Example sentences of "of [noun] [verb] [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If , however , the Chancellor was hoping for a variety of opinions to give him maximum freedom of manoeuvre in next month 's Budget , he will be only too happy with the report . |
| 2 | Gave him a stiff sentence in a House of Correction to teach him better ways . |
| 3 | A foal requires about one pint of colostrum to give it sufficient antibiotics to help fight neonatal infections . |
| 4 | This translates into an average eighteen pounds reduction in council tax for a band E dwelling which could be passed on to council tax payers in their ninety four , ninety five bills or of course allows them more flexibility in their general financial planning . |
| 5 | Gardening and agricultural production , unlike trading , were safe from government intervention , and his mixture of activities gave him some security should his job or his shop come under threat . |
| 6 | Their publication was a speculation which — so far as it made me known & procured me employment in Zoological drawing — answered my expectations — but in matters of money occasioned me considerable loss . |
| 7 | Night Goblin shamans are allowed to gobble pieces of mushroom to give them extra power , while Forest Goblin shamans are immune to ‘ Eadbangin ’ thanks to the spider venom flowing through their veins . |
| 8 | The first law of thermodynamics tells us that energy may be converted from one form to another without any of it being destroyed . |
| 9 | Apart from the counties a number of urban areas had grown up and many of these had been granted Charters of Incorporation giving them varying powers of local administration . |
| 10 | In any case , a couple of notables reached us this week . |
| 11 | Steve Savage of Grafton met him several times after Frankfurt . |
| 12 | I have made it a point of honour to spare you moral blackmail of the ‘ Do you honestly suppose for a single moment that I would be capable of stooping to such beastliness ? ’ variety , and I shall not waver even at this supreme moment . |
| 13 | The archers have a lighter corselets of scale mail and powerful bows constructed of alternating layers of wood to give them great power and range . |
| 14 | Some themes of the assembly therefore were giver of life sustain your creation spirit of truth set us free spirit of unity reconcile your people Holy Spirit transform and sanctify us . |
| 15 | ‘ Methinks its motion in this hush of nature Gives it dim sympathies with me who live Making it a companionable form , Whose puny flaps and freaks the idling spirit By its own moods interprets , everywhere Echo or mirror seeking of itself , And makes a toy of Thought . |
| 16 | The Fractal Geometry of Nature reminds us that mathematics can surprise us with insights into the world in which we live ; it has the most beautiful graphics 1 have ever seen in a mathematics book . |
| 17 | Mrs Bennett , still at Hillmarden House , Edna in Cornwall and Karen in a temporary post , sent almost identical cards : a baby in a muslin-trimmed cot surrounded by blue birds and butterflies , the only difference being the unfortunate — at least , to Celia — personal wording in Edna 's which ran , May your long-awaited bundle of joy bring you lasting happiness . |
| 18 | That the spotlight should be falling so directly on the schools market now was due , said Mr Davey , to the raised profile of education , the introduction of changes tot he national curriculum , but mainly to local management of schools . |
| 19 | The Royal College of Surgeons offered him 60 guineas for it , but he sold it to John Gamgee in November 1860 for 100 guineas . |
| 20 | Othello 's vision of Iago gives him total credit : With the vision of Iago , Othello also takes over his language , as critics have long noted , with its bestial images , but also his attitudes , especially a generalized distrust of women . |
| 21 | The new law of prohibition of alcohol afforded them marvellous matter for the pleading of the liberty of men and women against the tyranny of majorities , and they sang or preached several eloquent perorations in praise of freedom . |
| 22 | And so the 13th of August found me waving farewell to my friends and relations at King George V Dock , London . |
| 23 | Some 15–40% of patients taking it long term develop an asymptomatic hepatic dysfunction , which is both dose dependent and reversible on stopping treatment . |
| 24 | A lot of people do it that way . ’ |
| 25 | His wide range of interests keeps him busy day and night . |
| 26 | And the House of Lords provides them with the only forum in the western world in which an accident of birth assures them legislative power . |
| 27 | Nails liked her company better than that of his father ; his new way of life gave him considerable satisfaction . |
| 28 | The next sixty years were to see a rise in the classroom autonomy of teachers allowing them growing discretion within their classrooms . |
| 29 | Fifty pounds worth of petrol gives you one pound off . |
| 30 | The first is , where is Lincoln going , Lincolnshire going to left after the local erm , government commission put their proposals forward and the government have a look at them , and then secondly , what our , as we note from Item Eleven , a fuller report will be brought to this sub-committee when the local government staff commission or the Secretary of State to give us definitive advice . |