Example sentences of "of [noun] [vb base] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Just as different sites or forms of racism have their own conditions of existence and articulation , so they require specific modes of analysis and intervention , each of which has its own criteria of efficacy .
2 They were a jolly bunch of chaps , eager to make friends with the locals , learn about the mysteries of turf cutting , and of course sample our local beverages .
3 The peripatetic music service is but one , although some schools of course have their own music departments in addition to peripatetic music teaching .
4 Officers of course censor their own letters .
5 Confidentiality is the most important word in the clinic 's vocabulary , and the majority of clinics have their own case-notes separate from the hospital notes .
6 Then , you could continue with a whole succession of closer shots concentrating on the colour and glitter of the shop windows in which the reflections of shoppers add their own element of movement and interest .
7 I know that a lot of youngsters gain their first experience of shooting with bolting rabbits but I do think that so much preparatory work is necessary to create the opportunity for the rabbits to be killed that the chance must not be missed .
8 His contemporaries reported him as a master of geological field-mapping techniques and his original maps of many parts of Scotland confirm his observational skills and his ability to locate himself in the wilderness with an accuracy that can not be improved upon with aerial photographs .
9 Before I had gone fifty yards , I felt a couple of grains of sand strike my left cheek .
10 Hundreds of enthusiasts maintain their old Healeys in showroom condition because they feel that there 's never been another car like it .
11 Potiphar 's wife , likewise , had made an article of clothing serve her own purpose , in that case to convince her husband that Joseph had tried to seduce her .
12 Adam Smith made a profound and surprising claim : an economy in which millions of individuals pursue their own interests without any central direction would not be chaotic but orderly .
13 These women 's experiences of poverty demonstrate its different facets .
14 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 .
15 A unique nationwide initiative to help thousands of customers meet their environmental obligations has been launched by Chlor-Chemicals .
16 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 .
17 The different lines of evolution betray their independent origins in numerous points of detail .
18 POWER OF DREAMS release their second album , ‘ 2 Hell With Common Sense ’ , through Polydor this week .
19 The pleasures of the squares of the Bedford estate in Bloomsbury , the nobility of Regent 's Park and the elegant uniformity of Belgravia owe their aesthetic success to ruthlessness .
20 A packed courtroom far from all seated heard the former Recorder of Teesside recall his early days in the area during his speech to mark the opening of the Middlesbrough-based court centre .
21 While problems of method have their technical aspects — such as how many people should be interviewed ?
22 And sis he do it for the whole of the island or just the was did the sort of parish have their own chap ?
23 Both sets of forwards put their respective defences under pressure for periods and Moyola in particular , with Lavery having a good game , missed a couple of scoring opportunities , especially when Calderwood failed to take advantage of a good cross from Devine in the 35th minute .
24 Both directions of policy have their own logic .
25 The only native Hawaiian plants and animals that are n't extinct are found on the high mountainsides ( yes , a lot of people live their whole lives in Hawaii without ever coming across a native species ) , and the biggest problem up there is that type of pig that descended from European wild boars and Polynesian pigs .
26 A lot of people do it that way . ’
27 The parties are collections of those most actively concerned with the political aspects of government and , by long association , these groups of activists develop their own slogans , atmosphere .
28 Almost two-thirds of respondents receive their own copy of Newsline without fail , and two per cent say that they have never received it .
29 The House of Love inherit their particlar brand of psychedelia from early Echo and The Bunnymen and the Teardrop Explodes .
30 Like a bucket of cold water the harsh realities of life drown your sunny optimism leaving you feeling despondent .
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