Example sentences of "[n mass] [conj] of [noun] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let the general price level fall by 10% , leading to a fall in the price of kryptonite futures of 20% and of phlogiston futures of 5% . |
| 2 | It is easy to overlook the continuously changing nature both of people and of work situations . |
| 3 | It was reported that among other items under discussion were the questions of US support for the mandatory repatriation of Vietnamese boat people and of US passports for Hong Kong citizens , issues on which the two countries had had differences of opinion during the past year . |
| 4 | The letter stated : ‘ We believe that business people and of course others too should support the party which , since 1979 , has been so active and successful in promoting the new British spirit of enterprise . ’ |
| 5 | the opportunity for the development of staff and of college procedures should prove invaluable as a preparation for the more extensive devolution of responsibility implicit in the Development Programme . |
| 6 | The theatre has already laid off staff because of budget cuts . |
| 7 | They yearned for a society where the surplus product of labour would be at the disposal not of idle capitalists or degenerate gentry but of expert administrators . |