Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The swirling shapes remind me of those kitsch 1960s lamps . |
| 2 | Thereafter he quickly became its most renowned liberal member , leading some opponents to accuse him of judicial activism . |
| 3 | Just when you 're looking forward to pushing the boat out and having a spending spree , your sensible side reminds you of all the practical and prudent things you should be doing with any extra money you have . |
| 4 | Frankly , this proposal reminded me of one of the quotations with which Taylor prefaces his chapter on ‘ Value-added Processes in Information Analysis ’ : |
| 5 | Discovered in 1953 by Hong Kong herpetologist John Romer , the frog 's exceedingly primitive nature makes it of special interest . |
| 6 | Now only the deserted mine stores , gunpowder huts and relics of old machinery remind us of this former industrial occupation of the valleys and hills . |
| 7 | The offline manager must specify for each media item whether it is to be used for primary or secondary purposes , although there is no absolute requirement to make them of different media types . |
| 8 | The seeming contradiction reminded her of another : ‘ the solution posed the question ’ . |
| 9 | Did that commingling of unrelated flavours remind me of another dish , or had it produced a breakthrough in gastronomy ? |
| 10 | That they were also all subject to periods of psychotic breakdown makes them of additional interest and in the next chapter we shall examine precisely what that means and how it might help us to understand their particular form of creativity . |
| 11 | No , he was n't — one glance at his chilling expression convinced her of that . |
| 12 | Officer or the Civil Power warn us of that . |
| 13 | This simple fact deprives you of most of the information you would normally have about the other person . |
| 14 | Students had to attend special political classes to remind them of socialist values , the four basic principles and other tenets of Marxist-Leninist-Maoist thought . |
| 15 | And the touch of his scorching lips , the clasp of his arms , the close union with his warm , strong body robbed her of all strength and of all power of resistance . ‘ |
| 16 | ‘ Some ghastly little girl accused her of lesbian advances . ’ |
| 17 | Mentioning the white chromosome reminds me of another thing I wanted to say , because erm another variant of this incorrect criticism that people made of Darwin about blending , and you still hear this today , and people should know better , especially the social sciences , is , oh , single genes can not influence behaviour . |
| 18 | That she , who has always denied any further consequences of their evil — ‘ A little water clears us of this deed : /How easy is it then ! ’ |
| 19 | Yet , as an American historian has explained , the negotiations leading to bizonia provided the British with " ample evidence to disabuse them of any misconceptions that American policy in Germany was devised to aid Great Britain " . |
| 20 | Note We will make payments as stated above provided ( a ) the injured clients notify us of any claim for personal injury within 3 months of their return from holiday ; ( b ) they assign to Horizon Holidays Ltd. any rights against a supplier or any other person or party they may have relating to the claim ; and ( c ) they agree to co-operate fully with us should we or our insurers wish to enforce those rights which have been assigned to us or to which we are subrogated . |
| 21 | What I have attempted to argue in this chapter is that to consider our own experience against an international background reminds us of three linked points : |
| 22 | Those who seek to repair the damage caused by the creation of more wealth are only locking us more deeply into the source of the evil ; and Labour 's submission to this cruel belief robs it of any claim to significant opposition to the existing order . |
| 23 | It 's pointed teeth remind him of some giant cheese grater with a mind of it 's own , face smiling ready to strike . |
| 24 | So when the station came clean , they had to field several angry calls accusing them of pro-Nottingham Forest bias . |
| 25 | Secondary teachers find it of most use in changing priorities ( least , primary ) . |
| 26 | Often our intuition or sixth sense warns us of impending danger but we ignore it because of social pressure , lack of time or lack of courage . |
| 27 | Their neat bottoms reminded me of those of failed bullfighters . |
| 28 | On Wednesday David Howell , the Energy Secretary , was forced to withdraw the threat of pit closures and on Thursday we woke up to a dreadful press accusing us of ignominious surrender . |
| 29 | Her former colleagues accused her of bad-mouthing them . |
| 30 | But the loss of faith in the Communist Party is now so nationwide that workers and intellectuals can be making the same demand to deprive it of absolute power . |