Example sentences of "[vb infin] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The more common it is , the more people will know of others who have been divorced and they are correspondingly less likely to condemn this action . |
| 2 | Old people 's homes will know of plans to move elderly people from their own or relatives ' homes into local authority or private care . |
| 3 | They will know of patients likely to die in the near future and of patients recently permanently handicapped by their illness or injury . |
| 4 | What do you know of Woodlands Incorporated ? " |
| 5 | We did not know of tourists and helicopters . |
| 6 | I scare the needy — my clothes can stink of dividends . |
| 7 | He did n't approve of singers drinking before they went on stage , but he could see that Ingrid was in a very bad way . |
| 8 | He did n't really approve of women earning a living , but the extra income would come in useful . |
| 9 | I can not approve of women in key positions . |
| 10 | ‘ But you ca n't possibly approve of drugs , ’ I said instead . |
| 11 | However , he does indicate that he would not approve of attempts to make ethical debate entirely a rational affair even to the extent that that is possible . |
| 12 | Hoomey , for a moment or two , was tempted to say , ‘ Come back with me and we 'll watch the soccer replay on the box , ’ but he did not think his mother would approve of Nails — not if she knew . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't normally approve of loans , unless I 'm lending , of course , but sometimes they 're the answer . ’ |
| 14 | She did not approve of amateurs , especially amateurs who thought they could step into the shoes of professional models . |
| 15 | Then it suddenly hit her that , of course , he did n't approve of relationships . |
| 16 | It 's tempting to wonder what he 'd make of wordsmiths all around re-writing his work ; mellowed out or gobsmacked ? |
| 17 | Well certainly at times of stress erm all sorts of things are revealed and that 's one of the reasons why the current situation and the anxiety and level of stress around has resulted in people feeling a whole range of things that perhaps has actually surprised them erm and therefore it 's not surprising that children are equally filled with all sorts of the mixed emotions about what 's going on . |
| 18 | You 'd probably think of drunks , of Rab C Nesbitt . ’ |
| 19 | Using appropriate scaling factors , one can think of materials as structures and use the analysis appropriate , for example , to the description of the forces and displacements in a bridge or an aeroplane for describing the moduli of a semi-crystalline polymer . |
| 20 | Why do I think of roses ? ’ |
| 21 | Another concerns the way in which selection acts , and in particular the target of selection : should we think of genes , or organisms , or populations , as being the entities which survive and reproduce , and upon which selection acts ? |
| 22 | Throughout this book , I have emphasized that we must not think of genes as conscious , purposeful agents . |
| 23 | Can you think of others ? |
| 24 | ‘ I promise I 'll think of others before myself in future , ’ she said , and her Mum hugged her tight . |
| 25 | Occasionally that plan backfired and a genuine neurotic would arrive , soon to engage all and sundry in a lengthy discourse about the cold , the warmth and the fact that the automatic door was n't being automatic why oh why oh why do people keep leaving it open , ca n't they think of others for a change , you 'd have thought it was n't too much trouble … |
| 26 | People who have grown up with the sport when the pressures were not too great perhaps do not always think of others . |
| 27 | Erm , we would think of others , would n't we , not only do we have our own National Anthem , but we have other songs that that arouses from time to time . |
| 28 | Can you think of times when the desire to covet has gripped your thoughts ? |
| 29 | On a broader canvas , many of us can think of moments of encounter , of blessing , of poetry , of art , of music , of sunsets and dawns which were to us deeply sacramental . |
| 30 | ‘ Any damn fool … could think of questions ; it was answers that separated the men from the boys . ’ |