Example sentences of "of the [adj] [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 If the Piper Alpha disaster or one of the horrific plane crashes are coming to mind , think again .
2 Guy quickly evened the score by removing , through stealth , one Dave Shannon from the PFF Training Unit at Warboys , to become one of the outstanding Dam Busters .
3 Lenihan , one of the outstanding lineout players in the Five Nations Championship , was a member of Lions ' touring parties in 1983 and 1989 without ever making a Test appearance .
4 Lenihan , one of the outstanding line-out players in the Five Nations during the 80s , was a member of two Lions touring parties without making a Test appearance .
5 MAI was also released from its guarantee of the outstanding bank loans of MAI Deutschland , its former German subsidiary , which was about $8m as of March 15 .
6 The equity method is generally used for a holding of 20-50% of the outstanding voting shares ( that is , shares which have been issued and which are currently held by shareholders ) because it is assumed , on the basis of this level of ownership , that an investor has the ability to exert significant influence in the affairs of the company .
7 This is almost always a parent-subsidiary relationship where one company ( the parent ) owns more than 50% of the outstanding voting shares of another company ( the subsidiary ) .
8 The efflorescence of rock 'n' roll , and of the 1960s rock movements , took place against the background of a new social-historical phase , that of the ‘ long boom ’ , ‘ welfare capitalism ’ and an ideology of liberal tolerance .
9 The amount capitalised is the present value of the minimum lease payments payable over the term of the lease .
10 The amount capitalised is the present value of the minimum lease payments payable over the term of the lease .
11 The amount capitalised is the present value of the minimum lease payments payable over the term of the lease .
12 of the poll tax — for a family of two adults and two primary school children who use the cheapest form of fuel and do not ’ waste ’ their income through smoking and drinking , constituted two thirds of the minimum sum experts have identified as sufficient to meet their living requirements .
13 The Admissions Committee regrets that it can not consider SCOTEC , SCOTBEC and other National Certificates and Diplomas , nor nursing qualifications nor Open University credits as alternatives for all or part of the Minimum Entrance Requirements .
14 On a political level , these schemes help to maintain the status quo , because they satisfy some of the minimum housing needs of the poor and so reduce pressure for radical reforms .
15 As a result of this , if one cell falls into shadow , the current of the overall panel drops .
16 All core skills will be certificated on the Record of Education and Training , as well as a statement of the overall core skills ‘ profile ’ achieved by candidates .
17 One view of the overall employment implications of new technology is that it is bringing about the collapse of work .
18 Since almost half of the untried prison population ( 44 per cent ) consists of defendants committed for trial at the Crown Court , it can be seen that the committals explosion is the central contributor to the growing remand problem , which in turn is a major cause of the overall prison numbers crisis .
19 ‘ And the Deeds of Rogal Dorn thereafter compose an entire hagiography , which we will now start to consider in detail — commencing with our Primarch 's role in the expulsion of the renegade Iron Warriors from the Human Imperium into the forbidden zone known as the Eye of Chaos , a region about which we speak softly if at all … ’
20 We made it clear that in our views , the Western capitalist countries and their allies are not so much concerned over the ‘ liberation of Kuwait ’ as they are over maintaining their monopoly over the oil and money of the Arab Gulf countries .
21 The analyses of the multiple choice versions suggest strongly that many pupils were guessing and it is only the non-multiple choice versions which are reported here .
22 A basic modification was incorporated into the system to allow for the processing of the multiple candidate words present in the input lattice .
23 The magazine claimed that in 37pc of the multiple travel agents visited researchers were spontaneously offered only holidays from the linked company , with no other choice .
24 The magazine claimed that in 37pc of the multiple travel agents visited researchers were spontaneously offered only holidays from the linked company , with no other choice .
25 Naylor ( 1986 ) also gives an example of a tangible link between SBUs when he cites the interdependence of the multiple car lines at General Motors , where a change in the demand for one line may well be reflected in another .
26 Alternatively , you can select one of the iron-on transfer designs — these can be used on most fabrics .
27 He was page of honour to George II ; from January 1760 cornet of the Royal Horse Guards ; from March 1762 captain of the 58th Foot ( a nominal appointment , this regiment then being in America ) ; then , from August of that year , lieutenant and captain of the 1st Foot Guards ( Grenadiers ) .
28 All surviving ticket numbers of the 1st class singles suggest that few were sold .
29 We have one of the lowest standard pensions for a for an O A P in the whole of western Europe .
30 The South Coast Air Quality Management District ( AQMD ) , a powerful independent regulatory body in the US State of California , has devised what it describes as a " revolutionary programme " for reducing air pollution in the Los Angeles area , which has one of the lowest air qualities in the industrialized world .
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