Example sentences of "of [noun sg] are [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All power , all profits , all our sources of livelihood are in their hands — but the one thing they leave behind will destroy them — the hatred of a million coolies ! |
| 2 | Today nearly half of all the vines grown in the white wine vineyards of Champagne are of the Pinot Meunier variety — a practicality only possible because of Pérignon . |
| 3 | None the less , observers of animal behaviour know that altruistic acts with differing degrees of self-sacrifice are of common occurrence , ranging from parental care to group defence and rescue behaviour to complex forms of co-operation . |
| 4 | Bills of exchange raise special transparency considerations , for it is a tenet of the law relating to such instruments that the terms of payment are to be found exclusively in the instrument itself , without reference to extraneous facts . |
| 5 | The 275 acres of pasture are of the best and surround the house on all sides , undulating towards distant hills — and to Dublin airport only half-an-hour away . |
| 6 | Other examples of discrimination are to be found in role titles such as foreman or tradesman widely used in business which imply the positions are normally ( and rightly ? ) filled by men . |
| 7 | Most accounts of the methods of inspection are by retired or practising HMIs , although those on the receiving end do describe the experience . |
| 8 | The two courses of defence are by contact and systemic fungicides , such as Maneb , Zineb , Dithane , Orthocide and others . |
| 9 | If this is true ( and it is not so far-fetched : if you carry on an intelligent argument with your readers in the columns of a newspaper , you can not expect them to believe that the responsibilities of self-government are beyond them ) , then it would seem a good example of propaganda having the opposite effect to that intended . |
| 10 | The parents of otaku are from the Sixties generation , very democratic and tolerant . |
| 11 | If you are importing , the cheapest and most straightforward methods of settlement are by international payments in currency or sterling , and Midland offers three options : Priority Payments , where speed of funds transfer is of paramount importance ; Mail Payments , where there is less urgency ; and Bankers Drafts , which are particularly appropriate for low priority , low value payments . |
| 12 | A number of types of index are in common use , and three of the most important are reviewed below . |
| 13 | Both these differences suggest the importance of a distinction which I shall come back to later : attitudes to the role of housewife are in principle not the same thing as feelings about housework . |
| 14 | Some reservations about this view have already been suggested , but it was acknowledged that elements of bargaining are by no means absent from the British scene . |
| 15 | We decided that the the otential the action potential of course are on Editor A look at control , we can look at single channel currents . |
| 16 | Er yes well that is so this did come through er very very late indeed er in the and the Parish Council of course are in the situation where they have to cover all eventualities and what er Mr is referring to is a suggestion of using a one O six agreement to protect as far as possible the local communities when the tip is erected . |
| 17 | These three hours of teaching are in turn supplemented by a further hour of lectures on the history of the Graeco-Roman world in New Testament times , on the theology of the New Testament , and on questions of date , authorship and purpose of the individual books of the New Testament . |
| 18 | Certainly , preventive strategies and modern medicine will tend to counteract negative selective forces and will maintain the frequency of the thrifty genotype in human populations , but , as Neel soberly pointed out , ‘ efforts to preserve the diabetes genotype through this transient period of plenty are in the interests of mankind , ’ for some time in the future we may again be glad to have it . |
| 19 | In subsequent sections of the Report it becomes increasingly evident that , with the single exception of literature , all of these sources of experience are to be considered as potentially corrupting . |
| 20 | For Hobbes , however , though such ‘ histories ’ or lengthy records of experience are of great prudential value and interest , the application of his ratiocinative method does not demand them . |
| 21 | As Herman points out , ‘ it is possible that the ‘ incentive ’ effects of different kinds of income may be overrated if the determinants of income are under management control and management can re-arrange them to achieve a predetermined result ’ . |
| 22 | A few of the earlier lambs may be sold fat off their mothers , but the main sources of income are from six-to eight-month-old beef calves , store lambs ( about six months old ) , four-year-old ewes which go down-country for cross-breeding and the wool clip . |
| 23 | Both kinds of implicature are of great interest . |
| 24 | " The terms of purchase are on your receipt , sir . " |
| 25 | As the young individuals of the Young Conservatives voice their ambitions and settle for so much less , so the operations of ideology are to be observed . |
| 26 | However , where large amounts of money are at stake , the manipulation can be more serious . |
| 27 | Apart from employment , the most serious implications of the policies of constraint are for housing . |
| 28 | Just as speeches by ministers made in association with the passage of an Act of Parliament are of little or no interest to a judge when he comes to interpret the law , so it is highly unlikely , though the matter has yet fully to be put to the test , that the Court of Justice will take much notice of intergovernmental pronouncements or agreements . |
| 29 | It is well known that many members of Parliament are among those who are deeply dissatisfied with Parliament 's ability to control the executive , or even to find out what it is doing . |
| 30 | He constantly ignored Bolingbroke 's maxim that Members of Parliament are like hounds that grow fond of the leader ‘ who shows them game and by whose halloo they are used to be encouraged . ’ |