Example sentences of "of [noun] [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marx 's theory is an attempt to accept both types of accounts of the Orient and to explain the apparent unity of states often made up of previously independent units which nevertheless co-operated in great communal works such as road building ( among the Inca ) and large-scale irrigation ( in Asia ) . |
| 2 | Here , we describe the range of activities commonly carried through by the Scotch Whisky companies before considering , in Section 3 , how we might measure the employment they support . |
| 3 | At its most basic level , formal structure refers to the physical shape of the organisation the distribution of jobs and lines of command often set out in an organisation chart , if the firm in question has one . |
| 4 | But would you envisage that the numbers er of aircraft actually kitted out with these things have been reduced or are you talking about having spares in case they get lost or damaged ? |
| 5 | The M.wt. of proteins N-terminally deleted down to the 73rd , 205th and 356th residue were 69 , 56 and 27kDa , respectively . |
| 6 | During the early part of 1988 the focus of research gradually moved back towards the piezonuclear fusion . |
| 7 | As soon as it did , the air rushed out of the compartment , and the flight of steps automatically extended out beyond the craft . |
| 8 | From where she stood on the gravelled forecourt , she saw that the flight of steps ahead led up to the living accommodation at the higher level , no doubt to exploit the panoramic view , while below , built into the slope , were the garages and stores . |
| 9 | The Bishop of Dorchester all dressed up behind the beer pumps at his local giving a blessing and then leading the congregation in the Lord 's prayer . |
| 10 | Provision would be made for the possible transfer of other functions at a later date , ( e.g. The assessments of means , decisions on the grant of criminal legal aid , and at least some of the determinations of bills now carried out in the courts ) . |
| 11 | HMIP pointed out that an enforcement role for such an agency would be an unnecessary duplication of work already carried out in the UK . |
| 12 | The conventional notion of literary ‘ tradition ’ does , it is true , compensate for the lack of an historical overview , but because it implies a common pool of resources repeatedly drawn on by a succession of different writers , it is profoundly antithetical to Formalism and its key principle of defamiliarization . |
| 13 | Very often the fossil bones may be broken in place by slight earth movements but with the pieces of bone still lined up with each other , only to fall apart during later transport or during excavation . |
| 14 | It was full of people strangely dressed in plus fours and navy blue suits , with packs strapped to their backs . |
| 15 | A solid snake of people still wound back along the north shore of the loch . |
| 16 | Even fate appeared to be on our side : when the review copy of Madstock finally turned up on the morning of the interview , your hack managed to catch a full five seconds of guitarist Chris Foreman wandering across the park before the VHS started eating the tape . |
| 17 | Writing a hundred years before Eusebius , he states that , after the deaths of Peter and Paul , in the course of the persecutions in Rome : ‘ Mark the disciple and interpreter of Peter also handed down to us in writing the things preached by Peter . ’ |
| 18 | Then , on 8 May , the Secretary of State suddenly announced out of the blue that the advertising of that post was to be put on ice . |
| 19 | It was n't that the new treatment was particularly bad , it was just that the very idea of a re-mix fell directly against the grain of the code of ethics publicly laid down by The Smiths . |
| 20 | It 's pretty good here — they got photos of food all lit up over the counter so you can just point . |
| 21 | Humorous memories of childhood long forgotten along with the appeal of a modern television character . |
| 22 | He sat down and picked up the sheaf of papers neatly set out on the top of his desk . |
| 23 | ‘ Of witnesses we have no need , and as for the evidence , why … four barrels of brandy obligingly carried in by the accused themselves . |
| 24 | With the future of a new state lying uncharted before them , discussion of politics naturally reached down to basic principles , and there was considerable pressure to establish the new states and their federation as democracies , or as near that as was practically possible , democracy still at this time meaning direct popular participation in government . |
| 25 | But it was a tersely worded compliment , and as he turned to take an olive from the tray of hors-d'oeuvres already laid out on a side-table , her stabbing disappointment told Belinda that he was the person she had really dressed up for today , though what she wanted to prove to him she did n't quite know . |