Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] the [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Figure 5.2 shows for the Earth , Venus and Mars the abundances of the inert gas isotopes as the number of atoms in the atmosphere per kilogramme of the whole planet . |
| 2 | If by neutralisation is meant establishing Great Power guarantees for the neutrality of states or regions , then Soviet interest in this process or regime certainly was not confined to Europe in the 1950s and 1960s . |
| 3 | Thus to bring to all our attention how much it matters for the encouragement of arts , commerce and trade which er , for manufacturers which is the full title of the Royal Society of Arts . |
| 4 | Confidence develops through the accumulation of successes . |
| 5 | The issue of decentralization of services to local bases in the community has inevitably brought with it questions of the decentralization of budgets . |
| 6 | With its creation and destruction of individuals , it offers us a presentiment of the primordial unity that lies behind the world of phenomena . |
| 7 | Too much power lies with the Council of Ministers who meet in secret , making it almost impossible for the public , national governments and the European Parliament to follow their decision making process . |
| 8 | Their only viable future lies with the kind of measures proposed by the early-1980s SDP — industrial partnership and incomes policies — plus the sort of trade unionism proposed by the electricians ' union , EETPU . |
| 9 | Pluralist stagnation suggests that the problem lies with the growth of groups in British society , each group pursuing its own interest . |
| 10 | This phase starts with the appearance of larvae within the alveoli where they cause alveolitis . |
| 11 | This corresponds with the augmentation of voices : five in the prima pars , six in the second ( ‘ Quin etiam ’ ) , and seven in the third ( ‘ Mene fugis ’ ) . |
| 12 | The reader is shown many bad marriages through the course of the novel and the disastrous effects it causes in the upbringing of children . |
| 13 | The metaphor this time is not the one from Genesis which tells how God made us in the divine image , male and female , and that completion lies in the union of men and women . |
| 14 | A precedent lies in the success of securities house Smith New Court in winning £14 million in an action against Citibank over shares in Ferranti bought two months before a fraud . |
| 15 | But the novelty of zoo work lies in the variety of patients . |
| 16 | According to Zelditch , ‘ a crucial reference point for differentiation in the family … lies in the division of organisms into lactating and nonlactating classes ’ . |
| 17 | The appeal of the area lies in the range of shops , restaurants , sandwich bars and wine bars , and the very large and well-patronized pub , The Green Man . |
| 18 | The secret of a sparkling talk show lies in the combination of guests . |
| 19 | Money-spinner FOOTBALL : The FA of Wales have had private talks about using Cardiff rugby club 's ground , which lies in the shadow of Arms Park , for Wales 's potentially money spinning World Cup game against Belgium . |
| 20 | The fourth difference lies in the nature of personnel involved in user education and their status and role within higher education management . |
| 21 | The modern application of this doctrine lies in the use of police search warrants . |
| 22 | The source of the demand for legal services lies in the proliferation of laws and regulations promulgated from a variety of sources , and the simultaneous waning of belief in the determinacy of legal doctrine . |
| 23 | I share my hon. Friend 's belief that the answer lies in the sort of suggestions that he made and which have been revealed in the report of the three wise men . |
| 24 | Tenants … were no longer prepared to accept the appalling housing conditions and would take whatever action was necessary … ‘ finally we believe that the only long-term solution to the social concerns which beset Derry lies in the establishment of workers ’ power and public ownership of all land , banks and industries . |
| 25 | The novelty — and most interesting feature — of this chapter lies in the examination of issues that refer to the author-to-reader level of discourse in fiction . |
| 26 | That 's right , there 's someone here in Oxford who now and then lives in the churchyard of Saints Mary and John Church in the Cowley Road . |
| 27 | Or when he meditates on The Price of Bras : |
| 28 | It adds to the cost of dividends and so to the cost of raising capital from shareholders . |
| 29 | The large proportion of women employed in nursing increases the importance of occupational health services , for invariably the nurse will be shouldering responsibilities for others which adds to the likelihood of pressures outside work . |
| 30 | Sense that in spite of everything it too only adds to the stream of lies and filth ? |