Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun] [verb] [pron] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Did that commingling of unrelated flavours remind me of another dish , or had it produced a breakthrough in gastronomy ? |
| 5 | That they were also all subject to periods of psychotic breakdown makes them of additional interest and in the next chapter we shall examine precisely what that means and how it might help us to understand their particular form of creativity . |
| 6 | But when Khan goes on to describe the crowds a little more closely , this picture of prayerful pilgrimage undergoes something of a transformation : ‘ On seeing beautiful women carrying in their hands porcelain bottles of perfume , the crowds become uncontrollable … the ecstatic people move around as though being swept into a whirlpool … |
| 7 | Freud was a rationalist , impatient with religion , and Jung someone who thought the non-rational and religious areas of human experience held something of worth for modern man . |
| 8 | The patterning of fine wrinkles reminded me of an aerial photo of Easter Island . |
| 9 | And a tall , slim glass of passion-fruit juice reminded her of Jez . |
| 10 | The songs of ancient times remind them of what they lost and there is a savage hatred in their hearts towards the Dark Elves of Naggaroth . |
| 11 | Among the gifts they gave her was a sun-lounger and garden table , flowers , pictures , an immaculately iced cake and taped of Irish music to remind her of her homeland . |
| 12 | The thought of caged chicken reminds me of the occasion — I was about seven at the time — when my father lost his rather large , pompous cockbird who dominated his twelve wives . |
| 13 | The sound of gentle stillness reminds me of a field of ripening corn stirred by a gentle summer breeze , or the sound of waves on a sandy beach , some distance away . |