Example sentences of "the [noun] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Borowski 's magnificent collection of ancient seals , figurines , ivories , mosaics and sarcophagi , spanning six millenia , is laid out chronologically , in one continuous trek specifically arranged by American designer Clifford LaFontaine to emphasise the inter-relationships of cultures and ideas . |
| 2 | Tenderly responsive to the self-deceptions of others , he was unfortunately too well able to understand his own . |
| 3 | As women are largely responsible for the emotional wellbeing of society , it is hardly surprising that the shop-talk of women is gossip . |
| 4 | Although this is not easy , because comparisons are often made upon data emerging from different initial observations as well as different responses , it does seem to provide an approach whereby the effects of learning can be discerned and differences between the judgments of experts and the inexperienced identified . |
| 5 | The principles of credit rating are immutable , they insist ; their credit opinions are never swayed by the judgments of others . |
| 6 | to protect persons other than persons at work against risks to health or safety arising out of or in connection with the activities of persons at work ; |
| 7 | ‘ protecting persons other than persons at work against risks to health or safety arising out of or in connection with the activities of persons at work ’ ; |
| 8 | Wilson dealt with the conflicts that arose in Orkney due to the activities of planners . |
| 9 | He might also , quite obviously , direct the activities of bishops throughout the Church , translate them and control them . |
| 10 | The value of professionality is that it focuses attention upon the activities of teachers in relation to pupils , each other and their organisations and it is thus a dynamic concept in opposition to the rather static ‘ characteristics ’ or ‘ descriptive ’ approach inherent in most studies of professionalism . |
| 11 | The belief that there is no real alternative is being challenged by the activities of teachers working in consultative/support roles and by an increasing body of research . |
| 12 | Anxiety over global environmental change has perhaps made us more aware of the converse idea : that the activities of microbes largely determine the state of the biosphere , and in particular the evolution of the Earth 's atmosphere . |
| 13 | He or she controls and co-ordinates the activities of committees and planning boards , oversees the working of academic departments and liaises with outside bodies . |
| 14 | For one of the easier semantic slides from ‘ free Zuwayi ’ was toward ‘ privileged Zuwayi ’ ( or Maghrabi ) : free Zuwaya , when they were able , would control the activities of others . |
| 15 | Managers in a surveying practice must therefore master the art of communication and use its every facet in organising , controlling and reviewing the activities of others . |
| 16 | Secondly , scientific and technological advances allowing exploitation and exploration of areas not previously susceptible to such activities , and the corresponding increased capacity to exhaust the world 's resources or to monopolise a market , mean that even those States that lack the resources to take advantage themselves are still directly concerned in the activities of others . |
| 17 | Thus those with the power to organize and coordinate the activities of others will have a higher social status than those they direct . |
| 18 | The right to organize and direct the activities of others is built into the role of leader-manager . |
| 19 | In addition to the activities of members on the floor of the House or in the parties , there has been an attempt to restore or increase the influence of the Commons by adopting new procedures , most of which involve the development of a new committee system . |
| 20 | The activities of Whips are a mystery to most people outside Parliament but it is known that they do occasionally cajole , threaten and even bully MPs who might not toe the party line . |
| 21 | When Jean de Venette , whose native village of that name had been destroyed by English troops , described the activities of armies , both regular and irregular , he condemned their excesses and bestowed his sympathy upon the victims . |
| 22 | It puts a whole new perspective on the study of the past , placing the lives of ordinary people at the centre , rather than the activities of monarchs and politicians . |
| 23 | It can be seen straight away that the Faculty has an enormous task merely trying to help members keep up-to-date with all these changes , to help them interpret some of the more obscure elements and , wherever possible , to pool their combined knowledge to match the tax authorities ' ability to pool their knowledge of the activities of taxpayers and their advisers . |
| 24 | The first , labelled urban managerialism , focuses on the activities of councillors , officers and pressures groups ; the second , labelled urban politics , focuses on the politics of consumption and , in one version at least , identifies a dual state in which the local state is principally concerned with consumption issues ; the third , which we can label the social relations approach , stresses the importance of locality and uneven development as the basis for local politics . |
| 25 | ‘ Political work ’ teams monitor the activities of monks and nuns . |
| 26 | The press of the Gold Coast also reflected and stimulated the activities of nationalists and of the burgeoning political parties . |
| 27 | The FO 's assessor will have a say in how the BAS spends its money and will report back to the Foreign secretary on how useful the BAS is as a political presence in the Antarctic and the south Atlantic , This move , which clearly follows from Britain 's determination to outface Argentina in the region , brings a new political backdrop to the activities of scientists in the Antarctic . |
| 28 | Again , the assumption has been that this took place in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries , because that is when documents mention the activities of lords and peasants in these areas . |
| 29 | Why should the government or industry consider funding the activities of scholars who are marginalized by their own professions ? |
| 30 | In Devon and Cornwall indeed there seems to have been a long tradition of piratical and privateering activity in addition to legitimate trade , which may well have laid the foundation for the activities of seamen from this part of the country in the Elizabethan age ( 63 , pp.159–60 ) . |