Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] of the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Third , the author has generally seen little or nothing of the actual restoration work , yet , once it is finished , presumes to assess it with unshakeable authority .
2 Indeed , there is now little or none of the traditional progression or interweaving of rock climbing and other mountain activities .
3 Oxidised LDL may also be procoagulant since it has been described as stimulating endothelial tissue factor activity and inhibiting activation of protein C. Despite these tremendous advances , the authors wisely remind us that many patients with coronary disease have few or none of the known risk factors .
4 He always follows up , if necessary , with a second response to the customer to inform him or her of the corrective action taken .
5 The American boy turned in his seat and stared , expecting to see a fight , but the cowering Annamite accepted his beating meekly and none of the European passersby spared the man a second glance .
6 The Cantona home in a northern suburb of Leeds is a rather modest semi-detached house with simple furniture and none of the usual soccer star extravagances .
7 They feel unsure about the way their bodies have changed and they need lots of encouraging comments and none of the wrong kind of remarks .
8 Something of the almighty importance of it and something of the utter meaninglessness .
9 As you can see it was a three way tie between ‘ Judas ’ Jordan , Pisshead , and he of the stylish shirtcollar .
10 And what of the marital relationship , how much meaning and importance does this still have for the partners ?
11 And what of the masculine/feminine dichotomy ?
12 You 'd think Michael Barnes , OBE , hereinafter referred to as Micky Twiceover would know just exactly when he opens his Festival since he 's the Artistic Director , General Administrator , Grand Panjandrum , ( Twiceover ) and what-have-you of the Grand Opera House .
13 ‘ Passion 's prisoners , ’ she offered with acid amusement but none of the simple pleasure she usually took in alliteration .
14 She said she 's seen the film but none of the other family have seen it .
15 I refer in that context to the observations of Lord President Cooper in MacCormick v. The Lord Advocate in 1953 , when Lord Cooper , generally regarded as one of the foremost Scottish jurists of this century , said : ’ The principle of the unlimited sovereignty of Parliament is a distinctively English principle which has no counterpart in Scottish constitutional law Considering that the Union legislation extinguished the Parliaments of Scotland and England and replaced them by a new Parliament , I have difficulty in seeing why it should have been supposed that the new Parliament of Great Britain must inherit all the peculiar characteristics of the English Parliament but none of the Scottish Parliament , as if all that happened in 1707 was that Scottish representatives were admitted to the Parliament of England .
16 But what of the long lay-off ?
17 3.5 But what of the general level of awards itself , ignoring inflation ?
18 But what of the ordinary villager ?
19 My daughter finds everyday learning fun because it involves doing things together , but what of the working mother , or the one who has other children demanding all her attention , or the low-income family — do n't they have a right to pre-school education too ?
20 But what of the actual evidence to justify this belief ?
21 But what of the fabulous Magpie team ?
22 But what of the young lady who was his companion ?
23 The advantage is undeniably there ; but what of the ever-increasing number from middle-class homes without books ?
24 But what of the social science base ?
25 But what of the very idea of advertising in a public service system ?
26 But what of the driving force behind it all — if he suddenly had an offer to take charge of a major opera house in the west , would he leave behind what he has so painstakingly built up ?
27 So much for the son 's manic triumph over the phallic mother symbolized by the arrogant domination and tree-felling exploits of Gilgamesh or the Amazon-slaying of the Greek heroes ; but what of the homosexual element in the situation to which I alluded earlier ?
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