Example sentences of "of the [noun] or of [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The summit did not discuss in depth the question of a possible enlargement of the EC or of relations with countries of the European Free-Trade Area ( EFTA ) .
2 The Act is an enabling one and does not affect the existing system unless the leadership of the churches wish to co-operate in a reshaping of the system or of schools in any particular area .
3 It is then up to the Minister to defeat the defence by proving that he had taken reasonable steps to bring the purport of the instrument to the notice of the public or of persons likely to be affected by it , or of the person charged .
4 Yet international trade and the major enterprises were generally in the hands either of the Tsar or of foreigners , and the privileges granted Western entrepreneurs were not withdrawn until late in the century .
5 He is responsible for presenting to the council and its committees all matters of business which are brought to his notice , either from members of the public , members of the council or from the officers themselves , and of recording the decisions , either by way of minutes of the committees or of reports of the committees which are subsequently presented to the council .
6 Imagination from other viewpoints depends on my having already perceived something analogous from the then present and my own , and is undernourished if I was distracted at the time by consideration of the future or of others .
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