Which preposition to use with formation

of Occurrences 1288%

He was more of a soldier than a statesmanhad contributed very successfully to the formation of "United Italy" and the suppression of the Pope's temporal power, and was naturally not exactly persona grata to the Catholics in France.

in Occurrences 37%

"If these germs do not develop and take shape as independent formations in each individual, they at least teach how to understand and to recognise those of other people.

on Occurrences 14%

On her bookshelf stood her few choice books; the last she read were, The Earth's Formation on Dynamical Principles, by A.J. Ritchie, Goodwin's Works, The Life and Letters of Rev. W. Pennefather, The Upward Gaze by her friend Agnes Giberne, and books by Rev. G. Everard.

to Occurrences 11%

The PROTOZOA.The Protozoa are represented throughout the whole range of geological series, from the Lower Silurian formation to the present day.

for Occurrences 11%

There was no time for further thought, for it was within two or three minutes for the first formation for morning recitations.

as Occurrences 10%

Mixed with the Diatoms there were a few small Globigerinoe, some of the tests and spicules of Radiolarians, and some sand particles; but these foreign bodies were in too small proportion to affect the formation as consisting practically of Diatoms alone.

from Occurrences 8%

It was necessary almost every day to withdraw certain formations from the front and send them back a considerable distance to water, replacing them by other troops coming from a well centre.

at Occurrences 4%

He penetrated through the plains that were supposed to occupy the central portion of the horseshoe formation at that time associated in the public opinion with Lake Torrens.

with Occurrences 4%

"It is impossible to avoid associating such a formation with the fine, smooth, homogeneous clays and schists, poor in fossils, but showing worm- tubes and tracks, and bunches of doubtful branching things, such as Oldhamia, silicious sponges, and thin-shelled peculiar shrimps.

by Occurrences 3%

The depth of the boss for the reception of the columns is a little more than 7 inches deep on the lower frame, and a little more than 6 inches deep on the upper frame; and the holes through them are so cored out, that the columns only bear at the upper and lower edges of the hole, instead of all through ita formation by which the fitting of the columns is facilitated.

around Occurrences 2%

In obvious connection with this broad reach of what might be termed bare ground, were Guano and Loam Islands; neither of which was an island any longer, except as it was a part of the whole formation around it.

between Occurrences 2%

[Footnote A: The high plateau-and-hill formation between Tangier and Fez.]

into Occurrences 2%

In successive formations into line, the guide is toward the point of rest; in platoons or larger subdivisions it is so announced.

beneath Occurrences 2%

The basins of perhaps twenty-five or thirty are still in process of formation beneath the few lingering glaciers, but by the time they are born, an equal or greater number will probably have died.

than Occurrences 2%

All the other Gospels in which the star of the Magi is mentioned belong to a later stage of formation than St. Matthew.

within Occurrences 1%

I have already explained (in the Introduction) that Class in itself as the mere formation within a nation of groups of similar occupation and activityworking harmoniously with each other and with the nationis a perfectly natural and healthy phenomenon; it is only when it means groups pursuing their own interests counter to each other and to the nation that it becomes diseased.

against Occurrences 1%

Remembering the tactics De Meudon had taught me, I sought to organize the crowd in a kind of military formation against the troops; but a knock on the head with a musket-butt ended my labours, and I knew nothing more until I came to myself in the quarters of an old chance acquaintanceCaptain Bubbleton.

beyond Occurrences 1%

We had, however, at Santiago a war balloon of the actual service, of which General Shafter says: "General Kent forced the head of his column alongside of the cavalry column as far as the narrow trail permitted, and thus hurried his arrival at the San Juan and the formation beyond that stream.

like Occurrences 1%

A turn in the line and a beautiful cloud formation like billows of white roses, massive, delicately outlined fantastic spires like marble mountains, carvedah!

NEAR Occurrences 1%

ACCOUNT OF THE VOLCANIC FORMATIONS NEAR THE RHINE.

towards Occurrences 1%

The creatures, it seems, like most deep-sea organisms, were phosphorescent, and they had been floating, five fathoms deep or so, like creatures of moonshine through the blackness of the water, their tentacles retracted and as if asleep, rolling over and over, and moving slowly in a wedge-like formation towards the south-east.

above Occurrences 1%

But, in consequence of the formation above referred to, and the great increase of their productive feeding-ground, and tranquil places for repose and play, these tiny creatures have, in some instances, attained to an enormous size.

Which preposition to use with  formation