Example sentences of "of [noun pl] of [noun] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Take any set S , and let X be the set of finite subsets of S ; so a point in X is a finite set { s , s , s , … s } of elements of S. The number of elements in x is sometimes written |x| |
| 5 | To deal with such difficulties and unnecessary travel of pieces of paper the Bank of England announced in November 1988 that it would set up a Central Money Markets Office ( CMO ) to develop a book entry transfer system to enable money market instrument paper to be ‘ immobilised ’ and eventually be ‘ dematerialised ’ . |
| 6 | Among these were a number of scions of William the Conqueror 's knights whose descendants were to wield great influence in Scotland 's tumultuous history : Bernard de Bailleul ( later Balliol ) ; Robert de Brus ( Bruce or ‘ the Bruce ’ ) ; and Walter FitzAlan , who became hereditary Steward of Scotland , a title leading ultimately to the name and royal family of Stewart . |
| 7 | In terms of numbers of banks the USA is the most heavily represented country , but in terms of market share the Japanese now account for nearly one-third of the market . |
| 8 | There are a number of points of view the executive want to put and I 'll be calling Paul at the end of that debate . |
| 9 | In the Admissibility of Hearings of Petitioners the International Court of Justice advised that oral hearings before the Committee for South West Africa could be granted to inhabitants of the territory to further the development of the international institution , and to render effective the General Assembly 's supervisory role . |