Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun sg] [verb] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The top of the tree consists of ways in which we can sense , such as archaeology , psychometry , dowsing and aesthetic response . |
| 2 | What is perhaps more common than a share-for-share exchange is for part of the consideration to consist of debentures issued by Newco to vendor shareholders . |
| 3 | At Sheriff Hutton , as at Middleham , the core of the affinity consisted of men whose own estates lay close to the castle and it is among these that continuity is likely to have been strongest . |
| 4 | At Sheriff Hutton , as at Middleham , the core of the affinity consisted of men whose own estates lay close to the castle and it is among these that continuity is likely to have been strongest . |
| 5 | The greater part of the underclass consists of members of minority groups , blacks or people of Hispanic origin . |
| 6 | What then of the use made of schools by the various socio-economic groups ? |
| 7 | It undertook out-of-area activities in respect of minesweeping in the Iran-Iraq war , and of the sanction stopping of ships during the Gulf war . |
| 8 | Much of the stock consists of books that might be found elsewhere — though rarely in such a comprehensive collection . |
| 9 | One factor in its favour is that almost 40% of the JKAP consists of Hindus from the Hindu-majority region of Jammu . |
| 10 | However , hotels , restaurants and other places of entertainment where the substantial proportion of the business consisted of transactions other than the sale of intoxicating liquor came within the 1954 Act . |
| 11 | The bulk of Book 1 of the Essay consists of arguments against innateness . |
| 12 | Over 80 per cent of the population consisted of peasants . |
| 13 | On 31 May de Gaulle formed his cabinet and on 1 June presented it to the National Assembly , where it was confirmed by the margin of 329 votes to 224 ( with the majority composed of conservatives , centrists , and half the socialist deputies ) . |
| 14 | According to the Middle East Economic Digest of July 19 , about US$1,200 million of the total was to take the form of grants , with the remainder composed of loans at concessional or close-to-market rates of interest . |
| 15 | Noah spoke with the caution bred of years spent dealing with authority . |
| 16 | For example , non users may value the emergency cover provided in the event of a car breakdown ; may appreciate the availability of services for other household members and may benefit from the use made of services by others , for example , friends and relatives visiting them . |
| 17 | For primary care the most painful consequences of the reform stem from the cash limiting of services in the face of rising demands and costs . |
| 18 | But some ‘ mouths ’ can have their ‘ deviance amplified ’ ( Young 1971 ) in order for it to come within the conduct expected of gougers . |
| 19 | In a ’ Dear Colleague ’ letter circulated to all Members of Parliament , the Secretary of State for Education and Science warned us earlier in the year to beware of students who came to us during the recess pleading poverty . |
| 20 | Shells in the ear tell of tides |
| 21 | As it is , the three months ' requirement in Northern Ireland results in the disentitlement to vote of persons who would undoubtedly be able to vote in Great Britain , for example any person previously resident only in Great Britain who abandons his old residence and takes up a new one in Northern Ireland within three months of the qualifying date . |
| 22 | By section 27(9) of the Act the ‘ qualification regulations ’ of an ‘ authorised body , ’ which the Advisory Committee has the duty to approve , mean only the regulations ( however they may be described ) as to the education and training which members of that body must receive in order to be entitled to any right of audience granted by it ; and in the same way ‘ rules of conduct , ’ which it has a duty to approve , mean only the rules ( however they may be described ) as to the conduct required of members of that body in exercising any such right of audience . |
| 23 | The steering committee which made the late changes to the report consisted of representatives from the European Commission , the lead additives companies Associated octel , Ethyl and SIAC , the International Lead and Zinc Research organisation , Agip Petrol and the United States ' Environmental Protection Agency . |
| 24 | Article 5(1) contains further definitions as follows : " a group of connected individuals " , in relation to the party disposing of shares in the company , means persons each of whom is , or is a close relative of , a director or manager of the company and , in relation to the party acquiring the shares , means persons each of whom is , or is a close relative of , a person who is to be a director or manager of the company ; " close relation " means a person 's spouse , his children ( including , in Northern Ireland , his adopted children ) and step-children , his parents and step-parents , his brothers and sisters , and his step-brothers and step-sisters and includes a person acting in the capacity of trustee or personal representative of any such relative ; and " single individual " includes two or more persons acting in their capacity as the personal representatives of a single individual . |