Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Gearbox and clutch failures account for 16pc of claims , steering and suspension problems 9pc , and electrical and fuel-system faults , 16pc . |
| 2 | ‘ However , it is recognised that , even with a totally effective referral system for donation of organs following death , there will not be sufficient organs for the people needing life-saving transplants . |
| 3 | By 1989 , it accounted for 80% of profits of £71.4 million . |
| 4 | Once this point has been reached there will be a rapid reduction in the number of non-reproductive males , and the large units will be broken up into a number of smaller ones , in part through takeovers and in part through fission of units containing followers . |
| 5 | The second letter is difficult to place since Leapor is responding to a gentleman whose comments on her work are relayed by someone else , or to whom she refers in the third person for reasons of politeness . |
| 6 | What seems to be occurring is not so much a shift away from the conspiracy tradition , but a shift — for reasons of tactics and internal politics — in the way the conspiracy theory is to be presented . |
| 7 | Yes they 're dealt with same way there 's hardly any break between payment of salaries and onto superannuation . |
| 8 | The CSCE document also called for protection of correspondents and the lifting of restrictions on the movements of foreigners , including journalists . |
| 9 | Positive deviations occur for two reasons : First of all , attractions or bonding between molecules of components A and B are weak . |
| 10 | Bonding between molecules of components A and B can be represented bby A … |
| 11 | That set the first targets for reduction of chlorofluorocarbons and halons but excluded HCFCs . |
| 12 | The European Commission has adopted draft legislation on integrated pollution prevention and control aimed at achieving " a balanced system for reduction of emissions from industrial installations into the air , water and soil " . |
| 13 | For preparation of nuclei suspension , a detergent trypsin procedure specified by Vindeløv et al was used . |
| 14 | The superhelical densities indicated correspond to those observed under the ionic strength conditions used in the transcription assays ( see Methods , section for preparation of plasmids with different superhelical densities ) . |
| 15 | In traditionally examined courses such as the current HNC or HND , the criterion for award of prizes may simply be that the winner has obtained the top mark when all students across the length and breadth of the country are compared . |
| 16 | Traditional departments will serve as guardians of standards , as centers for training and the assignment of specialists ; they wo n't be where the work gets done . |
| 17 | The C E C when they 're talking about motions sometimes say that they accept them with the qualification and I 'd like to say to Congress this morning will you accept a qualification from the branch moving this to say that we are talking about groups of members and their needs not individuals ? |
| 18 | We 're not talking about individual members saying I wan na go here or I wan na go there , we 're talking about groups of memberships within these sorts of branches . |
| 19 | What you were saying about approachability of lecturers , I 'm not afraid to ask for help , but I am reticent to ask for help more than once on the same thing , because I would hate them to think that I had n't been listening first time round or that I was stupid . |
| 20 | In keeping with the book 's leitmotif , however , let's ignore all that and focus instead on the rich images of Lamb in shock at the lunch interval after weathering 22 bouncers among the preceding 24 balls ; of Dexter losing interest after fielding all day in 90 degrees at Karachi ; of the normally taciturn Peter May sounding off about the regime which followed him as chairman of selectors ; of the ‘ terror of spin ’ and the West Indian ‘ throat-theory ’ reign of terror , attributed in part to the meatiness of their backsides . |
| 21 | For we understand that Dexter — the man who sacked David Gower — is set to go as chairman of selectors . |
| 22 | Just as Chairman of governors of the local boys school , we 've er , as Mr knows only too well , have written on a number of occasions erm saying how soon will the er these measures be brought forward , and I welcome them and er hope that we will agree them . |
| 23 | I hear , I , I , I think there is a tendency with the County Council but as I discovered as Chairman of Highways that members want to take a greater interest and to have a greater say on the items on the agenda now planning is is not a controversial as , as say highway items , but nevertheless I think there will be times and there will be agendas which will require a great deal of discussion on the individual items and I 'm also a great believer bearing in mind comments if it ai n't broke , do n't bend it . |
| 24 | Haygarth Jackson was reappointed for a second term as chairman of Publications and Information Board . |
| 25 | The term ‘ cloning ’ refers to a method of asexual reproduction , such as grafting of varieties of apples , whereby all offspring are exact genetic replicas of the parent stock . |
| 26 | For change of parties on application , see Chapter 5 . |
| 27 | About 1839 he went to Manchester and joined Sharp , Roberts & Co. , who already had a high reputation as builders of locomotives and cotton spinning machinery . |
| 28 | As a cardinal deacon , he became part of the papal " civil " service , acting on occasion as auditor of lawsuits and witnessing administrative acts of the curia . |
| 29 | She was also a leader in the struggle for admission of women to fellowship in the London Chemical Society . |
| 30 | This will not , however , address the deficiencies of local storage facilities on those occasions , such as immunisation of children at school , when vaccines need to be transported to other sites . |