Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] of [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The number of boxes it shifted also increased 59% to 40,000 , accounting for 80% of total group turnover . |
| 2 | World-wide co-operation in the matter of the venereal diseases was first formalized by the Brussels agreement of 1924 when the signatories undertook to provide a free treatment service for seamen of all countries who were found to be suffering from infection . |
| 3 | For reasons of political correctness , RLA finished up with 80 members on its board . |
| 4 | Of the 105 authors who completed PEN 's questionnaire , 62 reported attempts to censor their work for reasons of political correctness . |
| 5 | It is no wonder , therefore , that many people believe the current delay in publishing the Barrowclough investigation is for reasons of political expediency rather than legalistic necessity . |
| 6 | On Jan. 14 the Congress ( I ) general secretary , C. K. Jaffer Sharief , resigned for reasons of poor health . |
| 7 | Purely for reasons of diagrammatic simplicity we assume that the perfectly competitive industry supply curve ( Sc ) is infinitely elastic and can be drawn as a horizontal straight line as in Figure 5.2a . |
| 8 | Not only may firms be unable , for reasons of bounded rationality , to work through the complex mathematics of these models , they may not have to because the answer is to them so obvious . |
| 9 | A dish in any Pacific city east of the longitude of Mexico City — Lima , say , or Quito , or Santiago — will be cranked down in the direction of an equally low point on the eastern horizon — for just as American naval vessels involved in exercises off the Pacific coasts of Peru , Ecuador or Chile are regarded as being part of the US Atlantic Fleet , so communicators , for reasons of pure geometry , think of these countries ' capital cities as part of the Atlantic communications network . |
| 10 | In some districts it was due to the death of an older generation who were , often for reasons of religious belief , philanthropically disposed and whose successors lacked this combination of religious commitment ( evangelicalism in particular had lost much of its mid-nineteenth century hold ) and social responsibility . |
| 11 | It is common practice to use a company to make the acquisition for reasons of limited liability ( where assets and business are being acquired ) , and because the procedure is well understood . |
| 12 | Some sites may have developed this type of location for reasons of overall convenience ; others were clearly attracted by the economic potential of the crossroads . |
| 13 | The retreat began on 1 February 1746 , the Jacobites splitting , for reasons of private convenience and internal politics rather than on sound military grounds , into three columns , all making for Inverness . |
| 14 | To those who , for reasons of personal inhibition , administrative convenience or even from a feeling that " they " do n't need sex , are determined to " keep sex out of the Home " , one can only suggest that , ultimately , they are doomed to failure . |
| 15 | This position remained unchanged until 1949 when , for reasons of administrative convenience to the Inland Revenue , short-term benefits were excluded from tax liability . |
| 16 | Many necessary data sets were unavailable for reasons of administrative inadequacies , confidentiality constraints , cost or non-collection in certain countries ; |
| 17 | Because they arrive with an expectation of moving on within a few years they refrain — ; if only for reasons of emotional self-defence — from putting down ‘ roots ’ and involving themselves too closely in village affairs . |
| 18 | The tendency for carnivores to get progressively ‘ better ’ would soon run out of steam , as do human arms races ( for reasons of economic cost which we shall come to ) , were it not for the parallel tendency in the prey . |
| 19 | While there was an element of imitation of Western territorial imperialism , Japan essentially regarded control of neighbouring territories and resources as fundamental to her own safety and well-being , either for reasons of economic security , or because their weakness and backwardness rendered Japan militarily vulnerable and politically isolated , since such countries were easy prey to third party aggression . |
| 20 | The annual grass Lolium temulentum is a close relative of ryegrass and , for reasons of genetic uniformity and simplicity of life-cycle , has been found to be a much more suitable subject for fundamental studies of growth and development ( , , ) . |
| 21 | Horses do much the same thing except that , probably for reasons of historical accident , they run on only one toe instead of two . |
| 22 | On the 85 m long viaduct over the Water of Leith and at other bridges over local roads the original parapet has been raised for reasons of public safety , and lighting is being provided on sections of route in built-up areas . |
| 23 | It was — how would you say it ? — for reasons of public health . |
| 24 | Where there was evidence to show that such a decision had been taken for reasons of national security , this would be accepted to ‘ preclude judicial investigation of [ the ] particular … grievance ’ . |
| 25 | For reasons of national security a law of 1837 and a decree-law of 1851 conferred on the state a monopoly of transmissions by telegraph , and the policing of the airwaves . |
| 26 | On July 24 the UK government ordered the expulsion from the UK of three Iranians accused of involvement in intelligence activity — two working without diplomatic status in the Iranian embassy , and the other a student — whose presence the Home Office said was " not conducive to the public good for reasons of national security " . |
| 27 | It is important to note , however , that the categories used in the Rolfe and Will lists may have been assigned for reasons of literary expediency , rather than as the result of rigorous classification . |
| 28 | Sadly , for reasons of social class , she was not particularly well regarded either . |
| 29 | All British universities allow access to theses for consultation purposes , although some universities may place embargoes on access for a five-year period , either to allow the author to publish , or for reasons of commercial sensitivity . |
| 30 | At a time when the middle class , having acquired literacy for reasons of commercial pragmatism during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries , started to develop a more imaginative personal taste in reading , they also showed signs of being involved with vernacular piety . |