Example sentences of "[prep] the kind of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another important aspect for me was to recognize that the health sector needed to be allied with the most significant political forces working for the kind of changes that would help ensure healthy public policy . |
| 2 | They must strengthen themselves , show themselves , so that the prevailing morality is broken , so that good anti-discriminatory legislation can come to exist , so that there is no basis for the kind of developments that have occurred in Britain . |
| 3 | With all that said of course the transition period is going to be very dangerous for the kind of reasons we 've been talking about already and I think is right too when he says that er , the so called nationalist in the non Russian Republics , if you 're a Democrat in a empire , then you are inevitably a nationalist as well because you want your nation to have its natural human rights . |
| 4 | He walked with a limp , and had you not known better you could have mistaken the sores and scabs on his face for the kind of wounds worn by down-and-outs in Cardboard City . |
| 5 | Initially , we were a little uncertain as to the type of adverts to seek and in both your absences I checked with Gerry Senior who was very helpful in advising that we would be looking for the kind of events that might be held in the Centre and not adverts relating to , for example , recruitment . |
| 6 | Some colleagues wrote to us to point out that the format of the main LITE questionnaire did not contain room for the kind of statements and categories which could display the situation in which they were working to develop the competence of their colleagues , both to enhance the strategies for promoting community languages in their area , and to raise general awareness of the deep educational implications of linguistic diversity . |
| 7 | The smaller grades are best for the kind of Cichlids that suit community tanks — Kribensis , Keyholes and so on . |
| 8 | The Glasgow Film Society , headed by Charles Oakley , was the largest in Europe and had indicated a certain demand already existed in Glasgow for the kind of films which the Curzon and Academy Cinemas showed in London . |
| 9 | Thus some northern textile firms set out to hire black workers because white workers will not work shifts for the kind of wages paid . |
| 10 | But Moore assumes we can ascribe inherent value to smaller units of reality and indeed this may be a necessary presupposition for the kind of calculations on the basis of which he thinks we should decide what is most worth doing . |
| 11 | And as the kind of girls you seem to prefer would think a job like mine utterly boring , I do n't see how you can possibly say I 'm just like them . |
| 12 | ‘ They had to be believable as the kind of kids you 'd see on the streets , but not on TV . |
| 13 | James Wood , Director of the Art Institute of Chicago , conveyed a suspicion held by most high-level museum administrators : ‘ I would assume that these exhibitions have been tailored more as events than as the kind of exhibitions that are being sought after by the major museums ’ . |
| 14 | But there is an association between the kind of standards and routines followed in housework and the amount of time spent doing it . |
| 15 | Now , it 's easy to see , if we 're talking about the kind of dreams that Reed was telling us about , erm , that there 's a simple wish with these dreams and in the end you wake up and you go and gratify the wish in that case . |
| 16 | She talks incessantly and seems over-enthusiastic about nearly every aspect of life — prattling on without caring much about the kind of responses she gets from other human beings around . |
| 17 | Negotiation might take place about the kind of assets to be taken into account in making the assessment . |
| 18 | ‘ Certain scholars have reservations about the kind of exhibitions she did because they lack factual perspective ’ , says Harold Koda , ‘ but in terms of a larger concept of truth , she captured the truth of fashion ’ . |
| 19 | As an example of this consider the use made of multiculturalism ( ‘ briefing about local customs and traditions ' ) and quasi-sociological jargon ( ‘ it is statistically proven … ’ ) to comment ironically about the kind of theories they have encountered during their training in community relations . |
| 20 | The student may want to find out more about the kind of parts he/she may play in the future , or indeed may have played during the time already spent at drama school . |
| 21 | I am writing to you for information about the kind of courses I read about in the article on the Features Page of last week 's Daily Telegraph which gave the address of your organization . |
| 22 | I am afraid it is written in enviro-jargon , which will need translating into ordinary English or Welsh , but I hope it helps you think about the kind of issues that need to be got across in a popular television programme . |
| 23 | So far in this chapter we have considered what patterns of gaze and the distribution of pauses can tell us about the kind of units which might be involved in the planning of spontaneous speech . |
| 24 | It is it 's more of a little story and it 's not a front page shocker which I think is what we said we 'd set out to write , a front page shocker okay so I think you 've got to think about the kind of words you use . |
| 25 | But when Howard thinks seriously about the kind of rumours that are being spread around , he sees that it really is n't funny . |
| 26 | Here is part of her description of daily routine , together with some observations about the kind of standards she has ( I have used italics to draw attention to particular ‘ perfectionist ’ remarks ) : |
| 27 | And what about the kind of lessons you ha you had ? |
| 28 | Harder to stop , except through the kind of investigations now underway , is the corruption which allowed politicians to award public contracts to private companies for substantial payments . |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't give a damn about you ’ , ‘ You can go to hell ’ , ‘ You were the worst father/mother/daughter/son that anyone could wish to have ’ , are typical of the kind of remarks that can be made . |
| 30 | Maybe because of its bourgeois roots , maybe because of the class position of the kind of women working in it ? |