Example sentences of "of the [noun sg] of [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The support of the lexeme of apple can therefore be discovered simply by confronting our experience with the notion itself .
2 And Sarrance is the setting in which her group of competing story-tellers gather , after they have been driven out of the spa of Cauterets , up in the mountains , by bad weather .
3 But because of the evidence neither can we explain it away : there is the beginning of the rationality of faith .
4 The notion of ‘ rational choice ’ introduces us to another , more sophisticated conception of the rationality of racism , and one which does not require this kind of double standard .
5 Lakatos explicitly stated that the ‘ central problem in philosophy of science is … the problem of stating universal conditions under which a theory is scientific ’ , a problem which is ‘ closely linked with the problem of the rationality of science ’ and whose solution ‘ ought to give us guidance as to when the acceptance of a scientific theory is rational or not ’ .
6 But given the lengthiness of the dispute , the demands of other policework , and the regularity of ‘ trouble ’ , the ‘ permanent ’ mobile reserve , the SPG , became a routine feature of the policing of Grunwick , and especially the confrontational aspects .
7 But there is a symbolic importance of the prominence of Mr. Flynn in Fianna Fáil .
8 There is no space to tell you of the depth of fellowship I am experiencing , of the great joy I have in teaching such folk , of all I am learning from these believers who have suffered so much , of the hardening opposition by the Orthodox Church , of the great work being done by the Baptists among Bulgarian orphans and of the plans for an orphanage , school and seminary .
9 The results — 66 per cent for the PLO , 33 per cent for Hamas and 1 per cent for Islamic Jihad — were regarded as an important signal of the depth of support for the PLO mainstream and its policy of negotiation with Israel .
10 The announcement came amid new indications of the depth of Latvia 's economic crisis .
11 For example , think of the depth of difference between Britain and Iran .
12 Only too conscious of the depth of passion simmering in him , and conscious too of her crumbling resistance and his vow that nothing would happen that she did n't initiate , she took a deep , shaky breath and got into the car , shutting the door firmly behind her .
13 It 's almost a confession — though that is perhaps not the right word — of the depth of feeling .
14 The trial of Sir Terence and the charges against Sir Joh were indicative of the depth of corruption associated with the National Party 's 30 years in office in Queensland which had ended with the party 's electoral defeat in 1989 .
15 Moreover we see both bomber forces gaining weight and flexing muscle ; Harris with his 100 bomber squadrons in sight ( but still painfully short of the Chief of Air Staff 's promised 3,500 aircraft ) , and the General commanding the Eighth Air Force in no better state , having to fight and fight hard to arrest the diversion of his build-up in aircraft to other theatres .
16 That is now the task of the Chief of Defence Staff and his Central Staff , who are responsible for formulating national military strategy , and for expressing it to the government of the day and within the Whitehall market-place .
17 The appointment on Feb. 26 of Col. Faustino Rico Toro as the new head of the Special Force for the Fight against Drug Trafficking ( FELCN ) sparked off a controversy within the country , which resulted in the eventual resignation of the Chief of Police and the Interior Minister .
18 The names and addresses of senior judges in the Irish Republic , together with a document which purports to come from the office of the Chief of Staff of the Irish Army , surfaced yesterday as the latest in the series of security leaks , writes David McKittrick .
19 Sections of the elite Presidential Guard led the army intervention , with the backing of the Chief of Staff , Gen. Jean-Marie Michel Mokoko , a close ally of President Sassou-Nguesso .
20 There are three N.F.P.A. Codes which specify the protection of the storage of goods in the United States of America .
21 " I 'm sick and tired of the pace of play on the Tour , " said the winner of this year 's Catalan Open .
22 Accusing the VPN leadership of " not defending the interests of Slovakia " , Meciar declared that the new formation would support a new constitution based on a formal state treaty between the two republics and a slowing of the pace of reforms to create a market economy .
23 Statements issued by the PLO during January were highly critical of the Baker plan and of the pace of peace negotiations in general .
24 For example , this month 's issue of Psychology Today contains the result of a study of the pace of life in 36 American cities .
25 I was in the Decoding Room briefly , as were all Hut 6 recruits , but was very glad not to remain there , as the operators were constantly having nervous breakdowns on account of the pace of work and the appalling noise .
26 Mr MacKay said that it was impossible to identify what skills workers in Wales would require by 2000 because of the pace of change .
27 Eric Wood 's stark appraisal of the pace of reform programmes came at York , where he became president of the 2,000-member National Association of Educational Inspectors , Advisers and Consultants .
28 They join the Queen at a service in Westminster Abbey to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Battle of El Alamein .
29 There is nothing to be said for propounding the philosophy of history if you do not know the date of the Battle of Waterloo .
30 In 1815 , the year of the Battle of Waterloo , John Caspar Spurzheim , a physician from the medical school at Vienna , visited London and Edinburgh to lecture on craniology , the study of the shape and size of the human skull .
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