Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [prep] [noun] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 While there is a good deal of division of opinion both about these attempts to characterise the present situation and about what further conclusions theology should draw from it , there lies here a nexus of issues to which theologians have had to turn their attention , especially since the Second World War .
2 And arch-Minimalist Robert Irwin takes the discipline once again into his usual arena of installation at Pace downtown until the 24th .
3 of course until December so at least still very much up in the air , but certainly the estimates of the current year are produced of highly
4 Rather surprisingly , perhaps , the war seems to have been popular : Murimuth says there were more volunteers than conscripts in the army 's ranks , and Sir Thomas Gray of Heton , the author of the Scalacronica , recorded that there was no lack of enthusiasm for service even amongst the northerners .
5 Even a dominant firm will face rivals seeking to find a window of opportunity to chip away at the dominant position .
6 Disregarding his work as Member of Parliament for Abingdon almost to the point of neglect , he helped Amy with every decision and chore .
7 the work of Action of Churches Together in Scotland ( A.C.T.S. ) Church Unity Week
8 A transfer of registered land made otherwise than for valuable consideration is subject to all minor interests ( see Land Registration Act 1925 , ss20(4) and 23(5) ) ; the taking of the express " beneficial owner " covenants gives the wife the additional protection that if in fact the property is subject to any claim or demand not previously revealed , not only would any right of action in respect thereof against the husband be better founded , but the implied covenant for further assurance ( implied in the beneficial owner covenants but not in the covenant as " trustee " ) will require the husband to execute and do all assurances and things necessary for further assuring the subject matter of the transfer .
9 The expansion of putting out , the great increase in coal and metal mining and in iron making , the rise of a permanent journeyman class in some sectors of craft manufacture and the emergence of new industries like paper making , commercial brewing and distilling — all emphasised a separation of labour from capital long before the advent of the factory system .
10 A paper from a member of SCAC with experience both of the Scottish and UK/Ireland work .
11 ( a ) he is not guilty of murder by reason only of the fact that a defence provided by s.56 ( diminished responsibility ) , 58 ( provocation ) or 59 ( use of excessive force ) applies ; or
12 ( b ) he is not guilty of murder by reason only of the fact that , because of voluntary intoxication he is not aware that death may be caused or believes that an exemplary circumstance exists ; or
13 It should n't be difficult , there 's plenty of farms could do with a bit of help with men away at the war .
14 It 's a point of honour among lawyers never to be understood . ’
15 And one of space 's most dramatic promises — or threats — has been the imminence of broadcasting by satellite directly into the homes of another nation 's citizens .
16 Why , in equilibrium , will all firms in the same risk class generate the same rate of return on assets regardless of their growth rates ?
17 During the remainder of the century some one-third of the increase in energy consumption in the LDCs is likely to be accounted for by oil which means a reduction in its proportion of consumption from 55% today to 43% by the year 2000 .
18 The availability of work at terminals just to the north led to a much greater increase in construction workers ( 82% compared with 18% ) in the western sector ( KW14.7 ) than in the eastern sector ( KW 14,8 ) , so that by 1981 their levels had become similar .
19 If you ask me , it looks like a load of picture of heads all over the bloody place !
20 So far Soviet officials have failed to link the notion of some form of neutralisation of Afghanistan specifically with understandings on the neutrality of the states around it .
21 to preserve standards of skill and knowledge by requiring training , experience or some qualification for membership , and by fostering the exchange of knowledge between members both for the ‘ honour ’ or social respect of the members , and in the public interest ;
22 Following extensive maintenance work the 2.5 acre South Wirral lake is being refilled with water and is ahead of schedule for fishing early in 1993 .
23 In the latter case , ‘ net property income from abroad ’ has to be added , where the term ‘ net property income from abroad ’ is equal to that income received by United Kingdom residents from the production of output by firms overseas minus that income paid to overseas residents from the production of output by domestic firms .
24 Mrs Johnson has been a major supplier to both Sotheby 's and Christie 's this spring season , offering silver , furniture and works of art at sales both in New York and London ( some lots undesignated as to their owner ) .
25 Hundreds gather on the platforms at Hof station , Bavaria , holding sheets of paper with names aloft on sticks , anxiously scanning the faces of the crowds pouring out of the trains , just as Germans did when millions fled before the advancing Russians or the avenging Poles and Czechs at the end of the war .
26 There was no you know no , no sort of sense of humour there at all .
27 One of the first peoples to burst out of Central Asia and into the lands south and west of the Caspian were the Seljuks , a people of Turkish stock who subdued a broad band of territory from Afghanistan across to Syria , occupying Damascus and Jerusalem .
28 In this emphasis on personal success and achievement we can see a strong thread of individualism in the physics students ' world-view ; they are keenly aware of competition between individuals both in higher education and in the labour market .
29 She was speaking at the end of the inquiry into the death of Jean Cook , of Bridgecastle Road , Armadale , who fell out of bed in hospital twice within seven hours in March last year .
30 Armed robbers have hit the Cotswold village of Broadway in Worcestershire twice in a week .
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