Example sentences of "[vb infin] of several [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I can think of several women who did excellent post-maternity work . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , I can think of several things , ’ she told him with soft-voiced hostility . |
| 3 | But I can think of several reasons to resent their existence . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh I could think of several reasons . ’ |
| 5 | You can probably think of several others , and mine is no means a definitive list . |
| 6 | Of course , there is a place for one or two chief executives , but I can think of several names , which I will not mention , of former Labour and Conservative council leaders who could make an enormous contribution . |
| 7 | The University has established an Institute for European Studies , which will consist of several centres concerned with teaching and research in particular aspects of this subject . |
| 8 | Second , even if nuclear families do inhabit separate houses , they may be part of a joint family : ‘ A joint family may consist of several branches living as separate households in different residences but pooling their incomes , all the major decisions relating to finance , ceremony performances and marriages , etc. being taken jointly ’ ( Anwar , 1979 , p. 55 ) . |
| 9 | So , for example , he compulsively returns to the idea that history might consist of several totalizations rather than one : |
| 10 | The household may now consist of several teenagers or an elderly relative . |
| 11 | It is a matter of pride to us that we can boast of several scholars , in the first rank , who are not university teachers . |
| 12 | Yes I did i well I did hear of several things to stop having them but over the first actually . |
| 13 | Similarly , a knight or baron could hold of several lords . |