Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This uncertainty might , on the one hand , encourage social commentators in the attitude expressed by a writer in The Economist in 1848 : ‘ In our condition suffering and evil are nature 's admonitions ; they can not be got rid of ; and the impatient attempts of benevolence to banish them from the world by legislation , before benevolence has learnt their object and their end , have always been productive of more evil than good . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Easy — a stroke of genius hit me at the height of the bombing , General . |
| 3 | But it is still too early to be certain , and the jury must remain out until there is sufficient evidence of a true change of heart to distinguish it from the earnest gestures of political expediency . |
| 4 | Would he also look to a change of driver to help him with the draw he will want at Augusta ? |
| 5 | This must of necessity put you in a very weak defensive position and I would maintain that this is responsible for losing more bouts than any other factor . |
| 6 | The Minotaur was finally slain by Theseus , who found his way out of the labyrinth by trailing a skein of thread given him by the king 's daughter , ARIADNE . |
| 7 | A final change of level takes us under the archway into the next small grassed and planted area , an altogether quieter space . |
| 8 | And it could take more than a change of luck to lift them off the bottom of the table . |
| 9 | This view of physics sees it as a body of knowledge , or a system , which can explain all other bodies of knowledge . |
| 10 | I take his point about maintenance and I shall of course draw it to the Housing Executive 's attention . |
| 11 | This of course takes us into the domain of attitudes and feelings of the learners , and is an area more influenced by emotion . |
| 12 | This of course put me in the wrong . |
| 13 | Such an astigmatic view of course excludes them from the main focus of research . |
| 14 | A decision was taken in principle to require agencies with independent sources of income to transfer them to the central treasury . |
| 15 | Oldfield 's marriage lasted for just two weeks , requiring lawyers and a large sum of money to bring it to a conclusion satisfactory to the bride . |
| 16 | He urged people not to let the short-term problems of recession blind them to the long-term truth . |
| 17 | Smith has been dismissed as ‘ presence of mind Smith ’ from his alleged remark on returning without his companion from a disastrous outing on the river : ‘ If I had not with great presence of mind hit him on the head with a boathook both would have been drowned , ’ but the story comes from Reminiscences of Oxford ( 1st edn. 1900 ) by William Tuckwell , who in his second edition ( 1907 ) consigned it to oblivion ; moreover , there was no charge of murder . |
| 18 | ( Paradoxically the release of tension enabled him in the next week to run up , turn out , patch together , a poetical melodrama about Cabestainh with which the house-guests had some civilised fun . ) |
| 19 | But I do not accept the submission of Mr. Everall ’ — who appeared for the father — ‘ that she should go so far as to establish that by their return they would be exposed to a grave risk of harm to bring them within the ambit of article 13 ( b ) . |
| 20 | Hooks of meat , barrows of vegetables , trays of pies , urns of tea passed him in every direction . |
| 21 | Even if a band that I liked did this , I 'm sure that it would not make me gay ( And even if the power of rock introduced you to the delights of homosexuality , who cares , eh ? |
| 22 | The sharp pang of disappointment seared her like a physical pain . |
| 23 | In 1911 , aged twenty-nine , the Crown Prince was sent off to Danzig to command a Hussar Regiment ( it was a fairly transparent form of exile to preserve him from the temptations of political and amorous indiscretion in Berlin ) , but he showed himself singularly adept at escaping from the tedium of regimental duties . |
| 24 | Not that the organs of perception apprehended it at the time . |
| 25 | This schematic way of thinking channels us into an obscurantist cul-de-sac instead of regenerating our culture . |
| 26 | My geraniums ( pelargoniums if you must ) are making a brave show at last in spite of one or two early frosts , and I am delighted that a tiny sprig of gentian given me by a neighbour has four vivid blue flowers . |
| 27 | The social stigma of alcoholism sees it as a disgrace rather than a disease that is beyond the control of the sufferer and for this reason ( and their own " denial " — which will be explained later ) friends and family may be reluctant to accept the true nature of the diagnosis . |
| 28 | I hoped that the off-licence opened soon because the journey to Dover could only be improved by getting drunk ; besides , a few cans of lager helped me through the morning pretty well , and killed off hunger till late afternoon . |
| 29 | In 1939 appointment to the Disney chair of archaeology distinguished her as the first woman professor in the university . |
| 30 | My conception of sport elevates it to the realms of art , where the producer finds room to express himself and the consumer studies and appreciates ; both seek satisfaction . |