Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it was a record that came to be seen and recognised by the local electorate , in particular the newly enfranchised women , not least through the efforts of Labour candidates to exploit it to political advantage . |
| 2 | Even crystal beads , whose actual source is unknown , but whose type of geographic distribution places them with this group , has a similar fall-off with a peak at Sleaford . |
| 3 | The growing nationalism of his schemes needed only the more autarchic economic plan and the authoritarian nature of political control to turn it into fully-fledged fascism . |
| 4 | If the medium of issue is magnetic then the indefinite maintenance of bit-perfect records commits us to an active program of periodic renewal and integrity checking , or a one-off transfer to a more permanent medium . |
| 5 | The reluctance of private capital to commit itself to a still depressed regional economy must be viewed in the context of MDC 's changing development strategies . |
| 6 | As she bent up from the oven , up out of the kitchen , a shaft of watery sun manifested itself on the floor like a dim splash of paint . |
| 7 | Even the process of normal development required something of self-sacrifice about it , as women learned that instead of their early pleasures they must be content with the possibility of having a child . |
| 8 | She did n't have time to more than glance at it before two pairs of strong hands lifted her from the stools , and placed her unceremoniously on a table top . |
| 9 | The poet was a member of polite society addressing himself to his equals , and though poetry was a special mode of communication it did not exempt him from all the normal usages of polite society . |
| 10 | Even allowing Finnis his large claim that private property is a general requirement of justice , it must be evident that a remarkably wide range of possible determinations present themselves to the legislator . |
| 11 | At corner Inn the ostlers were the only visible representatives , and the doors were still closed ; but at the village a number of the natives were astir , and came to a little stone pier where a boat 's crew were exchanging for the coin of the realm the sparkling treasure netted in the night season , and many of the lodgers would have the freshest of fresh herrings waiting them for breakfast . |
| 12 | The ground was largely excavated by hand , and shovelled into small tipping trucks , which were then hauled on rails by horses.4 ; Excavated material from the lower level was raised to form the top of the planes and a stretch of embanked canal to connect them with the summit pound . |
| 13 | If used frequently , or if used in conjunction with the soliloquy , this mode of direct presentation brings us into closer contact with that person , so that we in part share his or her hopes and fears , become more closely involved with their desire to control the world . |
| 14 | But the whole sequence of cumulative steps constitutes anything but a chance process , when you consider the complexity of the final end-product relative to the original starting point . |
| 15 | here , the lack of adequate damping revealed itself in float and wallow , and excessive body roll that exposed serious defects in the seats . |
| 16 | But just as he had used her agoraphobia as a defence against having to know about his need to find her safely where he had left her , so too did her lack of sexual response defend him from knowing about his need to keep her under his control . |
| 17 | Through the waves of dizziness that made consciousness ebb and flow she was vaguely aware of voices , of being transferred to someone else , then of careful hands lowering her into waiting arms . |
| 18 | Was n't it wonderful of old Cornelius to leave it to me like that ? |
| 19 | Now only the deserted mine stores , gunpowder huts and relics of old machinery remind us of this former industrial occupation of the valleys and hills . |
| 20 | Certain collections Mickey Mouse ephemera or period memorabilia need a range of different treatments to display them to their best advantage : dot pictures and plaques round the wall , arrange toys and crockery on shelves , lay rugs on the floor . |
| 21 | With just one board and maybe a couple of different size sails anyone from eight to eighty can get out there and have a go . |
| 22 | It may be that learners have internalized aspects of the system which for one reason or another they can not access on particular occasions , that circumstances of different kinds prevent them from acting on this knowledge . |
| 23 | No longer does this boulevard of broken dreams promote itself as a purveyor of gimcrack theatrical glamour . |
| 24 | a series of free booklets to help you with common health problems |
| 25 | Our police are so busy trying to catch the culprits , but then I read in the Press last week of a young man causing £60,000 of damage by graffiti and getting off free because it would be a waste of public money to put him on probation . |
| 26 | The idea is to give people with no money or property of their own the chance to build something , with some kind of public financing to help them on their way . |
| 27 | THE world of public relations has plenty of detractors but Michael Murphy , the founder and chairman of PR Consultants Scotland , has managed both to make himself wealthy and to run what is widely regarded as Scotland 's most professional home-grown consultancy , as well as its largest . |
| 28 | A much more specific fear was that young people would be provoked into imitative crime by the daring exploits witnessed on the screen , and the National Council of Public Morals addressed itself with particular vigour to the belief ‘ that the picture house is responsible for the increase in juvenile crime , and that boys are often led to imitate crimes ( larceny or burglary ) which they have seen in the pictures , or to steal money that they may pay for admission , . |
| 29 | Thus the clown prince of English football crowned himself as the football emperor of the Eternal City . |
| 30 | But they will have to beat off a challenge from French millionaires Monaco , who head a posse of foreign clubs shadowing him at Forest . |