Example sentences of "[noun] of [noun] ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She knelt beside the young man as he lay slumped against the wheel of Sybil 's car . |
| 2 | The London Borough of Enfield 's definition is : ‘ The physical , emotional , or psychological abuse of a vulnerable adult by a formal or informal carer . |
| 3 | Money-Go-Round : Facing the risks of Down 's syndrome |
| 4 | The services are aimed at reducing the risks of Legionnaires ' Disease and Sick Building Syndrome and are supported by the Group 's specialist knowledge of the ways in which regular maintenance can prevent contamination of water and ventilation systems . |
| 5 | The feathers of her hat were again sitting in the dregs of Maxie 's coffee , so she hastily retrieved it and looked mournfully at the damaged plumage . |
| 6 | Time and again we find him casting out unclean spirits from afflicted people : it is one of the well-known characteristics of Mark 's Gospel which on the whole contains little teaching , but a great deal of action by Jesus . |
| 7 | From this very brief outline of the main characteristics of women 's employment in Scotland and how they related to the Edinburgh context , we can at least form some kind of picture of the 14-year-old Scottish girl 's expectations about her working career during the last half of the nineteenth century . |
| 8 | These characteristics of women 's speech were evidently not chosen at random and are not value-free . |
| 9 | But while these ‘ broad brush ’ features of the story must not be forgotten it is important also to try to single out characteristics of Britain 's development that help to explain the particular shape of its own social policies . |
| 10 | While no one would deny the requirement for progression and continuity , the fifth characteristics of Baker 's curriculum package , I would argue that one essential characteristic has been omitted . |
| 11 | There were even some moves towards a central co-ordinating committee , though none of these shared the characteristics of Maud 's management board ( Hampton 1970:54 — 61 ) . |
| 12 | The distinctive characteristics of Glass 's music appeared after he had worked with the Indian sitarist , Ravi Shankar , in 1965 . |
| 13 | There were indications of some changes in the characteristics of Wirral 's heroin users between 1984 and 1986 , such as the higher proportion of females . |
| 14 | there is an excellent museum which summarises all the characteristics of Appenzell 's past and present . |
| 15 | STOCKPILES of bricks sufficient to build a city the size of Norwich are lying idle on the forecourts of Britain 's brick manufacturers . |
| 16 | The frontispiece of Sprat 's History shows a spacious study lined with books and scientific instruments . |
| 17 | Free in San Francisco to explore Chinatown , browse in the shops of Fisherman 's Wharf , ride a cable-car up and down the steep streets or visit the grim fortress of Alcatraz . |
| 18 | In addition , there existed no third party guarantors of Afghanistan 's neutrality or non-alignment . |
| 19 | In the mid-third century Bishop Stephen of Rome asserted that all should observe the tradition of Peter and Paul : viz. those baptized outside the church by schismatic clergy should be readmitted as penitents by imposition of hands , but not treated as if the majesty of Christ 's name had never been pronounced . |
| 20 | This could fit in well with the growing concern with money management now being shown by the National Association of Citizens ' Advice Bureaux ( NACAB ) . |
| 21 | A study published by the National Association of Citizens ' Advice Bureaux revealed that 80 per cent of the claimants seen by the bureaux were worse off as a consequence of the new system . |
| 22 | The central body , the National Association of Citizens ' Advice Bureaux was the subject of a review initiated by Dr. Gerard Vaughan , as Minister for Consumer Affairs , which described the C.A.B . |
| 23 | At the present time there are 709 Bureaux in the United Kingdom which are registered with the National Association of Citizens ' Advice Bureaux ( NACAB ) . |
| 24 | Speakers from the Consumers ' Association , National Consumer Council , the National Association of Citizens ' Advice Bureaux , Age Concern , Child Poverty Action Group , National Council of One Parent Families , Relate , MIND , Liberty , Justice , Shelter and many others will join Law Society and Bar Council representatives together with legal aid claimants and concerned members of the public from 2.30 — 6.00 p.m. in The Grand Committee Room , House of Commons , Westminster . |
| 25 | Many of those which we have helped into independence are now household names , such as , Age Concern , National Association of Citizens ' Advice Bureaux . |
| 26 | However , results of at least one analysis of these statistics suggests that this association of father 's occupation with early childhood mortality may be attributed to the fact that his occupation is an indicator of household economic circumstances . |
| 27 | The overriding concern of the organisers and participants at this year 's American Association of Museums ' convention in Baltimore ( 25–29 April ) was the financial crisis that has , all too quickly , overtaken this country 's cultural institutions . |
| 28 | A year later Bartholemew noted an association of Riedel 's thyroiditis , sclerosing cholangitis , and retroperitoneal fibrosis in the same patient . |
| 29 | We have described the unusual association of Riedel 's thyroiditis , retroperitoneal fibrosis , and sclerosing cholangitis . |
| 30 | An even harder-hitting report from the National Association of Citizen 's Advice Bureaux claimed that for every council house in the country there are ten people on the waiting lists . |