Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] of [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A concise and informative general consideration of ants and their foraging , nesting and domestic life precedes a detailed examination of the villains of the insect world , the army ants , which ends with a welcome plea for protection of their habitats . |
| 2 | The UFC funds are allocated to the Universities for support of their teaching and research activities , whereas the Research Council money goes towards specific projects , reviewed by an internal assessment panel comprising subject specialists drawn from university departments . |
| 3 | A slightly older child was given the task of colouring in a picture for part of her correspondence lessons . |
| 4 | For part of their life cycle , nematodes consume the body of the adult female fig wasp . |
| 5 | Japanese banks , alone of the big international banks , rely on share portfolios for part of their capital . |
| 6 | The result is that the majority of women are engaged at least for part of their lives in full-time domestic work , especially while their children are young . |
| 7 | As we noted earlier , perhaps as many as one in six of the adult population of England had lived in London for part of their lives . |
| 8 | The couple now live in Townsville on Australia 's eastern coast and are staying with Judy 's sister , Margaret Stanbrook , in Eaglescliffe for part of their holiday . |
| 9 | Women who have only worked for part of their adult lives may not have enough contributions to get a full basic pension on their own record . |
| 10 | Additionally , many single people admit that they had not realised before how much they relied on their job for companionship and sometimes , even for part of their week-end social life . |
| 11 | The Manchester Metro Link uses existing rail track for part of its journey , switching to tramlines on city centre streets . |
| 12 | For part of its life , the site was run as two separate mills , known as the Abbey and Town Mills . |
| 13 | It makes its appearance on the bold ridge by the Rollright Stones , where it forms the boundary between Warwickshire and Oxfordshire for part of its course . |
| 14 | The Rhine rises in the Swiss Grisons , forces its way north-west , forming for part of its course the border between Switzerland , Liechtenstein and Austria , enters the Bodensee ( Lake Constance ) in the south-east , flows through part of the lake , then out into the Untersee , over the falls to Basle , then north up through Germany on its long journey to Holland and out into the North Sea . |
| 15 | They derive from both the operation of large units ( often highly mechanised and characterised by monoculture and high energy demands sometimes supplied from local sources ) ; and the small peasantry itself which has to work for part of its income on larger enterprises . |
| 16 | Interim Committee ( Oct. 13-14 with the attendance for part of its proceedings of a Soviet delegation ) . |
| 17 | The railway line ran between various buildings and a high wooden fence that was used for part of its length for advertisement hoardings . |
| 18 | For part of our course we have to organise a community project , which entails fundraising and planning . |
| 19 | The the exam , for part of your assessment will be in much the same form it 'll be in two parts er recreating to the two parts of the course and , yo , you 'll get roughly the same number of questions as the than the essay questions that you have with each each semester . |
| 20 | If you were contracted out for part of your working life , the DHSS tells your employer how much to pay as pension . |
| 21 | A precedent for this was years ago when the famous collector of Greek origin , George Kostakis , was allowed to leave the Soviet Union with a considerable part of his collection of Russian Avant-garde after he had given the most interesting pieces to the Tretyakov Gallery ( for part of his memoirs , see The Art Newspaper , No. 21 , October 1992 , pp. 20–22 ) . |
| 22 | A registered student may be excused enrolment for part of his course of study or research following his election or appointment to office in any representative student body approved for the purposes of this paragraph by the Senate , and a student so excused shall remain a registered student for as long as may be approved by the Senate . |
| 23 | The Lancastrian , Henry Tudor , when he heard of what had happened , gathered a force in France and landed in Wales — where he had lived for part of his life — and he opposed Richard III , who was killed in battle in 1485 . |
| 24 | In effect AB sells the importer part of its dollar balance in New York in exchange for part of his sterling deposit . |
| 25 | The Earl of Salisbury in 1638 paid £3,000 for remission of his £20,000 fine , and for recovery of his parks at Brigstock . |
| 26 | If he 's needed urgently and he ca n't find anywhere to park , he could waste precious minutes while someone 's lying dying for want of his attention ! ’ |
| 27 | A petition of the 1660s referred to the entire dependence of many local people on the trade , particularly ‘ ye constant imployment of at least 50,000 lusty able workman ready for defence of your Majesty and ye Nacion in case of general needs ’ . |
| 28 | As the animal grew it secreted a wall ( septum ) between the body chamber and the chamber immediately behind — walled off part of its home as it were . |
| 29 | Attention focused on the bond market after the Government raised Pounds 1.3bn by selling off part of its debt in BT and the privatised utilities . |
| 30 | However , it is the first time that ICL has split off part of its business to the extent of actually forming a new subsidiary . |