Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] [noun prp] of the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Speakers will include Lisa Davies of the Association Internationale de Tourisme and representatives of the different modes of transport . |
| 2 | In Euripides 's play Orestes ( 408 BC ) , Apollo says The gods by means of Helen 's loveliness embroiled Troy and Hellas , causing death thereby , that they might lighten Mother Earth of the outrage done her by man 's excessive population . |
| 3 | We also invited Irvine Devitt of the IFI . |
| 4 | They tried Walter Runciman of the Child Poverty Action Group and Peter Hughes of Logica , the computer company . |
| 5 | ‘ However , ’ says David Baldock of the Institute for European Environment Policy , which has advised several governments on the issue , ‘ in twenty years ’ time five million people could be drinking water well over the 50 mg/litre limit . |
| 6 | Tactical talk in the trattoria After 4,000 years of turbulent rule , the prospect of a fortnight 's foraging by English fans is barely worth a shrug to the Sardinians , says Erlend Clouston of the World Cup qualifying match preparations . |
| 7 | ‘ Relaxation and meditation play a major role in yoga and in the treatment of stress-related illnesses , the scourge of modern society , ’ says Norma Duffield of the Centre , currently enrolling for its autumn courses at Queen 's University , Belfast and Holywood . |
| 8 | The first defendant told Mr. Perot of the plaintiff 's response . |
| 9 | ‘ There are n't many men who would attack a woman on the street but there are plenty who would attack their wife or partner in the privacy of their own home , ’ says Shirley Tulloch of the Community Affairs Branch of the Metropolitan Police . |
| 10 | ‘ The message , ’ says Robin Richardson of the race relations charity Runnymede Trust , ‘ seems to be there is no place for black ethnic minority people in the centuries-old history evoked by this picture — and , by implication , in the historic work ahead of us ’ . |
| 11 | Says Brian Bovell of the Posse : ‘ I remember when I was growing up in Tottenham in the Sixties , how my mum and dead dealt with potentially scary , racist situations — they found dignity through humour . |
| 12 | Some of the biggest givers at present are recently privatised companies , says Mike Norton of the Directory of Social Change , a national charity that monitors charitable trends . |
| 13 | ‘ Our view is that everybody should be offered the genuine chance to enjoy the countryside , and we feel that frequent users are very well served , ’ says Peter Ashcroft of the Countryside Commission 's Recreation and Access department . |
| 14 | ‘ Some parents like a degree of certainty , which the purely equity-based schemes do n't offer , ’ says Anne Feek of the School Fees Insurance Agency . |
| 15 | ‘ It is an empirical treatment , rather than a scientifically-established one , ’ says Larry Gostin of the charity , MIND , No one knows how ECT exerts its effects . |
| 16 | says Hilary Richards of the Bureau . |
| 17 | But today , says Carl Schlettwein of the Ministry of Fisheries , ‘ pilchard stocks are down to about 15 per cent of their full potential and hake to about 20 per cent . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ It was great , ’ recalls Mike Myers of the mingling . |
| 19 | The entire arm 's length approach is flawed , reckons Mike Devereux of the Institute for Fiscal Studies ( IFS ) in Britain . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , it was amazing to hear John Bullock of the Independent say on the BBC 's Comment programme that the Friends of John McCarthy had actually altered British government policy on the Iran — Iraq War . |
| 21 | The Authority blamed Dr Grainger of the District Health Authority , who , ‘ since he had received no complaints ’ , ‘ took no positive action ’ . |
| 22 | On this occasion Mr David Butler will have an even finer collection of predictions to record in his book about the election than he did in 1970 , when almost every distinguished political correspondent of the time echoed Peter Jenkins of the Guardian in asking ‘ Why is Labour winning with such apparent ease ? ’ , just before Ted Heath won by a majority of 43 . |
| 23 | Those on the water included Roger Nelson of the home club who now works in the West Indies and so is only able to sail his canoe one month a year . |
| 24 | VS Pritchett 's fan included James Wood of the Guardian , while John Walsh , literary editor of the Sunday Times , plumped for Anthony Burgess ( ‘ I love the way he can use the word ‘ onion ’ three times in one sentence ’ ) . |
| 25 | Baldwin became Lord President of the Council and number three in the Cabinet list ( Sankey , the Lord Chancellor , was above him ) . |
| 26 | Some years ago I saw Sister Gemmell of the Church Army on television . |
| 27 | Just time for a cup of coffee , she thinks , but she will have to make it herself as the office is short staffed , with the Corporal Clerk away representing the Corps at the celebrations to mark the tenth anniversary of the Queen Mother being appointed Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports . |
| 28 | Resolved , That this House welcomes Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer 's Autumn Statement , which reaffirmed the Government 's forecast of a modest recovery in the second half of 1991 , with growth gathering pace in 1992 ; notes that the total output of the British economy rose in the third quarter of 1991 , providing further confirmation of this forecast ; and congratulates the Government on its sound and prudent economic policies , which have reduced inflation from nearly 11 per cent . |
| 29 | There was no dispute about the appellant 's intention being permanently to deprive Mr. Occhi of the money . |
| 30 | A potentially explosive element was introduced when Thakin Tun Ok publicly accused Aung San of the headman 's murder , and his widow petitioned the Governor for justice . |