Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [adv] the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Chapter 14 I sketch out the fundamentals of a structuralist theory of truth . |
| 2 | Oh no never in marketing as er I mean even the Institute of Directors and the Institute of er the C B I recognize now , in fact they put out papers on it , to say that network marketing is the way of the future . |
| 3 | I mean here the notion of differentiation as a crucial component of the restructuring of the working class as part of the restructuring of the capitalist system of production in these last decades of the twentieth century ( see Byrne and Parson , 1983 ) . |
| 4 | I mean perhaps the forces of change that were normal were not inherent in the Chinese |
| 5 | ‘ As from today ’ , he writes in his resignation letter , ’ I tear off the mask of studied ambiguity that your organization did give me twelve years ago . |
| 6 | I bring up the subject of music . |
| 7 | Transmuted into the reality of flesh and blood the seniority factor and the locality factor not infrequently give rise — and I borrow here the language of on-the-spot Irish witnesses — to factionalism , bargaining , lobbying and infighting , degenerating on occasion into bitter wrangles , internecine feuds and even physical violence . |
| 8 | See I I forget where the name of the place is . |
| 9 | I slit along the seam of the cardboard wrapper where it had been taped over . |
| 10 | I welcome also the introduction of annual written reports , which I hope will contain grading for each child . |
| 11 | So it was with some trepidation that I put forward the idea of his leaping back into the West End , twenty years after he 'd gratefully left it . |
| 12 | In 1970 , I put forward the concept of ‘ primary leys ’ : a structure into which all other leys were supposed to fit . |
| 13 | When Paul says : ‘ When I became a man I put away the things of children ’ , he does not mean rejecting the innocence , the sparkle and the insights of youth . |
| 14 | Er , the first thing is I put on the top of my draught that I 'd rather the pupils were n't involved at this stage I 'd rather they were involved in the over view with form tutor . |
| 15 | I walk down the streets of New York , the Village , and they stop and they talk , they want autographs . |
| 16 | I walk along the side of the motel scratching myself on the pebble dash , for carelessness . |
| 17 | I support strongly the development of housing associations in view of my experience with my local authority in Sevenoaks , which successfully sold the whole of its housing stock to West Kent housing association . |
| 18 | ‘ When I look around the rest of the title contenders , I see nothing to fear — but that does n't mean we should underestimate any rivals . ’ |
| 19 | I record here the appreciation of the Board for their tremendous efforts and support . |
| 20 | After a long series of such measurements I add up the number of instances in which a particular combination of results has occurred . |
| 21 | I recall clearly the photograph of the pit-head that appeared in the newspaper next day ; but the impression etched indelibly into my four-year-old mind was the sight I beheld on the Sunday following . |
| 22 | I question both the justice of all governments and the principle by which my taxes can be used to pay for machines of mass destruction . |
| 23 | I know exactly the sort of person I want to marry , someone with a mind like G.P. 's , only much nearer my own age , and with the looks I like . |
| 24 | Declaring that he wishes to offer to the public ‘ the very Journal which Dr Johnson read ’ , he says he will not ‘ expand the text in any considerable degree , though I may occasionally supply a word to complete the sense as I fill up the blanks of abbreviation in the writing ’ . |
| 25 | So that is how he did it : as I fill up the blanks of abbreviation in the writing — with ‘ wd ’ , and ‘ wl ’ , and ‘ sd ’ , and ‘ J ’ , and ‘ Ld M ’ , and ‘ ystdy ’ , and ‘ Abrdn ’ , and ‘ Mntrse ’ , and ‘ Ednbro ’ , or some such ? |
| 26 | First , I draw out the outline of the motif on to a mylar sheet , with all the outlines for the different areas of colour I want to use . |
| 27 | I remember also the reaction of one or two of Ben 's older contemporaries , Constant Lambert and Patrick Hadley , who were particularly touched by this quartet when they first heard it at the dress rehearsal . |
| 28 | At the end of the hour , before I lift off the lid of the box , the orthodox principles of quantum theory bid me consider the cat to be in a state which is an even-handed superposition of the states " alive " and " dead " . |
| 29 | I 'm still not sure I understand why the effect of the E two words is to make |
| 30 | I roll up the sleeves of my crisp white shirt , because old thought is dusty stuff . |