Example sentences of "of [noun] [prep] [noun] the " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ He is of course in title the under-butler , as you say . |
| 9 | I suppose of course in fact the that sort of computing is is is fairly erm specialized is n't it |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | In the great temple of Osiris at Abydos the tangible sense of sanctity has often been noted . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The office of Mayor in Darlington the whole shooting match , not just the place with the armchairs will cost poll tax payers an estimated £54,500 next year . |
| 17 | After Diocletian had surrendered power there was a time of confusion until Constantine the Great became Emperor in 324 . |
| 18 | After the fall of Calais , when war ceased for some years , the king had to persuade the commons that direct taxes should continue in order to finance the defence of English positions abroad , notably Calais itself , and to maintain English forces in a state of readiness in case the enemy broke the truce and resumed the war . |
| 19 | I had a cup of tea round Heathers the other night , I do n't know what it was . |
| 20 | As the war of words over November the seventh heats up , is changing the names of forty streets and metro stations back to their pre-revolutionary titles , just hours before the tanks rolled through Red Square for the traditional Revolution Day parade . |
| 21 | Then the natural approach is to find the slope f' of f at N. The algorithm 's step then becomes |
| 22 | The octagonal shrine , the Dalada Maligawa , houses the tooth-relic of Buddha , an object of veneration for Buddhists the world over . |
| 23 | It was warm over here by the fire and there was an unpleasant stench of stale giant and the surreptitious breaking of wind from Goll the Gorm who had eaten too much onion broth again , but these things would have to be overlooked . |
| 24 | Following the defeat of Napoleon in Russia the Russian Army laid siege to Danzig for over 10 months . |
| 25 | The attitudes of authors of stories the young read or hear , whether prejudiced or condescending or exaggeratedly ‘ socially aware ’ , are readily perceived and are influential , even when they are half hidden . |
| 26 | A questionnaire had been circulated earlier in the year , and from that the steering committee had outlined ‘ valuable feedback ’ , indicating the sort of programme of events the branch needed . |
| 27 | Or was it a form of Luddism for fear the machines would displace men ? |
| 28 | M Mr Deputy Speaker , you will have seen if you read these er orders in front of us today running to at least er I reckon about ten thousand words , but by and large , all and sundry are going to be bote , er going to be out of vote on June the ninth , citizens of the European union and the minister has actually said on one or two occasions , all citizens of the union , well it is not true that all citizens of the union will be able to vote on er June the ninth . |
| 29 | Thursday the tenth of February on Wednesday the ninth , now this is all on the assumption that everything is going for us |
| 30 | Although women were in practice doing exactly the same work as certain categories of men , they too perceived the division of labour as a gender division , and took as their point of reference for equality the " all-round comp " , whom both masters and men held up as the exemplar , rather than the humbler linesman . |