Example sentences of "of [noun] [prep] [noun] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his collection of essays on genius the distinguished neurologist , the late Sir William Russell Brain , concluded about Smart that ‘ clearly he suffered from manic-depressive insanity or cyclothymia ’ and there is much to support that diagnosis . |
| 2 | In the July 1952 issue of Essays in Criticism a young academic , John Peter , offered " A New Interpretation of the Waste Land " , the gist of which he summarized thus : " At some previous time the speaker has fallen completely — perhaps the right word is irretrievably — in love . |
| 3 | If the x coins of year a were made , for example , a hundred years before the 2x coins of year b , it would be unwise to conclude that twice as many coins were made in year b , since to do so would take no account of the gradual wastage or erosion of coins of year a from circulation ( by accidental loss , hoarding , export of coinage , melting down , etc . ) . |
| 4 | When Florey came to the chair of pathology at Sheffield a year or two later , Paine mentioned the matter to him but aroused no obvious interest . |
| 5 | However , on the matter of payment for breaks the following are the points which must apply for any shift worked whether Day , Night , Early or Back shift . |
| 6 | Duregar , a kinsman of Belegar from Karaz a Karak , immediately gathered an army and marched southwards along the western flanks of the mountains . |
| 7 | The previous year 1255 , the property belonging to the Bishopric of Rochester , had been valued as follows : The estates at Halling with its member of Holborough and Cuxton , contained 717 acres of arable land , that not being marled was valued at fourpence an acre , also 38 acres of meadow land worth sixpence an acre , and 20 acres of pasture at eightpence an acre , the Mill at Holborough being valued at twenty shillings and the Mill at Cuxton worth thirteen and fourpence , no value is put on the vineyard at Halling but it is mentioned . |
| 8 | Where persons set out deliberately to prevent others from conducting perfectly lawful business , they do the cause of freedom of speech a disservice . |
| 9 | Nevertheless the Belgian scholar van der Vyver pointed out that a panegyric addressed by Ennodius of Pavia to Theodoric the Great in 508 refers to a recent influx of Alamans into Ostrogothic territory , and he suggested that this should be linked to Clovis 's victory , which he placed in 506 . |
| 10 | Between the death of Jane Austen and the appearance of Sketches by Boz the emphasis does however begin to shift from the greatest houses to those below them . |
| 11 | In connection with any one claim or number of claims arising out of one cause for indemnity against liability in respect of damage to property the Corporation may at any time pay to the Policyholder the amount of the indemnity provided by this Policy ( after deduction of any sum or sums already paid as compensation ) or any less amount for which such claim or claims can be settled and upon such payment being made the Corporation shall relinquish the conduct and control of and be under no further liability in connection with such claim or claims except for the payment of costs and expenses of litigation recoverable or incurred in respect of matters prior to the date of such payment . |
| 12 | The paper says Paul Gascoigne could be coming to Leeds United after his career in Italian football where he plays of course for Lazio the Rome based club . |
| 13 | Parliament had some regard for the rights of property ; the old Company was allowed to run in competition with the new one for a few years , and of course in India the old Company had advantages in organization , in diplomatic connections , and in possessing established forts and factories . |
| 14 | ‘ He is of course in title the under-butler , as you say . |
| 15 | I suppose of course in fact the that sort of computing is is is fairly erm specialized is n't it |
| 16 | She came to the post office the next evening , and the next , buying tea and a comb of honey from Lizzie the first evening , posting a letter at Annie 's counter on the Friday , waiting till the mail was sorted , each time managing to leave the post office alone with Moran . |
| 17 | We hand over hundreds of prisoners to police every day form appearance in court without any problem . |
| 18 | It is important that all the possibly infected sites are sampled , since in a small percentage of cases of gonorrhoea the rectum or urethra may be the only site involved . |
| 19 | Seb still contrived to spend a couple of hours with Carrie every Sunday evening to work on the farm 's ledgers , carefully noting down each item of expenditure and the profit made . |
| 20 | In the great temple of Osiris at Abydos the tangible sense of sanctity has often been noted . |
| 21 | The influx of $500,000 to $1m a month — some funnelled through secret bank accounts in Panama and elsewhere — has reportedly helped double the contras ’ numbers ( to more than 16,000 men ) and upgrade their arsenal . |
| 22 | ‘ We currently transport in the region of 225,000 litres of milk to Manchester every week for distribution as far south as Birmingham and Coventry and to Hull and Grimsby in the east . |
| 23 | It is the ratio of the number of moles of gas a to the total number of moles of gas present . |
| 24 | He argued that the plant should be studied together with its environment as a single unit and that mankind should respect the traditional wisdom gained from the trial and error of generations of peasants the world over . |
| 25 | It was most fortunate that we sailed from Cape Town at the appointed time as he had many engagements in Australia — most important the Opening of Parliament in Melbourne a day or two after his arrival . |
| 26 | Microsoft wanted between $250,000 and $500,000 for the source code and a royalty of $100 to $200 a copy in royalties , enhancements included . |
| 27 | The price was between $250,000 and $500,000 for the source code and a royalty of $100 to $200 a copy in royalties , enhancements included . |
| 28 | Mr Evans said there had been days of action in Cleveland every two years since 1979 . |
| 29 | The coordination and crystal structure of ionic lattices is largely determined by two factors : the ratio of cations to anions the radius ratio of the ions |
| 30 | One would expect works on Religion , Philosophy and the English Classics in the library of a scholar but it is surprising to find that there are only a handful of books in Gaelicin the collection of one of the translaters of the Holy Scriptures into that language . |