Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] of [noun pl] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So really starting towards looking at the different nature of strategies the new one would have . |
| 2 | On the free movement of persons the summit welcomed the signature of an asylum convention [ see p. 37535 ] and urged the rapid implementation of measures towards a Europe without frontiers contained in the Palma document . |
| 3 | On-board summation of results from HUMS may be provided but for more detailed analysis of results the data/information needs to be transmitted to a ground station computer at the aircraft 's base . |
| 4 | The high number of injuries the bombers clearly hoped for were averted by the caution of the police . |
| 5 | In the vast majority of cases the 6th potency will work just as well as the 30th and does not require such accuracy . |
| 6 | Arthropods afflicted with Laboulbeniales have a social disease ; in a vast majority of cases the infection is acquired through close contact with another individual carrying mature fungi ready to discharge spores . |
| 7 | ‘ being the person in charge ’ Means that such a person generally has the keys for the vehicle , but in the vast majority of cases the person ‘ in charge ’ will be the driver who parks the vehicle resulting in the obstruction . |
| 8 | In the vast majority of cases the offender(s) will be on a solo motor bicycle , and occasionally one having a sidecar attached . |
| 9 | In the vast majority of cases the exhaust pipe corrodes around the bend which goes over the rear axle on motor cars or that particular pipe breaks away from the end of the silencer . |
| 10 | In the vast majority of cases the occupational classification used in the census and at death registration is the same , but the term unoccupied might be interpreted differently . |
| 11 | But in the vast majority of cases the assessment of past pecuniary loss is in fact simple and usually special damages under this head are agreed without difficulty . |
| 12 | ‘ However , in due course a few , a very few indeed , intelligent teachers came to take a cool look at what was happening and they realised that for the vast majority of children the majority of our educational processes add about as much to the mental stature of our children as a diet of sawdust would add to their physical stature … . , |
| 13 | Following a lie-down to recover I set about this mammoth task and after much intensified opening of envelopes the winner of 30 , yes THIRTY Hi-Tec games became clear . |
| 14 | By skilful use of reversions the Osborne family controlled the office of Treasurer 's Remembrancer from 1552 to 1674 , with only a single complete break , while the Fanshawes established a hereditary regime in the post of King 's Remembrancer from 1561 to 1675 with only brief appearances from other families . |
| 15 | Irving Fisher 's version of the quantity theory can be explained in terms of the following ‘ equation of exchange ’ : where M is the nominal stock of money in circulation and V is the transactions velocity of circulation of money ( that is , the average number of times the given quantity of money changes hands in transactions ) ; P is the average price of all transactions and T is the number of transactions that take place during the time period . |
| 16 | Notice that k is the reciprocal of the income velocity of circulation of money ( which can be defined as the average number of times the money supply changes hands in financing the national income ) . |
| 17 | A sheikh was summoned and with his authority and before a vast concourse of onlookers the tomb was reopened . |
| 18 | It is unclear whether the section gives the chief officer of police the power to limit the numbers present at the assembly below the 20 who must be present to constitute the assembly . |
| 19 | By means of a geodetic network of stations the dynamics of the ice sheet — its rates of forward motion , surface ablation , and upward push against the mountain barrier — has been extensively investigated . |
| 20 | On a large number of matches the extra few fish that this may put in their net will not make any difference between winning or losing , but it may affect the deficit or margin by which they win or lose . |
| 21 | In a large number of cases the egg would develop quite normally into a swimming tadpole and then an adult toad . |
| 22 | In a large number of cases the cover will be restricted to ‘ third party ’ only which is still within the requirements of section 145 above , at ( B ) 7 . |
| 23 | In a large number of cases the licence is issued to a firm , i.e. a limited company , then the company secretary is liable for the misuse of the trade plate on behalf of the company . |
| 24 | As we have seen , in a large number of colonies the authorities had been involved in publishing newspapers , Using both the colonial and local languages , they had tried to put over the official point of view , often in an attempt to forestall or counter alternative interpretations and opinions . |
| 25 | A large number of firms the Joint Monitoring Unit visited last year are failing to meet one or more of its criteria for good audit procedures , according to the first annual review of audit regulation . |
| 26 | Mr Kinnock 's voice was choked with emotion as , refusing to concede defeat , he said : ‘ Even now as the recounts are going on in a very large number of seats the results of this election is not decided . ’ |
| 27 | Since there is a large number of nerves the number of possible combinations and sequences of stimuli is enormous so it is possible for a system like that , in principle , to produce a very large number of possible reactions . |
| 28 | There are great dangers in the royal family speaking out because I have a memory of the nineteen seventy nine , just prior to the devolution bill in the referendum in Scotland , when the Queen spoke out against devolution , now she in , in effect denied a large number of Scots the opportunity to have some sort of Scottish Parliament based here , and we probably would n't , I think , be debating this subject today , if in fact we 'd got that eleven years ago . |
| 29 | For motors with a large number of phases the torque reduction at low speeds is less pronounced . |
| 30 | Neither party will benefit from getting hurt and in the great majority of cases the disputes are settled without serious damage on either side . |