Example sentences of "of the [adj] [noun] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Li Peng 's sharp criticism of the political reform package he called it ‘ perfidious ’ was greeted by loud applause from the 3,000 delegates . |
| 2 | Because of the early establishment of the Danish Cancer Registry we were able to show that this potential association dates back to at least the 1940s . |
| 3 | I Want A Cat by Tony Ross ( Red Fox , £3.99 ) now out in paperback , has to be one of the funniest picture books I 've seen in years . |
| 4 | A long-winded man for such a recluse , he devised an 800-word standard apology for not being able to help out the writers of the 3,000 begging letters he received monthly . |
| 5 | In the light of the belated rally for the lamentable Governor of Massachusetts , Michael Dukakis , a rally sparked by his ( reluctant ) mouthing of the populist Jackson agenda he had earlier shunned , the next Jackson campaign for the US Presidency ought to fly all the way home to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue , hitherto known as ‘ The White House ’ . |
| 6 | Seeing the look of pain on my driver 's face , I asked him what had become of Eileen , ‘ The Girl from County Donegal ’ , possessor of one of the purest ballad voices I know , with a hint of Irish mischief . |
| 7 | Hopefully , by the time read this , Silver Salmon will be well on the way towards completion of the major engine overhaul she has been longing for ever since our return from Denmark . |
| 8 | In one of the major cup competitions they have been given home advantage against first division Coventry . |
| 9 | Brighton & Hove is one of the best shopping centres you 'll find outside of London . |
| 10 | Add a simultaneous two-player option and you have one of the best film tie-ins I 've played ; a game you 'd be foolish to be without . |
| 11 | Now to me you ca n't beat a better that 's one of the best insurance people I 've ever been with . |
| 12 | ‘ One of the best company seminars I have ever attended , ’ said one , while another commented that the seminar ‘ helped fill a large gap in understanding of LASMO 's business ’ . |
| 13 | This program is one of the best batch compilers I have used , and the easiest to get started with . |
| 14 | People who ooze experience , self-confidence and charisma appear to find most aspects of teaching easy ; many of the best drama teachers I 've seen working , however , are quiet and self-effacing , and I 've seen relatively inexperienced young students running very successful whole group drama sessions . |
| 15 | It 's a popular download from bulletin boards and is one of the best shareware products you can get . |
| 16 | I was fortunate to see Fred play on many occasions and really admired his carefree style of play , carefree and yet he was probably one of the best iron players I ever saw . |
| 17 | This gives it the versatility of a Strat or Les Paul and with the power of the untapped HFS pickups it really is the best of both worlds . |
| 18 | Of the female work force it represents nearly seven percent and all at once . |
| 19 | However , if you consider one large modern power station , that would require approximately one thousand windmills each the size of the largest electricity pylons we see these days , and since the best sites for wind energy are on hilltops , where the wind is strongest , or around the coast , where again it 's strong , this would require placing large numbers of windmills on the best hilltop views or beautiful coasting situations , and I think that would be as unacceptable as would an explosion in nuclear power stations — sorry , I do n't mean a — expansion in nuclear power stations . |
| 20 | THE first week of the general election campaign I spent carefully observing election coverage on television . |
| 21 | Talk of the Rector and his unruly family , of her wild Harry 's doings at Oxford , of the poor hunting season it had been , all flowed between her and Aunt Emily and when she rose to go , and Alexandra held out her hand in farewell , Mrs Burrows stalked past her to the door as if she had no more real existence than an armchair . |
| 22 | It was a small back room at the back of the house , little more than a box , but when she pressed down the switch of the low-voltage nursery light she felt again a glow of maternal , proprietorial pride . |
| 23 | If the Japanese continue to pull out of the international bond markets they will deprive the global economy of much-needed capital . |
| 24 | On behalf of the Central Executive Council I second the special report on sectional and industrial conferences . |
| 25 | Dammit , it 's the future of the European components business I 'll be talking about . ’ |
| 26 | I think we deserved it because that was one of the finest team performances I 've ever been involved with . |
| 27 | ‘ That was one of the finest team performances I 've ever been involved with ’ Gavin Hastings |
| 28 | Lévy-Bruhl links rain-making with Christian practice ; writing of the aboriginal intichiuma ceremonies he points out that ‘ Nothing is more widespread than practices having as their object the cessation of drought , and the assurance of rain : ( we see this even yet in our own Rogations ) … |
| 29 | Not one of the many East Berliners I spoke to at several crossing points said they meant to stay in the West . |
| 30 | During one of the many radio interviews he undertakes during the week , he is asked to name the first record he ever bought for a programme called Super DJ On Line . |