Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [pron] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The primary aim of the Convention is not to set up machinery for the chastisement of states which infringe human rights . |
| 2 | It is here that the goal of developing a different vision , for locating a different set of values , becomes pre-eminent — because with that different vision , with a determination to create a new set of values which recognises intrinsic value in all living creatures , we can properly inform and inspire a programme that works , albeit a gradualist one ! |
| 3 | Technological innovation is the source of many manufacturing processes which produce harmful pollutants , of products which cause great harm in themselves and of processes which permit immense powers of control by governments over individuals . |
| 4 | We have identified a number of products which have tradeable potential , such as publications , image databases , herbarium microfilm , and CD-ROMs . |
| 5 | Furthermore , an instruction set could provide an arbitrary collection of operations which seem likely to be convenient , or we can attempt to group the operations and provide some structure in the set of instructions provided ; the instruction set of the Pegasus ( Elliott , Owen , Devonald , and Maudsley 1956 ) is a good example of the latter . |
| 6 | The 5% of requests which remained unsatisfied were investigated , and the reasons noted . |
| 7 | For a couple of minutes they made sickbed small talk while Maxim tried to decide just how Blagg was . |
| 8 | Another possibility is that the noun descriptions suggest a particular set of activities which become dominant in addressing schemas for interpretation . |
| 9 | Since the end of the Second World War , state institutions have extended their influence over a whole range of activities which touch individual lives . |
| 10 | Where it is not clear whether a particular rulemaking power authorises the making of rules which modify fiduciary duties , there are four possible outcomes . |
| 11 | To put this more concretely : scientists try to enforce a set of rules which place strict limits on the entry of the outside world into their realm . |
| 12 | There are a number of birds which have long legs , long necks , and possibly long or specially shaped bills . |
| 13 | Thus geometries would be classified by groups of transformations which left certain geometrical aspects invariant . |
| 14 | Funny little things like the way he could find a mental case to confess to every gangland killing , and the number of prisoners who had sudden heart attacks while he was questioning them . |
| 15 | The handling of cases which involve short or fixed term contracts requires clarification . |
| 16 | Members of groups which have frequent time limits express significantly less pride in their work … |
| 17 | Political decisions emerge from the interaction of groups who have conflicting objectives as well as mutually advantageous bargains to make with each other . |
| 18 | The closer the number of times we felt cold came to equalling the number of times we felt warm , the more inclined we would be to think of the words ‘ warm ’ and ‘ cold ’ as applying to the sensation only indirectly . |
| 19 | A couple of times we had big branch and stuff . |
| 20 | The same eighteen percent of mines which has deep cut has sixty three percent of all frictional ignitions . |
| 21 | That a deep-seated and all-embracing blood taboo unquestionably lay at the heart of so much of Jewish belief and ritual practice is clearly evidenced by the later ( Christian ) book of Hebrews which saw fit to characterize Judaism specifically as a covenant of blood , sanctified , purified and redeemed by the blood of cultic sacrifice : |
| 22 | This is almost an inversion of the procedure examined below in the case of similes which introduce underlexicalised terms used with special meanings in the fiction . |
| 23 | Students are encouraged to take an individual pathway through the course , encountering a range of disciplines which stimulate self-realisation and expression of ideas through a wide range of media . |
| 24 | A linguistic " continuum " must ex hypothesi reflect a social continuum of speakers who have differential access to the " top " and " bottom " varieties . |
| 25 | To this third set of pictures he added appropriate disapproving comments and cut them into the action . |
| 26 | There is no magic in the process of economic and social development of nations which enables instant transformation . |
| 27 | Examples of this kind of manipulation are discernible throughout recorded history and occur at all levels of control , from the actions of the relatively insignificant leaders of quite small groups formed for almost any reason , religious or otherwise , to the governments of nations who become powerful enough to dominate the world . |
| 28 | First , one begins to question the need for frequent rote regurgitation of words which lack intrinsic interest . |
| 29 | Other dictionaries contain lists of words which have special meanings in literary criticism , such as The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics or A Handlist of Rhetorical Terms . |
| 30 | Another pair of defectors who caused endless headaches were the Petrovs who changed sides amidst bizarre publicity in Australia in 1954 . |