Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [prep] [pron] [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And further more , they do n't come up er , with the er right amount of money for our needs er , but er it is er , duty bound er to us . |
| 2 | She had inherited a substantial sum of money from her parents ' estates and devoted herself to works of charity . |
| 3 | There are many ‘ sports parents ’ in the UK who follow their sons and daughters around athletics meetings , football matches and boxing tournaments ; they attend training sessions , often consulting with coaches and trainers ; they invest many hours and considerable amounts of money in their children 's sports . |
| 4 | Maybe she 'd seen the looks of fear in her children 's eyes as she talked to them , maybe she 'd heard a rumour that somehow she was to blame . |
| 5 | I did a lot of revision on my spellings yester for a spelling test , Claire did n't turn up . |
| 6 | I also take the opportunity to inform him and the House that the people of Leicestershire have been shattered and appalled by the relevations of abuse in our children 's homes . |
| 7 | There was loads of levers and , and er er crossheads and , and different things that gave plenty of work to our colleagues er including the housing you know , which was a huge er er piece of er welded equipment you know , built into the side of the ship . |
| 8 | Similarly , the impact of GIST may have been as great in schools which had no contact with the project at all , because of the changing climate of opinion in which girls ' under-achievement in science and technology came to be seen as a serious educational issue . |
| 9 | One of these schemes has already started and it has potentially lots of scope for our members ' work . |
| 10 | She was at the age when many women are at their physical best : tall , thin , but shapely ; smart , but not too dauntingly so ; fragrant ( a touch of Poison ) ; and fun : she had mastered early on the necessary female skill of charity towards her suitors ' jokes . |
| 11 | Lukács ' early assault on Marxist economism , subsequently retracted under criticism from the Leninist orthodoxy of the Comintern , became particularly influential in the post-war period among Marxist intellectuals who sought to redefine a new Marxist humanism against the economism of Stalinism with which Lukács ' name had by that time itself become associated . |
| 12 | From their perspective , family problems were often underestimated by the agencies and their sense of parental responsibility , exercised in trying to ‘ get something done ’ , was violated by social workers who misinterpreted it as lack of commitment to their children 's needs ( Fisher et al . , |
| 13 | This means that a higher proportion of children will be brought up in the local authority sector than figures for the distribution of tenure in their parents ' age-band would suggest . |
| 14 | One night , in a state of despair , he drank several cans of lager with friends from college — and on the way home , expressed years of frustration against his parents ' beliefs ( as well as his deep need for their love ) by throwing stones at the stained glass windows . |
| 15 | Not surprisingly princes were concerned to build up a position of strength during their fathers ' lifetimes . |
| 16 | Editor , — After the full implementation of the community care reforms local authorities will be under increased pressure to use all sources of information about their clients ' and population 's needs for community care services . |
| 17 | The roar of his shot coincided with the answering crash of gunfire from his enemies ' weapons . |
| 18 | However , before you go adding vast quantities of fat to your dogs ' food , spare a thought for what it will do to the rest of your diet . |
| 19 | So , as a kind of protest against his parents ' values , he had joined the police as a constable . |
| 20 | Their superior intelligence capabilities have allowed them to exert considerable leverage in setting the terms of trade and the manner in which the separate stages of production in their customers ' factories are linked together . |