Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [det] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Attempts by Latin American Communists to implement the ultra-leftism and isolationism of the ’ Third period' ( tactics which had been formulated to respond to the very different political conditions prevailing in Europe ) resulted in considerable loss of support and influence for many of these parties . |
| 2 | Blonde , polo-playing Deborah Couples plans to sue for half of Fred 's £20 million fortune . |
| 3 | I think if you talk to drug users themselves , we 've already heard about some of them talking about coming off drugs |
| 4 | ‘ He 's already heard about most of them … |
| 5 | There they will remain for most of April , at least one of the pair on guard at all times on the loch in order to ward off any attempted ‘ take-over ’ , perhaps by young pairs who have n't been able to locate a suitable breeding site . |
| 6 | This is such a sexist comment but boys are taught about all of this stuff before we are they 've got a lo lot more idea about drugs and all that lot than most girls are . |
| 7 | I would think for some of the younger ones who have n't seen or read a lot in the papers of where , what 's going on |
| 8 | Another potential future LAN would be for Public Services and Publications , in view of the close functional links which have developed between some of their activities , and the need to minimise cost increases by sharing expensive hardware . |
| 9 | Even where direct sunlight is received for much of the day , its heating effect is severely restricted by high winds and high humidity ( Green & Harding 1983 ) . |
| 10 | We got through all of Genesis and part of Exodus before I left . |
| 11 | And that included the experience of caddying for some of the greats when they came to St Andrews , such as Henry Cotton and Flory Van Donck . |
| 12 | Dr. Thackeray had never seen or prescribed for any of the patients at the asylum . |
| 13 | They may suggest that you have no confidence in your argument or even that you ca n't make up your mind — and that does not make for much of an argument . |
| 14 | She was surprised to notice that they did n't make for either of London 's airports ; rather they seemed to be flying west into the rapidly darkening sky . |
| 15 | Both teams 's lack of scoring power always threatened a goalless draw and there was little to suggest the deadlock would be broken for most of the match . |
| 16 | A dispute as to the interpretation or application of an international convention may arise between many of its parties but a claim of breach will normally be specific to particular parties . |
| 17 | As soon as I managed to put them on him — which was n't easy ! — he tore away at his legs like a thing possessed and ripped off most of his lovely white leg feathers in the process . |
| 18 | It was not until 1950 ( three years after a similar set had been commissioned in America ) that the BEA decided to go for some of these gains from larger scale by ordering an advanced 100MW set for 1955 . |
| 19 | As Mr Imai 's analysis makes clear , the term keiretsu is used to refer to so many different kinds of industrial groups in Japan that generalising about all of them , and especially complaining about them as a group , makes little sense . |
| 20 | It is thus possible that , just as we are suggesting for some of the other finds at Mycenae , it was taken from Knossos : if so , the implication is that other pieces of statuary and relief carving from Minoan Knossos were also removed — by some Mycenean equivalent of Lord Elgin , perhaps . |
| 21 | He joined them when he first moved to England in 1991 to contest the Vauxhall junior championship , a series he led for much of the season . |
| 22 | Murphy and Taggart led for much of the way but missed out a loop section of the route which cost them 30 marks and they dropped back . |
| 23 | Joe Foley led for much of the distance , but once Belfast 's Stephen Mely had fought his way clear of a rather physical confrontation with Michael Cullen he closed on Foley and moved ahead with two of the 15 laps left . |
| 24 | He led for most of the first 60 laps but was forced to make a tyre change . |
| 25 | However , probably his best performance was in the Hennessy Cognac Irish Gold Cup at Leopardstown where he led for most of the trip before tiring and finishing fourth behind subsequent Cheltenham hero Jodami , Chatam and General Idea . |
| 26 | She led for most of the way at a terrific pace with Cardwell doggedly staying in touch before making a last-ditch effort in the final 25 metres . |
| 27 | No recreation was arranged for those of us in outlying areas . |
| 28 | " He 's arranged for some of his men to come along — it 's very heavy , you know — and he wondered whether you want it moved upstairs or downstairs . " |
| 29 | Since , in many tribal societies , women were either pregnant or nursing during most of their fertile period of life , this monthly menstrual withdrawal did not affect women 's lives from month to month as much as it might seem to us today . |
| 30 | Screen metaphors have been developed for each of these areas to make location in the system a graphical attribute . |