Example sentences of "[noun] of [noun] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 English Nature is discussing with the London borough of Greenwich the adoption of a management plan for the wood .
2 It 's extremely noisy because the surfacing at one stage just did n't take properly for all sorts of reasons the traffic along there is increasing quite dramatically and I hope that will be part of those schemes .
3 Object : A great deal of publicity the book received in China .
4 Fronting the object , on the other hand , foregrounds it and gives it local prominence ( cf. A great deal of publicity was received in China and A great deal of publicity the book received in China ) .
5 Certainly , attempts to read the poem at a wholly symbolic level with the violence being explained away as allegorical representations of abstract moral conflicts ignore the great deal of interest the poem shows in history , particularly Spenser 's contemporary history .
6 With a great deal of diplomacy the contract was cancelled .
7 Other relevant knowledge — The working of the courts and the legal system The variety of human nature and characteristics The range of backgrounds and lifestyles of individuals The culture and lifestyle of ethnic minorities Self-knowledge
8 The working of the courts and the legal system The variety of human nature and characteristics The range of backgrounds and lifestyles of individuals The culture and lifestyle of ethnic minorities Self-knowledge
9 Without this intimidating ring of fire the herd might easily smash its way out .
10 By laying down tight guidelines and clear methods of instruction the state could more easily monitor success and at the same time ensure that doctrines and ideas which the party felt to be unacceptable could be excluded from the school curriculum .
11 With these three methods of finance the finance house provides the funds and a percentage rate of interest .
12 Six hours after administration of indomethacin the level of reduced glutathione was significantly decreased ( p<0.001 ) to 46.9% of the control value , but the level of oxidised glutathione was not affected .
13 The centrepiece of this delightful sleepy village on the outskirts of Middlesbrough the winner of a ‘ Britain in Bloom ’ award , is the Parish Church where James Cook Senior and Grace Pace , Cook 's parents , were married in 1725 .
14 By the time they reached the outskirts of Portsmouth the rain had practically stopped , but the sky was still slate grey and threatening .
15 It was his arrival at Nijmegen in 837 that made the Vikings withdraw , and his leadership of the Rhineland campaign in the winter of 838 – 9 that caused the rapid collapse of Louis the German 's revolt .
16 If it is a loss of earnings the court has only to ascertain and add up the net earnings lost , and if it is loss caused by out-of-pocket expenditure the court has only to ascertain and add up the total expenditure .
17 Rivalry with France was one theme in the centuries of empire to come , but after the loss of Calais the English concentrated on capturing French colonies or in restraining French attempts to dominate Europe rather than on trying to make anything substantial out of the nominal claim to the French crown that English kings asserted until 1801 .
18 He deplored the loss of work the machine looms were causing in the small lake towns and consequently ‘ the production of individual misery . ’
19 With the loss of Southwark the project organisers had to find another similar London borough .
20 Reporting first quarter figures for the first time — nothing like good news to encourage such a move — SGS-Thomson Microelectronics NV said net profit for the first quarter of 1993 was $24.4m on sales up 28.1% at $439m ; in the year to December 31 it had net profit of $3m compared with a loss of $102.6m the year before ; first quarter orders soared by 91.2% to $726.8m .
21 So although for the majority of cases that a fatal as a result of diphtheria the fact that , due actually to the pharyngitis and the pseudo- membrane obstructing the respiratory passage .
22 The pattern of the first day of the autumn term was fixed ; the first-years , who had arrived at their halls of residence the day before , came to the department in the morning to sign up for various optional courses .
23 His parents believe the intensive programme of treatment the clinic offers may open the door on a new life .
24 His parents believe the intensive programme of treatment the clinic offers may open the door on a new life .
25 A questionnaire had been circulated earlier in the year , and from that the steering committee had outlined ‘ valuable feedback ’ , indicating the sort of programme of events the branch needed .
26 Well that 's it , that , that 's a very good starting point because one point that Freud er makes in the book and Andrea er alluded to but is , is very important in fact he calls it , there 's a little sub-section of the book called the Analogy and this is the erm analogy that Freud is gon na use for his study of Moseism the analogy he gives , er can you remember it Andrea ?
27 While crime is frequently a major area of the study of deviance the relationship between the two needs to be made clear .
28 Thus in the theoretical study of language the deference previously accorded to analysis and explanation by the informed observer has been questioned in favour of an uncommitted approach to enquiry , without preconception and without privilege , into the ways in which participants negotiate their own conditions for achieving their purposes .
29 Her husband the earl was brother-in-law of Edward the Confessor and William the Conqueror 's cousin .
30 In the Norfolk manor of Forncett the policy of leasing the demesne was adopted between 1358 and 1373 , but on some of the Percy lands the practice did not appear till later .
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