Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [vb pp] [noun] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The FA obviously have taken note of Leeds fans ' good behaviour despite some horrible recent results . |
| 2 | Perhaps the other point I can make is to go back to the question of why women tutors and people in the university generally have emphasised harassment of students by academic staff more than they 've emphasised harassment by students of one another , and I think it 's not that it was thought that students did n't commonly make each other uncomfortable , but as an issue of principle in terms of whether it 's appropriate for university or college authorities to intervene in what many people regard as students ' private lives . |
| 3 | Languages generally have developed systems of address — what you call a person when you talk to them face to face — which reflect the salient social distinctions of the culture ( kin versus nonkin , intimate versus nonintimate , higher/lower status , to mention some very common ones ) . |
| 4 | Other sea monsters washed ashore have proved objects of interest and attraction to visitors at first , but soon becoming so offensive as to render the town of Looe barely inhabitable . |
| 5 | Publishers today have provided teachers of history with a wide and varied range of books for class use . |