Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [vb pp] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There 's a lot of play involved but the games all have an underlying aim ; survival , safety and getting some movement going . ’ |
| 2 | More than 13,000 people turned up to watch , which is 10,000 more than the standard of play merited and the stadium had all the atmosphere of a crypt — a sad pass for a fixture which used to crackle with excitement and produce play of fire and skill . |
| 3 | The quantity of nuclease used and the incubation times were chosen such that most of the DNA was digested in the absence of NCp7 . |
| 4 | When the arm spines are cleaned in bleach the smaller ones are seen to be thin and only slightly rugose with the area of attachment reinforced while the larger spine has an almost smooth shaft with a multipointed head . |
| 5 | But a gulf in perception will have to be bridged , leaps of faith made and a deal struck . |
| 6 | It is of course acknowledged that the new TransAction scheme ( or the National Protocol as it is more commonly known ) does not apply to commercial transactions , or indeed to transactions involving building or farmland . |
| 7 | The technique is of course patented and the trade mark ‘ Hot-Dog ’ is being sought . |
| 8 | It was of course appreciated that the public at large was in favour of retaining the death penalty and that its abolition would be likely to lose votes for the Labour Party . |
| 9 | The ability of clients and the motivation of contractors to control costs during construction varies according to the type of contract used and the apportionment of risk and responsibility . |
| 10 | It stamps on the envelope ( or on an adhesive strip ) the amount of postage required and the date cancellation mark . |
| 11 | Termination of the authority does not affect the subsequent completion of contracts of purchase made before the authority expired provided the resolution permits this ( s166(5) ) . |
| 12 | In such cases the judge can not simply replace an amount of money lost or an asset having an ascertainable money value with an equivalent amount of money . |
| 13 | However , the quality of the service for the amount of money allocated and the outcome of the treatment are critical for the people of this country . |
| 14 | Now the grey dew had gone from the grass , pats of dung steamed where the cattle had been standing , and Cameron , in his shirt-sleeves with a cloth tying back his long black hair , was supervising the winching up of timbers for the roof . |
| 15 | The basic limitation period is three years from the date on which the cause of action accrued or the date of knowledge ( if later ) of the person injured . |
| 16 | The timing of the scheme may depend upon the size of the sales force , the immediacy of action required and the nature of the objectives to be achieved . |
| 17 | A second approach would be to attempt to rank the offences by reference to the degree of harm caused and the degree of fault in the person causing it . |
| 18 | You 'd make arrangements beforehand , perhaps with the station-keeper , who would say to call down and he 'd have a cup of tea made when the sergeant was out . |
| 19 | For most motors the static torque/rotor position characteristic exhibits a rapidly diminishing return in terms of torque produced as the phase current approaches its rated value [ see Fig. 3.1(a) ] , indicating that magnetic saturation or the stator and rotor teeth occurs at the higher currents . |
| 20 | How might criminal statistics ( including both the extent of crime recorded and the character or type of crime ) be influenced by the operation of the police rather than the amount of actual criminal behaviour ? |
| 21 | The number of days of practice needed before the patient has the courage to try and translate the visualization into action varies considerably , not only from one individual to another but even as regards the different stages of a person 's treatment . |
| 22 | The heady climate of experiment evaporated and a ‘ back to basics ’ approach became the dominant theme . |
| 23 | Estimating the prevalence of such conditions within the population is , however , problematic as this depends both upon the methods of study used and the threshold used to define disability . |
| 24 | I would advise anyone taking up such offers to work out the amount of fabric required and the normal retail price of curtain tape and hooks in advance as a way of calculating whether or not the cost is fair . |
| 25 | Several researchers in psychosomatic medicine have reported cases where attacks of urticaria ended when the patient wept and returned when weeping was repressed . |
| 26 | The modern historian can use works of reference written after the lessons of scholarship had been learned and while respect for accurate learning was at its height . |
| 27 | The last dull memory of winter faded and the hedges were a mass of silvery catkins of the pussy willow , while amongst them flourished cuckoo-flowers and Jack-by-the-hedge , attracting the early orange-tip butterflies . |
| 28 | It may also be true that ‘ ease of use ’ can influence the quality of work done and the effectiveness of a GIS as a decision support system . |
| 29 | The search for characteristics which are common to all services has floundered and attempts to treat the services as a homogeneous group have been plagued by the differences between services , in the kinds of labour involved , the type of work performed and the nature of the product . |
| 30 | The reason why the Court found there was a right of access within Article 6(1) — that the rule of law required that the authorities ought not to be able to stand between individuals and tribunals — applies with equal force to a right to a judgment — that the authorities , including the courts themselves , ought not to be able to refuse litigants before them their judgments . |