Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At densities of 120 persons per acre it was estimated that between 25 per cent and 30 per cent of the population would have to be flat dwellers . |
| 2 | I think she 'd knitted it herself out of old pieces of string she 'd saved from the children 's birthday presents . ’ |
| 3 | We investigated the interaction of VT2 on a number of different probes by DNase I footprinting . |
| 4 | Out of 105 items of prey he examined , only 7 were pieces of lamb compared with 3 entire fox bodies and 25 rabbits . |
| 5 | This letter was only the beginning of a case with a long history , and by piecing together a number of disjointed fragments of information we can obtain an unusually clear picture of the sequence of events and of Anselm 's reactions to them . |
| 6 | In the case of human beings of course you have to notice that men seem to have an advantage because as I think I mention i in the lectures , it 's perfectly possible , you see this happening in our own society which is supposed to be monogamous , perfectly possible for a man to get married , raise a family and then in his forties to desert his wife and raise a second family . |
| 7 | While it is not necessary to cover all of these activities in detail it is important , if the interest of the audience is to be held , to show some indications of the passage of time . |
| 8 | It 's like one of these films in reverse you know . |
| 9 | Because of these methods of production he is also able to make special tools to order , one such recent order was for hooked turning tools . |
| 10 | I mean there are all sorts of little peculiarities for example you do not have to be a member of B A I E at any level to sit B A I E exams . |
| 11 | So men of all countreys by fortune me fynd , |
| 12 | If the review is to command the support of all sides of industry it must be seen as being thorough and in-depth . |
| 13 | Utilities Xtradrive is one of those bits of software you can install and forget — in every test we 've thrown at it , it has been totally transparent to the user — but even so , there are some interesting utilities included with it . |
| 14 | And the other one , I wonder if the Council would consider , over sixties club , I ought to declare an interest I suppose , erm have two hundred members and they are distributing this Christmas , as they al always do , a three pound voucher to each of those members in office you know and I just wondered whether the Council would consider a small contribution towards that expenditure . |
| 15 | In one of those swings of mood she experienced , swooping backwards and forwards like a pendulum , Blanche was frothy again . |
| 16 | One of those flashes of shyness he has . |
| 17 | By one of those quirks of fate he was at Plas Menair for a canoeing course when he ran into Phil Eccles whom he had last seen in the Australian desert . |
| 18 | He receives for his employment a take home pay of seventy three pounds per week , he lives with his parents and pays a board of twenty pounds per week he 's fortunate in that his employer takes him to work in the mornings but he has to catch the bus home in the evening and at lunchtime on Saturdays which costs him seven pounds forty . |
| 19 | Write down the names of four records/pieces of music you would use in advertisements . |
| 20 | In the view of successive Secretaries of State it is essential in the interests of national security and of any other grounds for which a warrant may be issued that no such inference should ever be capable of being drawn . |
| 21 | Fig 103 By making the first of two tacks into tide it is easier to judge when to tack for the mark since you are much closer to it than if you take the other course . |
| 22 | The canal map is easy to follow showing locks and numbered bridges , and at an average speed of two miles per hour you wo n't feel the need to hurry . |
| 23 | By the Act of Settlement 1701 , ‘ Judges ’ Commissions [ shall ] be made quamdiu se bene gesserent , but upon the Address of both Houses of Parliament it may he lawful to remove them . ’ |