Example sentences of "of [pers pn] to [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus an association of features leads to the attribution of all of them to a common agency , rather like the association of subglacial channels with eskers in a different context . |
| 2 | Some tests may involve chemicals which need to be handled with care , but this should not preclude the sale of them to the general public in kits which include protective goggles and detailed instructions on their handling . |
| 3 | The dream that had brought the two of them to the other side of the globe was wedging a distance between them . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm Loretta Lawson ’ , she said , returning and handing one of them to the American woman . |
| 5 | I adjusted one of them to the reclining position , lay back in it and closed my eyes . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's remarkable that , in addition to playing 11 cities around the country , the educational programme played to over 5,000 kids and brought many of them to the main theatre in their local cities for the first time in their lives , on subsidised tickets . |
| 7 | It is also provided that where a person , not named as a respondent , is in occupation , the originating application and other documents may be served by affixing a copy of them to the main door or other conspicuous part , and , if practicable , inserting them through the letter box , or by placing stakes in the ground with the documents ( in a transparent sealed envelope ) attached . |
| 8 | Indeed , he has invited both of you to a special tournament to be held at Smithfield the day after next and , following that , later in the evening , a banquet in the Savoy Palace . |
| 9 | Swear that you will never speak of it to a living soul ! " |
| 10 | In short , it may be illuminating to start with the damage and work back through the cause of it to the possible duty which may have been broken . |
| 11 | He once reproached Sir Philip Sidney for his famous refusal of a cup of water on a Dutch battlefield as an act that looks ‘ aggressively holy ’ , and it is hard to imagine any other critic of the age allowing himself such a remark , or even conceiving of it : The okay thing would be to drink some of the cup himself and pass it on , leaving most of it to the other man … ’ |
| 12 | When I reached the House of Andrus I spoke of it to the other women and we said a prayer . |
| 13 | Then , bracing herself , she strode to the top of the staircase and stood gazing down the wide , sweeping curve of it to the imposing hallway and the big front door . |
| 14 | Judging by her tone , she might even have transferred some of it to the absent Rose . |
| 15 | Sift the flour and ground rice together and add one third of it to the creamed mixture . |
| 16 | When an order has been made , the district judge sends a copy of it to the Senior Master of the Supreme Court , Queen 's Bench Division , for transmission to the Registrar of the European Court . |
| 17 | A. The Authority delegates to governors of primary and secondary schools oversight of the curriculum , and control of it to the head teacher in consultation with his staff … |
| 18 | In public he expressed great contempt for the system , but he made use of it to an immoderate degree , particularly by bestowing honours — undue honours — on the least worthy of his personal friends and particularly if the suggestion was made by anyone close to him . |
| 19 | Perhaps I should have been frank with her , admitted honestly that I did n't love her and that if she insisted on marrying me she would be condemning both of us to a joyless union . |
| 20 | One afternoon Beth Porter , an American founder member of the company , invited the rest of us to a double bill of soft core porno movies in Piccadilly . |
| 21 | He admits to reservations about one of the central elements of McKenna 's work — the suggestion that DMT ( Dimethyltryptamine , a psychedelic which delivers a short 15-minute blast ) works the same for everyone , that it transports all of us to an alien realm , bringing us into contact with the ‘ machine elves of hyperspace ’ . |