Example sentences of "of them [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it is a newcomer to New York politics , the Coalition proved startlingly effective , distributing more than 100,000 voters ' guides , many of them through the Catholic church . |
| 2 | His hands rested on her shoulders and she could feel the warmth of them through the coarse material of her bodice . |
| 3 | SunSoft will begin offering Adobe imaging products for the Solaris 2. x operating system from the middle of next year , SunPics will have the stuff in Unix SVR4 versions of its print system during the second half of 1993 — both of them under the Open Look graphical interface ( UX No 405 ) . |
| 4 | Simply serve them in tiny bowls or hors-d'oeuvre dishes , or pile up little mounds of them beside the sliced lamb and beef . |
| 5 | Compaoré had earlier sought to appease opposition figures when on July 26 he brought a number of them into the transitional government . |
| 6 | In fact , the four cooking apples should have been five , but our continuing cashflow problems meant I had to disguise one of them as the reserve match ball . |
| 7 | I think of them as the sea-bird equivalent of a peregrine or other member of the falcon family . |
| 8 | These gestures can be seen in many Persian miniatures , some of them at the British Museum . |
| 9 | Some tests may involve chemicals which need to be handled with care , but this should not preclude the sale of them to the general public in kits which include protective goggles and detailed instructions on their handling . |
| 10 | The dream that had brought the two of them to the other side of the globe was wedging a distance between them . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm Loretta Lawson ’ , she said , returning and handing one of them to the American woman . |
| 12 | I adjusted one of them to the reclining position , lay back in it and closed my eyes . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's remarkable that , in addition to playing 11 cities around the country , the educational programme played to over 5,000 kids and brought many of them to the main theatre in their local cities for the first time in their lives , on subsidised tickets . |
| 14 | It is also provided that where a person , not named as a respondent , is in occupation , the originating application and other documents may be served by affixing a copy of them to the main door or other conspicuous part , and , if practicable , inserting them through the letter box , or by placing stakes in the ground with the documents ( in a transparent sealed envelope ) attached . |
| 15 | If both cooperate ( with each other , not with the authorities ) by refusing to speak , there is not enough evidence to convict either of them of the main crime , and they receive a small sentence for a lesser offence , the Reward for mutual cooperation . |
| 16 | But I 've seen a few of them on the slippery slope — the Shiny Set , the stars , the Washington |
| 17 | I can hear the two of them on the narrow stair outside , Summerchild placing his feet with ostentatious care on each step , bending his head rather further than is strictly necessary under the low ceiling , while Serafin demonstrates his effortless familiarity with such picturesque difficulties . |
| 18 | There was one of them on the other side of the street . |
| 19 | There have been before the present application which was approved , there have been applications refused because the Oxford City Planning Committee were concerned particularly about er access and parking arrangements , and the effects of the extensions er on the front of the building , er very close to Sandy Lane , by the impact of those buildings in particular on residential amenity , on the houses and the occupants of them on the other side of Sandy Lane . |
| 20 | The Vodafone Ltd arm of Vodafone Group Plc says gross new connections for its British cellular telephone network for the first quarter of 1993 totalled 92,775 ; net new connections totalled 43,911 , and at the end of the quarter , Vodafone had more than 838,000 subscribers connected to its cellular network , 85,000 of them on the new LowCall tariff that it launched in October . |
| 21 | He bombarded Burghley with schemes for exploiting Newfoundland in 1585 and 1586 , interestingly proposing the financing of one of them on the tontine principle , but they involved impractical proposals , as the international fishery could not be controlled by any one country except at vast expense . |
| 22 | Markby nodded towards the line of people ahead of them on the flagged pathway to the church door . |
| 23 | She lay on her back on the grass within the avenue made by the great standing stones , between the ninth and tenth of them on the northern side . |
| 24 | It was strange , his feeling of contentment , sitting here in this garden , empty coffee cups in front of them on the white table . |
| 25 | Nearby is Villa Taranto , famous for having over 20,000 plants and trees on display , many of them on the endangered list . |
| 26 | He had been retired since 1979 after completing 42 years ' service — 12 of them on the main board . |
| 27 | ‘ I think all of them except the dark bay . ’ |
| 28 | Between 1947 and 1952 he produced no less than 300 short films , many of them for the Canadian Government , and on these merits he was appointed Director of Outside Broadcasts , Features and Documentaries with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1952 . |
| 29 | Over one hundred Quakers died in prison in the 1680s , most of them during the harsh winter of 1683 – 4 , and at least 450 Quakers appear to have died for their sufferings during the Restoration period . |
| 30 | Battalion after battalion decimated solely by the bombardment would be replaced in the line by others , until these too had all effectiveness as a fighting unit crushed out of them by the murderous shelling . |