Example sentences of "[conj] of the [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The insurance is only intended to cover vendors who at the time of contract had no knowledge of circumstances which eventually give rise to a claim or of the likelihood of claims being made under the warranties . |
| 2 | The voices of churchmen were heard from time to time , perhaps frequently , complaining of the enslavement of Christians , or of the treatment of slaves ; but there was no radical attack on the institution as such . |
| 3 | Before the storm broke he fell into a sleep so peaceful and deep that he heard nothing of the thunder crashing overhead or of the rush of waters as the lake filled and spread and crept and grew like a living thing . |
| 4 | Medical microbiology is concerned with the interactions between micro-organisms and their hosts ; for example , the explanations in biological and molecular terms of infectious processes and resultant host tissue damage , or of the action of antibiotics and antiviral agents , and the emergence of resistant organisms . |
| 5 | However , the Department ( of Education and Science ) had little information about the working of the Act in this phase of education and offered no information about the numbers of children who may be receiving special education under the age of five nor of the number of children who might be the subject of statements below school age . |
| 6 | In other words , your horse 's coat is a reflection more of his health and diet than of the number of hours his owner spends with a body brush . |
| 7 | After describing the first three , involving speech , reading and writing , the fourth aim was described as being : ‘ to teach pupils about language , so that they achieve a working knowledge of its structure and of the variety of ways in which meaning is made , so that they have a vocabulary for discussing it , so that they can use it with greater awareness , and because it is interesting . ’ |
| 8 | Marco Tulio Hernández , 28 , a member of the Honduran Human Rights Defence Committee and of the Committee of Relatives of Missing Detainees in Honduras was shot dead in San Pedro Sula on July 22 ; the military was widely believed to be responsible . |
| 9 | Some of this exuberance was tempered in time by a greater appreciation of just how much of the world economy would have to be rebuilt after the war , and of the range of obstacles which stood in the way of the realization of the dream of " unhampered trade " . |
| 10 | They should learn to think of appropriateness in written language in terms of these functions and of the range of audiences that writers address , considering the effects , for example , of inappropriately formal vocabulary in personal letters or of colloquial expressions in impersonal writing . |
| 11 | Overall , by 1900 central government action concerning recognized social problems was greater than in 1870 but still slight in contrast with the magnitude of those problems and of the range of demands for action . |
| 12 | At the heart of the debate , and of the promotion of cigarettes to young people , is a crisis of confidence in the House and the country over the good will of the tobacco industry . |
| 13 | She told him about the Elder , and of the eternity of memories he had poured unasked into her head . |
| 14 | Over the following two weeks President Turgut Özal called meetings of both party leaders and of the Council of Ministers , and on April 13 full details of the measures were announced . |
| 15 | Those dropped from the politburo included Vilma Espín Guillois de Castro , the wife of Raúl Castro and president of the Association of Cuban Women ; Armando Hart Dávalos , the Minister of Culture ; Julio Camacho Aguilera , a former ambassador to the Soviet Union ; Pedro Miret Prieto , a Vice-President of the Council of State and of the Council of Ministers ; and Jorge Risquet Valdés-Saldaña [ see p. 37770 ] . |
| 16 | Because of the existence of PACs and of the Court of Referees for benefits under the insurance schemes , the new national scheme included an appeals system . |
| 17 | As the creation of space is the primary concern , it is not surprising the interests of developers and of the well-being of cities are so often in conflict . |
| 18 | Stringer was admitted a member of the Society of Mineral and Battery Works in December 1692 and of the Society of Mines Royal in June 1693 . |
| 19 | Delamotte belonged to that Society and was a member of the Society of Arts , and of the Society of Artists , having exhibited a number of architectural drawings at the Royal Academy . |
| 20 | Members are aware of the above called-in planning application and of the schedule of meetings arranged to consider the matter . |
| 21 | It was the product of an alliance between Parliament and lawyers and of the intimidation of judges by the House of Commons . |
| 22 | As a result , you become increasingly more aware of the quality of light and shade , of tone and texture and of the shape of buildings . |
| 23 | He had recently been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and of the College of Physicians ; the future was open for furtherance . |
| 24 | to take one 's diploma as a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons ( from Surgeon 's Hall ) and of the College of Physicians respectively . |
| 25 | It was probably from her brother , a fellow of the Royal Society and of the College of Physicians , that she acquired her medical knowledge . |
| 26 | This is particularly true of the value of votes for the smaller parties of the centre — the Liberal Party , the SDP and now the Liberal Democrats ; and of the value of votes for Labour in the South and for the Conservatives in the North and in Scotland . |
| 27 | Here is the story of his life and of the succession of movies , remarkably similar in tone and most of them featuring actors like Robert de Niro and Harvey Keitel , which have raised him to the status of ( perhaps ) the world 's most famous film director . |
| 28 | They did not simply speak of the human Jesus of Nazareth and of the relation of persons to him as a human . |
| 29 | On issue , the court does not fix a return day but serves on the Crown copy of the particulars of claim , and a notice ( N 390 ) of entry of plaint , and of the effect of paragraphs ( 3 ) and ( 5 ) of Ord 42 , r 6 , namely the rights of the Crown if it considers that the particulars of claim do not contain sufficient information and the action itself is stayed . |
| 30 | The chief preoccupation of Methuen 's later years , apart from his painting , and one for which he denied himself many luxuries , was the restoration , maintenance , and improvement of Corsham Court , the family seat , and of the collection of pictures which hung in the magnificent gallery built and furnished for them in the 1760s . |