Example sentences of "of [pron] [adj] [prep] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 This plan was an impossibility from the outset , and after several months of confused meetings of everyone concerned at County Hall , I went with two or three others to see the Secretary of State to recommend strongly that one single statutory authority should be appointed to deal with the area .
2 Most of them all in hessian sack ,
3 It is just that there are so many of them concerned with skin colour , each one having such a small effect , that they seem to blend .
4 SIR — I wonder if I might add a recommendation of my own to George Walden 's perceptive comments on alleged bias in television ( article , April 13 ) .
5 The exiled Tibetan leader , the Dalai Lama has had a high international profile since he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last year ; resenting this , the Chinese authorities may be looking for propaganda points of their own for lifting marshal law .
6 Damon and Lee lit up cigarettes of their own at St John 's Wood , which they placed between the doors , and Chris and Kevin were going to do the same at Baker Street .
7 The Samaritans — or at least those of them who were not entirely Hellenized — had built up a religious centre of their own on Mount Garizim in circumstances which contradictory legends have rendered unrecognizable .
8 His visit to Egypt occasions notices in al-Makrizi , Ibn Hajar and al-Sayrafi which agree in most respects and of which that of Ibn Hajar is the most detailed .
9 Republicans say Mr Bush 's win on capital gains suggests that the White House might be able to put together a majority of its own for budget restraint , with or without the Democratic leaders .
10 A singer and songwriter , Tara is currently working on a solo album to follow the success of her single with E-Zee Possee , ‘ Breathing is E-Zee ’ .
11 Christina was determined not to add to them , but was beginning to experience grave doubts of her own about Colin Weatherhead 's reliability .
12 She felt she was in a private hell of her own on Saturday morning while she waited for Naylor to call .
13 Those of you familiar with car radios where you press ‘ vol ’ ‘ treble ’ ‘ bass ’ ‘ bal ’ or ‘ fade ’ and then use a single infinitely rotating knob to set the required levels , will know exactly how to operate the JMP-1 .
14 Are any of you involved in Neighbourhood Watch ?
15 Bend your arms in front of you I at chest height , shoulders down .
16 the norwegian is not — i have included team names for those of you unfamiliar with norw. futba ( he , he ) ( team just announced on norw. teletext ) :
17 It was natural for such a leading Talmudic authority as her father to earn the respect and friendship of one such as Lyon Cohen , the prestigious future president of the synagogue and nephew of the Chief Rabbi ; he had corresponded with Lyon prior to settling in Montreal .
18 America 's Alligator Records are the latest label to recognise Dave 's talents , so after 20 years on the Western Australian gig circuit , could 1992 be the start of something big for Dave Hole ?
19 When the basic style is agreed , the computer draws a two-dimensional pattern of it complete with stress points marked .
20 Carbon rubber , or derivations of it such as Goodyear Indy 5000 or AHAR , is durable but firm ; blown rubber is lighter but less resistant .
21 The bid attracted intense media attention , most of it critical of Mr Knighton , an Isle of Man tax exile who became a millionaire through property dealings in Yorkshire and Scotland .
22 The unravelling of their chemistry has been one of the great achievements of 20th century science , a large part of it due to sir Norman Haworth , whose studies in this field spanned more than 30 years .
23 The disciplines for Educational Studies and that area of it concerned with teacher education ( Tibble , 1966 ) .
24 The trustee is to chair meetings of the committee , but he may nominate someone else to stand in for him and that person must either be an employee of his experienced in insolvency matters or another qualified insolvency practitioner ( r 6.154 ) .
25 In contrast , Williams put over two of his four to book Swansea a place in the semi-finals .
26 FOR five long months , Peter Hall had a place of his own in trade-union demonology .
27 Soon afterwards William Joyce found rooms of his own in Longbeach Road , among the grey urban wastes of Clapham .
28 With a man of Quigley 's energy and commitment behind him , I decided , it would not be long before Norman had a cult all of his own in south-west London .
29 Those of us involved in CNAA validation procedures would acknowledge that there are considerable advantages in the present system .
30 He added : ‘ To many of us involved in council business simply surviving , keeping local democracy intact , is a challenge . ’
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