Example sentences of "of [noun prp] [is] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Forest of Dean is riddled with underground streams and springs . |
| 2 | The Forest of Dean is riddled with underground streams and springs . |
| 3 | The Forest of Dean is riddled with underground streams and springs . |
| 4 | The Forest of Dean is riddled with underground streams and springs . |
| 5 | The Dragon Bow of Ostland is inscribed with mighty runes which confer tremendous strength to its user . |
| 6 | ‘ Berlioz is usually known for his noisier moments , but half the score of Béatrice is composed of quiet , gentle music of tremendous wit and subtlety . |
| 7 | Much of the south-western part of Norfolk is covered by sandy soils the Breckland . |
| 8 | Coun Carr said : ‘ Unemployment in the eastern parts of Middlesbrough is running at 20 per cent and this problem must be tackled if the City Challenge initiative is to succeed . ’ |
| 9 | Rousseau 's blueprint for the education of Sophie is directed at this end , and if it is truly successful , she will internalise the lesson until neither her behaviour nor her demeanour will demand the acknowledgement . |
| 10 | The coronation oath of Edgar is recorded for 973 : he swore first " that God 's Church and all Christian people of my realm shall enjoy true peace ; second , that I forbid to all ranks of men robbery and all wrongful deeds ; third , that I urge and command justice and mercy in all judgements " — pious words , perhaps , but solemn and binding , and made at the bidding of Archbishop Dunstan and laid on the altar at Bath . |
| 11 | The Inter-Andean Depression of Ecuador is controlled by two terrane boundaries ( sutures ) , the Cainozoic reactivation of which provided channelways for the double chain of volcanic cordilleras , which form a caldera-graben . |
| 12 | We set out to establish which region(s) of c-Jun is phosphorylated by this kinase . |
| 13 | Much of the east coast of England is formed of Pleistocene deposits which yield rapidly to wave action provided that they are not protected by natural constructional forms or by artificial defences , such as breakwaters and groynes . |
| 14 | Under this the Bank of England is permitted in certain circumstances to disclose information provided to it . |
| 15 | In the same term it was resolved by the two Chief Justices , Chief Baron , and Baron Altham , upon conference betwixt the Lords of the Privy Council and them , that the King by his proclamation can not create any offence which was not an offence before , for then he may alter the law of the land by his proclamation in a high point ; for if he may create an offence where none is , upon that ensues fine and imprisonment : also the law of England is divided into three parts , common law , statute law , and custom ; but the King 's proclamation is none of them : also malum aut eat malum in se , aut prohibitum , that which is against common law is malum in se , malum prohibitum is such an offence as is prohibited by Act of Parliament , and not by proclamation . |
| 16 | No portrait of Bennet is known for certain to be extant . |
| 17 | The symbol which the older and more experienced policemen on the sections use as their model is Dixon of Dock Green , although the avuncular figure of Dixon is ridiculed by many younger policemen as outdated and antiquarian , even for Great Britain . |
| 18 | Well , as usual it 's all there in the papers that Mr has prepared for us if anybody cares to read them , and you will notice , the national non-domestic rate , the business rate as it 's known , the contribution that the government are passing on from the business rates paid in Wiltshire , back to the people of Wiltshire is dropping by seven point nine million pounds , it 's being cut from a hundred and eighteen point six to a hundred and nine point three million pounds , and again this is pound for pound . |
| 19 | The city of Prague is built on both sides of the beautiful river Vltava . |
| 20 | Mary the mother of Jesus is represented in Christian art in terms of both these images . |
| 21 | The young Russian trader with his brown holland suit almost obscured by coloured patches , a youth whose courage in venturing into the dark interior of Africa is viewed with astonished admiration by Conrad 's foremost narrator , Marlow , belongs to the familiar heroic convention : |
| 22 | But while much of Africa is clamouring for multi-party elections in the hope of replacing indifferent or corrupt governments , the prospect of political freedom is met with apprehension in Uganda . |
| 23 | The right of Lloyd 's to draw on such funds is at present being challenged in the commercial court by more than 800 members led by solicitor Michael Freeman . |
| 24 | Pollution in industrial areas of China is resulting in widespread health problems , according to the country 's National Institute of Environmental Health and Engineering . |
| 25 | Oxford University , home of scholars since the day of Alfred the Great , was an all but religious ideal for generation on generation of humble schoolmasters and their pupils : Thomas Hardy 's tragedy of Jude is based on that assumption — to enter Oxford was to enter the Golden Kingdom . |
| 26 | The London Borough of Lewisham is served by two multidisciplinary community teams for mental health in the elderly , which provide assessment , treatment , rehabilitation and support services to elderly mentally ill people living in this area . |
| 27 | Admittedly , in cases covered by section 17 , the capacity of the Court of Appeal to set aside an order of the House of Lords is invested by clear statutory implication . |
| 28 | It is used in a narrow sense in the context of the Parliament Act procedure as requiring certification by the Speaker with the consequence that the delaying power of the House of Lords is restricted to one month . |
| 29 | The shadowy figure of Abimael Guzman , subject of an essay Shakespeare wrote for Granta last year , surfaces here as Presidente Ezequiel , while the ritualistic savagery of Peru is detailed in some brief , shocking images . |
| 30 | ‘ The great advantage of GIBs is locking into high rates of interest , ’ says Warren Terry , financial planning consultant at Charles Stanley ( phone : 071–739 8200 ) . |