sought , of course , the more usual and natural means of escape and fantasy , such as the watching of advertisements , the reading of fiction , and the spinning of self-indulgent romances , but her experience of life as a child was so narrow that she had no way of telling the possible from the absurd . |
| 16 | However , the introduction of these crops often had serious consequences for soil conservation such as the cultivation of groundnuts in Mali and Niger ( Franke and Chasin 1980 ) , and pure stand maize cultivation and cotton . |
| 17 | On the other hand , despite the tone of much of the political debate in the United Kingdom , it should be said at the outset that questions such as the transfer of powers ( or sovereignty ) to the Community , the direct application and direct effect of Community law , and the correlative theory of the primacy of such provisions of Community law when they conflict with provisions of national law , were all established aspects of Community law when we joined in 1973 , and are not new problems relating to Maastricht . |
| 18 | first , those services which are mandatory upon a local authority such as the education of children between the compulsory school ages or the provision of a fire service . |
| 19 | Three major causes of poverty can be distinguished in the Bible : first , oppression and exploitation — the typical situation being that of an employer using monopoly power or the use of fraud and violence in order to pay low wages ; second , misfortune , such as the position of widows , orphans , or as a result of accident and injury ; third , laziness . |
| 20 | There is a tendency when first writing objectives to limit them to simple forms of behaviour , such as the reproduction of facts and the demonstration of skills ; but if we , as teachers , are to offer our students anything more than simple training , we must be able to devise objectives that describe more complex operations . |
| 21 | As the only lady in the house , Judith took charge of certain household affairs such as the ordering of supplies . |
| 22 | This " radical " group had ceased to be the predominant voice in other political institutions — such as the Council of Guardians and the Assembly of Experts — but had continued to command a majority of some 60 per cent in the outgoing Majlis . |
| 23 | The publishers object to practices such as the reinforcing of paperbacks , and photocopying ( especially the activities of the British Library Document Supply Centre ) . |
| 24 | A programme of short courses , conferences and workshops provides opportunities for professional , community and other groups to further their knowledge in particular fields such as the formation of cooperatives or local history . |
| 25 | Other planning problems arise , of course , from questions such as the interdependence of services . |
| 26 | They may also prohibit certain activities , such as the carrying of banners or the chanting of particular slogans . |
| 27 | At the other extreme you could set up giant screens to show large images of the speaker as we do in larger conferences such as the Institute of Directors at the Royal Albert Hall . |
| 28 | They have much more to say on less apocalyptic matters , such as the treatment of persons who are in the hands of the adversary . |
| 29 | In cases where continuing clinical improvement was taking place , such as the treatment of ascites , randomisation was deferred until the patient had reached an optimal state of health . |
| 30 | Still , there was some virtue for the RCM in having the chance to compare notes with like-minded bodies such as the Society of Friends and the Christian Council for Refugees , the latter a long-sought-after but , at times , bitterly contested amalgam of the Catholic Committee for Refugees from Germany and the Church of England Committee for non-Aryan Christians . |