Example sentences of "of [noun] [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The primary aim of the Convention is not to set up machinery for the chastisement of states which infringe human rights . |
| 2 | It is here that the goal of developing a different vision , for locating a different set of values , becomes pre-eminent — because with that different vision , with a determination to create a new set of values which recognises intrinsic value in all living creatures , we can properly inform and inspire a programme that works , albeit a gradualist one ! |
| 3 | They frequently break down , dealing , as Berridge ( 1985 ) argued , a very personal blow to the children and young people ; they are difficult to find ; they demand , if they are to work , levels of support which field social workers can not guarantee ; and some young people , and some children , do not want them . |
| 4 | For the educated mother in particular , it took a great deal of courage to reject a system of upbringing which combined quasi-religious appeals to ‘ duty ’ and ‘ rightness ’ and ‘ goodness ’ with a claim to be based on the rational attitudes which she herself , as a ‘ modern ’ woman , was supposed to have embraced . |
| 5 | Technological innovation is the source of many manufacturing processes which produce harmful pollutants , of products which cause great harm in themselves and of processes which permit immense powers of control by governments over individuals . |
| 6 | We have identified a number of products which have tradeable potential , such as publications , image databases , herbarium microfilm , and CD-ROMs . |
| 7 | The most deeply spontaneous , the gut reaction , from every viewpoint except the destitute , or of a criminal ready to pay for the advantage of robbing by the risk of himself being robbed , or of the kind of anarchist who acclaims private theft as a blow to the oppressive institution of private property , is of being threatened . |
| 8 | It is beautifully detailed but in a musical rather than analytical sense , offering a degree of presence which communicates real emotion where the programme offers it . |
| 9 | We looked in some detail at some aspects of protection which included certain kinds of technical and formal performance , the indirect handling of painful subjects and projection , the latter including some aspects of the teacher 's most flexible strategy , teacher-in-role . |
| 10 | ‘ The kind of smell which makes sick people worse must interfere with the vigour and vitality of those who are well , but at all events it is sufficient to show that sick persons are injured thereby ’ , per Stephen , J. in the Malton Manure case . |
| 11 | Of course they get covered mud and |
| 12 | That could , that needs to be maintained , it could also be extended , though of course they have great difficulties because of er their , their own financial restrictions , but we also , I think as a community , need to think about who these homeless people are , and , and not to regard them as some kind of alien population , but to realise that there are , they are our own neighbours , they are our own families that are in this predicament , and that collectively we need to join together and actually make demands on central government and locally to try and do something about it . |
| 13 | Erm but of course they did other work you know , which was of a general character . |
| 14 | Well when we came here of course we had certain furniture and we just sort of er , er and we , I do n't know what other people did , we just erm furnished a room at a time until we got |
| 15 | Well each has a particular history erm each has a particular culture and pattern of doing things , structure of government as I 've mentioned but also of course we have common interests so in foreign policy we sometimes draw differences between what we would regard as the direct interests of each state and what we can call common interests of mankind . |
| 16 | Other times of the day of course he measures minimum temperature , maximum temperature , erm and the number of sunshine hours , the rainfall , and other temperatures such as ground temperatures or the earth 's temperatures , all these things come into the picture to build up a weather observation . |
| 17 | And then of course he gives classical precedence for this Tireseus , Orpheus , those poets who had magical powers , Homer , who suggests not only frugal diet , but chastity will be the best preparation for the poet who has this task in hand . |
| 18 | Er as you got older of course you got different meals , but as youngsters we ate a terrific amount of bread and jam . |
| 19 | More often than not you get a refund cos of course you have personal allowances for a whole year but you 've not er not er lived a whole year as often as not and therefore there usually spaced over the twelve months and you 've paid a bit too much tax if you 've died in the course of the twelve months . |
| 20 | Maire Carroll , serving in the shop and hating it , felt a firm and vicious sense of satisfaction over the fate of Eve and Benny , but of course she pretended great care and concern . |
| 21 | The publicity is fairly short-lived , of course it has tremendous effect on the British media , and we 're all very , very happy for the families of these people |
| 22 | Unless of course I have derma-optical perception . |
| 23 | And then of course I see great differences in feminisms in different countries — in first world , third world , whatever , and also principally between third world countries themselves and I think that 's a point we have n't really touched on yet . |
| 24 | Since the end of the Second World War , state institutions have extended their influence over a whole range of activities which touch individual lives . |
| 25 | Where it is not clear whether a particular rulemaking power authorises the making of rules which modify fiduciary duties , there are four possible outcomes . |
| 26 | To put this more concretely : scientists try to enforce a set of rules which place strict limits on the entry of the outside world into their realm . |
| 27 | BROUGH JUSTICE : When Jack Charlton was boss of Middlesbrough he had star players of the quality of Graeme Souness , left , and David Mills , right . |
| 28 | There are a number of birds which have long legs , long necks , and possibly long or specially shaped bills . |
| 29 | Funny little things like the way he could find a mental case to confess to every gangland killing , and the number of prisoners who had sudden heart attacks while he was questioning them . |
| 30 | Such power is represented by the official hierarchy of subordination which characterizes formal organization . |