Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Yes they 're dealt with same way there 's hardly any break between payment of salaries and onto superannuation . |
| 4 | The CSCE document also called for protection of correspondents and the lifting of restrictions on the movements of foreigners , including journalists . |
| 5 | That set the first targets for reduction of chlorofluorocarbons and halons but excluded HCFCs . |
| 6 | 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 " . |
| 7 | For preparation of nuclei suspension , a detergent trypsin procedure specified by Vindeløv et al was used . |
| 8 | 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 ) . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | For we understand that Dexter — the man who sacked David Gower — is set to go as chairman of selectors . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Haygarth Jackson was reappointed for a second term as chairman of Publications and Information Board . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | For change of parties on application , see Chapter 5 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | She was also a leader in the struggle for admission of women to fellowship in the London Chemical Society . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Usually conservation programmes and individual projects have a number of elements , some contrary to the interests of the state elite , others neutral , and occasionally others which could provide opportunities ( e.g. contracts for earthworks , labour recruitment for building of dams , or tax advantages for conservation undertaken on private land ) . |
| 22 | If these responsibilities be shirked , valuable and important work will either be held up for want of teachers or fall into the hands of those ill qualified to deal with it … |
| 23 | But it is difficult to find a major summer festival that is not expensive and , for want of seats , exclusive to those with the will , the guile , or the contacts with which to acquire tickets . |
| 24 | bursting its lips for want of words . |
| 25 | My trouble has increased mightily every day for want of places to secure my men … |
| 26 | When clubs in the lower divisions are fighting bankruptcy , living from day to day on a shoestring budget for want of funds that , to most First Division players , would be petty cash , it seems rather arrogant of Mr Taylor to be threatening strike action over sums of money and perquisites most footballers can only dream of . |
| 27 | To detect contamination occurring during preparation of samples , negative control samples containing only water were treated exactly as the tissue samples and examined by polymerase chain reaction techniques . |
| 28 | The professional miner seeking to achieve a higher standard of living through maximisation of earnings scarcely existed in the early sixteenth century . |
| 29 | Example 2:18 Covenant to yield up tenant 's fixtures at the expiry or sooner determination of the tenancy to yield up the demised property including all tenant 's fixtures in good repair and clean and tidy Example 2:19 Covenant to remove tenant 's fixtures if required if so required by the landlord by written notice given not later than three months before the term date to remove ( or pay for the removal of ) all fixtures affixed to the demised property by the tenant or such of them as may be specified in the notice Example 2:20 Covenant by tenant to inquire about removal of fixtures not later than six months before the expiry of the term to inquire in writing of the landlord which ( if any ) tenant 's fixtures the landlord requires the tenant to remove on the termination of the term |
| 30 | Product-container compatibility includes all possible interactions between product and container such as absorption of constituents of the product by the container , leaching of constituents of the container by the product , corrosion or other adverse effects of the product on the container and the barrier properties of the container ; that is , its effectiveness in protecting the contents from the adverse effects of atmospheric oxygen and/or water vapour and in retaining water and other volatile constituents of the product . |