Example sentences of "of [noun prp] [to-vb] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They pressed for a particular re-reading of Darwin to add weight to the older evangelical claim that women had a rightful place in regulating sex . |
| 2 | The centre will help business and organisations across Scotland and the north of England to gain access to the £4.5 billion of funding available for research and development through the EC up to 1994 . |
| 3 | The London governors were by now contemplating extreme measures but they could not persuade the Royal Agricultural Society of England to provide support of the kind Dick was getting in Scotland and their veiled threats in the petition were likewise unsuccessful . |
| 4 | Apart from Mary Leapor , the only native of Brackley to achieve prominence in the eighteenth century was Thomas Paine , whose book lists became a feature of the book trade for thirty-five years . |
| 5 | These misgivings in the face of the anaesthetist were weakened when in 1853 , Queen Victoria 's physician asked Dr John Snow of Edinburgh to administer chloroform to the Queen , who welcomed his help and was duly delivered of Prince Leopold . |
| 6 | Pupils from 16 Colchester schools went to the University of Essex to take part in the 43rd annual Colchester Schools ' Music Festival . |