Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [art] [noun pl] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | They should n't fall into the Spurs trap of mounting debts and asset-stripping sales of star players . |
| 2 | Warning signs began to flash that abuses could occur in the police investigation of serious crime . |
| 3 | They do not apply to the mens rea of the offence and can certainly shed no light upon whether or not belief in consent must be reasonable . |
| 4 | Erm who would n't necessarily go to the schools marquis of course . |
| 5 | Written by Peter Corrigan , with first-person inserts from JDavies , this handsome book is about as close as one can get to a warts-and-all picture of an ambitious international player . |
| 6 | In many other cases it may be difficult to decide whether a signal is or is not deceptive ; but if the signal concerns something over which the animals are competing , it may evolve by an arms race of deception and the discovery of deception ; but if it concerns something over which the animals are co-operating , it may evolve to become more accurately informative . |
| 7 | Abrams ' experience proved that being a solid but unspectacular TV performer is no longer enough in these days where a politician risks instant oblivion unless he can turn in the hustings equivalent of an MTV award winner . |