Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun sg] [subord] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the US , buyers will have to hold back for 90 days after the issue because of Securities Exchange Commission restrictions on overseas dealings . |
| 2 | In the US , buyers will have to hold back for 90 days after the issue because of Securities Exchange Commission restrictions on overseas dealings . |
| 3 | Having rejected much of the literature because of faults found in the methodology , the authors focus their attention on three relatively small clinical trials . |
| 4 | In a welcome change from most ‘ literary ’ parties , the talk was as much of the Bar as of books . |
| 5 | Birds of prey , such as this tawny owl ( opposite , bottom ) swooping down on a mouse , are at serious risk in many parts of the world because of pesticides employed to eliminate the pests on which they rely for food . |
| 6 | He bought the 11-year-old Silver Spirit last January and since then has had it in and out of the garage because of problems with the steering . |
| 7 | I mean no-one was very bullish right from the outset because of problems of previous years , so everyone set a sensible target for ninety one , and erm I think most of them are fairly confident , as I said earlier , that the market may be five per cent down but not much more than that . |
| 8 | In 1914 she resigned from the paper because of differences with her colleagues over the issue of war , and became a member of the executive committee of the Union of Democratic Control , founded by E. D. Morel [ q.v. ] to campaign against secret diplomacy . |
| 9 | District authorities in Devon banned the jump in the county because of fears over the type of crane to be used , said Mr Collier , who has been blind for 22 years . |
| 10 | District authorities in Devon banned the jump in the county because of fears over the type of crane to be used , said Mr Collier , who has been blind for 22 years . |
| 11 | A's action on the guarantee succeeded because , although B had acceded to the demand because of fears of delay in litigation and loss of public confidence , the pressure fell short of coercion . |
| 12 | These patients have been referred by their General Practitioner to an Outpatient Clinic at the hospital because of symptoms or problems they have developed . |