Example sentences of "a [noun] [verb] [pron] of the " in BNC.

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1 But equally it is important for the member of a department to understand something of the way in which it works , and the internal and external forces that shape its policies .
2 So they are just as long-lived as many other small community fish and it would be a shame to deprive yourself of the pleasure of their company on this account .
3 Immediately after his infamous singlet and shorts press conference , French and Fordham woke Wallaby manager John Breen , coach Bob Dwyer and captain Nick Farr-Jones to a meeting to inform them of the happenings over the previous 12 hours .
4 By now Kelly needed extensive physiotheraphy several times a day to rid her of the excess mucus that clogged her lungs .
5 It can take a long time for a woman to rid herself of the automatic assumptions that she has absorbed about home-making , and learn to fashion an approach which suits her and her family .
6 Someone will reach for a tin of fish-paste only to be brought up short by another member of the party reminding them that fish-paste is unclean , while someone else may get as far as the checkout with a year 's supply of baked beans , when , across the crowded shelves of the supermarket , comes a voice reminding them of the danger they are facing .
7 The date on which they were re-charged was in 1973 and was used as a pretext to deprive them of the right to be tried by a jury .
8 Er , the plaintiff 's case is that there was a duty to advise them of the opportunity er which arose , from the refusal of the landlords to grant a licence for assignment erm and that their failure er to er give that er advice was in breach of duty and my Lord on page eighty five of the pleadings summary er page eighty five my Lord again er in answer to the the request for what advise it is alleged the defendant should give the plaintiff on the twenty second of October nineteen ninety five , at the top of the page .
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