Example sentences of "[coord] [noun sg] of [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The purpose of the current investigation is to show a possible binding or uptake of PT-gliadin in the enterocytes , and to compare the handling of the components between coeliac patients and controls . |
| 2 | At a phenomenal level , what happens here can be described by saying that it is as if your perceptual mechanisms became fatigued by some salient characteristic of the adapting stimulus — its orientation or periodicity in the case of Figure 9 , or direction of movement in the case of the motion after-effect . |
| 3 | It represented a 2.6 per cent decrease in real spending compared with the 1990 budget , and involved the recommended closure of 35 domestic military bases , the realignment or reduction of forces at a further 200 military facilities and the closure of 13 overseas bases . |
| 4 | ( c ) Accreditation , i.e. proficiency certification often in some way a summary " or measure of achievement on the course of instruction and often used for selection purposes , or to acknowledge success . |
| 5 | They were composed of three members : a chairman and two members , one a representative of workers , the other drawn from a panel of persons appearing ‘ to have knowledge or experience of conditions in the area to which the panel relates and of the problems of people living on low incomes ’ . |
| 6 | Members are appointed by the President from those considered to ‘ have knowledge or experience of conditions in the area and to be representative of persons living or working in the area ’ ( Social Security Act 1975 , Sched. 10 , para. ( 2 ) ) . |
| 7 | ( 6 ) Forecasts The insurance policies are only really intended to cover liability for accident or misstatement of fact by the vendor . |
| 8 | You get a large volume or bulk of food for a small or moderate number of calories , and that in itself is going to necessitate considerably more chewing and take considerably more time . |
| 9 | ‘ Subject to sections 7 and 8 below , a person who has become a rehabilitated person for the purposes of this Act in respect of a conviction shall be treated for all purposes in law as a person who has not committed or been charged with or prosecuted for or convicted of or sentenced for the offence or offences which were the subject of that conviction ; and , notwithstanding the provisions of any other enactment or rule of law to the contrary , but subject as aforesaid — |
| 10 | The guardian may produce any copy he takes in his report or when he gives evidence and it will be admissible regardless of any enactment or rule of law to the contrary ( s42(2) ( 3 ) ) . |
| 11 | I find it almost impossible to accept that such an injury … could have occurred without extensive bruising and swelling of the nose and probably fracture or disruption of structures within the nose and associated tissues . ’ |
| 12 | This method caused an immediate necrosis of the entire thickness of gastric wall under the area of acetic acid application ( about 28 mm ) but without perforation or penetration of ulcers to the surrounding organs as in the original technique . |
| 13 | With the aim of clarification , medical epidemiologists have introduced the impairment/disability/handicap triad : loss of function or loss of part of the body ( impairment ) leads to difficulty with the tasks of daily living ( disability ) , resulting in economic and social disadvantage ( handicap ) . |
| 14 | A closed system is a system in which there is no net gain or loss of matter in the system . |
| 15 | Loss of control in the self ( particularly the ‘ selves ’ of powerful individuals ) , or loss of control in a wider social or political fabric could produce a domino effect bringing the whole into chaos . |
| 16 | In the main , the college has produced little radical comment or research of note during the four decades of its existence , for the various chief officers have jealously ensured that any consolidation of ideological excellence at this location has been neutered , and under Home Office direction its senior courses have primarily been used to provide a stream of suitably acquiescent candidates for the ACPO ranks , who readily take on the symbols and metaphors of dominance which feed the appetite for power Stead warns against . |
| 17 | Having registered at the reception desk they went to their room and found a notice which purported to exempt the hotel for liability for the loss or theft of property from the rooms . |
| 18 | Third , the Acropolis of Athens — a feature which , like some other masterpieces of nature or art , is so familiar that it is hard to see it with fresh eyes — was an inevitable centre for the rynoikism or concentration of Attica from a plurality of villages into a mia polis , ‘ one city ’ . |
| 19 | Where the bottom is weedy ( ordinary soft weed , not algae ) you can incorporate a cork or piece of polystyrene into the feeder to keep it on top of the weed ( see Fig. 3 ) . |
| 20 | A newspaper heading ; title of an article or piece of news in a newspaper , journal , magazine , etc . |
| 21 | On other occasions a user may want every document or piece of information on a topic traced , and then high recall must be sought to the detriment of precision . |
| 22 | When dry , thread a ribbon or piece of string through the hole and your decoration is ready to hand on the wall . |
| 23 | 30 cooks , nearly all men , were attending a sort of food summit in Paris called le Club des Chefs des Chefs , or Club of Chefs to the Chiefs , founded in 1977 . |
| 24 | Of course if there is a social structure so simple that the only ‘ source of law ’ is legislation , the rule of recognition will simply specify enactment as the unique identifying mark or criterion of validity of the rules … |
| 25 | But the company 's Canadian parent , The Thomson Corporation , lost ground on its publishing side after providing for the sale or closure of titles in the UK and north America . |
| 26 | For instance , you could arrange a garland or archway of flowers around the words , or even just a rectangular border and still create the designs in each corner . |
| 27 | For Lord Strathclyde , the then agriculture minister , his private secretary wrote : ‘ Lord Strathclyde does not consider that it would be appropriate for the Scottish Office to be directly involved in the commissioning or management of investigations of the type suggested in the consultant 's report . ’ |
| 28 | In the majority of cases however , the valuation engagement will be value added , where the firm uses information , which may already have been the subject of validation , enquiry and analytical procedures or information gathering work , to derive a conclusion in the form of an estimated value or range of values for a particular purpose . |
| 29 | From the first suspicion or disclosure of abuse to the criminal trial of the alleged perpetrator , children pass through a spectrum of services and professionals . |
| 30 | Depending on the likely cost of redundancies and the scale or likelihood of claims by the vendor 's employees relating to their past relations with the vendor , the purchaser may wish to negotiate a contribution from the vendor or a reduction in the price . |