Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fielding , Amis once remarked , showed that fiction can uphold a moral seriousness ‘ without evangelical puffing and blowing ’ ; his Take a Girl Like You ( 1960 ) has been aptly called a modernised replay of Richardson 's Pamela ; and when asked by a journalist which of the great novelists of the past he felt the closest affinity with , he replied reverently : ‘ With Fielding , though it seems a gross impertinence … ’ . |
| 2 | After the conclusion of the first hearing , it came to your Lordships ' attention that an examination of the proceedings in Parliament in 1976 which lead to the enactment of sections 61 and 63 might give a clear indication which of the two rival contentions represented the intention of Parliament in using the statutory words . |
| 3 | We had navigated the 10-minute ritual of telling Peggy Sue which of the nine alternative piscatorial preparations we preferred ; coffee and iced water were in place ; salad and Thousand Island on the way . |
| 4 | To my mind none of the evidence , general or specific adds much to the inherent probability that men and women of a certain age will be inclined by nature to favour the status quo . |
| 5 | In the present study none of the patients had to withdraw from therapy because of side effects , irrespective of the length of treatment . |
| 6 | At laparotomy none of the patients had macroscopic evidence of small bowel or perianal disease , and the colectomy specimens all showed macroscopic features of continuous colitis . |
| 7 | Because the day unit concentrates on rehabilitation and has a fairly fast turnover none of the eight people who come to talk over tea or coffee has a relative attending the day hospital at the moment . |
| 8 | If I did n't wear a skirt none of the Thais I work with in the library would respect me . |
| 9 | As those versed in the Bible will know , the Gospel of Mark begins at the Temptations and contains no mention whatever of the birth of Jesus . |
| 10 | It is significant , however , that nowhere in what survives of his writings and teachings is there any mention whatever of the Virgin Birth — a glaring omission for an evangelist in the circumstances . |
| 11 | Whereas the discussion of strain and its measures involves kinematics only and may be conducted with no mention whatever of the forces that cause the deformation we must when considering stress involve ourselves in mechanics , that is , the nature of the forces operating on a system and the application of Newton 's laws ( we exclude in this discussion any relativistic effects ) . |
| 12 | I could discover no mention whatever of the fact that this conference was going on in its city erm but there was one mention of evolution . |
| 13 | incidentally er Jim which of the areas was of particular you know interest to you . |
| 14 | If dogs were the only issue in the general election which of the following would get your dog 's vote ? |
| 15 | They walk together now , Philip listening , in horror and disbelief , as Iain unburdens himself of the story . |
| 16 | The practical consequence of this must be that the individual who in his personal development has not mastered his basic instinctual drives but finds instead that the state masters them for him experiences none of the narcissistic gratifications of self-mastery but all of the privations which the agencies of state control enforce on him . |
| 17 | When he talked of the hostages or the contras something of the old fire returned , together with the old emotional lines from cabinet meetings and television speeches . |
| 18 | In natural language indexing which uses a stoplist only , the indexing language is open ; there is no record other than the index itself of the indexing terms that have been assigned . |
| 19 | In contrast none of the 27 homosexual men who seroconverted ( p=0.007 compared to drug users who seroconverted ) and only three of the 177 ( 2% ) of the drug users negative for HIV ( p=0.0002 compared to drug users who seroconverted ) reported pneumonia in the preceding period . |
| 20 | More freedom with the box , but of course none of the joy of transparency . |
| 21 | We then have to work out for each molecule which of the Cartesian axes corresponds with which inertial axis , as this depends on the details of the mass-distribution . |
| 22 | Apart from antacids none of the patients had taken any medical treatment during the 14 days before their initial endoscopy . |
| 23 | Mr Jones explained : ‘ Although we pay professional musicians , choreographers , and a musical director none of the cast take a salary . ’ |
| 24 | In-house libraries None of the companies maintain an in-house library in central head office . |
| 25 | This clarity , aided by his youth , made him handsome , though there was about the handsomeness something of the coldness of a coin . |
| 26 | Bill O'Farrell , the party 's agent , had achieved over the years something of the status of a retainer . |
| 27 | His rapport with the children he treated was almost uncanny ; and there was in his own nature something of the immediacy and openness of a child , which , coupled with a great sense of fun , helped him to get easily into communication with all sorts of people , and to make friends . |
| 28 | But I do n't think there 's any danger whatsoever of the penis becoming redundant . |
| 29 | Then the ‘ transfer ’ of the Palestinian population our of the Occupies Territories into what remains of Jordan — the option preferred by Ariel Sharon and the Modelet Party — could become a reality , thus leaving plenty of space to the expected 1m refugees from the USSR . |
| 30 | She shared with her husband a love of travel , and learned from his expertise something of the finer qualities of wine and food wliich helped her , when his illness necessitated it , to enter journalism and become the breadwinner . |