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

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1 While in the early history of the struggle for freedom of speech the restrictions were enforced by criminal prosecutions , it is clear that a civil action is as great , if not a greater , restriction than a criminal prosecution .
2 The jail was originally built as part of William the Conqueror 's castle .
3 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 .
4 After cessation of therapy the serum HBeAg and HBV-DNA levels in these patients rebounded to baseline levels ( Fig 3 ) .
5 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 .
6 Thus , if in the year 1992/93 the income was £100 and the trustees paid the basic rate of tax because the income had a UK source of £25 and the additional rate of tax of £10 the amount of income available at the end of 1993 is £65 .
7 A priori this latter feature might be thought somewhat undesirable as it implies that the higher the rate of growth of wealth the lower the share of the total portfolio held within the UK .
8 By virtue of the doctrine of privity of estate the assignee will be liable to the landlord only for breaches of covenant occurring while the lease is vested in it , and that is why a landlord will usually insist upon a direct covenant from the assignee to observe and perform the provisions of the lease during the residue of the term , as in clause 5.9.4 .
9 In tundra habitats , it has been shown that lemmings can eat up to 50 per cent of available vegetation and destroy a lot more during peak years , and as a result of lack of food the rate of decline of lemming populations can be as rapid as the rate of increase ( Batzli , 1975 ) .
10 At the time of diagnosis of leukaemia the TNF was 3 pg/mL ; during her pneumonia , 40 pg/mL ; 2 months after , 8 pg/mL ; and 5 months after , 7 pg/mL .
11 Henry 's failure to attend and comply with imperial councils finally led to a declaration of forfeiture of his fiefs , and the title of Duke of Saxony was conferred upon Bernard of Anhalt , the younger of son of Albrecht the Bear .
12 From the point of view of capital the sector would have increased in importance by a half .
13 We have a qualifying date for registration of October the tenth and the registers come into operation on February the sixteenth , registers are coming into operation tomorrow .
14 in a round about sort of way the Head
15 For ease of presentation the chapter is structured around the following themes :
16 The FAOR methodology was described briefly in Chapter 9 , and for ease of reference the main components of the package are shown again in Fig 14. 1 .
17 For ease of reference the blackout and whiteout points are now presented in a formal definition .
18 However , for ease of administration the production number is no longer used , and commencing with 358 the constructor 's number can also be found on the tailplane , i.e. SU-AZJ is inscribed " Fan Jet Falcon No 358 " .
19 ( The second part of this paper is based on an excellent article by Sara Butler , The Priest as Sacrament of Christ the Bridegroom in WORSHIP , November 1992 , p.498 ) .
20 The grounds on which the father relied were , inter alia , that ( 1 ) the justices heard evidence from which they could properly conclude that his costs had been incurred as a result of the actions and omissions of the local authority ; ( 2 ) as there was no machinery for taxation of costs the justices were correct to assess the amount of the costs ; ( 3 ) the father was entitled to his costs incurred in the Family Proceedings court to the extent allowable under the Legal Aid in Family Proceedings ( Remuneration ) Regulations 1991 and the justices were correct to hold that the actions of the local authority justified making the costs order which included the costs of the hearing on 27 and 28 January 1992 .
21 ‘ Support one day can turn into lack of support the next . ’
22 ‘ There is no doubt that if a person pays in an action or under threat of action the money can not be recovered by him , as the payment is made to avoid the litigation to determine the right to the money claimed .
23 ‘ There is no doubt that if a person pays in an action or under threat of action the money can not be recovered by him , as the payment is made to avoid the litigation to determine the right to the money claimed .
24 The highlight of the trip was a dinner at the British Embassy , hosted by HE the Ambassador ( Sir David Miers ) , with guest of honour the Rt Hon Sir Geoffrey Howe .
25 At the same time as giving such notice to the Proposing Transferor , the Company shall offer the Shares comprised in the Transfer Notice to the Members ( other than the Proposing Transferor ) for purchase at the Prescribed Price on terms that in case of competition the Shares so offered shall be sold to the Members accepting the offer in proportion ( as nearly as may be , and without increasing the number sold to any Member beyond the number applied for by him ) to their existing holdings of Shares .
26 At the same time as giving such notice to the Proposing Transferor , the Company shall offer the Shares comprised in the Transfer Notice to the Members ( other than the Proposing Transferor ) for purchase at the Prescribed Price on terms that in case of competition the Shares so offered shall be sold to the Members accepting the offer in proportion ( as nearly as may be , and without increasing the number sold to any Member beyond the number applied for by him ) to their existing holdings of Shares .
27 In case of doubt the court has to guess what meaning Parliament would have picked on if it had thought of the point .
28 After the ‘ U-2 ’ American spy-plane incident in 1960 Pakistan was warned again that the USSR ‘ possesses means to render harmless in case of need the war bases used for aggressive actions against the Soviet Union ’ .
29 They were expert at vanishing silently and reappearing suddenly in some unexpected place ; and in case of need the Lord Owen 's main stronghold of Glyndyfrdwy was no great distance away , mound and manor guarded by a curve of the Dee , down there to the south in the close confine of the valley .
30 The idea of settling Jews in Palestine , the British Foreign Office cabled two of its ambassadors in 1916 , ‘ might be made far more attractive to the majority of Jews if it held out to them the prospect that when in course of time the Jewish colonists in Palestine grew strong enough to cope with the Arab population they may be allowed to take the management of the internal affairs of Palestine … into their own hands …
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