Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course at that time we did n't realise she 'd done it on purpose . |
| 2 | Well I was er Er the school days from were from er eleven to fourteen and er tt of course during that time we had the opportunity to try and pass for grammar . |
| 3 | In this case he has and they 've an and conveniently of course for this example it 's all been put into , into a statement . |
| 4 | But of course to some degree you 've got to decide what you mean by break even in the sense that er how do you actually I mean that |
| 5 | He thought I was cross , so he got flustered and started telling me how much he loved me , and that was n't what I wanted to hear either , though of course in one way it 's what I always want to hear . |
| 6 | Of course in high season we do have to ask for a bit extra if there 's going to be empty space in your place , but for all departures before May 31st and after October 1st there are NO UNDER-OCCUPANCY SUPPLEMENTS in selected accommodation . |
| 7 | Crime they say does n't pay , well you may have your own views on that but certainly across the breadth of variety of criminal activity we might agree that crime almost always hurt someone , more or less , we have a system designed to cope with the effects of crime and to deter future criminals , but it does n't seem to be making crime a thing of the past , so how good are we at dealing with crime , tonight 's hundred women have a broad range of experience as victims , law women , perpetrators , police and others , we 'll be hearing their views on the system and how it might be changed and asking why are we all so fascinated by fictional crime from Cell Block H to Agatha Christie . |
| 8 | Allegations such as these are easy for the investor to make and , if they can not be disproved , may give an investor a right of action for any loss he has suffered under s 62 of the FSA , which provides a direct right of action to a private investor who has suffered loss as a result of a contravention by an SRO member of the conduct of business rules . |
| 9 | It was not a cry of contest with any game it was a faintly choking cry . |
| 10 | The class was not giving the kind of demonstration of good behaviour she would have liked . |
| 11 | They have to be outstanding academically , and must show that having served pupillage and completed a limited period of practice in this country they intend subsequently to return to their country of origin , and that the experience of English pupillage and practice will be of significant benefit in establishing a practice in their home country . |
| 12 | Attracted by the prospect of work during industrial expansion they migrated in their tens of thousands from the environs of East London and the eastern counties , both of which were suffering the effects of economic recession . |
| 13 | so it , it is a sort of it 's a kind of sort of liveish topic it 's sort of in one of those stages where it 's not actually happening yet because a |
| 14 | Wherever we have an X in a real live animal , where X is some organ too complex to have arisen by chance in a single step , then according to the theory of evolution by natural selection it must be the case that a fraction of an X is better than no X at all A and two fractions of an X must be better than one ; and a whole X must be better than nine-tenths of an X. I have no trouble at all in accepting that these statements are true of eyes , ears including bat ears , wings , camouflaged and mimicking insects , snake jaws , stings , cuckoo habits and all the other examples trotted out in antievolution propaganda . |
| 15 | To accurately determine the effect of hyperglycaemia on gastrointestinal function we think it is essential to stabilise serum glucose concentrations as in the present study by glucose clamp techniques . |
| 16 | As the apostle of revolution against unjust government he became the bête noire of the Sussex establishment , burnt in effigy by the very groups whose conditions he hoped to improve in a series of loyalist demonstrations in local market towns during the 1790s . |
| 17 | Following the pattern of development of municipal law we will be able to outlaw self-help in the enforcement of international law , remove the weapons of violence from the hands of those who might break the law and ensure that no state is a judge in its own cause when it comes to questions of legitimate self-defence or disputes about allegations of aggression . |
| 18 | Given that the Provisional Banding List is publicly available and the likely level of enquiry in this regard I favour option ( c ) supplemented by advertisement in the local press . |
| 19 | When setting a straight line of netting on level ground it is possible that one stake every 8 yards may be sufficient , but when a net is set in a circular shape the stakes will need to be closer together . |
| 20 | It has been said that if each soil conservationist stopped the movement of one grain of soil for each word he has written on the topic , the problem of soil erosion would disappear . |
| 21 | Until the advent of man in physical geography it could be argued that physical geographers had escaped from the effects of human activity by concentrating their endeavours upon rural and unmodified spatial areas and upon time scales prior to the time when human activity began to exercise a significant influence . |
| 22 | To consider whether Freud overestimated the importance of sex in human psychology it is necessary to consider exactly what Freud said about sex in human psychology . |
| 23 | I followed the path through the grass and flowers , and Bill the dog , who has no aesthetic sense at all , occasionally attacked a clump of cranesbill by rolling oil it . |
| 24 | He should be free to use or disclose or sell his skill and knowledge after the end of employment in any way he thinks fit . |
| 25 | In order to estimate the rate at which the orbit decays we need to compare this , the rate of energy loss , with the total energy of the binary pair Using the radial equation of motion for either star we obtain whence . |
| 26 | A Lord can claim expenses without receipts or proof of expenditure for any day he attends when the Lords is in session . |
| 27 | In summer the skilifts convert to chairlifts and , combining the use of two stages of chairlift with some walking it is possible to ascend to the 1,922m ( 6,304ft ) summit with its commanding oversight of this corner of the cantons of Schwyz and Uri . |
| 28 | However , for the purpose of discussion in this chapter it will be more appropriate to preserve the distinction between them . |
| 29 | Without some form of simplification of this kind we would never be able to cope with our lives , nor think , nor communicate with others . |
| 30 | Here , we move to a further degree of abstraction , since things are no longer of interest for some essence they may possess but for their exchangeable aspects . |