Example sentences of "[vb -s] of the [adj] [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , America has always been highly influential , but when one thinks of the Rolling Stones and Beatles erm and what have you in the sixties and seventies , and how much it has influenced Continental light music , not light music but popular culture , it is incredible . |
| 2 | Writing with hindsight , one expert on French space policy says of the French Diamant and the ELDO — Europa rocket experiments of the 1960s and early 1970s : Judged in terms of their operational capacity , the results were nonexistent . ’ |
| 3 | Training in one of the many kung fu styles that exist today consists of the systematic learning and practice of pre-arranged sets known as forms . |
| 4 | Good meadow hay consists of the same grasses and clovers as a good pasture . |
| 5 | It conventionally consists of the budgeted profit and loss account and balance sheet for the organization . |
| 6 | From the learner 's point of view the most valuable part of this book consists of the 49 problems and answers . |
| 7 | And what mother of young children , whether she owns a family pet or not , has not felt even more frightened of neighbourhood Rottweilers and Dobermans when she reads of the horrific savaging and killing of children by uncontrollable animals ? |
| 8 | The first speaks of the empty tomb or rising again after burial , of appearing to apostles , women disciples , and other witnesses . |
| 9 | If there is one danger facing Armani , it 's that of becoming trapped in his own stereotype ; when the day finally comes that he tires of the simple suit and sensational jacket , the world may just insist that he keeps on making them . |
| 10 | The latter is fascinating , especially in the glimpses it occasionally gives of the general principles and priorities which informed MI5 's work , and the unease these aroused in some quarters . |
| 11 | Here the load of a river is mainly mud and sand which is almost all that remains of the larger stones and boulders which have bounced and trundled many kilometres down river . |
| 12 | And he smiles as he talks of the best friend and rival who accompanied him on those weekend trips . |