Example sentences of "of the [n mass] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much of the £25,000 of equipment taken in the raid was recovered from the stolen car . |
| 2 | They felt themselves the most slighted of the folk of Ulthuan . |
| 3 | It could be argued that one of the reasons for the social division in the area might be the fact that those in charge of the paraphernalia of research did in a sense predefine conflict in this way . |
| 4 | In contrast the separation of the pair of lines of longitude shown diverging from the pole N in Fig. 3.7 does not vary linearly with the distance s measured from the pole . |
| 5 | Another way of looking at the process is to regard the member of the pair of particles that falls into the black hole — ; the antiparticle , say — as being really a particle that is traveling backward in time Thus , the antiparticle falling into the black hole can be regarded as a particle coming out of the black hole but traveling backward in time . |
| 6 | The simplest electronic flip-flop is a form of Set-Rest ( S-R ) bistable consisting of the pair of cross-coupled NOT gates shown in Fig. 2 . |
| 7 | One very small point of procedure is worth noting : at a first glance at this example there appears to be a redundancy of the indication pp , but on closer examination it is seen that it has never been used unnecessarily , for where it appears on the same line of the score in two successive bars the first of the pair of instruments whose parts are written on that line enters alone , and the second joins him in the next bar . |
| 8 | From physics : When a ray of light passes from one medium to another , it changes direction in such a way that the sine of the angle of incidence divided by the sine of the angle of refraction is a constant characteristic of the pair of media . |
| 9 | Three late additions for Sunday July 5 came in the form of the pair of NSE 's Class 50 's D400 and ‘ Sir Edward Elgar ’ , plus InterCity Class 47 ‘ Windsor Castle ’ . |
| 10 | A turbine , driving through bevel gears , has replaced one of the pair of iron breast shot wheels that formerly provided the power . |
| 11 | Here one of the pair of reaction primers is deliberately designed so that its 3' terminal residue lies precisely at the point mutation site . |
| 12 | When the Miller has finished telling his tale , Chaucer characterizes its contents once more , this time describing it as a " " nyce cas " " , " a foolish state of affairs " ( 3855 ) : an apparently neutral moral description which nonetheless contrasts significantly with the more clearly marked " " harlotrye " " that has formerly been used to label the contents of the pair of fabliaux we are now halfway through . |
| 13 | Focussing on one tiny segment of the statistics of abundance , let us examine corporation presidents and millionaires . |
| 14 | This was a skilful vulgarization of the statistics of Robbins and the persuasiveness of Crowther and Newsom . |
| 15 | Count Audebert had taken part in the rebellion of 1168 and had encouraged the revolt of the townspeople of La Souterraine in 1171 , but he had now decided to leave his native soil behind . |
| 16 | Many of the species of owl swallow their prey whole and so there is minimal breakage of postcranial elements . |
| 17 | The question is not so much with the identity of the species of animal found in the cave but how their bones came to be preserved in the cave in the first place . |
| 18 | Primula bulleyana , one of the species of candelabra primula with several whorls of flowers on each stem , revels in wet soil . |
| 19 | Unfortunately there are few certain identifications noted of the species of wood used . |
| 20 | The snowy owl inhabits the circum-polar tundra region , feeding on the most common rodent , which is usually one of the species of lemming ( see Table 2.3 and the Appendix for details of snowy owl biology ) . |
| 21 | Dominance is found in many of the species of primates that live in social groups . |
| 22 | In view of the £632,000 of bid costs announced with yesterday 's figures the company was quick to stress that it has no other hostile targets in its sights . |
| 23 | In the fight against " peaceful evolution " by " hostile forces at home and abroad " and against " bourgeois liberalization " , Jiang called for building a " great wall of steel " , and urged the study of the works of Lenin and Mao . |
| 24 | Or for a student studying literature not to grasp a wide range of ‘ readings ’ of the works of Jane Austen , for instance ( including Marxist , feminist and post-structuralist readings ) . |
| 25 | Among more modern works he owned Garrick 's copy of Drayton 's Polyolbion , a 1550 Piers Plowman , and the first edition of the works of Taylor , the Water Poet . |
| 26 | A virtual two hour medley of the works of ALAN PRICE spanning his stage , recording , film and TV career |
| 27 | In his collection of the works of contemporaries Scott 's policy was more erratic . |
| 28 | As we walked further upstream , the gills showed increasing evidence of the works of man and at Friars Hush and Bunton Hush the old levels , the tailings of spoil and the ruined buildings haunt the landscape . |
| 29 | It may loosely be judged to refer to at least some of the works of literature , art , philosophy , history and biography . |
| 30 | In England the criticism of continued military activity by John Wyclif , the opposition to war expressed by men of Lollard sympathies such as William Swynderby , the lassitude provoked by so many years of conflict , mirrored in some of the works of Geoffrey Chaucer and John Gower , are indicative both of people 's reflection regarding the morality of war and the ways in which it was being fought , and of the apparent futility of allowing it to continue along its present drift , no real advantage accruing to either side in spite of the great cost , both human and financial , to all . |