Example sentences of "[adv prt] of the [noun] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The text of the book is made up of the scripts of programmes broadcast in a radio series and then edited and developed . |
| 2 | The Reform movement of the eleventh century was behind the building up of the college of cardinals and its privileges . |
| 3 | Here we see Bukharin repeating his argument for a speeding up of the circulation of commodities , which he said would provide a greater surplus out of which investment of all types could be increased . |
| 4 | The informants were then given a list of 50 items made up of the names of writers and book titles , arranged in alphabetical order . |
| 5 | On these mornings her freckled face was blanched , and she sat motionless at the breakfast table , staring sightlessly into a cup of cold , wrinkle-skinned coffee , while her long red hair gradually slithered out of the nest of twists she had knotted it into , and hairgrips pinged out over the floor and the table around her . |
| 6 | The Court was much less explicit on the matter , but nevertheless did hold that the transaction was not incapable of falling within the scope of the Directive on the ground that it ‘ arises out of the grant of subsidies to foundations or associations whose services are not remunerated . ’ |
| 7 | Indeed the European Court of Justice has recently held in Dr Sophie Redmond Stichting v Bartol [ 1992 ] IRLR 366 that the " fact that … the transaction arises out of the grant of subsidies to foundations or associations whose services are not remunerated does not exclude the transaction from the scope of the EC Acquired Rights Directive " . |
| 8 | The change occurred because of internal political reasons and for that reason alone and not out of the interests of clients . |
| 9 | The artist has created a marvellous pattern out of the limbs of beasts and men superposed in parallel planes stepped back to the ground and punctuated by the frontal heads of the near oxen ; a sophisticated and brilliantly successful design . |
| 10 | But there is unity in diversity and just as the OlHebrews developed their monotheistic religion out of the mish-mash of cults in Palestine , so the unity of the Book of Genesis developed out of sacred writings . |
| 11 | If one decides to give away £5m to encourage the arts , I do not think that it is a very sensible way to give it to my noble friend Lord Archer , who is a very rich man already , and who gets £6,000 a year out of the pockets of taxpayers who are very much poorer than he is . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Out of the land of legends comes the sound of the Tyrannosaurus Rex , awoken in the incredible voice of Marc Bolan ( of Elfin descent ) and hairy-toed Steve Peregrin Took ’ , breathed the introduction . |
| 13 | Seventeen Afar deputies walked out of the Chamber of Deputies on Dec. 23 and demanded talks between the government and the armed opposition . |
| 14 | " Oh , you 've got a Kestos brassière — quel absolute chic , " Lally picked the bust-bodice out of the pile of underclothes Lizzie had folded and laid , a picture of precision , on Nicandra 's bed . |
| 15 | Thus the process of contract formation arising out of the exchange of documents containing or referring to standard terms creates considerable problems when one tries to fit it into the framework of offer and acceptance . |
| 16 | One of the disconcerting features of New Historicist accounts is that a recognition of critical partially and a mapping out of the historicity of texts through the textuality of history does not produce a critical manner which is careful and self-scrutinising . |
| 17 | It is incumbent upon every Muslim who has access to this mercenary author to drive this harmful being out of the way of Muslims and punish him , ’ he added in a report from the Iranian news agency IRNA . |
| 18 | Well the only reason you want to get out of here is to get out of the way of Indians |
| 19 | Place a candle on a table , well out of the way of draughts , and encourage partygoers to get about a foot away from it . |
| 20 | In the 1980s , what came out of the mouths of environmentalists was mostly green ; what went in , was often junk . |
| 21 | Out of the mouths of babes : the Stephenson/Connolly tribe , Scarlett ( one ) , Amy ( two ) , Daisy ( five ) . |
| 22 | Out of the mouths of babes … comes many a minister 's comeuppance . |
| 23 | ‘ My dear , ’ she laughed , ‘ talk about out of the mouths of babes and sucklings ! |
| 24 | Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings ! ’ |
| 25 | Out of the mouths of babes and suckers . |
| 26 | At minimum it sinks to 10 , well out of the range of binoculars . |
| 27 | Here they were hammering with a monotonous beat , the voices high but soft , small boys staring at her as she looked at them in panic , realising she did not know the way out of the maze of streets and could not ask . |
| 28 | The National Fertility Survey found that out of the total of women using contraception , 52.5% had been sterilized . |
| 29 | Out of the multiplicity of factors influencing the development of the personality of the black child the following are the major influences . |
| 30 | Indeed , a minister may even ‘ expressly desire to keep out of the affairs of quangos within the ambit of his department , arguing that to behave otherwise is merely to frustrate the whole purpose of this way of organising public services ’ ( Johnson , 1979 , p. 389 ) . |