Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Franciscans had a specially charismatic gift for transmitting their understanding of the inward nature of redemption . |
| 2 | After reading your coverage of the upsurge of fascism , I want to thank all those involved — the features were informative , interesting , shocking and uplifting . |
| 3 | After receiving my version of the working drawing , Mr. phoned to say that the drawing did not have sufficient detail , and that another Mr. from the Glasgow office would be in touch to ask for a clarified drawing . |
| 4 | The trial resumed on July 22 , when Khmara was again removed from the courtroom for expressing his distrust of the judges . |
| 5 | Although Burda talks of maintaining its share of the upper end of the periodicals market this has been interpreted as a delaying tactic , to allow the magazine to bow out gracefully . |
| 6 | Before a youth was apprenticed to the Sechem he was committed to a number of years of study of the Yasa , memorising the codex in its entirety so that he was capable of relating his knowledge of the law to science . |
| 7 | But last March AMD stole a tenth of this market within months of launching its version of the 386 , and now claims almost a third . |
| 8 | The European arts festival , which I announced on 9 December will be a rewarding and imaginative way of celebrating our Presidency of the European Community in the second half of the year . |
| 9 | If our ideological preconceptions incline us to an exclusive interest in standard English , we will produce what is in effect a history of literary English ; this will exclude and neglect other historical patterns that are capable of enriching our description of the history of spoken English and , ultimately , of adding to our understanding of the general phenomenon of linguistic change . |
| 10 | Polybius was deprived of his only chance of verifying his interpretation of the Roman constitution . |
| 11 | This is in addition to his fees which cover your time and talent , the cost of running your part of the consultancy , and the profit . |
| 12 | The sets were marvellous and Madge Grimsilk had devised a quick and efficient way of implementing her transformation of the whole theatre into a fairy ballroom . |
| 13 | 16.13 At secondary school , pupils should be increasingly encouraged to think critically about the texts they encounter , as a means of enlarging their understanding of the worlds of others , and in this way to examine and develop their own responses . |
| 14 | ‘ What I 'm saying is that unless you take the opportunity to see the system installed and working you 'll be missing the chance of increasing your knowledge of the product and thereby depriving yourself of valuable information . |
| 15 | In some circles there is excited talk of making him president of the SNP , talk which the present incumbent rather resents . |
| 16 | In particular they believed that a State which could dominate the sea and Europe 's trade with the outside world would have gone far towards making herself mistress of the continent . |
| 17 | No political action may be undertaken if it makes a difference to the likelihood that a person will endorse one conception of the good or another , or to his chances of realizing his conception of the good , unless other actions are undertaken which cancel out such effects . |
| 18 | Everything that 's been said about it , I would like to simply say , we owe a great debt of gratitude to our English friends for preserving our heritage of the past . |
| 19 | All we have attempted is to provide the groundwork for expanding our comprehension of the structure of BSL and its relationship with other languages . |
| 20 | First , I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving me notice of the detailed point that he wished to raise . |
| 21 | The first lies in increasing the efficiency of the curriculum development workers themselves through heightening their awareness of the growth points and problems in the schemes they are developing . |
| 22 | For instance , how valid are the company 's assumptions about : customer sensitivity to price changes ( price elasticity of demand ) ; the effectiveness of its advertising in stimulating customer demand , and in maintaining its share of the total market ; the relationship of per capita real income to demand for its products ( for instance , people with increasing incomes tend to eat a wider variety of foodstuffs than hitherto , yet their per capita expenditure on food tends to decline as a proportion of their total personal expenditure ) . |
| 23 | However , of its contemporaries , your soaraway NME was undoubtedly the most diligent in bringing you news of the latest teen pop sensations . |
| 24 | In exile and under attack … the princess Draupadi in The Mahabharata The realm of grand illusion TELEVISION : Hugh Hebert and Michael Billington consider Peter Brook 's achievement in bringing his production of The Mahabharata , the longest poem in the world , to the screen . |
| 25 | These reflections upon the character of the new vision of contracts may assist teachers in organizing their teaching of the modern doctrine . |
| 26 | It would be able to cut costs and raise capital for investment in building its share of the market . |
| 27 | In this sense , the DUP has succeeded in establishing its view of the constitutional crisis and the proper reactions to it . |
| 28 | BP is to spend $340 million in developing its share of the first phase of the Mars oil and gas field in the Gulf of Mexico . |
| 29 | I have pleasure in enclosing your copy of the Memorandum of Agreement for the above tape , which has been signed and witnessed on behalf of the Press . |
| 30 | I have pleasure in enclosing your copy of the Memorandum of Agreement for the above tape , which has been signed and witnessed on behalf of the Press . |