Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] of [adj] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 It is no wonder , therefore , that many people believe the current delay in publishing the Barrowclough investigation is for reasons of political expediency rather than legalistic necessity .
2 The Treasury saw local councils as part of that strategy just as much as spending departments in Whitehall or the nationalised industries — a very clear ‘ agency ’ view .
3 Analytical work carried out as part of environmental research often falls into this category .
4 The EA booklet cites Scream magazine , published by IPC , as presenting evil as part of everyday life instead of an intrusion into life which must be resisted in the way of the traditional comics .
5 I would like to know what else he wants as part of this deal ie : does he want to cut exam fees ?
6 Even though it was high morning , the light was dim and artificial outside as acres of arched roof far above kept out the Canadian weather .
7 If the answer is that they are idealistic categories generated through consciousness of ideal relations then the idealistic basis of these specific examples of ‘ ideological forms ’ can be understood .
8 Should any additional flights be introduced after publication of this brochure then they will be calculated on the same basis .
9 For knitters who use their own personal blocks but would like more inspiration for patterns , CML 's artworks collections are fantastic value for page after page of chartered designs directly traceable to Brother electronic sheets and easily used by all knitters to give their work an individual look .
10 STANLEY and Brackley , from County Durham and Northamptonshire respectively , meet at Melton Mowbray today in the triples final of the Manchester Unity National indoor championships after semi-finals of contrasting styles yesterday .
11 In respect of any claim or series of claims for which this cover provides an indemnity to an Insured Person against his/her legal liability , the Insurer may at any time pay to the Insured Person the limit of indemnity after deduction of any sum(s) already paid as compensation or any lesser amount for which such claim(s) can be settled , and upon such payment being made , the Insurer shall relinquish the conduct and control of and be under no further liability in connection with such claim(s) except for payment of costs and expenses recoverable or incurred prior to the date of such payment .
12 The finished door — because of the soft wax finish , this is not suitable for areas of heavy use eg kitchen units .
13 If the law is to recognise the significance of the individual 's physical integrity , then it must provide for offences of this kind even if some of the conduct falling within the definition of the offence is properly kept out of the courts by prosecutorial discretion .
14 Interests theories degenerate into the pursuit of patterns of distributive justice instead of circumscribing the scope of protected autonomous action by reference to the need to respect the liberty of others .
15 Yet his possession of patterns of sexual dimorphism closely comparable to those of the modern gelada baboon point with equal force to the supposition that modern man acquired along with those gross features of bodily structure behavioural propensities appropriate to them .
16 The long history of Polish resistance played an important part in heightening the regime 's suspicions of signs of cultural autonomy anywhere in the Empire , and in fuelling the aggressive nationalist tone adopted by both Alexander III and Nicholas II .
17 Will my right hon. Friend confirm that the drinks industry enjoys a surplus mainly because the value of exports of Scotch whisky far exceeds the value of imports of wine ?
18 There is something in his voice that sounds like regret ; he likes to be inside the minds of craftsmen of 400 years ago , making the furniture , building the house .
19 Furthermore , the various commitments by the nuclear powers , made in connection with the 1968 Non-Proliferation Treaty , not to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear states , undoubtedly have the effect of limiting the freedom of action of nuclear powers even during an armed conflict ( Goldblat and Lodgaard , 1980 ) .
20 The biz is no longer in the state of confusion of seven years ago , when Altered Images could giggle and tumble their way onto TOTP .
21 However , just as basic systems theory suggests that every system begins and ends with the individual and , therefore , that all systems are circular , there is good reason to believe that a common policy for education can only be arrived at by looking at the array of experiences of different individuals instead of others ' perceptions of these experiences .
22 ‘ The fact that you 've got ease of highlighting of particular points also makes the spreadsheet much more readable , ’ he adds .
23 Of companies of this sort only the liverymen , if indeed all of them , were likely to find their way into the returns .
24 The emergence of new-right governments in the 1980s has called in question the previous welfare consensus , and apparently signalled a drive towards the ‘ recommodification ’ of areas of social life previously handled by public policy decision .
25 Although the maker and even country of origin of these pieces surprisingly remains unknown , one view holding that they are German rather than French , this uncertainty did not matter to the bidders as it sold to an anonymous private collector for $1,700,000 ( £944,400 ) .
26 President , the Association of Directors of Social Services recently published the results of its survey on Social Services Department nineteen ninety three budget plans .
27 But nevertheless it 's im important to remember that this is a survey erm which is conducted at the time of year when most compan or many companies raise their list prices and if one looks at the past sort of record of this survey both at the regional level and the national level , one generally does see a bit of an upturn in the pr in the prices numbers at this time of year because people are raising their list prices erm and once you allow for that erm I think these numbers are er very good in terms of prices trends , very low for the time of year .
28 Well , this is a bit of re-run of last year again , and I 've got a feeling we 're gon na lose the replay an' all , but , I 'll give it a go .
29 The champions of optimum treatment irrespective of age point to the surprising number of years of expected life even at advanced ages ( for example , about 5 years for a healthy 87-year-old American woman ) and to moral entitlements accrued over years of work , tax paying , family rearing , and possibly military service .
30 Awareness of danger of attracting nominals rather than the repentant .
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