Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She intended to slap Elisabeth on the back , but she was too late ; Elisabeth had made a dash for fresh air and Mitzi 's arm met that of Elisabeth 's chair . |
| 2 | The description fits that of Fräulein Müller 's maid , the woman called Rachel . ’ |
| 3 | For if I can do that — if I can get people to begin to comprehend the universality and the depth of our perversion — I would have achieved something rare and precious for the starving and dispossessed two-thirds of mankind ( sic ) from whose ranks I come , and for whose cause I must now fight . ’ |
| 4 | He laid much of the blame on the growth of incomes outstripping that of consumer goods production , and attributed this primarily to mistakes in granting autonomy to state enterprises and in regulating the co-operative sector . |
| 5 | It is funded by a poll tax called the licence fee , although a ) the consumer is thus charged for services he/she does not require ; b ) the output often parallels that of TV and radio stations supported by advertising , and c ) its audience share is dropping . |
| 6 | The study of the visible marks used in writing from the point of view of their shape and size rather than their use in a particular system , which is covered by graphology ; this distinction parallels that of phonetics and phonology . |
| 7 | Sweeney 's encounter with ‘ the epileptic on the bed ’ parallels that of Nausicaa not with Odysseus but , more shockingly , with ‘ Polypheme ’ . |
| 8 | Its reputation as a seat of learning precedes that of Altdorf , although it has been overshadowed by the new capital over the last few centuries . |
| 9 | The latter , in addition to recording the histories of Anglo-Saxon kings and churchmen , chronicled that of Glastonbury Abbey at the request of its monks , and several other monasteries , including Abingdon , Ely , Evesham , Peterborough and Ramsey , also had histories written at about this time . |
| 10 | ‘ While some institutions have made public share investments in hotel companies , the property departments remain shy of hotels , ’ she said . |
| 11 | Its feathers were turquoise and tipped with crimson , and towards sunset each day its beaked profile became that of Osiris , looking towards the Nile . |
| 12 | As his furniture workshops expanded Gimson was less able to take part in the actual processes of making : his chief role became that of director and designer . |
| 13 | As a broad generalization , it is thus reasonable to say that the role of tight labour markets in driving up real wages eclipsed that of competition in product markets as the boom progressed . |
| 14 | His curiosity about the American South equalled that of Mark Twain , who saw in Natchez both the ‘ drinking , carousing , fisticuffing … riff-raff of the river ’ and the agreeable life of the cotton-rich people who lived in Natchez-on-the-hill . |
| 15 | The decision has aroused controversy because the fish 's decline ( by 90 per cent over the last 20 years ) is attributed to the increasing abstraction of water from the delta , which supplies two-thirds of California 's drinking requirements . |
| 16 | But this only confirmed the importance of AFHQ 's view , reflecting that of Churchill , that nothing should be done to provoke the Yugoslavs or exacerbate the tense situation until all military preparations had been made for full-scale action if necessary . |
| 17 | Allowing for stale prices and GARCH effects , they found that the volatility of futures returns led that of spot returns by fifteen minutes . |
| 18 | This socio-demographic complexity seems to foreshadow that of man . |
| 19 | And the home side 's innings continued to mirror that of England 's just over 24 hours earlier with John Emburey and the returning Jarvis picking up a wicket apiece to further England 's fightback . |
| 20 | If so , the conductivity of the rock at high pressures would be expected to mirror that of carbon . |
| 21 | It was agreed to support nineteenth of June ninety four . |
| 22 | The most promising way of achieving this might be to take more seriously Dworkin 's own master principle of equal concern and respect , for , as has been seen , this does appear capable of generating a right of equality which transcends that of equality of opportunity , and a right of effective participation in the decision-making process which would go far beyond the right to vote in a general election once every five years . |
| 23 | This help was always given free of charge . |
| 24 | The Financial Times of July 27 reported that the Israeli Defence Ministry had confirmed that plots of land in the occupied territories were to be given free of charge to Jewish people wishing to settle . |
| 25 | In the majority of cases it is something that is given free of charge . |
| 26 | It was a wonderful experience , they entertained us at their home and took us to see some of Auckland 's wonderful sights . |
| 27 | However — with the loss of Jordanian sovereignty — until the United States accepts the Palestinian claim to sovereignty over the occupied territories , Resolution 242 is bound to remain bereft of meaning , since there is no US-recognized state to which the West Bank and Gaza can be returned . |
| 28 | I now introduce another of Axelrod 's evocative technical terms . |
| 29 | The Duke , who is chancellor of the university , was given a tour of the veterinary centre 's laboratories before seeing some of animals used for research purposes , including a Shetland pony and a swamp buffalo . |
| 30 | Very few of those who write the terrible tabloids , let alone those who read them , are likely to have heard of these ‘ internationally famous ’ sportsmen , so I doubt if they 'd make half of £1,500 even for such tales as Flanker Star Ate My Goolie During Scrum , by England 's Ugliest Prop ; or Sexy Secrets in the Showers , by Welsh Tea Lady . |