Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb -s] of the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The notion that Freud has of the sexual instincts is not primarily about reproduction , however , but the generalized capacity of the human organism to find erotic satisfaction from any part of the body being caressed or stimulated , quite apart from the act of reproduction . |
| 2 | ‘ There 's a lot of method here ; it 's not as arbitrary as it seems , ’ David says of the heady mixture of pattern and texture . |
| 3 | His loyal and seemingly very level-headed wife Nesta says of the second sex scandal he has been involved in during their marriage : |
| 4 | Bede says of the episcopal authority of Bishop Wilfrid in the reign of Oswiu that it embraced Northumbrians and Picts as far as the power of Oswiu extended ( HE III , 3 ) , and the Life of Wilfrid that in the reign of Ecgfrith it widened still further so that Wilfrid was bishop of the Saxons ( that is , the Northumbrians ) in the south and the Britons , Scots and Picts in the north ( Vita Wilfridi , ch. 21 ) . |
| 5 | In this fascinating book , Ronald Blakey tells of the 19th-century ministers preoccupation with stocking his library . |
| 6 | Everyone in Scotland knows of the famous Glasgow case involving a female complainer who took out a private prosecution in such a case . |
| 7 | Wilson warns of the long-term effects of discriminatory policies . |
| 8 | The sharp peaks are what Hoffman identified as the markers for 1461 and 2615 keV ; the signal that interested Fleischmann and Pons consists of the dotted structure around 2500 keV . |
| 9 | Kinnock complains of the alleged power of the Tory tabloid press , but he has powers on his side too . |
| 10 | The apostle Peter speaks of the mutual submissiveness of wives and husbands , just as Jesus himself was submissive in his time on earth to death . |
| 11 | Maximilian Novak speaks of the eighteenth century as the ‘ Age of Disguise ’ , and Terry Castle treats the masquerade as a central metaphor of eighteenth century culture Leapor adamantly refuses to conceal herself . |
| 12 | Paul speaks of the pastoral situation of a Christian man or woman being married to someone who is not a Christian . |
| 13 | Mr Jack Hallam 's excellent book Ghosts of London tells of the unexplained sounds of heavy footsteps heard by staff at night at Tulse Hill Station . |
| 14 | Luke writes of the natural hesitancy of the Jewish believers over the unprecedented inclusion of Gentiles in the early church . |
| 15 | If what Tillich says of the Buddhist concept of compassion were taken to apply also to the Hindu concept of compassion , then his assessment is equally inaccurate in that context . |
| 16 | The Gospel of John tells of the royal officer who returns home to discover that his son has recovered : ‘ The father noted [ knew ] that this was the exact time when Jesus had said to him , ‘ Your son will live ’ , and he and all his household became believers . ’ |