Example sentences of "of [noun] [be] [det] " in BNC.

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1 Bath , Bristol , Stratford-upon-Avon , Oxford and the Forest of Dean are all easily reached for day trips .
2 ( This presupposes the British system , where seniority and higher salary depend upon promotion to such leadership positions ; in some schools in the USA , on the contrary , the system of rewards is such that there is less incentive to a fine teacher to seek , or , accept what we would call " promotion " . )
3 The dual role of rewards is another important aspect of using BM .
4 The definition of p is such that the averaged expectation value of any quantum operator Q is given by As a quantum-mechanical operator , p obeys the Heisenberg equation of motion A major advantage of the density-matrix formulation is that it is easy to augment this equation by terms representing the interactions not accounted for in H. In the cases of interest , these can be represented by simple excitation and decay terms .
5 If P and Q are processes , we will write unc ( Q is more deterministic than P ) if the semantic value of P is less than that of Q for all environments with unbounded sets of free locations and channels , and states where unused locations are mapped to error .
6 Notwithstanding the unbridled optimism of many such visions , it can not be denied that one source of the modern idea of progress was this millenarian theology of puritan reformers anxious to transform the world in readiness for Christ 's second
7 His scale of values was that of few men , and it is hard to point to any of his successors who carried on his work .
8 The pace of change is such that internal information systems ( for example for finance , staff and related issues ) are often providing data for an organisation that no longer exists .
9 But the most convincing demonstration of the spread of change is that support was withdrawn from Mr Livingstone in every part of the country except London .
10 Perhaps one of the most important groups for the stimulation of change is that which falls between these two poles : those teachers who I would see as belonging to the 25 to 35 year-old age group , or perhaps those who have not been teaching for more than six , or less than three , years .
11 Causes of change are many — the government , the unions , OPEC , the Argentines , company mergers , new brooms , technological change , recession , unemployment , legislation , EEC — you name it , you 've experienced it in the last few years .
12 The speed of change was such that it had become difficult to keep up with developments of which perhaps ‘ we have not yet seen the end ’ .
13 This did not at first include the canon of the Mass , but the momentum of change was such in the early post-conciliar period — moreover , the absurdity of retaining an isolated island of Latin was so obvious — that this quickly followed .
14 So it seems to me that what Williamson has shown in one particular case is clear evidence of punctuation , but no reasons at all that I can see for supposing that the mechanism of change was any other which Darwin described over a hundred years ago .
15 What kind of trick is this ? ’
16 The essence , of course , of WFP is that competition should exist between providers .
17 exceed all the others in Europe for wholesome produce and a variety of Herbs are those at the Neat-Houses near Tuttle-fields , Westminster , which abound in Salads , early Cucumbers , Colliflowers , Melons , Winter Asparagus and almost every Herb fitting the Table ; and I think there is no where so good a school for a Kitchen Gardener as this place : tho' Battersea affords the largest natural Asparagus and the earliest Cabbages .
18 He furnished much of the office from his own resources although his annual salary of £250 was some 20% below the WEA 's nationally recommended minimum for District Secretaries — a reflection yet again of the District 's precarious financial position , then in deficit in excess of £100 .
19 Close to the centre of Kitzbühel is this four-star hotel that prides itself on maintaining high standards .
20 The essence of prayer is this : is our relationship with God characterized by the words of the psalm : ‘ My soul , find rest in God alone ’ ?
21 The key skills of interviewers are all included in different sections of this book .
22 ‘ What sort of building is this ? ’ he asked eventually .
23 There is little evidence that a woman 's chance of advancement is any worse in the TNCs than in domestic industry .
24 The second example of inspection is that carried out by local authority inspectors .
25 Among my areas of responsibility was that of the application of AI techniques to aircraft maintenance .
26 Of March is that ?
27 For , let's face it folks , fun is not what the House of Windsor is all about .
28 Before the mid-twenties it is difficult to obtain reliable information on a person 's priorities because the period of adolescence is all about sorting out parental peer group and personal goals .
29 Another feature of Plowden was that expenditure had to be presented by function ( i.e. by programme , so that social and political priorities could be debated ) , by type of expenditure ( current and capital ) , and by relevant spending authority ( central/local government ) .
30 Secondary qualities of objects are those arrangements of its corpuscles which cause certain ideas in us as sentient beings .
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