Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [noun sg] [be] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The majority of other types of skin cancer are the result of continued exposure to sunlight over a long period of time . |
| 2 | The two major components of insect cuticle are the carbohydrate chitin , which accounts for 25–60 per cent of the dry weight of various cuticles , and a number of proteins . |
| 3 | The core of elite theory was the contention that democracy , in the strict traditional sense of rule by the people , is impossible : all government is government by an elite , or at best one among a number of competing elites . |
| 4 | It does n't re re replace repression completely because of course repression is the prime and in many ways fundamental mechanism of defence . |
| 5 | The application of semantic knowledge to the problem of text recognition is the subject of this thesis . |
| 6 | For all the children , the best indicator of response time was the size of the smaller number involved in the sum . |
| 7 | The marginal rate of income tax is the percentage taken by the government of the last pound that an individual earns . |
| 8 | Essential in the process of curriculum reform is the control of two aspects of evaluation . |
| 9 | Worse still , the epicentre of labour militancy was the capital itself . |
| 10 | This partial withdrawal of labour supply is the mirror image of an increased preference by workers for more leisure : a rise in unemployment is seen as a sort of holiday or , at the very least , as a manifestation of an increased demand for leisure . |
| 11 | THE principal driving forces of protein folding are the burial of hydrophobic residues in the interior of proteins and the exposure of charged residues at the surface . |
| 12 | The theme of Chemical Engineering is the interaction of scientific , physical and economic factors in the design , operation and management of plant in the process industries . |
| 13 | According to official estimates , one quarter of Britain 's emissions of carbon dioxide are the result of electricity and gas use in the home , mainly for heating , lighting and cooking . |
| 14 | The principal and at times sole opponents of refugee resettlement were the refugees themselves . |
| 15 | A minor effect of wind erosion is the formation of faceted and polished pebbles . |
| 16 | The primary raw material of dictionary work is the file of illustrative quotations , copied from books and periodicals by both dictionary staff and outside ( paid or voluntary ) contributors . |
| 17 | Below pH 4.5 the main form of aluminium present is the Al ³+; ion . |
| 18 | As we 've said before , one of the basic ingredients of jazz improvisation is the manipulation of tension and release , thereby adding interest to a melodic line . |
| 19 | The most important form of programme trading is the buying and selling of shares as part of index arbitrage . |
| 20 | I can do most things on that , but the one thing I 've always had a problem getting with that type of preamp setup is the kind of crunchy combo sound . |
| 21 | The common type of light switch is the rocker switch — rock it downwards for on , and upwards for off . |
| 22 | Another tale of Bomber Command is The Whitley Boys by Larry Donnelly . |
| 23 | He thinks that the likeliest area of ACT reform is the provision of a friendly UK base to act as a holding company for the European operations of UK or Japanese companies , allowing profits to flow through to the ultimate parent without the imposition of an ACT barrier . |
| 24 | This limits the potential rigour of design because the anchor of skill training is the specification of the objectives . |
| 25 | One of the most striking and curious aspects of the social history of child abuse is the way in which it was denied and ignored by the professionals , notably doctors . |
| 26 | Central to Peter Slade 's theory of child drama was the distinction he made between personal and projected play ( or drama ) . |
| 27 | The time consuming parts of machine knitting are the hand tooling parts like casting off . |
| 28 | One of the factors responsible for the wide use of IR spectroscopy is the ease with which various samples may be studied . |
| 29 | Particularly important determinants of manpower policy were the composition and management of the oil companies ( British , American or Joint Anglo-American ) and their relationship with the host governments ; the latter being either independent ( Saudi Arabia ) or under varying degrees of British control ( Bahrain , Kuwait and Qatar ) . |
| 30 | Crucial to the question of job creation is the issue of fair employment . |