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

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1 I was so impressed with the variation of colours of these fish that I recently ordered and received another six different species .
2 Adjectives like big and small are gradually restricted with the addition of pairs like tall and short for vertical extent , or long and short for horizontal extent ( Donaldson and Wales , 1979 ) .
3 This sector continues to be dominated by a largely white farming community , with the addition of members of the new black elite .
4 Many horses with these conditions are successfully treated with the addition of electrolytes .
5 Well the first few levels are just to get you used to the game , but , the other 100 levels will test you to your limit with the addition of elevators , boiling acid , lasers , lava acid and anti-grav .
6 With the addition of legumes and appropriate management , it is alleged that pasture productivity can be maintained but the grasslands are quickly invaded by inedible weeds such that by 1978 , 20% of the pasture area in Amazonia was degraded .
7 Its basic ingredients are flour and water , sometimes with the addition of eggs or oil , occasionally with spinach , tomato or colourings .
8 Technique becomes expression and , with the addition of props such as paper crowns , masks and banners , relatives , friends and their babies are transformed into hierarchical beings .
9 It is certainly a more pleasant environment without cars and will be further improved with the addition of trees and benches .
10 The statute book began to expand , with the addition of measures of social reform .
11 There was an equal sex distribution in the study group , with the majority of tumours ( in both sexes ) being located distally , in the rectum ( 35% ) or sigmoid colon ( 30% ) .
12 The Council of Mortgage Lenders , in line with the majority of respondents in the ‘ other ’ category , supported the maintenance of the status quo as expressed in the question .
13 In smaller businesses , job reviews may only take place when the time comes to decide on salary increases and there might be little consultation with the majority of members of staff .
14 With no editors and only a handful of high-profile journalists opposing the conflict , and with the majority of newspapers baying for Iraqi blood , Fleet Street could hardly be more acquiescent .
15 The position thus reached brought English practice into line with the majority of decisions in other Commonwealth jurisdictions .
16 The incubation period for primary syphilis is between one and twelve weeks , with the majority of cases showing evidence of infection at two to four weeks .
17 Obviously it may be too early to answer some of these questions fully , but the fact that I , in common with the majority of arts teachers working in secondary schools in this country , have been grappling with the very difficult process of assessing , marking and moderating the work of the first batch of pupils to take the GCSE examination will , I believe , give added force to some of the things I intend to say .
18 Medium-sized funds may have a small proportion invested in managed funds , with the majority of assets in its direct control , large pension funds are likely to have totally direct control , whilst smaller funds may simply invest in a range of managed policies .
19 Exceptionally well-appointed hotels offering a high standard of comfort and service with the majority of bedrooms providing private bathrooms/showers .
20 It is often argued that the costs of regulation are front-end loaded , with the majority of costs being met with the startup of the SROs , subsequent running costs being minimal compared with the turnover of most financial institutions .
21 An interim report of the team suggests a reasonable degree of satisfaction with the new services with the majority of clients and carers viewing them as helpful .
22 With an average staffing enhancement in Phase 3 schools of 0.9 , and with the majority of appointments made at MPG level , many such teachers found the developmental aspects of their job specifications constantly subverted by the need to cover for colleagues .
23 The first example describes , and because it does not comment , appears to legitimise the hierarchical organisation of labour in offices , with the majority of workers on lower pay than the minority .
24 From my own observation the majority of thirty four per cent is heavy traffic we have the additional problem that the shops in Saint Mary 's Street , with the majority of shops in Saint Mary 's Street , that is the main street , have no rear accesses .
25 Hitachi Data Systems Ltd is having to cut its costs in face of a very tough mainframe market , and following the lay-off off 90 employees at its Santa Clara headquarters and 15 at the big Canadian operation earlier this month , it is paring its European workforce of 860 by 5% , with the majority of jobs going at its Sefton Park , Stoke Poges , Buckinghamshire base in the UK .
26 Frederick II in Prussia set up in 1747 a " séminaire d'ambassadeurs " where twelve young " hommes de condition " were to study , with the title of counsellors of legation , under the supervision of high-ranking officials .
27 One of the most noteworthy outcomes of the James Committee Report of 1972 on teacher education was , in fact , the central involvement of the CNAA with the validation of courses of teacher education , with the new Diploma of Higher Education , and with the diversification of the colleges of education .
28 Thus , science must begin with myths , and with the criticism of myths ; neither with the collection of observations , nor with the invention of experiments , but with the critical discussion of myths , and of magical techniques and practices .
29 With the invention of things like the spinning wheel , spinning jenny , the spinning mule , erm mechanized weaving , the Jacquard loom which wove patterns , all these helped the manufacture of cotton , the manufacture , the manu , the spinning and weaving of cloth .
30 As expected , peeking rates do increase with the proportion of females in the flock ( Figure 2 ) .
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