Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as Chairman of governors of the local boys school , we 've er , as Mr knows only too well , have written on a number of occasions erm saying how soon will the er these measures be brought forward , and I welcome them and er hope that we will agree them . |
| 2 | It is tempting to compare the role of the Commissioner with that of the Equal Opportunities Commission and the Commission for Racial Equality , bodies that are empowered to support individual cases in connection with complaints about discrimination on grounds of sex or race respectively . |
| 3 | Does this at least then mean a reprieve for ROI in terms of short-run performance measurement ? |
| 4 | The term ‘ cloning ’ refers to a method of asexual reproduction , such as grafting of varieties of apples , whereby all offspring are exact genetic replicas of the parent stock . |
| 5 | Abrams believed neighbouring to hang on a dilemma which those who live near to each other have between the need for support in times of crisis and the need for privacy . |
| 6 | then entrance requirements for SCE candidates and GCE candidates separately : these include the normal minimum grades required for admission in terms of SCE Highers or GCE A-levels , and any specific subject qualifications required ( such as Higher or A-level Physics for entry to degrees in Engineering ) . |
| 7 | In accordance with Section 384 ( 1 ) of the Companies Act 1985 , Grant Thornton offer themselves for re-appointment as Auditors of the Company . |
| 8 | In accordance with Section 385 of the Companies Act 1985 , Grant Thornton offer themselves for re-appointment as Auditors of the Company . |
| 9 | Product-container compatibility includes all possible interactions between product and container such as absorption of constituents of the product by the container , leaching of constituents of the container by the product , corrosion or other adverse effects of the product on the container and the barrier properties of the container ; that is , its effectiveness in protecting the contents from the adverse effects of atmospheric oxygen and/or water vapour and in retaining water and other volatile constituents of the product . |
| 10 | The sample will not be random , but will be selected to be representative of children in special schools for EBD in terms of social , gender distribution and behaviour problems described by teachers at the time of referral . |
| 11 | It is also understood that these Biros were capable of telepathically transmitting their cries for freedom to companions of their tormentors , with the result that these would remark , for no logical reason , ‘ You look a right prat with that thing hanging round your neck , throw it away . ’ |
| 12 | ( 7 ) On receipt of an application of a kind referred to in subsection ( 6 ) above , and until the first day of the meeting of the board at which the application is to be considered , the clerk of a licensing board shall make the application , together with the documents lodged therewith , available for inspection by members of the public during normal office hours . |
| 13 | Section 222 provides that accounting records are at all times to be open for inspection by officers of the company . |
| 14 | I like to explain the need for unity in terms of a heavy sack which has to he lifted . |
| 15 | Now I 'm aware that many parents bring their children for baptism from reasons of superstition or custom or anything you like I 'm reminded of a certain tax gatherer who , inspired by sheer idle curiosity , climbed a tree curiosity maybe took him up the tree but it was the grace of God that brought him down . |
| 16 | This need not involve contrasts between different population groups , for instance between samples of atheists and religious believers . |
| 17 | Chafe ( 1976 : 51 ) suggests that the function of topic is to specify some kind of framework , for instance in terms of time , location , or individual reference , within which the main statement applies and that ‘ real ’ topics ( in topic-prominent languages ) are not so much ‘ what the sentence is about ’ as ‘ the frame within which the sentence holds ’ . |
| 18 | At the same time it permits cost-effectiveness for instance in terms of marketing and distribution costs . |
| 19 | After the summer 's inquiries , MPs decided to commit Mr Papandreou and a handful of ex-colleagues for trial on charges of ordering telephone tapping and accepting bribes . |
| 20 | The agreement , subject to ratification by the Federal Senate , provided for payment of arrears of US$2,000 million in 1991 , of which 45 per cent was payable immediately and the rest in equal monthly instalments by December 1991 . |
| 21 | Years of experience supplying the catering industry combined with in-depth research and development programmes , have allowed equipment manufacturers to transform what were once humble pieces of kit into the sort of ultra-modern hardware now available for installation in kitchens of all shapes and sizes . |
| 22 | To get the bast value for money in terms of advice and information , Professor Malcolm Hollis , spokesman for the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors ( RICS ) , says you should ask a surveyor to cover various points , with price guidance for each one . |
| 23 | According to , there are ways to get clients to feel they are receiving value for money in terms of how the service is delivered : ‘ People are impressed by well-produced documentation and plain English in presentation . |
| 24 | In this chapter , we have considered the main determinants of the demand for money in terms of , first , the classical quantity theory of money ; secondly , the Keynesian liquidity-preference theory ; and finally , Friedman 's modern quantity theory . |
| 25 | While not wishing to comment on the economic arguments for communism in terms of its capacity to create more wealth more equally distributed , an aim Freud thought to be very important for the future , he thought that communism contained an ‘ illusion ’ about man 's nature . |
| 26 | The role of the NDO throughout this stage will be to monitor the progress of the unit writing , arrange for the meeting of writers to discuss common problems and review each other 's work , arrange for feedback from representatives of interested parties such as employers and college staff and to negotiate with professional bodies vis-a-vis recognition of the units and courses . |
| 27 | All those individuals who supported the adoption of the Second Choice above , were , unbeknown to themselves , bringing about events the effect of which could , many years later , be adjudged either good or evil or neutral in accordance with the rule proffered earlier , and therefore be available for incorporation as units of ‘ goodness ’ into the Created God . |
| 28 | Council agreed that , after an interval of six years , it would again be prepared to consider applications for recognition from schools of architecture in South Africa . |
| 29 | Given recent scandals about absenteeism in hospitals of many types and sizes in Italy , the carabinieri are doing spot and frequent checks — in one hospital in Naples recently , only 40% of the relevant medical and nursing staff were actually in … and , as a result on that occasion , about 80 people were arrested and charged with absenteeism and dereliction of duty . |
| 30 | • Establish effective collaboration with other centres of excellence for research on mechanisms of resistance and application of biotechnology to plant disease management . |