Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun pl] of [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My mother must have made quite big money in tips , for the records of her savings , no longer a secret , show quite fabulous sums being stored away in the early sixties . |
| 2 | I fancy that across the channel where Napoleon 's wars were ravaging all Europe , our two innkeepers fell flat as pancakes , and were it not for the felicities of their translator they would scarcely be worth comment . |
| 3 | The abolition of the doctrine of common employment has rendered this area of comparatively little importance , as in most cases the employer will be vicariously liable for the torts of his employees . |
| 4 | And so the A N C has to make sure that while it works for the aspirations of its people it must also protect the country and I 'm afraid in this context it means it has through negotiations and other means also conceded made concessions in order to save the situation and the only organization that is now working for the national interest even losing its own supporters in the country is basically the A N C and it 's quite a remarkable thing to see that leaders are prepared to l lose political support because they have to make sure that the country does n't . |
| 5 | Orthodox constitutional theory bestows on individual members the right of independent action and does not regard them as the representative of the party without which they would not have been elected ; over-solicitude for the wishes of their constituents would probably lead them into conflict with the party in parliament . |
| 6 | Scholars who are good at knowing where to look for the sources of their subject matter may not be good at knowing where to look for suitable software . |
| 7 | However , the range of the union 's responsibility for the acts of its officers and members differs according to the nature of the claim which is brought against it . |
| 8 | Subject to the contrary agreement of the partners : ( 5 ) Every partner may take part in the management of the partnership business ( 7 ) No partner may be introduced as a partner without the consent of all existing partners ( 8 ) Any difference arising as to ordinary matters connected with the partnership business may be decided by a majority of the partners , but no change may be made in the nature of the partnership business without the consent of all existing partners It is obvious enough that if a partner is to be held responsible for the acts of his co-partners committed in the name of the firm he should in principle have : ( 1 ) unrestricted access to information about those acts ; ( 2 ) every right , indeed a duty , to assume personal responsibility ( equally with his co-partners ) for the conduct of the firm 's affairs ; and ( 3 ) the right ( by exercise of a veto ) to prevent any act for which he is unwilling to accept liability . |
| 9 | 281 had added to the protected class a case in which vulnerable elderly parents had agreed to provide security for the debts of their adult son . |
| 10 | 281 , save that it extended a principle previously confined to the husband/wife cases to a case of parents giving security for the debts of their son . |
| 11 | Between 1629 and 1638 Grosvenor was imprisoned in the Fleet , having become liable for the debts of his brother-in-law , Peter Daniel esquire . |
| 12 | The Sheikh had crossed them by camel as a boy ; then as a young man with a wife and small children , including the boy at my side , he had camped overnight on one side of the range waiting for the engines of his jeeps to cool before grinding inch by inch , around and over . |
| 13 | At present , parents can be held responsible for the misdemeanors of their children , yet they are not allowed to chastise their children for fear of reprisals from the courts . |
| 14 | Hanson 's Peabody subsidiary is criticized for the effects of its coal mining activities on Navajo land in Arizona . |
| 15 | An elderly lady who had once asked Franz Liszt for his autograph , felt quite faint as Fred took off his kilt and reached for the laces of his boots . |
| 16 | It contains sound practical advice not only for computer programmers , but also for the users of their products , and for educators in secondary school and universities . |
| 17 | I commend this statement to you , those of you who are responsible for the accounts of your organisations , I hope you will also seek to comply with the , the standard , so that the charities of all organisations , the accounts of all charities can be seen clearly , so that er , you can understand the activities of your organisations from the accounts , and so that one charity can better be compared with another charity . |
| 18 | Dare to tell me that you see nothing there of him , that you have no feeling for the strokes of your hands , that you have no will in you to venture after him ! |
| 19 | And we pray for the refugees of our world , asking that those who have the power and ability to help may have the resources and will to provide food , clothing , shelter and a permanent home . |
| 20 | But even making allowance for the circumstances of their times , it is impossible to save the Protestant reformers from their own political philosophy , which finds its clearest statement in the old Scots Covenants , documents much loved by Ulster conservative Protestants and the model for many unionist statements of political faith . |
| 21 | Menstruation was a week 's holiday for the woman who would provide no services for the males of her family , in cooking , cleaning or sex , during this period . |
| 22 | As he searched for the joys of his boyhood , grumpy old George Bowling sensed deterioration all around him : in the news headlines , in threats of imminent violence and destruction , and in the disfigurements of ‘ Americanisation ’ . |
| 23 | And somehow , from the warmth we all feel for the soundtracks of our adolescence and the prevalent loathing some of us feel for the current torpor of the charts , he has managed to fashion something comically incendiary . |
| 24 | At the same time he never quite made sufficient allowance for the sensibilities of his magazine readers , as interpreted by the editors of those magazines , and had to suffer the artistic indignity of seeing his manuscripts bowdlerized with irritating regularity . |
| 25 | You have to accept responsibility for the fruits of your actions , in the scientific field as elsewhere . |
| 26 | ‘ Parents are contributing £55m a year for the basics of their children 's education , ’ he said . |
| 27 | Among the men the discussion of politics , the destruction of game , or the dissipation of the ale house was substituted for the duties of their occupation during the former part of the week , and in the remaining three or four days a sufficiency was earned for defraying the current expenses . |
| 28 | Students were also asked for the titles of their theses , but in the event these proved so variable , imprecise or ( frequently ) unknown , it did not prove possible for this interim report to use this information . |
| 29 | rarely need to advertise and the there for the benefits of our clients . |
| 30 | ‘ . Eliot 's thoughts on civilization would be developed in America , where his longing for the scenes of his youth would also be satisfied and would enable him to return to London to minister , witch-doctor-like , to his civilization , to purify the dialect of his adopted tribe . |