Example sentences of "[pron] of [det] [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Deciding which of these approaches to back is like entering a lottery , but informed prejudice gives some guide to the odds . |
| 2 | He also availed himself of some relationship to Monck , but he presumed too much on his use of the name of Henry Bennet , Earl of Arlington [ q.v. ] , to cover his own corrupt financial transactions and was committed to the Fleet prison , from which he was released after pleading ‘ nine small lamenting children ’ . |
| 3 | None of these references to smoking and cigarettes has any significance for the plot : they are paid advertising aimed mainly at children . |
| 4 | The one of most interest to physicists is called the Z or Z-naught . |
| 5 | She had delivered herself of this statement to Inspector Paul Lane , who was gently triumphant at what he had got . |
| 6 | Nor was it of much use to youth workers , as what it boiled down to was a couple of blocking techniques , a punch and a bite : a self-appointed , self-defence expert showing off . |