Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The difficulties the administration encountered in enforcing the collection of taxes made it impossible for it to maintain a flow of funds to the king in Flanders , and Edward was now suffering the severest financial embarrassment . |
| 2 | ‘ We believe the efforts of states to force their will upon nations ( whether within or without the state 's frontiers ) are the essential causes of almost every conflict and war in the world , ’ it declares . |
| 3 | In the longer term the problems arose from a combination of factors including the economic recession ( which had badly affected the revenues from corporate , property and sales taxes which provided the bulk of state incomes ) , the legal obligation of states to balance their budgets , the recent trend of the Reagan and Bush administrations to transfer financial obligations from central to local government , and a rapid escalation in the demands on welfare and prison programmes . |
| 4 | The Ministers resolved to oppose any unilateral bans on the import of tropical timber , and declared the sovereign right of states to develop their own natural resources . |
| 5 | Many writers in this issue and many community health workers in general would readily admit the importance of the political setting of health care and the importance of the political will of states to encourage/allow their citizens some measure of control over their health , another constant factor in this question of control . |
| 6 | Handful of states decide who will be next President |
| 7 | What inversion of values makes us to look upon such aberrations as though they were a reflection of natural laws ? |
| 8 | If , however , the Chancellor was hoping for a variety of opinions to give him maximum freedom of manoeuvre in next month 's Budget , he will be only too happy with the report . |
| 9 | ‘ A couple of adjectives to describe him ? ’ |
| 10 | The author of Acts identifies himself as a man named Luke , and modern scholars concur that he is identical with the author of Luke 's Gospel . |
| 11 | A series of Acts followed which strengthened the powers of magistrates . |
| 12 | We have resisted the temptation to link up with any beauty product firm simply because we want our panel of experts to give you nothing but honest , impartial and wholly unbiased advice . |
| 13 | ( 4 ) The British Academy of Experts has its own list of members who hold themselves out as being experts in particular fields and available for compiling reports . |
| 14 | Now , centuries later , it had decided to invite a number of experts to advise it on cosmology . |
| 15 | So there 's lots of reasons to blow you out . |
| 16 | The Booksellers Association has a new publication , Directory of Book Trade Sidelines and Services , aimed at helping booksellers in the day-to-day running of their businesses and in finding suppliers of products to complement their books stock . |
| 17 | Shipments of products meeting their standards are expected in the first half of 1994 . |
| 18 | This chapter has been concerned with outlining the principal methods by which suppliers of products bring their goods and services to the attention of their markets , with the object of increasing their sales or market share , or both . |
| 19 | There 's plenty of products to help you beat the leaks and protect your outdoor gear |
| 20 | The Coralife range from Energy Savers Unlimited , of California , includes a selection of products to keep your marine or freshwater fish , plants and inverts in good health . |
| 21 | A good cut will remove the need for lots of products to keep your hair in shape . |
| 22 | Which type of products do you use ? |
| 23 | And the Vevay range of products covers everything — rich creamy cleansers and moisturisers , up-to-the-minute fashion shades for eyes , lips — and hair care , too . |
| 24 | Whilst one objective is to reduce to an absolute minimum the range of products held there is a point at which rationalisation leads to a loss of efficiency and results in increased , rather than reduced , costs . |
| 25 | The lack of coins deprives us of the evidence to form any assessment of their dynastic histories or tribal boundaries . |
| 26 | What sort of molecules have you been discovering ? |
| 27 | This is a process which may take a number of reruns to achieve what we would consider to be a satisfactory outcome . |
| 28 | Grotesque bunches of fingers waggled their shadows against the wall near her face , the ceiling peeled back like a tin lid . |
| 29 | Schools of beginners spend lots of time in the water at first , but who cares when it 's warm ? |
| 30 | Has there been a connection between the appearance of these outstanding pictures for auction and the possibility of government legislation to introduce listing of masterpieces to check their export from the U.K. ? |