Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] of [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Carers are often confused because they do n't know which of the many agencies to go to .
2 But she did not know which of the many doors of the hall-way was that of their bedroom .
3 On the west side , Ingleborough is a shadowy giant revealing none of the many wonders that attract its legions of pilgrims ; and to the east , green slopes rise with little incident to dark moors forming a distant skyline .
4 How do human beings distinguish which of the many elements of the context are relevant ?
5 The main aim of this Prospectus is to help you choose which of the many courses is most suitable for your needs .
6 All non-productive wood must be cut out , and the skill lies in deciding which of the many buds are wood buds and which are fruit buds , and then in deciding which of the wood buds are likely to produce the most fruit buds .
7 If I want to count how many chairs there are in my college , I have little problem about deciding which of the many objects in college I am going to include in my count .
8 The general health of older people might be improved if they were able to rid themselves of the many ageist attitudes that surround the issue , and were able to feel more positive about their health prospects .
9 On 4 June , the day the Dunkirk evacuation ended , he wrote to the Chiefs of Staff : ‘ if it is so easy for the Germans to invade us … why should it be … impossible for us to do anything of the same kind to him ? ’
10 The Corporal instructor spoke quietly in his ear , reminding him of a few basics , and unobtrusively removed the lift bar at the same time .
11 Evidence is all around us , and the first step in any research is for the scientist to decide which of the many facts are of concern to him .
12 But I am going to having said that I will tell you of the few accidents that have occurred over the years , and one of them was mine in the early days when I was learning th the full size removal job .
13 I felt something of the same awe and excitement I had experienced four years before when tramping round and round Warwick Gardens with Chesterton , debating the execution of Charles I. Here was someone who ought to have been a member of the Society that G. K. C. had dominated at St. Paul 's from 1891 to 1893 .
14 Similarly , er we have actually er taken something of the same attitudes towards windfall sites within the urban areas .
15 Again I accept the constant parental care has been of the highest calibre and I remind myself of the many tributes to the quality of that care in the evidence before me .
16 Studies by Atkinson and Kincaid in Britain , Harrington in the USA , and official government studies in both countries , reveal a persistent and significant section of the population living in poverty-stricken circumstances at any one time , to say nothing of the many others , who , at certain crucial periods of their life ( e.g. the old , families with young children ) , may temporarily lapse into poverty .
17 Describing himself as ‘ a retired fiddler ’ , he was reluctant to say which of the many festival events would be highlights for him , but could hardly deny , that one will certainly be a performance by his former pupil , Claire Roff , now 18 , who began playing the violin when she was only four .
18 I need hardly remind you of the many emergencies that Save The Children has responded to in recent years .
19 An impressive university department might be staffed with the established academics who have lately confessed , in print , to basic doubts about the validity and purpose of English literary studies ; and it is hard today to think of any branch of formal literary study that does not reflect something of the same malaise .
20 It might remind him of a few school episodes he will have made sure to forget . ’
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