Example sentences of "series of [noun] the " in BNC.

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1 The move by Precision to break out of the workstation market into the higher echelons of data analysis is , the company says , the first in a series of developments the firm is working on in the supercomputing arena .
2 The map is the latest step in a series of moves the resort is making to clean up its tarnished image .
3 My intention in this chapter is not to construct a systematic model of the properties of material culture in society , but rather to investigate through a series of illustrations the interaction between material culture and certain contextual dimensions , emphasizing the implications of the materiality of the object as symbol .
4 According to a series of studies the group has published , Germany and the UK remain the largest two markets , growing by 16% and 32% respectively .
5 After a series of meetings the five permanent members of the UN Security Council ( China , France , the Soviet Union , the United Kingdom and the United States ) had finally agreed on Aug. 28 on a " framework document " for a solution to the conflict [ see p. 37654 ] .
6 Following a series of meetings the government and the Liberation Front of Air and Azawad ( FLAA ) , representing the Tuareg rebels , on May 12 issued a joint communiqué in which both sides committed themselves to working to create a favourable climate for effective negotiations , beginning with a 15-day truce from May 15 [ for January threat of force against Tuaregs see p. 38708 ] .
7 And again by another series of screens the lecture hall can be transformed into two or three classrooms as occasion requires , each provided with a separate entrance . ’
8 In another series of cases the Court has condemned national laws which require undertakings which are licensed to carry out particular activities in one member state having to obtain a second licence to provide the same services in another member state where the licensing requirements in the first member state adequately safeguard all necessary requirements for the protection of the public interest .
9 The House of Lords rejected this approach ( Suisse Atlantique Société d " Armement Maritime SA v NV Rotterdamsche Kolen Centrale [ 1967 ] 1 AC 361 ) but in a series of cases the Court of Appeal effectively resurrected the doctrine in a different form , holding that if the innocent party chose to accept the breach and terminate the contract , termination destroyed the contract including the exclusion clause , therefore preventing reliance on it .
10 When it comes to sailing in a series of races the emphasis must be on consistency .
11 In another series of images the sun god was a new-born child at dawn , rising from a lotus flower as Nefertum ; he grew to full maturity at midday and became an old and weak man in the evening .
12 With Al White and Major Carl Cross at the controls of 20207 , after a series of tests the Valkyrie joined-up with four other aircraft : a white USAF F-5A Freedom Fighter flown by GE test pilot John Fritz ; a T-38A Talon flown by USAF Captain Peter Hoag with Joe Cotton in the rear seat ; a USN F-4B Phantom II piloted by USN Commander Jerome Skyrud with E J Black in the back and a red-tailed NASA-owned F-104 Starfighter flown by Joe A Walker .
13 Atop a steep series of zig-zags the highest and most impressive peak , Sgurr Fhuaran ( 3,503ft ) , is now reached .
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