Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] of [art] [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The view is gaining ground that , if Ms Campbell does not win more than 40% of the delegates ' votes on the first ballot , Mr Charest will take the crown with the help of Mr Edwards 's backers . |
| 2 | Remembering the events of the fatal Second Council the strength of Phoenix Guard was doubled , and they were sworn to silence lest word of the princes ' deliberations fall into the hands of spies . |
| 3 | He offered Helen Martini , as Chairman of the Parents ' Action Committee , whatever help he could in the campaign to get the children home , and to ensure that a full judicial inquiry was held . |
| 4 | Less the arm the figure is complete in itself , but it was part of a larger whole : a four-horse team , the charioteer in the car holding the reins , possibly the dedicator as a warrior behind him on the ground or mounting , probably a groom at the horses ' heads ( a small-scale arm was found , as well as scraps of the horses ' legs and tails ) . |
| 5 | As evidence of the Greeks ' Dionysiac perception , we can point to the dark side of their mythology : Titanic wars and heroes ; the agonies of Prometheus , Oedipus , Orestes ; and the definitive wisdom of Silenus , the satyr companion of Dionysus : the best thing is not to be born — the next best is to die soon . |
| 6 | Coetsee 's duties as Chair of the Ministers ' Council in the House of Assembly were assumed by Amie Venter , Minister of Regional Development and State Expenditure . |
| 7 | The response , however , as news of the invaders ' arrival spread , was disappointing . |
| 8 | To view them as members of a gentlemen 's club , whose rules are predicated upon principles of service and public interest is to ignore the power structure of which they are a part . |
| 9 | Nevertheless controversies continued between the verderers , as protectors of the commoners ' rights , and the officers of the Crown , who wished to enclose and encoppice to promote the growth and sale of timber . |