Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [noun] [be] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One important theoretical characteristic of logogens which has stimulated a great deal of experimentation is that they mediate priming effects in word recognition , i.e. the faster recognition of a word following previous recent exposure to that word . |
| 2 | The force of law is that it becomes part of common sense , and makes ‘ common sense ’ prescriptions about public order , theft and hard work . |
| 3 | The allegation of negligence was that the defendant had failed to observe a foetal abnormality during pregnancy and the plaintiff had been denied the possibility of an abortion . |
| 4 | The main reason for the closure of Redheugh is that ‘ it is in the wrong area with very few young people now coming from the local community , ’ said an Salvation Army statement . |
| 5 | Another result of training is that the different signals arriving at an element often have similar values , except that some are positive and some negative . |
| 6 | The new position as a result of Litster is that the purchaser can be liable for any dismissal in connection with a sale irrespective of whether the dismissals take place before , on or after completion . |
| 7 | Blanche tiptoed over and remembered the face from the photograph of Tatyana 's that she had borrowed . |
| 8 | The rationale of the overall programme of work is that it will have clear implications for policy and the prevention of problems associated with the consumption of addictive substances and clear implications also for the social sciences . |
| 9 | The tragedy of man is that he declares himself autonomous of God and in consequence is condemned to live East of Eden . |
| 10 | The fear of opponents was that the new system would push down production budgets ; drive out minority programmes and ‘ serious ’ projects ; subject ITV to the needs of advertisers more than before ; force the BBC down market to maintain its audience share . |
| 11 | A further fear of industry is that the monies raised by carbon taxation will not be channelled into research or development of energy efficiency but will simply be used to line government coffers . |
| 12 | The problem with such a characterisation of pluralism is that it bears little resemblance to what pluralists actually say pluralism means , and consequently it is hardly surprising that even the most cursory of empirical investigations can show such a naive version of pluralism is untenable as a description of the distribution of power in Western liberal democracies . |
| 13 | It was no fault of Harry 's that he had been mistakenly put in the care of such people , although there was nothing to be said against the Pritchetts — a decent , hard-working family — other than their class . |
| 14 | The immediate consequence of the outbreak of war was that Lewis found his circle of friends broken up and changing . |
| 15 | Linked with this periodic replacement and expansion of fixed capital will be the proposition that the direct cause of the outbreak of crises is that the sale of means of consumption falls relative to the volume of their production . |
| 16 | The only small crumb of comfort is that , since May 1990 , tenants ( but not managers ) of national brewers ' pubs can buy guest cask ales free of the tie — but the nationals have been quick to dominate this new market niche by organising their own lists of ‘ guest beers ’ , many of them brewed by their own subsidiaries . |
| 17 | Mr Major 's sole crumb of comfort is that John Smith , the Labour leader , has yet to convince the British people that he and his party are viable alternatives . |
| 18 | Then Wyllie just kept thumping the ball downfield and soon time ran out on Musselburgh , whose only crumb of comfort is that their coach , Raymond Clark , who had planned to call it a day , is now likely to stay on next season . |
| 19 | It was held that the intention of Parliament was that a 5.14 direction should be final ( Maitland , Ptr. , 1961 S.L.T. 384 , approved ) . |
| 20 | The differentiating characteristic of a coin as opposed to a piece of bullion is that it is issued with a recognised value by a competent authority . |
| 21 | The normal reason for accepting a piece of advice is that it is likely to be sound advice . |
| 22 | One good piece of news is that the Ku Klux Klan has almost entirely disappeared — those robes are murder to swim in — but you can see the odd pointy hat poking out of the water here and there . |
| 23 | The second piece of news is that John Major is supporting a commission proposal for a European Official Secrets Act . |
| 24 | None of this music for Lovers Made Men and The Vision of Delight has survived , but the earliest piece of Lanier 's that we have , ‘ Bring away this sacred tree ’ for the Earl of Somerset 's Wedding Masque ( 1613 ) , is close in style to Guedron 's recits ( cf. |
| 25 | The crucial point in this deductive piece of science was that corals grow only in shallow water ; the theory became generally accepted , and helped to make Darwin 's name as a geologist . |
| 26 | He answered that we never know what a certain piece of puzzle is until we see the rest and put the piece in place . ) |
| 27 | Erm , the , the other important thing I 'm going to give you , the information as , as Mike said , a lot of people , I 'm not sure of the percentages , do carry on using this particular barrier system , and the other important piece of information is that when you need to reorder something there 's an extraordinarily nice gentleman in your stationary stores called Mr. Cartwright , and he is the person that does all the ordering . |
| 28 | The second key piece of information was that Angela Morgan 's car had been found in North Kensington , not far from her flat , and was now cordoned off and being crawled over inch by inch by a forensic team hastily dispatched by Davidson . |
| 29 | The first rule of sampling is that each member of the relevant population must have some chance of being included . |
| 30 | Another rule of thumb is that if the act is obliged to rest their microphone stand and amplifiers on beer crates instead of the stage , it will be a good evening . |