Example sentences of "of [noun sg] is [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Althusser is emphatic that the means of production are just as essential to the fashioning of theoretical products as to something like shoemaking , which plainly requires leather , tools , etc. , and he points out that the Marxist concept of labour is in this sense irreducibly material . |
| 2 | A second satisfaction of indeterminism is in some relation to the first . |
| 3 | The European Commission did accept support measures in Denmark and Greece , for example , on condition that these did not include nationality requirements ( discrimination on grounds of nationality is in any case forbidden by Article 7 of the Treaty ) . |
| 4 | My standard of tennis is at that level where merely returning a serve constitutes a match highlight . |
| 5 | There are critical windows of time during which maturation must be achieved ; failure of maturation is to some extent irrecoverable . |
| 6 | Any atom of oxygen is like any other in its essence , even if they differ in their position , velocity , state of excitation , and so on . |
| 7 | We have seen how the corporatist welfare state which has emerged in this country over the past hundred years is a reflection of a humanist philosophy in which the creation of wealth is of less concern and morally inferior than its distribution , in which the pursuit of equality has become the dominant economic philosophy and in which the state rather than the individual has come to be held responsible for solving our problems . |
| 8 | Because the experience of parenthood is to some extent idealized in our culture we have chosen to draw attention to stressful aspects of the transitions involved . |
| 9 | Much of ecology is about this process : finding energy ; putting it to use . |
| 10 | And , thirdly , there is the expectation that the body of knowledge is in some sense developmental or cumulative , though this notion is perhaps easier to relate to the sciences and technology than the social sciences and easier to the social sciences than the arts . |
| 11 | Then the second paragraph 9 of the council 's statement of claim is in these terms : |
| 12 | Man that is born of woman is of few days and full of trouble … |
| 13 | In such cases the issue of representativeness is of less concern than in the sample survey . |
| 14 | The exemption is a recognition of the desirability of spontaneity in certain circumstances ; where there are sudden events such as the ‘ release of pollutants , a traffic accident , a shipment of nuclear waste or a visit by a political leader , ’ the response to such events must be immediate if it is to be effective , and the giving of notice is in such circumstances not reasonably practicable . |
| 15 | In many family-run businesses , the source of authority is of this kind . |
| 16 | ‘ I think that there is a real risk that an imaginative child may get the impression that a bit of palm is in some way a magical charm , ’ he considered . |
| 17 | The idea that control of ‘ inferior ’ governmental bodies and officers by the higher echelons of government is in some way particularly desirable is reflected in the history of the so-called ‘ prerogative ’ orders : certiorari , prohibition , and mandamus . |
| 18 | The same essence of life is within all creatures . |
| 19 | Algae seldom pose any problems during winter , for then the pool becomes dull and lifeless , but the preparation for this period of dormancy is with most pool owners a sadly neglected one . |
| 20 | This state of detachment is in some ways like the discrimination of Shankara in which all things are seen to be the same though they possess the illusion of being different . |
| 21 | Though there is little difference between the text of 1807 and Wordsworth 's final version , I have printed the final version of this poem , since the tidying up in matters of punctuation is in all cases justifiable . |
| 22 | Thus , at first glance , the option of assembling it is a different area of memory is of little use . |
| 23 | Bodies such as Links and the Spastic Society which produce quite a substantial report at the last election to illustrate what the problems were then there will be established designated polling stations in which there will be various characteristics required such as wheelchair access , unaided wheelchair access , although the problem of accessibility is for more people than those people who are in wheelchairs and many people who are not registered disabled and are mainly old and infirm , should have the opportunity to exercise their franchise readily and easily . |
| 24 | The changing history of Switchboard is in many ways the history of changing needs of lesbians and gay men and a reflection of a growing understanding of our diversity . |
| 25 | The architecture of parallelism is to some extent in conflict or in counterpoint with the grammatical structure of each sentence , so that the main verb ( shown in capitals ) occurs in mid-parallelism , and forms ( continuing the architectural simile ) a concealed centre of gravity , balancing subject against predicate . |
| 26 | Firms aim to set prices so that their expected level of production is in each period ( in total ) Y n . |