Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is possible that there was a connection between the idea of bird epiphanies and the sacred tree cult ; birds descending from the heavens as messengers or transformations of deities were seen to alight in trees , which conferred sanctity on the trees as the act suggested that the gods themselves had chosen the trees as their shrines . |
| 2 | Similarly We , Us , Our can refer to the protagonists in the poems but it can also describe the opinions or reactions of mankind at large ( 59 , 60 , 116 , 118 ) . |
| 3 | He may think in terms of bits of equipment , flows of material , flows of energy or flows of information . |
| 4 | Prima facie their intention was to immobilise the ship and in so doing to interfere with the performance by the owners of their contract or contracts of carriage . ’ |
| 5 | However , it is not clear where on this hypothetical curve normal driving would lie , thus both enhancements or impairments of memory with increasing risk could be explained within this framework . |
| 6 | Those who did not inhabit this universe of discourse had less difficulty in accepting possible discontinuities between different movements or forms of racism . |
| 7 | Just as different sites or forms of racism have their own conditions of existence and articulation , so they require specific modes of analysis and intervention , each of which has its own criteria of efficacy . |
| 8 | Whatever we do with a horse from the beginning of its life will influence the creation of habits or forms of behaviour which it may well keep for the rest of its life . |
| 9 | Moral entrepreneurs engage in the process of establishing moral rules by attempting to define certain actions or forms of behaviour as deviant . |
| 10 | This is necessary in order to clarify certain observations that some authors have made about the precise aspects or forms of psychosis to which creativity might be especially connected . |
| 11 | That is to say , if creativity and psychosis are found to be connected then this is more likely to be revealed , not as a function of the psychotic state itself , but in more subtle ways — for example , through certain modes or forms of thinking and perception which the tendencies to psychosis and creativity might prove to have in common . |
| 12 | It encourages pupils to approach them from angles not considered by other subjects or forms of study in the curriculum . |
| 13 | Many support groups have sprung up in recent years , at national and local level , to support and advise families of those suffering from specific diseases or forms of disablement . |
| 14 | Planning proposals are subject during their life to many checks or forms of appeal . |
| 15 | These may take the form of plane and ruled surfaces or surfaces of revolution defined between the boundary entities ; this group of surfaces defines simple geometric forms . |
| 16 | Beech ( Fagus spp. ) had a similar dampening effect while plantations of oak and conifers together , provided that the blocks or strips of oak are sufficiently large , had a better developed ground flora than that under conifers alone . |
| 17 | Lengths of wool or strips of paper are sometimes used to emphasise that the mark represents a height from the floor . |
| 18 | For we may not be able to control the behaviour or attitudes of others , but we can modify our own responses . |
| 19 | if you have feelings or attitudes of superiority in relation to your own language and culture |
| 20 | However , I can tell you that the title is The Life & Times Of Henry Pratt and it is set during the years 1936 to 1953 . |
| 21 | Groups or chains of hotels usually follow a standard system and use the same type of reservation and room status charts . |
| 22 | Rules are combinations or chains of concepts which guide and regulate practice . |
| 23 | It is unlikely , however , that a single S-R bond can be found in human learning , as most of the things we teach involve complex sequences or chains of responses . |
| 24 | Complex human behaviour is seen as established sequences or chains of S-R bonds . |
| 25 | This problem , which , where conflicts of interest are involved , becomes one of ideology , need not lead to overt conflict , however , because the groups concerned may be quite unaware of the discrepancy . |
| 26 | Where conflicts of interest arise ( should minerals exploration be permitted in a caribou reserve ? see Sheldon , 1988 ) there are precedents and procedures for resolving them . |
| 27 | But there does seem to be tendency to see the symbols or institutions of collectivism as mere reminders of the values in an otherwise ‘ collectivist social order accepted voluntarily ’ ( van Wolferen 1982 p.121 ) . |
| 28 | The main problem was to determine after how many synodic revolutions , or reappearances of Venus as ‘ the morning star ’ , this phenomenon would recur on 1 Ahau . |
| 29 | Nowhere to the west of the Wallace Line can be found the giant Cassowary , Birds of Paradise or marsupials of Australasia , and nowhere to the east of it are found the tigers , elephants , primates and early man which crossed the land-bridge once connecting Java , Sumatra and Borneo to mainland Asia . |
| 30 | A huge problem , though , from the conversationists ' point of view , is that it may not be in the interests of fishermen or whalers or hunters of ivory — or at least not in their financial interests — to achieve maximum sustainable yield . |