Example sentences of "[vb -s] of the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The document is aimed at stimulating international solidarity , not only with regard to the effects of the refugee crisis , but above all tot he causes of the tragedy . |
| 2 | That heroic total-amputee had been rescued at the same time as the sculpts of the Sagramoso dynasty were all reduced to dust . |
| 3 | The issue of decentralization of services to local bases in the community has inevitably brought with it questions of the decentralization of budgets . |
| 4 | Conversation between persons depends in large measure on presuppositions each participant has of the other 's mental state and it is unlikely that the same presuppositions will influence conversation with a computer system . |
| 5 | ‘ The design also helps shape the image the reader has of the company . |
| 6 | However , Kubota promises to demonstrate what it has of the subsystem at a series of private viewings during the show . |
| 7 | The catalogue ( Yale University Press , £40 h/b , £19.95 p/b ) includes an introductory essay by Shone , with additional essays by Anna Greutzner-Robins , who discusses Sickert 's music hall paintings , and Patrick O'Connor , who writes of the artist 's later interests in theatre and his portraits of leading figures of the stage . |
| 8 | Woods writes of the ARPA project : |
| 9 | In Gwendolen she writes of the way a black woman like Sonia , Gwendolen 's mother , is treated , either with polite indifference or as if she is not there . |
| 10 | Woods writes of the shortfall density method : |
| 11 | John Hopley writes of the RAFA participation in the Anzac Day parade and march-past . |
| 12 | Sinclair Hood ( 1971 , pp. 144–5 ) writes of the Temple Tomb as the only certain example of a Minoan royal tomb , but its status is so peculiar that we can not be sure who was buried there , either at the beginning or at the close of its period of use . |
| 13 | George Crabbe in his poem of 1802 , " The Parish Register " , writes of the village paupers as " Those who take from our reluctant hands / What Burn advises , or the Bench commands " . |
| 14 | The American linguist , Geoffrey Nunberg , writes of the poll : ‘ What is new is the sense that the study of grammar is irrelevant . |
| 15 | She writes of the hero : |
| 16 | In The Colour Purple , Alice Walker , through the letters of Nettie , a young black woman who has accompanied two missionaries to the home of the Olinka tribe in Africa , writes of the healing , life-giving qualities of the roofleaf plant , which embodies the spirit of place for the tribe : |
| 17 | But I could n't agree more with Philippa Davenport when she writes of the formality that seems to have overtaken marriage celebrations , particularly in England ( page 47 ) . |
| 18 | Sir Matt writes of the time he became United 's manager , in 1945 : |
| 19 | Herbert Grierson , reviewing a book on Swinburne , writes of the value and pleasure to be gained from studying the development of a " great poet 's art " in all its phases . |
| 20 | Elsewhere he writes of the need to oppose those who see politics as a science , which would let Reason transcend the political . |
| 21 | Thus James Bentham writes of the Fens : ‘ The smallest spots , however , scattered or remote , which first showed themselves above the surrounding waters , were eagerly seized upon by these watchful discoverers , and claimed as part of their allotted reward . ’ |
| 22 | Millett writes of the individuality and ego that women can discover in themselves once they recognise the effects of their patriarchal socialisation . |
| 23 | Mary Warnock provides a scathing analysis of the government 's attitude to higher education when she writes of the contempt that the government has for universities and their staff : |
| 24 | Technology serves as a ‘ background ideology ’ that takes on legitimizing power and Habermas writes of the fetishization of science as a ‘ new ’ ideology . |
| 25 | The sky remained clear and the first starts of the evening were already apparent in the inky space above our heads . |
| 26 | This implies that their organizational strategy commences by considering the needs and wants of the customers . |
| 27 | This will mean harnessing the experience and aspirations of primary health care workers , the epidemiological skills of public health medicine , the expertise and disciplines of academic departments of general practice , the knowledge of social scientists and health economists , the evaluative and facilitative skills of medical advisers , the managerial expertise of family health services authority officers , and the needs and wants of the consumer . |
| 28 | Its responsibility is to plan , resource and control the processes involved in converting raw materials and components into the finished goods required to satisfy the needs and wants of the organization 's existing and potential customers . |
| 29 | There are Dwarf settlements within the mountains , but these are fewer in number and less wealthy than the mighty Dwarf Holds of the Worlds Edge Mountains . |
| 30 | For the most part , from the reign of Valentinian I through to the early fifth century , the Burgundians were among the most loyal federates of the Empire , and they were proud of their connections with the Romans . |