Example sentences of "of [noun] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They estimate an average annual consumption of 15 litres of whisky per head of the adult population . |
| 2 | from the wilds of whitewater we 're off to the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire for the start of our action round up … there we 're meeting up with greyhound trainer Tony Meek … and his two dogs … |
| 3 | Descartes , indeed , was with the armies of Maximilian of Bavaria in 1619 at the very beginning of the Thirty Years War when , at Neuberg on the Danube , he had that sequence of dreams which convinced him that his mission was to seek out truth by means of reason . |
| 4 | Is the concept of unity of life in the New Testament such that the salvation of man involves the liberation of nature ? |
| 5 | Now although it is true that we need to consider contextual factors to explain what it is that creates a feeling of unity in stretches of language of more than one sentence , we can not say that there are no formal links between sentences in discourse . |
| 6 | But these critics do not always ask themselves whether any society does not need a degree of unity in order to be a society at all , or how much diversity even a liberal society can tolerate without falling apart . |
| 7 | We explain the importance of unity in front of a common enemy . |
| 8 | ‘ Britain has the second highest level of taxes on alcohol in the EC and many are suffering as a result , ’ she said . |
| 9 | I am referring the matter to your local collector of taxes for consideration of recovery proceedings . |
| 10 | In his absence the regents made concessions to the magnates in return for grants of taxes in aid of the war with Scotland . |
| 11 | The Collector of Taxes in Glasgow in 1831 was one Blair , and the Loyal Reformers ' Gazette , a radical publication of the time , has a letter addressed to him in the following terms : |
| 12 | The conclusion is self evident — if the Chancellor wants to maintain the real value of excise duties from alcoholic drinks he must switch the burden of taxes from spirits to beers and wines . |
| 13 | WHILE ENJOYING the high quality of play by England during the recent New Zealand tour and latterly the World Cup , and appreciating the fitness they displayed , I could n't help but wonder about the current medical practices being used to prepare players for matches while still injured . |
| 14 | The state of play in Aotearoa at the moment is : so now everyone knows about the inequities in paradise , what are we going to do about it ? |
| 15 | If some form of assessment of need for such care is introduced , as seems likely , we shall then have a situation in which old people with private means can choose such care but most will have to prove need . |
| 16 | SCOTVEC has written to colleges reminding them of the availability of a devolved system of assessment for awards for which only one college provides the course . |
| 17 | Each contribution , from whatever source , is capable of assessment in terms of units of goodness , and when that goodness is accepted as such by a large majority , it can be enshrined in the Created God . |
| 18 | Although local authorities and social service departments are in the process of developing systems of assessment in relation to care management , there has been little debate about the principles which ought to underpin assessment processes , nor about the purpose , scope , and content of comprehensive assessment with older people . |
| 19 | Venous blood samples ( 5 ml ) were taken at 10 , 20 , 30 , 60 , and 90 minutes after the start of injection of isotope for measurement of the isotopic enrichment of plasma free leucine . |
| 20 | Already exhausted from her night 's activities , she was also acutely aware that she must give no sign of tiredness for fear of arousing suspicion . |
| 21 | They enjoy or suffer the unequal distribution of rewards in society as members of different social groups . |
| 22 | Analog Devices Inc has turned in first quarter net profit of $8.1m against losses of $972,000 last time , on turnover that rose by 15.2% to $151.3m . |
| 23 | Essentially , the position which Anselm established lasted till 1920 , despite the heroic struggle of Gerald of Wales in the early thirteenth century to establish an archbishopric at St Davids . |
| 24 | Then came the terrible accident to the Turkish Airlines DC-10 in the forest of Ermenonville near Paris in which 346 people lost their lives . |
| 25 | A turning-point came in the case of Ridge v. Baldwin in which it was held that the distinction between administrative and judicial functions was of no relevance to deciding whether a decision-maker ought to comply with the rules of natural justice or to the availability of judicial review remedies . |
| 26 | Midland , Birmingham & Wolverhampton Junction Railway ( from junction with the Midland Railway & L.N.W.R. at Willenhall and a north & south facing junction with the Stour Valley Line of the L.N.W.R. , south of Wolverhampton via Bridgnorth to the Central Wales Railway and the Shrewsbury & Hereford Railway at Craven Arms and branch to the Bishop 's Castle Railway near Cheney Longville . |
| 27 | The issue of decentralization of services to local bases in the community has inevitably brought with it questions of the decentralization of budgets . |
| 28 | This is essentially the conclusion drawn by Salmon ( 1987 ) in his survey of decentralization in France in the early 1980s . |
| 29 | In continuation of the policy of decentralization in progress over the past few years , Prime Minister Edith Cresson announced on Nov. 7 that the École Nationale d'Administration ( ENA ) , the elite civil service school , was to be transferred from Paris to Strasbourg by 2000 to strengthen links with Europe . |
| 30 | Brown Brothers Harriman analyst William Milton has followed Dan Mandresh and downgraded his rating on IBM Corp and lowered his first quarter and full-year 1993 earnings estimates : he cut his rating to sell from neutral and lowered his first quarter forecast to a loss of $0.72 per share from a loss of $0.45 , and his full-year estimate to a loss of $1.10 from a profit of $0.35 a share ; he said he made the changes because of sharper than previously expected declines in IBM 's mainframe business and more severe than expected pricing pressures ; he also said that a noticeable deterioration in employee productivity contributed to his revised outlook — productivity has fallen given declining employee morale as IBM struggles to restructure ; ‘ There 's very little a new chief executive can do initially that 's not already being done , ’ he added . |