Example sentences of "of the [noun] [prep] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're talking about in excess of twenty thousand vehicles so you 've still got erm a considerable proportion , somewhere of the order of at least two thirds , which |
| 2 | It 's er it 's not so necessary probably er as where at times I 've given talks in various parts of the country on on this area . |
| 3 | She talked of the spectre of Pre Menstrual Tension and how it blighted her life . |
| 4 | In all contempt cases , justice requires the court to take account of the interests of at least three categories of person , namely , ( a ) the contemnor , ( b ) the ‘ victim ’ of the contempt and ( c ) other users of the court for whom the maintenance of the authority of the court is of supreme importance . |
| 5 | They spread there from the area of the Aegean at about the same time as the Israelite tribes themselves moved into the land from the east . |
| 6 | So you think that resources ought to be allocated on the basis of need of particularly populations , and an analysis of the spread of within the age groups , rather than on just on a sort of so much per head uniform way . |
| 7 | It had been , as the headmaster pointed out to Robert , a desperate scramble to get any of the punters in at all . |
| 8 | Yes Chairman , the figure of a hundred thousand as we said did , was erm a figure quoted on by account chief 's executive of the purchasing consortium erm , that was spoken at a public meeting held here in Harlow last week erm the issue of the the transport around the area erm , was accepted by the the chief executive of the health authority erm or of that of the consortium erm , and the and the view that it would be much more difficult with the lack of public transport to get to the more relo , remote areas of Essex the the reason that the erm reduced use of London was put into this report was also erm , clearly stated by the chief executive , i it 's their clear aim to provide more of , to purchase more of the services from within the north Essex area , and that was stated in a major part of the conta , of of their erm achievements and that automatically means a reduced amount of choice for those people who would otherwise for , to London . |
| 9 | To represent a happening as unforeseeable , however — and herein lies the explanation for the use of the infinitive with to — one must necessarily evoke a position before its occurrence : the stretch of time leading up to it must be evoked as containing no prior indication that it was going to occur . |
| 10 | As Douglas and Ramsay stationed their people about one hundred yards out from the gateway , peering to see if the drawbridge was indeed down , they were startled by two figures who materialised out of the gloom from behind a low wall of the forecourt — and were almost leapt upon there and then . |
| 11 | For successful students who possess at least two years ' relevant experience and have been members of the Institute for at least two years , the Banking Certificate leads to a qualification in its own right — the Cert . |
| 12 | This fixes the temperature of the matrix to between 4K and 20K . |
| 13 | Graham argued that all this is indicative of a person who has n't grown , fully grown out of his childhood worries , problems , especially the er , he has n't actually dealt with the true feelings that he had towards his father , and who instead chose to vent his rage on others and political career , which resulted in Wilson being , er well , losing some of his rationality , which led to his poor performance in er negotiating and gaining acceptance of the Treaty of after World War One . |
| 14 | In particular , since oscillation is avoided if the phase shift is less than at the frequency at which falls to unity , it follows that a negative-feedback amplifier involving just first-order networks is stable if the slope of the plot of versus is less than 12dB per octave as the condition is approached . |
| 15 | There is only what from our side is neither predictable nor controllable — the coming of the Word from beyond which opens and displays to us the overwhelming advent of God as he makes himself known in the ‘ eternal moment ’ . |
| 16 | The broad white scar against the deeply tanned skin was visible for all to see , running down the full length of the back from between the shoulder-blades . |
| 17 | One of the grown-ups from along the street noticed the brooch and said to Gloria , ‘ You 're in luck ! |
| 18 | The Member States may indeed decide that the employee 's contract shall simply continue with the transferor , but they may equally decide that the employee 's refusal to transfer shall be regarded as a termination of the contract by the employer or , even , that the refusal to transfer is to be treated as a determination of the contract of by the employee ( point 36 ) . |
| 19 | Preliminary government estimates put the cost of the damage at around US$400,000,000 , but other estimates were as high as US$2,000 million . |
| 20 | But it all counts at the end of the day in in calculating your pension and lump sum . |
| 21 | He warbled on about watching Match Of The Day from behind the sofa that night — now is that the sort of talk we want coming from the captain of Leeds United AFC ? |
| 22 | ( That figure , though , depends as much on the future price of oil and the level of the dollar as on the price of credit alone . ) |
| 23 | B. In the Vale of York the melting of the ice front was equal to the slow forward movement of the ice from behind the front , for a period of many centuries . |
| 24 | Applications for Associateship should be supported by two Fellows of the association who have knowledge of the candidate for at least two years immediately preceding the application . |
| 25 | The first anniversary of the massacre of at least 50 East Timorese civilians at Dili 's Santa Cruz cemetery on Nov. 12 , 1991 [ see pp. 38579-80 ] , took place without incident . |
| 26 | And has , I almost , I came out of the station from from I almost spent all my money in my handbag in that place , already , you know ? |
| 27 | It is just a matter of lightly pushing the point of the hook into the skin of the boilie by about one eighth of an inch . |
| 28 | Care proceedings must be commenced in the family proceedings court unless they arise from a s37 investigation made in the course of family proceedings in a High Court or county court or there are other proceedings under Parts IV or V of the Act pending in the higher courts ( APO , art 3 ) . |
| 29 | But " goods " are defined by section 61(1) of the Act as including : all personal chattels other than things in action and money . |
| 30 | Erm simply to remind you of the position of of Selby District in in that our interest in a new settlement emerged out of concern for the quality of life in existing villages in in Selby district , and concerns for the impact of future peripheral development in those villages , and not just peripheral development on the edge of York , although of course we acknowledge that as an important consideration and it is for that reason that we fully supported the County Council 's proposals in relation to greenbelt , erm you asked the question earlier in relation to the P P G advice and and the six criteria , erm in fact I 've already rehearsed that argument in my submission so I wo n't repeat it now , erm the fact that you chose to phrase the question that way I 'll take as a good omen as to the way I presented my submission , but it it it 's there for you to read again , the the the main point that I want to address is something that was raised by Mr Wincup yesterday , and that was the difference or not as between Selby district and Hambledon district , er M Mr Jewitt 's made reference earlier to his opposition to the new settlement , and in doing so he he he mentioned the settlement pattern in Hambledon district , he 'll correct me if I 'm wrong , but one of small dispersed villages , well in Selby district we do have villages of that nature , but the Northern part of of Selby district is significantly deferent to Hambledon , it 's characterized by much larger villages , and in fact the establishment of a new settlement would n't conflict with with the settlement pattern at all . |