Example sentences of "of [noun] [adv] [vb past] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The popularity of programmes therefore did become a factor in BBC calculations in a qualitatively different way from previously . |
| 2 | After 1400 , it has been noted , lawyers in the Parlement of Paris consistently tried to show the respectability of their soldier-clients by underlining their service to the king and the public good : ‘ … a longuement servy le roy ’ ; ‘ … tient frontier contre les enemis ’ ; ‘ … il a esté grevé car lui estant en expedicion pour la chose publique ’ are phrases which , when used regularly , tell us something of the values of the society in which they are uttered , and of the soldier 's role in it . |
| 3 | What was more they could not , or claimed they could not , pay taxes , direct or indirect , so that the king of France soon came to feel the impact on his fiscal policy of English raids into certain parts of his kingdom . |
| 4 | ‘ The Duke of Buckingham then stood to deliver an harangue , ’ Edward went on . |
| 5 | Areas with a relatively high density of children also seemed to have a higher incidence ( table V ) , but a combined analysis was dominated by the recent oil impact measure . |
| 6 | Although such incidents rankled , the cutter crews ' sense of humour soon surfaced to erase the bad memories . |
| 7 | A further eight per cent of pupils also appeared to make an assumption about the relationships between cubes and hand spans and concluded that Robert was not taller than Dean . |
| 8 | The easy explanation points to the personality of Mr Kinnock — and it probably is true that the Labour leader 's worthiness and lack of grasp of detail probably did damage the Labour cause . |