Example sentences of "[adv] the [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So far we have considered man-made materials where the composition reflects the processing , but the composition of materials such as stones and gems , which were used without chemical modification , can also sometimes indicate their source , and thereby the authenticity of artefacts made from them . |
| 2 | Costs and revenues are traced to these centres and compared with planned costs and revenues : thereby the performance of managers and their centres can be measured . |
| 3 | A letter of 1871 gives a vivid sense of the convictions which impelled her throughout her life : ‘ As I have grown older the terrible sufferings of women of my own class for want of good elementary training have more than ever intensified my earnest desire to lighten ever so little the misery of women brought up ‘ to be married and taken care of ’ and left alone in the world destitute . |
| 4 | The London we have now is predominantly the work of developers . |
| 5 | It also seems that the work of the Court of Appeal is predominantly the determination of appeals involving review . |
| 6 | It is not necessary , however , to see this change as predominantly the result of changes in the organisation of their manufacture . |
| 7 | Keeping away fro the area of technicalities on migration . |
| 8 | But asking bureaucrats to try to separate out the factual premises of decisions from the ethical premises which are properly the reserve of politicians is still desirable . |
| 9 | The formal investigation , in which the CRE has the power to interview staff and examine confidential files , is into possibly unlawful failures by the region to assess properly the intelligence of children who speak English poorly and are judged to have learning difficulties . |
| 10 | The formal investigation is into possibly unlawful failures by the region to assess properly the intelligence of children who speak English poorly and are judged to have learning difficulties . |
| 11 | If proofs there are in this book they are only that Marxism is now quite properly the preserve of cranks and dreamers . |
| 12 | We have not described properly the impact of refugees from Bosnia who have already arrived in the United Kingdom — local councils for Birmingham and Norwich are having difficulty in finding money to house them . |
| 13 | From that time onward the flow of migrants from the West Indies to Britain has declined steadily : recently there seems to have been a net outflow . |
| 14 | But Tyrion could not be everywhere at once and slowly the weight of numbers turned the battle against the High Elves . |
| 15 | Slowly the line of cars inched towards the Customs sheds . |
| 16 | Eventually the Head of Customs authorised our documents so it was back to Gate One for the two remaining stamps to allow us into Austria . |
| 17 | Eventually the number of tones used in this course is five : fall , rise , fall-rise , rise-fall and level . |
| 18 | The stories came out one by one until eventually the diversion of funds to the Contras became known . |
| 19 | Parsley was used for the liver problem and to help clear the system of toxins ( causing the yellow colour and a fading of the normal colour ) , mint to encourage appetite , fennel to clear any toxins in the digestive tract , elderflower to calm the fish down and garlic as an antibiotic in case the fish suffered a secondary infection due to its weakened state . |
| 20 | For centuries the practice of philosophy has been overwhelmingly the prerogative of men but it is only recently that feminist analysis has made it possible to see the distorting effect of this historical fact . |
| 21 | Paradoxically the choice of subjects only goes to prove that most new jobs in British engineering are paid for by defence contracts . |
| 22 | But , now that , I mean I 'm in the second year of being a student , and I took on the position of women 's officer for the we , for the west of Scotland area |
| 23 | She had tried , but the rehearsals had gradually taken on the menace of trials of endurance . |
| 24 | From then on the course of relations was again downhill ; there was an inherent ideological conflict between the two governments , and the common border ( with Japanese troops in both Manchuria and Korea ) was a constant source of tension . |
| 25 | The local government system of the time had been given some shape by the Municipal Corporations Act of 1835 , but it was not until the end of the century that it acquired a structure that would enable it to take on the range of functions it has today . |
| 26 | Although the charge card industry says it will benefit from the move away from credit cards , it is unlikely to take on the mass of consumers who acquired a credit card in the Eighties . |
| 27 | If it appears that the original decisions were taken on the basis of assumptions which have not stood the test of time it is as well to re-run the exercise . |
| 28 | From now on the chain of events is very similar to that of monetary theories of the cycle . |
| 29 | To some extent , then , kin can take on the status of friends , perhaps involving special kinds of obligations and pressures , but also subject to the influence of factors such as distance and the preference of the couples themselves , rather than determined by blood relationship . |
| 30 | To help the trainees to provide their own answers , instructors should take on the role of parents or anyone else and be prepared to answer any of the trainees ' questions . |