Example sentences of "of groups of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The discussion will fall into two parts : an examination , first , of the sort of information that can be gleaned from a study of individual coins , and , second , of how the study of groups of coins can throw light on contemporary propaganda . |
| 2 | In just the same way , evolution consists of genes spreading at each other 's expense , but many , perhaps most , genetic mechanisms are about enforcing common interest of groups of genes over the selfish ambitions of the few . |
| 3 | Among other offences committed by these royal justices was the denunciation of bishops for employing , on the visitations of their dioceses , the sworn evidence of groups of parishioners ; the practice of the sworn inquest , so these justices maintained , was solely the prerogative of the king . |
| 4 | The progress of groups of students in the higher ( but not the highest ) parts of the class achievement range is often monitored particularly closely by the transmission teacher and used to ‘ steer ’ his or her judgements about the management and development of the lesson for the class as a whole . |
| 5 | But , by exploring the aspirations and motivations of groups of blacks who were highly charged and who brought extraordinary energy to their chosen tasks , I thought I might find some clues as to the kinds of things which move black kids : what makes them tick . |
| 6 | Whereas females cooperate in hunting and in rearing cubs , male lions cooperate with one another in forming coalitions which try to gain and keep possession of groups of females . |
| 7 | She thought of blackened red brick , chalk dust , shoe boxes , muddy hockey boots , the smell of groups of girls in classrooms . |
| 8 | Alun Morgan and Dr Jon Saunders of the department of genetics and microbiology at the University of Liverpool , working with Dr Roger Pickup of the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology , Windermere , form one of a number of groups of scientists developing techniques to spot a GEM . |
| 9 | A clear objective in this field must surely be the evaluation of the language of groups of users . |
| 10 | But this is sometimes taken to mean the formation of groups of teachers to generate their own ideas without reference to theory and research of a more rigorous and academic character . |
| 11 | Perhaps the most important commercial change since the invention of incorporation itself has been the rise of groups of companies with interlinking control and ownership . |
| 12 | Changing the content of a problem from a stereotypically ‘ female ’ setting such as nutrition to a ‘ male ’ setting such as building can reverse the rank order of the success rates of groups of boys and girls . |
| 13 | Research which has investigated performance hierarchies in the school years has generally done so in terms of the performance of groups of learners . |
| 14 | Network studies have given us various instances of groups of women who are less standard speakers than comparable groups of men . |
| 15 | Walker 's most liberating pictures of femininity are the many watercolours of groups of women sometimes with children gathered by the sea . |
| 16 | Accordingly I have looked at examples from evolutionary biology , physiology and the study of groups of organisms or of habitats , In 1982 Darwinism was defended and neo-Darwinism re-affirmed ; Evolutionary Principles is Peter Calow 's contribution to the central concept of biology . |
| 17 | In fact while we find duces in charge of groups of civitates , they also appear as leaders of royal armies , without any clear geographical base , and they were to be found engaged in a wide variety of other activites , including diplomatic missions . |
| 18 | The basic question is this : is information represented in the brain at the level of individual cells or at the level of groups of cells ? |
| 19 | On the other hand , States may have received representations from a number of groups of individuals whose concerns may conflict , and the traditional theory of State responsibility allows the State to synthesise or ignore those arguments and to present the position that best represents its own interests . |
| 20 | Include interests of groups of individuals and/or companies if known , even if less than 3% held by individual members of the group . ) |
| 21 | Whether creole varieties are termed ‘ dialects of ’ English or are regarded as languages in their own right is a Political and ideological question , which concerns the social identity of groups of speakers . |
| 22 | But while this may be true for matters concerning individual patients , as family relationships often develop severe tensions and problems , it is rarely true of the relatives of groups of patients who , when involved in planning and running services , show collective good sense and experience in addressing practical problems . |
| 23 | The long term outcome of groups of patients was compared with log rank significance testing . |
| 24 | The apparent complexity of the formidable navigational behaviour that many insects display is , in fact , based on the interplay of groups of subroutines which are themselves quite simple . |
| 25 | Military governors-general were to be put in charge of groups of provinces throughout the empire , not just in the imperial borderlands and in St Petersburg and Moscow . |
| 26 | It is important to grasp birth control very much within the context of the particular customs and needs of groups of workers , and it is notable , for instance , that the poor and the unemployed generally had a high birthrate . |
| 27 | In the cities , the relative moderation of groups of workers such as the printers pointed the way to co-operation between the working class and progressive sections of ‘ society ’ in pressing for liberal reforms . |
| 28 | For example , types of worker resistance which derive from spontaneous , unofficial initiatives on the part of groups of workers often benefit from a degree of tacit legitimacy , in the sense that those in authority may ‘ turn a blind eye ’ to various workshop practices . |
| 29 | Therefore , Piaroa boys are not constrained into learning the aggressive stance of young warriors to fight men of this world ; they do not learn to accept the dominance relationships of groups of men over other groups of men . |
| 30 | true in the actual world iff true throughout a range of groups of worlds reasonably close to the actual world . |