Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [noun] of [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two of the boys from amongst these pioneers went on to study Mathematics at Cambridge , with great success , to Daniels ' pride : J. G. Adshead of Caius College , who eventually became Professor of Mathematics at Dalhousie University , Nova Scotia , and W. L. Edge of Trinity College , who held a similar post in the University of Edinburgh . |
| 2 | Among the many things we hear in that oracular phrase is , against the odds , a bitterly won conception of language as rescue . |
| 3 | This AE recalls a sales manager who tuned in to AEs ' telephone conversations , thereby gaining snippets of information about their private lives which he would not hesitate to use . |
| 4 | The Federal Assembly on April 20 voted by a large majority to accept a proposal to rename the state the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic ( CSFR ) , thereby ending weeks of controversy over the issue . |
| 5 | Wilson ( 1991 ) argues that in reality most old people can live well and independently with properly targeted inputs of help at times of crisis or illness . |
| 6 | Idealism , and the quest for action , drove him to change regiments and branches of the service , and so lose chances of promotion beyond the rank of subaltern . |
| 7 | Sometimes this is built-in to the carpet in the form of a heavy foam backing which only needs layers of newspaper underneath it . |
| 8 | p/b £15.95 Paperback reprint of David Watkin 's highly esteemed history of architecture from Knossos to Quinlan Terry . |
| 9 | The Bantu Mirror , established in 1936 , circulated in both Rhodesias , using African languages , but employed no African reporters : it merely used translations of news from Argus papers . |
| 10 | Gently remove sprigs of rosemary from the stalk and sprinkle over chicken with chopped parsley . |
| 11 | Pausing only to pour buckets of water into the burning dustbins , and to be sick in the basin on the landing , Rainbow races for the nearest pay-phone , to ruin several people 's evenings . |
| 12 | For this would obviously ensure pride of place for holist explanations . |
| 13 | It was a staple of the revenge tragedy as Kyd , Tourneur or Shakespeare conceived it , and plays by Dekker , Lyly , Webster , Ford and Middleton all made use of madness on stage , and of actors specially trained for the parts of madmen . |
| 14 | The critical chain length c is interpreted as representing the dividing point between chains which are too short to provide a significant contribution to η from entanglement effects and those large enough to cause retardation of flow by intertwining with their neighbours . |
| 15 | For some of them , eagerly selling six-packs of beer on street corners , the new Berlin is full of opportunities . |
| 16 | This policy gives them a much needed spread of risk of buyer and of export market and gives the policyholder the best ‘ rate on line ’ : ie the percentage ratio between the amount of premium and the level of cover provided . |
| 17 | It provided a much needed patch of light in an otherwise sombre room lit only by two silk-shaded sidelamps . |
| 18 | Comic disruption becomes a much needed gesture of resistance to prevailing conditions in America . |
| 19 | ‘ All dressed ready for your important engagement , I see , ’ he drawled , his eyes going once more over her bedroom attire , and , if that was n't enough to ignite sparks of fury in her , his mocking tone abruptly fell away as his glance went from her and to the hall — in which direction she knew he was aware there was at least one bedroom . |
| 20 | Even fewer can appreciate in advance the effect , not just of the structures , but of the constantly moving stresses of traffic on them . |
| 21 | Bush promised legislation " this year " setting specific goals and timetables for the reduction of acid rain pollution , a long running source of disagreement between the two countries . |
| 22 | Obviously such strict separation of functions results in a much reduced level of conflict between pedestrian and vehicle and a consequent lowered accident rate . |
| 23 | If historians only uncover images of disability in charity advertising and stories of helplessness or courage , with no alternatives , what will that mean for a future population of disabled people ? |
| 24 | However the changes that have taken place in society in recent decades , resulting in the rapid growth of youth unemployment , have also resulted in a greatly reduced importance of certification at 16+ for selection purposes . |
| 25 | This approach by no means necessarily reflects lack of sympathy for the lot of the least privileged in society . |
| 26 | Do all have freedom of conscience except the King ? " |
| 27 | There was a nicely judged degree of contempt in her voice , Loretta thought ; it implied that the speaker had quickly got Puddephat 's measure , and did n't intend to waste any more of her time on him . |
| 28 | It is a time for the Governments to act together to take charge of economics for the sake of the citizens that they , and only they , can represent . |
| 29 | I continued to chair the inquiry into pensions and later took over family policy when the much liked Minister of State for Social Security , Rhodes Boyson , went off to be the number two in Northern Ireland . |
| 30 | The leading case is Anisminic Ltd v. Foreign Compensation Commission , where the House of Lords held that the effect of an exclusion clause is only to prevent errors of law by a tribunal which are within its jurisdiction : the clause would not prevent the review of decisions outside jurisdiction . |