Example sentences of "[noun sg] with the [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the latest edition of The Company Director : Powers and Duties , published by Jordans in association with the Institute of Directors , authors Peter Loose , John Yelland and David Impey lament that ‘ whatever the virtues of its contents , the Companies Act 1989 has left the efforts to consolidate companies legislation in tatters . |
| 2 | Strictly speaking , marriage does not contribute directly to population change , but , because of its association with the legitimacy of births in most countries , marriage rates have been of some interest . |
| 3 | As the New Town grew and villages outside of the city expanded in association with the establishment of industries along its bank , the Water of Leith became too convenient as a ready made drain and rubbish dump . |
| 4 | There must have been many jealous eyes directed towards Russell who , owing to his association with the College of Arms , was able to attract a fair proportion of the up-market trade within London . |
| 5 | Labour councillors have secured a deal with the Society of Friends and the Two Castles Housing Association for the Court Arcade shops to be turned into sheltered accommodation . |
| 6 | There is a historical analogy with the removal of controls on west European economies after 1945 . |
| 7 | In so far as they are based upon analogy with the position of courts of law which are not under any such general duty , this reasoning is being undermined as the judiciary increasingly require some statement of reasons within judgments . |
| 8 | This feature of child development has echoes also in social development , where there is an analogy with the role of objects in social reproduction before the acquisition of writing skills ; at this stage objects as authentic objectifications of the ancestors were , along with oral tradition , the major means of ensuring the continuity of social reproduction ( Weiner 1985 ) . |
| 9 | Teachers who are unused to the behaviour of pupils with severely defective sight can be surprised by the way in which such children can move about within a setting in which they feel secure , negotiating stairs and corridors and moving along at speed with the stream of pupils going from room to room ; but unfamiliar settings and unexpected obstacles can cause difficulties or even be hazardous , and such hazards should be minimised . |
| 10 | Policy-makers felt general disappointment with the stubbornness of prices in the face of rising unemployment . |
| 11 | It was half-past three when she was finally able to survey the result with the aid of mirrors in front and behind . |
| 12 | As Stan Cohen ( 1995 : 24 ) remarks , Foucault ‘ veers between a materialist connection between prison and emerging capitalism and an idealist obsession with the power of ideas ’ . |
| 13 | It would be perverse to find fault with the elevation of Aids awareness to the status of a rock cause , and particularly silly to fret about performance infelicities ( nobody really looks to David Bowie for enlightenment , do they ? ) providing the message gets across and the money comes in . |
| 14 | Indeed , there was an increase in its threat and its illegality with the passing of years . " |
| 15 | Seven days treatment with a cumulative dose of dexamethasone equivalent to 0.75 g prednisolone has been followed by osteonecrosis with the appearance of symptoms two years later , whereas most patients receiving steroids , do so for long periods and in higher doses without developing articular symptoms . |
| 16 | Every held operation using tractors or horses inevitably causes some compaction and damage to soil structure ; it should therefore be the farmer 's aim to create the desired effect with the minimum of passes at exactly the right time . |
| 17 | The established main roads that had been used for traffic between the medieval towns , and had made their own width with the usage of centuries , were generally left untouched by any parish awards . |
| 18 | This study has clearly shown , however , a correlation between increased alkaline exposure of the stomach and the oesophagus with the development of complications . |
| 19 | Try and remember the key names though , right , that associate with the sort of concepts that you want to discuss . |
| 20 | Closing one eye and then the other reveals the same scene with the position of objects shifted slightly , particularly those nearby . |
| 21 | I was bellied up to the bar with the crowd of bobby-soxers and crewcuts . |
| 22 | Certainly the tendency of a number of planning studies to equate the vitality of a village with the number of organizations it contains reveals a decidedly middle-class bias and fails to give sufficient weight to the overwhelmingly informal basis of rural working-class association . |
| 23 | Similarly calculated , and again perhaps no mere " encomiastic vignette " but drawn from life , is Ermold 's picture of the little Charles at his father 's hunt : By chance a little doe with the pack of hounds behind her flees Through the shady grove , and leaps through willow-woods . |
| 24 | Plate glass , thicker at the bottom with the weight of decades , glittered ; a display of diamonds and spider-gems refracted the sunshine with painful intensity . |
| 25 | A staggering transformation has occurred in the course of the 20th Century in the ambit of statutory provisions regarding company accounts , as will be apparent to anyone who compares the exiguous provisions in the 1908 Act with the profusion of sections and Schedules in the Companies Act 1985 as amended , supplemented and re-arranged by the 1989 Act . |
| 26 | We dealt quite fully in Committee with the question of sanctions . |
| 27 | Lead times for some of these proposals may be quite long , and some staff may need help with the drafting of proposals . |
| 28 | You may be able to get help with the cost of wigs and fabric supports if you and your partner are on a low income . |
| 29 | If you ca n't get help with the cost of wigs and fabric supports |
| 30 | The Summer Fayre Committee needs help with the production of posters , leaflets and other items for next year 's Summer Fayre . |