Example sentences of "[noun] of [pron] [verb] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This followed assurances that no authority seeking a redetermination should suffer a reduced spending level , fear of which had prevented any of the selected authorities from appealing in the first year of operation . |
| 2 | ‘ This conference says to those people this weekend : ‘ In the light of what 's happened this week come into the Labour Party . |
| 3 | I had been so in love with her , and a part of me needed to mourn that loss of feeling . |
| 4 | Part of her refused to accept that , after all , she could n't have what she wanted . |
| 5 | Claudia noted the plural with a sinking feeling ; she had known Dana was with Garry , but some part of her had denied that knowledge . |
| 6 | Part of us wishes to see these loved ones dead , and if we refuse to acknowledge this , then we will worry about their possible deaths , and not cope with grief and guilt after they do in fact die . |
| 7 | Even in such an early case as Morris ( Herbert ) Ltd v Saxelby [ 1916 ] 1 AC 688 the plaintiffs abandoned a claim based on an express restraint because , as Lord Atkinson said , the clause prevented the defendant using " … in the service of some other employer that skill and knowledge which he had acquired by the exercise of his own mental faculties on what he had seen , heard , and had experience of in … employment … " ( see also Leng ( Sir WC ) & Co Ltd v Andrews [ 1909 ] 1 Ch 763 where it was held , inter alia , that the defendant was entitled to use his acquired skill and knowledge for the benefit of himself and the benefit of the public who gained the advantage of him having had such admirable instruction ) . |
| 8 | You see , Christmas is linked with the season of Advent — the season of hope which sets before us the hope of his coming to restore all things and bring all things to a glorious conclusion . |
| 9 | This is all the more necessary because , although some facilitating devices such as information agreements may be made the subject of prohibitions , the majority of them appear to escape these . |
| 10 | Solihull teachers were strongly so , but it should be recalled that only a relatively small proportion of them had had any direct experience of the process . |
| 11 | I would say something along the lines of you 've had several , talking about several ways of energy production , but once you start talking about energy transfer and storage one seems to get to electricity fairly quickly and do you want to say anything about that ? |
| 12 | By that time my personal relations with him had cooled , so there was no question of my having seen any of the names . |
| 13 | She died in September 1985 within days of my agreeing to do this research . |
| 14 | Ackroyd quotes him ; but apart from the fact that Eliot , especially in his distressed state , was unlikely to have used those words of Vivien , there is no record of his having sent such a telegram . |
| 15 | The Indian in charge of it had to do all the technical work himself , and I gave the short address that had been scheduled . |
| 16 | Does God 's making of himself known have any abiding content which can be articulated , or can it merely be pointed to and fleetingly glimpsed , but not retained ? |
| 17 | In terms of I need to appeal this one |
| 18 | A lot of them failed to reach that desirable goal . |
| 19 | And a lot of them do waste that time . |
| 20 | Christine 's campaign has had enormous impact and we are proud that our report of it has had some impact too . |
| 21 | The under-funding of the N H S has been the main cause of our having reached this crisis point . |
| 22 | Others of us have to cultivate this talent , and the way to do it is by constantly asking yourself that question , " What will the Reader want next " ? |
| 23 | ‘ But when the pair of youse has got enough sense you can fight them off for me and all the damn priests and nuns they 'll bring along with them . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ My lads did all that could be asked of them , especially as a couple of them had to work all night in order to get time off to play . |
| 25 | ‘ What happened to Poll ? ’ she asked , determined not to be silenced by Dr Neil Cochrane , and not to allow the ruin of his looks to create any pity for him . |