Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] of [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mix-up in dates has also occurred in other parts of the country and Neil Dickinson , secretary of the English Schools AAA , wrote to county secretaries a month ago reminding them of the recommended date . |
| 2 | Hard though he tried , Floyd could make nothing of the inward half and Couples , having gone to the front with a birdie at the ninth , was never caught again . |
| 3 | This kind of argument reads well in Callinicos ' hands , but it is worth reminding ourselves of the unattractive reality to which it bears witness . |
| 4 | ‘ A visit to the Moon and a space walk-to say nothing of the Big Dipper and the Whiplash — all in one day ? |
| 5 | The sweeping contours of the hill at that point have always reminded me of a huge wave about to break , and it 's an uncomfortable thought trying to imagine where you might stop for lunch , and what would happen if you dropped your orange . |
| 6 | A telephone call to establish whether I had been made redundant or , if not , to inform me of the administrative delay , would have been far more appropriate , and possibly cheaper , than a typed letter announcing the uncleared cheque and the administrative charge . |
| 7 | Michael came to mountaineering through its literature and found someone of a like mind who was also keen to start . |
| 8 | In addition , it is important to know which of the altered plasma factors in the diabetic state are responsible for enhanced platelet function . |
| 9 | She has plenty of the proper sort . ’ |
| 10 | But why could n't he rid himself of the eerie sensation that it had already happened , that everyone knew except him , that he was being deliberately kept in the dark ? |
| 11 | I am writing to inform you of the new Government legislation concerning liability cover for medical staff working in the National Health Service . |
| 12 | I would like to take this opportunity to inform you of the high standard achieved by your service engineer , Dick Churcher [ Healthcare Atherstone ] for his attitude and appearance whilst working at our depots . |
| 13 | But Braque 's work contains none of the expressionistic violence of Picasso 's . |
| 14 | Aswan has none of the melancholy transience of most end-of the-line towns . |
| 15 | Very much the unsung hero of Mercedes ' 190 range , the six-cylinder 2.6 has none of the cosmetic bravura that distinguishes the 2.5–16 from its lesser stablemates . |
| 16 | Its weakest point is the character of Pat — while the two men are realistically observed , Pat ( who has none of the shrewd toughness of her profession ) , is a fluff-headed mechanical doll who inexplicably switches from initial dislike of Sonny to a lovestruck Shirley Valentine . |
| 17 | And then I wonder if another means of acquiring something of a scientific education might not be found . |
| 18 | Hunt was acquiring something of a bad reputation : both for being accident-prone and for being excessively forthright . |
| 19 | Hereford are staging something of a mini revival this year inching their way out of the gloom at the bottom of division three . |
| 20 | The state now provided something of a protective safety net from the cradle to the grave . |
| 21 | This convention retained something of the laconic style of drafting of its Latin American predecessors , and like them applied in principle to both the service of documents and the taking of evidence . |
| 22 | According to Schleiermacher , each positive religion contains something of the true nature of religion , and the ‘ primordial form ’ , the ‘ essence ’ , or ‘ transcendental unity ’ of religion , is comprehended not by deducing it from the common elements of particular religions as a kind of abstraction , but in and through the language and traditions of particular religions . |
| 23 | This created something of a diplomatic flurry between London and Washington , as the Americans sought assurances that the British were not trying to sabotage their plans . |
| 24 | All the rotaries , as with any noise gate , take a little time to get into using and effective gating comes about through practice , although it can at times appear something of a black art . |
| 25 | Its atmosphere has something of a European town square about it , albeit taken inside and miniaturised . |
| 26 | Nevertheless , The Logic of Fantasy has something of a two-world structure of its own . |
| 27 | It has something of the African tomtom and voodoo dance . ’ |
| 28 | He will liaise with the medical rehabilitation teams and with the ERCs to know something of the overall picture of the person 's employment problem . |
| 29 | It is vitally important to know something of the individual richness and variety of each religious tradition before becoming subject to the generalisations of those engaged in comparative religion . |
| 30 | These facts , however , in their turn pose something of a theoretical paradox . |