Example sentences of "[coord] group of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the head of the administration of each royal forest , or group of forests , was the officer usually styled ‘ Warden ’ , or , less frequently , ‘ Steward ’ or ‘ Bailiff of his bailiwick . |
| 2 | The ability to display hybridisation data from either the whole dataset or any subset ( eg a contig or group of contigs ) using show was very useful , particularly in conjunction with reorder . |
| 3 | A principle or group of principles . |
| 4 | The idea of town planning was something that presented itself as an answer to a problem or group of problems which had arisen in contemporary urban life ’ ( Ashworth , 1954 ) . |
| 5 | A diagram may be used to summarise a lecture , or group of lectures , or to outline a plan . |
| 6 | A sound or group of sounds pronounced in a single impulse of breath : in writing , this generally ( but not always ) means that a syllable is a vowel , or vowel plus consonants . |
| 7 | Many first phrases begin in this way , with a preparatory note or group of notes , and it is usual for each succeeding phrase to begin with a similar anacrusis . |
| 8 | Decide whether a governor or group of governors forming a sub-committee should be appointed to assist the chairman in dealing with urgent pupil matters and to assume responsibility in special needs . |
| 9 | Earlier we described a paradox which was that each user or group of users has a different need for information and the way that is presented to him . |
| 10 | Employ a single motif , or group of motifs repeated throughout the rug ( herati , boteh , etc ) . |
| 11 | A single motif or group of motifs is repeated across the entire field ( pls. 6–8 , 11 , 22–24 , 26 , 27 ) . |
| 12 | But nowhere is there a gene , or group of genes , which makes it quack . |
| 13 | These exercises , which are easily and quickly generated , can be presented to your students either as printed worksheets — you will be provided with the answers on a separate sheet — or can be put on to a floppy disk so that a student or group of students can work on screen . |
| 14 | A more publicised arrangement is when a wholesaler or group of wholesalers invite retailers to affiliate to them and agree to take the bulk of their purchases from them . |
| 15 | Within such broad frameworks as these it also seems likely , however , that political sociologists will in future give more attention to the distinctive cultural traditions and historical experiences , and the specific conditions and problems , which a particular state , or group of states , confronts . |
| 16 | Each terminal node or group of nodes on the network represents an activity area or department . |
| 17 | Each element or group of elements has its own particular trademark , which can not be copied , so that these two yellow lines must be due to sodium and nothing else . |
| 18 | To resolve the problem that most organisations have multiple networks that communicate using different network protocols , the multiprotocol networking software in Oracle7 is designed to enable any client computer to communicate with any server or group of server computers in the network , regardless of network protocol . |
| 19 | Some palaeontological works are systematic ; that is to say , they describe a particular fossil , or group of fossils ; or they are used stratigraphically , to delimit a geological zone within a particular time period , so that the age of a sedimentary sequence can be determined . |
| 20 | This may simply be treasure and dead monsters , but is more likely to involve a search for a magical object or group of objects that have been carefully guarded and hidden . |
| 21 | As there is no unique way of analysing subject matter , each teacher or group of teachers may derive a set of criteria which differs in structure or in detail from those derived by others . |
| 22 | Over the whole of a key stage a teacher or group of teachers will assess a pupil 's progress through a variety of methods and reach a judgement . |
| 23 | Anthony and Young ( 1984 , p. 239 ) define a programme as ‘ some definable activity or group of activities that the organization carries on , either directly in order to accomplish the organization 's objective or indirectly in support of other programme elements ’ . |
| 24 | One very fruitful device adopted at GCSE has been to select a certain kind of document , or group of documents , that carries an apparent contradiction . |
| 25 | The design , colours used and decor of the reception area will depend entirely on the tastes and policies of each individual hotel or group of hotels . |
| 26 | Sometimes they comprise a single identifiable scene or group of figures , and sometimes they take the form of a series of tableaux . |
| 27 | But we still need some circumstance , or group of circumstances , to trigger off such accumulatory and , it must be emphasised again , episodic sedimentation . |
| 28 | But it is equally important , in the world of the late twentieth century , to form a clear conception of how the processes of political change in any one country or group of countries are located in an international network of political forces . |
| 29 | such an ability to engage in a comprehensive review of policy options presupposes a greater concentration of political power in the hands of a single policy-maker or group of policy-makers than can be found within the American political system . |
| 30 | The ad may alter or undermine an unfavourable attitude or group of attitudes to the brand ( which may have been based on ignorance or emotion … ) . |