Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun pl] of [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Cecilia was willing to do anything to make up to Tina for the deprivations of her childhood , though what these deprivations were she hardly knew . |
| 32 | He said that in her disdain for the laws of our land she had humiliated the honour of her family name ; there was no other course possible for her family to take . |
| 33 | The statutory liability of unions for the actions of their members has given rise to many difficulties . |
| 34 | The victims , according to the SMG , were being partly blamed for the actions of their assailants . |
| 35 | Amendments to the Wildlife and Countryside Act should help stem the practise by making landowners more responsible for the actions of their gamekeepers . |
| 36 | The law , he said , ‘ should reinforce the principle that parents have a responsibility for the actions of their children . ’ |
| 37 | THE law must be changed to make parents responsible for the actions of their children , according to Gwendoline Lamb . |
| 38 | The House of Lords ' decision determined an important question of law concerning the liability of trade unions for the actions of their shop stewards . |
| 39 | He still insisted that he alone was responsible to the French people for the actions of his government and would remain so until general elections could be held . |
| 40 | Remember , that as the carrier , you remain legally responsible for the actions of your subcontract haulier . |
| 41 | So while the practice of resignation has been re-established , it is still true that ministers are not expected to suffer for the shortcomings of their staff . |
| 42 | But we must not confuse any of that with a static universalist understanding of the personality , nor — out of respect for the women of our past as well as out of respect for the truth — simply write over their self-identity . |
| 43 | They are looking for the souls of their mothers and their fathers , their women and their children , gathering in the heavens — awaiting human form , and union … |
| 44 | On March 28 as every year , ex-servicemen of the North will gather at Morrisons in Darlington to bowl for the Roland and George Bradford trophies for the honours of their Messes . |
| 45 | She knew what that could mean , when the labourer was as young and inexperienced as he , and she looked him over again carefully for the signs of his servitude , ignoring the forbidding stare that warned her off from probing . |
| 46 | Despite being safe they are all fearful for the lives of their menfolk . |
| 47 | ‘ Twelve women were driven to injure themselves out of fear for the lives of their husbands or loved ones . |
| 48 | If the perceptions of Paisley 's critics are revealing of their underlying attitudes , the same could be said for the perceptions of his supporters . |
| 49 | The Armenian Supreme Soviet passed a resolution on the status of Nagorny Karabakh on July 8 , pledging consistent support for Nagorny Karabakh and for the rights of its population , and terming unacceptable any documents " referring to the Nagorny Karabakh Republic as being within the Azerbaijani structure " . |
| 50 | He received only eight hundred for the rights of his Bovary . |
| 51 | Next Sunday at this time we 're going to be having a a service of rededication for the leaders of our organizations . |
| 52 | We pray for the leaders of our nation , that you will give them wisdom in providing for all , particularly those who are homeless or unemployed . |
| 53 | " Le nord de l'Angleterre , c'est L'Ecosse , " said the man , flashing his even teeth at her , showing them as though to compensate for the deficiencies of his wit . |
| 54 | But the reasons for that are in the general principle that people are responsible for the consequences of their actions . |
| 55 | The amount of compensation payable may be reduced by reason of the fault of the plaintiff , ‘ but only if , and to the extent that , the causing of that injury or damage is attributable to the act of [ the plaintiff ] committed with the intention of causing harm to his person or property or with reckless disregard for the consequences of his act . ’ |
| 56 | The organization of the state is not all social organization ; the ends for which the state stands are not all the ends which humanity seeks ; and quite obviously , the ways in which the state pursues its objects are only some of the ways in which within society men strive for the objects of their desire . |
| 57 | Fighting for the values of our heritage . |
| 58 | He is trying to establish and retain a block of capital available for the members of his family for as long as he can do so . |
| 59 | It was obvious that Bonard had been to considerable trouble to arrange for the members of his class to meet people with similar interests to their own . |
| 60 | ‘ Unable to find any resting-place for the soles of their feet ’ ; ‘ roaming about the watery world , compasses in hand , and discovering no rest for them ’ ; references to ‘ The dove found no rest for the sole of her foot ’ , Gen. 6 : 4 . |