Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1753 , for example , Provost William Christie of Stirling sought Lord Milton 's intervention with Lord Loudoun on behalf of his son-in-law , Ensign Gunning , who wished to purchase from Charles Elphinstone his commission as Lieutenant of Stirling Castle , or if that was not permitted , the commission of the Ensign of the Castle . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | Sun Microsystems Computer Corp and Oracle Corp say that under the Transaction Processing Performance Council Benchmark A the eight-processor model of Sun Microsystems ' new Sparcserver 1000 under Oracle7 Co-operative Server delivered 400.80 transactions a second for price-performance of $5,987 a tpsA . |
| 5 | Yes they 're dealt with same way there 's hardly any break between payment of salaries and onto superannuation . |
| 6 | The Green Party wants to return power to local communities and make local government more open and accountable through freedom of information and proportional representation . |
| 7 | While no deaf person in Britain has been awarded any armed services medal — for the simple reason that no deaf person is permitted to serve in the armed services — or any government sponsored civilian award , or police award , deaf people have been given awards from such bodies as the Carnegie Fund , the Royal Humane Society , and the Society for Protection of Life from Fire . |
| 8 | Those medals were from the Society for Protection of Life from Fire . |
| 9 | Last night , Stephen Eades of Southport-based environmental group Save our Shoreline , which has campaigned for protection of nature amid Hamilton Oil 's exploration , said : ‘ We are concerned that the exploration does not disturb the environment and would rather these advances were in renewable energy sources . ’ |
| 10 | The CSCE document also called for protection of correspondents and the lifting of restrictions on the movements of foreigners , including journalists . |
| 11 | That set the first targets for reduction of chlorofluorocarbons and halons but excluded HCFCs . |
| 12 | Party Rates : … 20 or more full price seats together qualified for reduction of £1.00 per ticket |
| 13 | Removing these areas of high sensitivity will make targets for reduction of sulphur dioxide emissions easier to reach . |
| 14 | 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 " . |
| 15 | Applications for reduction of pupillage |
| 16 | Mrs Thatcher recognised the gravity of the situation and helped focus world attention on the subject , but , with US and Japan , undermined moves to set targets for reduction of carbon dioxide emissions , and failed to adopt energy efficiency policies . |
| 17 | He praised Mr Michael Heseltine , environment secretary , for trying to bring forward the target date for reduction of carbon monoxide emissions . |
| 18 | If there is a potential claim of this sort , for example for late delivery or mishandling an order , action will often be taken in the first instance by the exchange , as guarantor of market standards . |
| 19 | For preparation of nuclei suspension , a detergent trypsin procedure specified by Vindeløv et al was used . |
| 20 | Procedures for preparation of tax computations will have to be reviewed to ensure easy transfer of figures on to the new returns . |
| 21 | 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 ) . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Selection procedures in general were rough and ready , perhaps because selection was scarcely the mot juste : oversupply of suitable candidates was not a problem for the Colonial Service until the 1930s , when years of misleading propaganda about difficulty of entry , combined with economic depression , had done their work . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The new row follows uproar over Janet Sainsbury 's appointment at £11,720 a year for two and a half days a week , as chairman of South Glamorgan Family Health Authority . |
| 26 | It is with regret that we join the chorus of voices calling for the resignation of Jocelyn Stevens as chairman of Britain 's architectural and archaeological conservation body , English Heritage : any man so free of mealy-mouthed PR awareness as to tell a bothersome journalist to ‘ go and pee out of the window ’ is a true blue . |
| 27 | CHRISTOPHER Heath , once the UK 's highest paid businessman , has resigned as chairman of Baring Securities , which he founded . |
| 28 | But he has little hesitation in declaring that his successor as chairman of Esso has done a better job than he was able to achieve . |
| 29 | But being a nationalised company the chairman 's salary was fixed and the £80,000 annual remuneration Pearce was receiving as chairman of Esso was cut in half overnight . |
| 30 | Ad agency chief Martin Boase has joined the ranks of the groovy on his appointment as chairman of London radio station Kiss 100 FM . |