Example sentences of "of an [noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Ferranti family 's demands came to light as a result of an approach by representatives of Hill Samuel and Murray Johnstone , who are canvassing support among shareholders for a plan to make Ferranti hive off its core UK defence interests and merge them with the defence activities of Thorn EMI . |
| 2 | Reports of an abundance of whales in the Southern Ocean brought European whalers south during the late 19th century , when scientific exploration of the continent also began ( Hayes , 1932 ) . |
| 3 | More fundamentally , one could ask whether the problem should be seen in terms of an interaction between nations at all , for in what sense can a nation be a ‘ player ’ ? |
| 4 | Our theory is based on the idea that human social life is a product of an interaction between sequences of actions and talk about those actions . |
| 5 | Roy Lacey returns from holiday just in time to foil the advance of an army of weeds on his hour-a-week garden larder . |
| 6 | Cormac , O hound of feats , you 'll have to steal those horsemen away the equal of an army of angels for silence . ’ |
| 7 | Last September , Which ? published the results of an inspection of standards of garage servicing at 30 garages , including 12 members of the RMI and the Scottish Motor Trade Association ( which also has an OFT-approved Code of Conduct ) . |
| 8 | It does not follow from the conception of an event in terms of interdependent subject and content that it is physical in the sense defined . |
| 9 | 2.17 This exercise has been described in a different way by Lord Diplock in Mallett v McMonagle [ 1970 ] AC 166 at p174 : The purpose of an award of damages under the Fatal Accidents Act is to provide the widow and other dependants of the deceased with a capital sum , which , with prudent management , will be sufficient to supply them with material benefits of the same standards and duration as would have been provided for them out of the earnings of the deceased had he not been killed by the tortious act of the defendant , credit being given for the value of any material benefits which will accrue to them ( otherwise than as the fruits of insurance ) as a result of his death . |
| 10 | The danger of this is that the fear of an award of damages against it would unduly encourage the authority to reach the same decision again , thus creating an appearance of bias . |
| 11 | The systems approach is now explicitly used in biogeography and Simmons ( 1978 ) , for example , in discussion of the ecosystem scale distinguishes two approaches that are often made : one which is synoptic and develops from intuitive perception of an ecosystem to studies of ecological cohesion including , where relevant , the significance of human activity ; and another approach which is more analytical whereby measurements are made of the flow and partitioning of energy through the ecosystem and of the cycles of mineral nutrients within the system . |
| 12 | One thing about the book 's apparatus does irritate : the absence of an index of titles in addition to the index of first lines . |
| 13 | Such a circumstance could arise , for example , where a group raises finance by way of an issue of shares of a special purpose subsidiary with a pre-determined life . |
| 14 | Making an international match more of an occasion for spectators in the above ways seems to me to be a legitimate means to this end , and should not be confused with more negative developments in the game . |
| 15 | As economic pressure has been tightened up against Serbia , the French and the Russians have argued for carrot as well as stick : the prospect of an easing of sanctions in return for Serbian pressure on their Bosnian brothers to make peace . |
| 16 | Almost all societies have elements of an exchange of objects in which persons are directly implicated , market exchange in which they are not implicated , and separate spheres of exchange which constrain the equivalences between things ( e.g. Douglas 1967 ; Miller 1986 ) . |
| 17 | He suggested that Eisenhower " flattered the Shah with the prospect of an exchange of views with you on modern military problems " . |
| 18 | Mujaheddin sources said that the soldiers were returned on humanitarian grounds ; there was no indication of an exchange of prisoners despite earlier reports that the Kabul government was prepared to exchange 73 mujaheddin prisoners for the two Soviet servicemen . |
| 19 | Her trip is part of an exchange between sixth-formers from Wirral and their counterparts from Lorient . |
| 20 | An attempt to break the blockade by land across the Russian zone was rejected in favour of an airlift of supplies to West Berlin . |
| 21 | Some of these are further extended in the detached bungalow analysed by King ( 1984 ) , as part of an opposition to elements of modernity and urbanization which constitute the major transformations of the environment over the last two centuries . |
| 22 | Advocates of the reliance theory approve Aristotle 's view that the purpose of justice is the maintenance of an equilibrium of goods among members of society . |
| 23 | In its appeal AI also expressed dismay at reports that Iraqi Kurds who returned to Arbil in northern Iraq following a government announcement of an amnesty for Kurds on 5 April were arbitrarily arrested , summarily executed or subjected to forms of cruel , inhuman or degrading treatment . |
| 24 | Frisby points out that Scheler 's phenomenology was at odds with Husserlian phenomenology in its dualism of spirit and drives ( Frisby 1983 : 31 ) and that there is little ‘ sociology ’ , in the sense of an explanation in terms of social formation or social structure , in his sociology of knowledge ( Frisby 1983 : 33 ) . |
| 25 | The procedure is designed to give a " right of reply " instead of an action for damages in cases where the media have behaved responsibly : the plaintiff can not succeed if the defendant proves that an " offer of amends " was made in good time , and is still open at the time of the trial . |
| 26 | If the financial statements of an issuer of securities to the public fail to comply with an applicable accounting standard , the issuer and its directors will be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $NZ100,000 . |
| 27 | Towers and spires had become something of an obsession with Nonconformists during the last forty years of the century . |
| 28 | The growth of towns was in large measure the result of an influx of migrants from the villages . |
| 29 | In particular it welcomes the agreement … on the alignment of VAT [ value added tax ] rates and excise duties [ see below ] which opens the way to the completion of an area without frontiers on Jan. 1 , 1993 … |
| 30 | Elements of the new approach include looking at the cost of environmental degradation of an area in terms of : its effect on house prices ; the cost of alternative methods of transport ; the value local people place on maintaining environmental features intact ; and an assessment of the cost of replacement , for example moving a colony of badgers . |