Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun] ['s] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Encouraged by their interpretations of each others ' dreams they set off against Humbaba to cut down his cedar forests . |
| 2 | With a knowledge of each other 's roles they are able to predict and comprehend the actions of the other . |
| 3 | At the beginning of each day 's trading you will be given a small amount of money ( eg £20 ) in small change , to put into the till . |
| 4 | Petty had already intimated that he might not be able to continue his attendance at the debates further ( after 29 October ) , but before the end of that day 's proceedings he explained why ‘ we [ the Levellers ] would exclude apprentices , or servants , or those that take alms , it is because they depend upon the will of other men and should be afraid to displease [ them ] ’ . |
| 5 | After 10 minutes of this week 's edition I was too embarrassed to go on listening . |
| 6 | Er , Chairman erm , I do believe that this has always been an issue erm of vested interests and bureaucracy administration but all I want to say to members of the council today as a member of the youth and community advisory committee is that extremely serious er far reaching decisions are gon na have to be taken because we were told at the last meeting of that sub committee that just to stand still because of the changes in legislation regarding transfer of funds to the er F E funding council , we will lose a further two million pounds next year so even if we er do not have to find any cuts within our own budget that money is going out of this authority 's budget it may come back in in commissioning agreements but because of the different timescale that the funding council works on we probably wo n't know that when we come to set our budget and really the issue for the Labour group I think in particular as councillor has said , is the question of budgetary control . |
| 7 | Because of the immediate nature of such patients ' problems it is important that whatever form of help is offered should be available without too much delay , and for this reason health-centre-based therapists may be of particular value , as has been shown in the case of psychologists ( Robson et al. 1984 ) and social workers ( Shepherd et al. 1979 ) . |
| 8 | Of all Elinor 's friends he was the least likely to be suspected of her murder . |
| 9 | In spite of all Diana 's effort it was badly crushed in the short journey to St Paul 's . |
| 10 | The reply was murmured into the string of turquoise shark 's teeth she wore round her neck . |
| 11 | I du n no quite how erm er much er of other people 's conversation it 's picking up but it 's probably picking me up er |
| 12 | But for the bony discomfort of the seats and the pressure of other people 's legs it was quite pleasant to take our time . |
| 13 | On the afternoon of New Year 's Day we reached the road end , picked the car up and returned to Queenstown . |
| 14 | They allowed the cameras into Kensington palace and Highgrove but in the space of two evenings ' viewing they came perilously close to destroying that magic ingredient that is so essential to the monarchy : its mystique . |
| 15 | Historically , the minimum subscription Association 's affiliated organizations and clubs has been set that twice the personal member 's subscription and after a period of two years ' grace it 's the Council 's wish that this balance is re-established so that the relativity returns to that which existed prior to the increase in subscriptions that was proposed at the A G M in nineteen ninety one . |
| 16 | In the course of two years ' research he 's discovered a great deal but admits there are gaps that he would like to fill . ‘ |
| 17 | Well I have to say that as a result of last night 's session I have a much healthier view of Hydro Electric and I do so would I have got that from the programme ? |
| 18 | Judging by accounts of last year 's knees-up it 's going to be a night to remember — a carnival of flesh — a drink and drugs frenzy . |
| 19 | Do you remember at the announcement of last year 's results we erm we mentioned that we were concentrating on four themes one 's cost reduction er driving for cash erm , improving our market share and investing for the future . |