Example sentences of "of the [noun sg] [v-ing] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The significance of the user applying a similar strategy to library catalogues has not been realized . |
| 2 | His influence was evident in the egalitarian wording of the proclamation declaring an Irish republic , published on Easter Monday 1916 . |
| 3 | Buried treasure : in a happy mix of old and new , the Eagle Warehouse 's 19th-century facade — complete with sandstone eagle — is cocooned inside the modern glass of the Eagle Building The latter provide splendid views along one of Glasgow 's principal office streets and over the rooftops of BP 's offices across the street . |
| 4 | As stipulated in the Constitution , President Zhelyu Zhelev on Nov. 12 invited caretaker Prime Minister and UDF leader Filip Dimitrov , as leader of the grouping holding the largest number of seats in the National Assembly , to form a new government within seven days . |
| 5 | Since the family were exiled from France there could be no question of the Prince having a political role within the country , even though there was no lack of latent Bonapartist feeling among all sections of society . |
| 6 | The nature and sheer scale of the problem facing the Soviet government slowly began to dawn on us . |
| 7 | Others keep pouring into Lima from the rest of the country seeking a better life . |
| 8 | Such a practice eventually attracted the suspicion and hostility of Parliament ; it opened up the possibility of the monarch exercising a substantial ‘ pay-roll ’ influence over Parliament itself . |
| 9 | Cos he wou his reaction time , understandably , cos he was n't expecting it , ce happened like that and hi his reaction time was too slow to compensate for the stupidity of the bloke coming the other way . |
| 10 | Both judges decided in favour of the child having a possible cause of action so that each action will proceed to trial . |
| 11 | Balanced against these advantages is the limitation that a pre-selected array inevitably increases the chances of the child guessing the correct answer . |
| 12 | When Oldham Magistrates granted summonses against Brady and Hindley for the murder of the child following a private application , the Director , having already decided that in all the circumstances it would not be in the public interest to institute proceedings against them , used his statutory powers under Section 6 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 to take over the conduct of the case and to discontinue it under Section 23 . |
| 13 | Haemolysis was determined by measuring the Fe content of the supernatant using an atomic absorption spectrophotometer ( Perkin-Elmer 1100 ) . |
| 14 | Jaq imagined the priests of the squadron instructing the ultimate warriors righteously and reverently , honing their spirits for a task that was awesome — and yet almost abstract . |
| 15 | For He did swim across the river : This involves the virtual person of the infinitive occupying the same position(s) in time as the actual person which specifies its rank in the auxiliary , and so to is not necessary . |
| 16 | After he was pulled out of the tour following a four-match ban and then seeing Wakefield 's Michael Jackson make the trip after picking up a similar suspension , Goulding probably feels there 's a vendetta against him . |
| 17 | What is termed the crossed interpretation , with each part of the sentence manifesting a different sense , is prohibited . |
| 18 | Arrowheads indicate the distal limit of the epithelium covering the -AER limb ; extrusion of mesenchyme is visible distally . |
| 19 | There are two distal oral papillae on each side of the jaw forming a continuous series with the infradental papillae . |
| 20 | I could not have opened it then in any case , for that would have been a physical impossibility — tempting though the picture is of the evil creature on the other side of the door getting a well-deserved spasm of slimy stomach bile heaved right up into his florid and trendily moustachioed face . |
| 21 | The second year of operation of the Napier Enterprise Centre has seen the activities of the Centre making a real impact on staff and students of the University . |
| 22 | We told them how our oldest member , 91-year-old Mr. Hunt , takes unfailing care of our security , and sits at the hub of the affair providing a whole intelligence service for us as well . |
| 23 | Furthermore , by virtue of Article K.9 , ‘ the Council , acting unanimously on the initiative of the Commission or a Member State , may decide to apply Article 100C of the Treaty establishing the European Community to action in areas referred to in Article K.1(1) to ( 6 ) ’ , although it is envisaged that such a decision would require national ratification . |
| 24 | The four Commandos on the 3″ mortar were still firing their bombs , each as it left the muzzle of the mortar making a distinctive musical sound like someone blowing down a length of drainpipe . |
| 25 | An element of focus is provided , it is true , by the concept of the dominant , in the sense of the level of the text showing the highest degree of deformation . |
| 26 | We spent the rest of the day enjoying the strong sunshine . |
| 27 | As the Bill is drafted , such an extension would be possible at a subsequent stage through the Minister of the day introducing the necessary order . |
| 28 | At birth a child enters the condition of infancy — a condition which ceases at the age of 18 years , or rather , at the first moment of the day preceding the eighteenth birthday . |
| 29 | Sport spread from the stands and into the home with the Cup Final as the sporting highlight of the year reaching a female audience for the first time . |
| 30 | President Clinton 's plans to bolster US industry — particularly the high tech sector , begin to look disturbingly corporatist , and the chief executive of the Baby Bells ' Bell Communications Research , George Heilmeier , seems to feel the same way : he told Reuter that the government should certainly spur industry to construct a national information highway but it should not build it itself : ‘ I do n't think the public sector should operate or control networks that are commercial , ’ he said , ‘ I am not in favour of the government building the national information infrastructure . ’ |