Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [noun] of [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from short leases , it has long been the practice for business tenancies to provide expressly for insurance of premises against fire and other damage . |
| 2 | This is , of course , not a question only for teachers of children from ethnic minority groups , and is particularly relevant when considering all aspects of underachievement . |
| 3 | Until recently it was assumed that they all persisted as adults , but is has now been shown that the chilling of infective larvae before administration to calves will produce arrested L5 ; hypobiosis at this stage has also been observed in naturally infected calves in Switzerland , Austria and Canada , although the extent to which this occurs naturally after ingestion of larvae in late autumn and its significance in the transmission of the infection has not yet been fully established . |
| 4 | It was part of her prize — along with £1,000-worth of dresses for her four bridesmaids and another £1,000-worth of Young 's clothes hire for husband Paul Wrigley and his attendants . |
| 5 | Along with scores of authors of whom he had never heard he found forgotten friends : Hugh Walpole , John Galsworthy , and the redoubtable Mazo de la Roche , captivator of millions who would now be devotees of TV soap … |
| 6 | Going concern was one of the areas the Cadbury Committee considered , and it recommended that the accountancy profession , together with representatives of preparers of accounts , should develop guidance on the subject for both companies and auditors . |
| 7 | The employees ' contracts should clearly state the length of the assignment for which they have been engaged together with details of procedures for termination of employment — both on behalf of the employer and the employee . |
| 8 | Members receive a quarterly magazine together with details of discounts on various goods and services including holidays , entertainment and High Street purchases . |
| 9 | The certificate should indicate the name of the contract , contract number , name of sub-contractor , nature of work , the gross payment to date , previous payments and current payment for the period , together with details of deductions for such items as retention , insurance and CITB levy . |
| 10 | For example , there is a published catalogue of the books in the Florida State University " Shaw Childhood in Poetry collection " ; this catalogue lists books of poems relating to childhood , together with lists of poems in the books , and even representative poems from the books — making it a bit like a dictionary of quotations on the topic . |
| 11 | Unfortunately silting has reduced the depth of some broads , and this , coupled with increased nutrient levels from sewerage outfall , together with run-off of fertilisers from surrounding farmland , has reduced the aquatic life . |
| 12 | She was called upon , day after day , to sustain Mrs Browning in her awful anxiety and she did it willingly , dragging out from the furthermost corners of her memory evidence of Miss Henrietta s strength and fortitude together with examples of women of whom she had heard who had survived this disease . |
| 13 | From many heads of department written comments were received , especially in cases of errors of fact , and the head summarized these . |
| 14 | Francis Power Cobbe 's pamphlet of 1878 , Wife Torture , which was basically concerned with crimes of violence in working-class districts , especially in cases of men against their wives , was a major influence leading to the drafting of the Matrimonial Causes Act of 1878 , which gave magistrates powers to grant separation orders and maintenance to a wife whose husband was convicted of aggravated assault , plus custody of children under ten . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , it did add to royal pressure upon the archbishop and further reminded him of the realities of royal power : in 1285 he petitioned for the relaxation of the statute , especially in respect of grants to parish churches , but Edward reserved his right to licence — to confer or withhold favour . |
| 16 | But more recently banks have been providing other forms of merger funding-'mezzanine debt' , which does not rate as highly in terms of claims against the company 's assets , but provides additional financial resources . |
| 17 | As in Roman portrait sculpture , so in copies of statues of deities and other figures the element of recognition was provided in the head . |
| 18 | This is not the place to enter into a detailed discussion of different electoral systems and their advantages and disadvantages ; but it should be noted that those who oppose the general principle of proportional representation do not usually do so in terms of arguments about democracy and representation , but more often stress the need for strong and stable government . |
| 19 | As Figures 4–6 , above , show , the percentage of straightforward deliveries was uniformly high , irrespective of the location of the requested items , and ranged only from 95% of deliveries in the case of books from the Main Building and the Annexe , to 97% in the case of material from the Advocates ' Library . |
| 20 | The first is that there are no systematic entailments between sentences differing only in respect of compatibles in parallel syntactic positions . |
| 21 | 5.11.4 any steps taken in direct connection with the preparation and service of a Schedule of dilapidations during or after the expiration of the Term but if after the expiration of the Term only in respect of wants of repair occurring during the Term and where served within three months after the expiration of the Term |
| 22 | had committed against the barge hirers the tort of procuring breaches of their contract with their men — the plaintiffs would have had a cause of action not only in respect of breaches of hiring contracts but also in respect of new business they were unable to undertake . |
| 23 | There was a direct connection with the shipyards , not only in terms of orders by British owners ( who now build abroad to a far greater extent than any other non-flag of convenience maritime nation ) , but through the training of engineering officers who traditionally served their time as fitters in the yards or engine works before going to sea . |
| 24 | We had Chernobyl , we had a series of hijackings , we had outrages at Athens Airport , we had the U S raid on Libya by bombers based in Britain erm and everybody then erm turned the corners of their mouths down and forecast the end of tourism , that doom is nigh , and what actually happened was that erm by the end of nineteen eighty six we were four point three per cent down in terms of numbers on a record nineteen eighty five . |
| 25 | The story , in particular of the last ten years or so , could indeed be written entirely in terms of moves towards political union being used as a distraction to divert attention away from the continuing abuse of the commitment to free trade . |
| 26 | That means the productivity has gone up because , that is if you measure erm productivity entirely in terms of numbers of students taught . |
| 27 | Who needs to speak to me so urgently that they lie me down on myriads of pebbles by a sun-scorched sea in the southern part of England ? |
| 28 | The following morning Queen Alexandra , on her return from Sandringham church , listened in to parts of services from several London churches . |
| 29 | The fiery Scot has had numerous run-ins with referees and linesmen since taking over as manager of Rangers in 1986 . |
| 30 | Just as Chairman of governors of the local boys school , we 've er , as Mr knows only too well , have written on a number of occasions erm saying how soon will the er these measures be brought forward , and I welcome them and er hope that we will agree them . |