Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] of the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hard though he tried , Floyd could make nothing of the inward half and Couples , having gone to the front with a birdie at the ninth , was never caught again . |
| 2 | Once we can rid ourselves of the dual notions that some magic divides jurisdictional and non-jurisdictional questions and that all matters of law have one inexorably correct meaning which must always be supplied by the courts , we are in a position to make a reasoned choice . |
| 3 | Right and what do we know which of the other sides do we know ? |
| 4 | But why could n't he rid himself of the eerie sensation that it had already happened , that everyone knew except him , that he was being deliberately kept in the dark ? |
| 5 | If I tell you that I can rid you of the damned spots will ye do what I say ? ’ |
| 6 | For days afterwards , she could n't rid herself of the guilty feeling that , somehow , she had brought the attack upon herself . |
| 7 | ‘ Do you know anything of the Old Ones , or the carvings that are in the museum ? ’ |
| 8 | This is just as well , since such a decision will deprive you of the legal rights that you would have if you were dismissed . |
| 9 | This is not necessarily a central problem , but the Kingman Report does recommend that pupils should understand something of the systematic nature of languages other than English . |
| 10 | Only if he really craned his neck sideways could he see anything of the front bedroom windows and then not enough to make the effort worthwhile . |
| 11 | The reader can decide which of the possible explanations is the most plausible . |
| 12 | Rangers will today discover which of the other teams — AC Milan , Marseille , Porto , Bruges , PSV Eindhoven , CSKA Moscow and Gothenburg — will join them in their four-team section of the mini-league stage , with the winners of each group facing each other in the final . |
| 13 | If the guest is settling the bill by credit card they can avail themselves of the express check-out service . |
| 14 | Secondly , is this the earliest pattern in this area and , if not , can we detect anything of the previous arrangement ? |
| 15 | Locke replied that he could not do it ; it would take someone of the intellectual stature of Newton . |
| 16 | Mr McLean will have none of the stirring signs of contrition on the part of the SMG . |
| 17 | Of course , such enlargements would have none of the glossy prettiness of the snaps in the guidebook . |
| 18 | There is no small irony in this , as applications to purchase foreign technology in the first place will only be approved if the relevant Soviet machine building ministry can not produce something of the appropriate standard and quantity in the time required . |
| 19 | ‘ We do n't tell them of the major side effects for fear of losing them ’ Field worker , Kenya |
| 20 | Words that will express something of the deep complexity that makes us precisely the way we are , from the momentary effect of the barometer to the force that created men distinct from trees . |
| 21 | Stephanie had hopes that the familial Christmas dinner might in some way restore something of the frail threadwork of decency and courteous behaviour broken by the earlier violence of her father and brother . |
| 22 | Mr. Davies : When the Secretary of State next meets the chairman , will he tell him of the deep anger and resentment in west Wales that British Coal is walking away from the anthracite coalfield , with its enormous reserves of high quality and saleable coal ? |
| 23 | Nonetheless the characterization of the fabliau writer in the text is a worthwhile subject of study , for an assessment of the tone of the fabliau beyond anything it might tell us of the usual origins of such texts . |
| 24 | Having examined the fabric of a church , what can this tell us of the local landscape ? |
| 25 | If you need to obtain shareholder or to other approval prior to completion , you should inform us of the specific clearances that you need to obtain and confirm your ability to exchange contracts by Friday 1st December , 19XX . |
| 26 | Could all teams also inform us of the proposed date and venue of their tie so that we can send a photographer when possible . |
| 27 | I said to mum she need n't , mum did n't get none of the bleeding details . |
| 28 | But Packer 's difficulties are worth recognising because not only do they reveal something of the cultural context within which Auerbach 's work signifies , they also typify — albeit unconsciously — the burden of historiography and the demands of convention in writing about anything that purports to be a portrait . |
| 29 | First of all , let us remind ourselves of the traditional picture of children drawn for us by some great philosophers of the past . |
| 30 | At this point we can usefully remind ourselves of the central problem with which urban sociology is engaged and the reasons why we are engaging in the problematic areas of theory discussed in this chapter and in Chapter 1 . |