Example sentences of "[noun] of the kind of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The great merit of the UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali 's Agenda for Peace report to the Security Council summit last year is its tough-minded and realistic assessment of the kind of reforms so urgently required . |
| 2 | In general this appears to be a function of the kind of sectors in which they are working , or of the kinds of occupations which they have . |
| 3 | Even so , he was called upon to sign documents on occasions , as when a conveyance relating to the chapel and its land was prepared in 1805 and his name as witness ( 'John Titford , Cardmaker' ) appears alongside those of John Lacey , shoemaker , Richard Butler , weaver , and James Browning , clothier ; together they form a nice little thumb-nail sketch of the kind of men who were ‘ Chapel ’ rather than ‘ Church ’ at this period . |
| 4 | ‘ We must beware lest unscrupulous people exploit these areas of misunderstanding and divert our attention from the really important task , which is our common defence of the kind of freedoms we hold so dear : the freedoms for which this noble university so proudly stands and for which so many of its sons gave their lives in foreign fields . ’ |
| 5 | In this case , a wider variety of the kinds of influences dealt with in these two chapters will come into play . |
| 6 | We have considered various analyses of the kind of criteria that enable individuals or groups to judge whether one theory is better than a rival , or whether or not a particular body of knowledge is scientific . |
| 7 | A few short descriptions of the kinds of activities reported to us may serve to illustrate some of their range and variety . |
| 8 | We can turn now to a closer examination of the kinds of objectives possible . |
| 9 | Erm it 's for it 's it 's in order that , that in the nineties we have a historical record , I think I 'm I think I 'm saying this right , there is a historical record of the kind of words that are being introduced into the into our language into our vocabulary like for example i.e. |
| 10 | If that 's a sample of the kind of terms you 're offering , I 'm sure we can come to an agreement . ’ |
| 11 | There is now a general agreement that to perceive a three-dimensional object requires that one starts out with a set of models in one 's head of the kinds of things that might exist , and of what a 2-D image of them might look like , and that one should then test the actual images on one 's retina against these models . |
| 12 | A list of members , giving details of the kinds of carpets they make , is available free of charge from the association ; write to the BCMA ( enclosing an sae ) if you 'd like a copy . |
| 13 | There followed suggestions of the kind of dresses he would like for the women , and much more specific suggestions about what the men should wear , especially two who would have no dancing and were ‘ old tatty props who stand around holding up girls and sometimes us . |
| 14 | In a later elaboration of his perspective , Anderson argues more generally that kin relations must always be understood in terms of the kind of calculations people make , and this should provide the starting-point for any analysis : ‘ if we are to understand variations and patterns of kinship relationships , the only worthwhile approach is to consciously and explicitly investigate the manifold advantages and disadvantages that any actor can obtain from maintaining one relational pattern rather than another ’ ( Anderson , 1972 , p. 226 ) . |
| 15 | This in itself provides some considerable insight into what students of literature regard as " literary " , at least in terms of the kinds of structures which they expect literary texts to exhibit . |
| 16 | The implications of this discussion is that we should go back and re-evaluate all aspects of the sociology of youth — youth cultures , popular music , education , employment , unemployment , training — in terms of the kinds of assumptions that are being made . |
| 17 | Since the legal rules about the control of water pollution are expressed through the discretion of field officers it is important to understand their working definitions of pollution in terms of the kinds of events , activities , or social settings which could give rise to action on their part , whatever its ultimate conclusion . |
| 18 | The oriental forests also contain small creatures that perhaps give us a glimpse of the kind of animals that , 70 million years ago , led to the evolution of the first placental mammals and so to humans . |
| 19 | Drama school productions are staged with an awareness of the kind of demands the profession will make , and students are naturally anxious to be seen in the final production by people who 're likely to offer them work . |
| 20 | The summative profile is accompanied by a Teacher 's Statement , which is a written report of the student 's particular strengths and an outline of the kinds of topics covered on the course . |
| 21 | Consumers ' initial ignorance of the kinds of commodities technologically possible with currently available resources and of the relative prices at which these commodities can in principle be produced gradually diminishes . |
| 22 | Resource owners ' initial ignorance of the kinds of commodities consumers will buy and of the relative prices which can in principle be obtained for these commodities gradually diminishes . |
| 23 | Recruitment policies are not touched on , with one brief prewar exception ( p. 10 ) , which means that we are kept in ignorance of the kinds of men and women ( reputedly mostly Oxbridge dons ) who augmented MI5 's strength and clearly had a great impact on its whole character and competence at the beginning of the war . |
| 24 | These are examples of the kind of questions which firms have to face . |
| 25 | Exactly how it happened we still do not known for sure but you can find examples of the kind of organisms it produced in almost any patch of fresh water . |
| 26 | Here are some examples of the kind of objectives you might set yourself . |
| 27 | In this chapter typical examples of the kinds of fossils most commonly encountered are illustrated by beautiful specimens . |
| 28 | Blaxter ( 1990 , p. 30 ) gives some examples of the kinds of responses provided by respondents which fell into this psychological category . |
| 29 | First Class offers plenty of realistic reading material with interesting examples of the kinds of documents trainees can expect to see in the workplace such as letters , faxes , telexes , bills , and receipts . |
| 30 | It is not difficult to find examples of the kinds of problems arising in practice : |