Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun sg] of [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A developing issue for actuaries has been the question of the possible use of professional certification of reserves for general insurance . |
| 2 | It allows the study of regional transit of solids in the unprepared human colon without the need for colon intubation . |
| 3 | In particular I wish to address the development of the OPAC and the associated issue of retrospective conversion of catalogues of ‘ important ’ collections and networked access to them . |
| 4 | Clearly , it is the certain amount of ‘ slack ’ within the articulative relationships , the fact that the combination of techniques does not fix any constituent 100 per cent to the others , that explains the possibility of differential development of elements in the mixture — rather than ‘ changes in style ’ . |
| 5 | But there are also forms of direct access of interests to the state , notably through relationships with individual state agencies . |
| 6 | The Cleveland Inquiry ( Secretary of State for Social Services , 1988 ) noted that : ‘ It has been impossible from the evidence provided to the Inquiry to arrive at any consensus or to obtain any reliable figures of the general prevalence of sexual abuse of children in the country or in Clevelend ’ ( p.4 ) and later comments that : ‘ We are strongly of the opinion that great caution should be exercised at the present time in accepting percentages as to the prevalence and incidence of sexual abuse . |
| 7 | The ruling has led to some confusion , as the barrier appears to contradict the EC principle of free movement of goods across Community borders . |
| 8 | There was no evidence of enhanced phosphorylation of proteins at other molecular weights by TAGH . |
| 9 | In particular it relies on estimating the final cost of the investment , the amount and timing of returns , the rate of return on the alternative investment ( the ‘ hurdle rate ’ ) and the rate of real deterioration of items of productive capital . |
| 10 | While there was no evidence of widespread abuse of calculators in the examination room , the boards , he said , were attempting to anticipate possible problems . |
| 11 | The distortions of communication which occur in these social institutions are as they are , as a result , in part , of unconscious activity of groups of people over time . |
| 12 | Nomvete said that nine of the 12 countries identified for the organization 's programme of gradual reduction of tariffs on trade among PTA members had already published their tariffs . |
| 13 | At earlier times , the move from full-time work to full-time retirement , through a transitional process of gradual movement of individuals through lighter and part-time employment , typically coincided with the biological transition from fitness to dependency . |
| 14 | The general climate of gradual relaxation of constraints against foreign ownership that prevailed at the end of the decade has probably extended to the Chinese and the smaller Indian local population . |
| 15 | For many , ‘ law ’ and ‘ order ’ refer to the ideal of legality ( or ‘ the rule of law ’ ) — and while it is clear that this does not refer to an uncontroversial notion , it is arguable that most people would agree on certain core features of the rule of law : a congruence of official action with a previously declared rule so as to preserve individual autonomy and freedom from arbitrary state power , and a notion of equal treatment of individuals in the eye of the law . |
| 16 | The RSPB uncovers dozens of cases every year of illegal persecution of birds of prey on estates and farms throughout Scotland , but successful prosecutions are difficult to achieve because of the detailed evidence required . |
| 17 | They were found guilty of murder and of illegal carrying of arms in connection with an incident near Tlemcen in July 1990 , when a guard was killed as they attempted to seize explosives from a quarry . |
| 18 | The British banana company , Geest , has been accused of illegal felling of areas of rainforest in north-east Costa Rica , next to the Tortuguero National Park . |
| 19 | It was also a government of great stability of men in offices . |
| 20 | Figure 1 Levels of visual functioning of pupils with impaired sight |
| 21 | Lest anybody should have got the idea from my August column that I was in some way in favour of four-year funding of students of architecture , let me set the record straight . |
| 22 | Slade LJ agreed that the couple had joint exclusive possession of the flat , but continued : The decision in Street v Mountford … establishes that the enjoyment by one person of exclusive occupation of premises for a term in consideration of periodical payments creates a tenancy save in exceptional circumstances not relevant to this appeal … |
| 23 | She was being investigated in connection with East Germany 's policy of forced adoption of children of politically suspect citizens . |
| 24 | To achieve this aim a measure of approximate number of letters in a word is needed . |
| 25 | While this may provide some justification for ensuring that the decision-maker indicates what was the factual basis for his action , we should be extremely wary of developing review of facts upon the premise that all such material could or should be considered . |
| 26 | Such an approach might begin by adopting Goffman 's ( 1976 ) distinction between systems-constraints and ritual-constraints , where the first labels the ingredients essential to sustaining any kind of systematic interweaving of actions by more than one party , and the second those ingredients that , while not essential to the maintaining of interaction , are nevertheless typical of it they are , if one likes , the social dimensions of interaction . |
| 27 | Relation ( 2 ) represents lending to the government , which could be transformed by a system of compulsory subscription of funds to a national investment bank , which would provide funds on a planned basis for both public projects and commodity-producing enterprises ( 3 and 4 ) . |
| 28 | Moi was reported on Sept. 18 to have ordered an inquiry following an announcement that Denmark was freezing aid because of alleged embezzlement of funds from development projects . |
| 29 | Attacks on asylum hostels and cemeteries , the majority in western Germany , continued during November , while on Nov. 11 the German Defence Ministry disclosed that investigations were being made into 24 cases of alleged involvement of soldiers in extreme right-wing violence — including three cases of manslaughter . |
| 30 | The nutrient levels in the soil were higher , even 3 years after disturbance , in both the cut and cut-and-burnt sites , than in the surrounding untouched forest , probably because of steady transfer of nutrients from the forest ash to the soil . |