Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] [pron] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sure , the ambiguous title allows 30 seconds of salacious conjecture , but that double-bluff ‘ Ha ha ha ha ha ha ’ non-chorus scores a direct miss , and the sound of five men bashing around in the darkness in search of a tune merely drains you of the will to live . ’ |
| 2 | Over a cognac he gloomily informs us of the Japanese surrender . |
| 3 | This not only reminds us of the existence of a non-state section of education ( which as we write in mid-1987 seems set only to increase in size ) , but also in drawing attention to the relations between the state and non-state sectors , points out features of the conditions under which the former operates that are frequently taken for granted . |
| 4 | Wisden says he is nearly 82 ; he still looks nothing of the kind , but lately he has started to feel it a little more . |
| 5 | Frequently these words are purportedly used by the characters within the fabliaux , such as the examples quoted above from Les quatre Souhais Saint Martin , but such terms are also quite often used by the narrators propria voce : in Le Pescheor de Pont seur Saine , " The Fisherman of Pont-sur-Seine " , for instance , a tale of sexual envy in a marriage , the narrator soon bluntly tells us of the couple that the man : ( He held her down |
| 6 | For the majority of runners , though , the rapid approach of the race always reminds them of the training they meant to do , but never quite did , and of the aches and pains of the winter . |
| 7 | The work has voices in the first two movements , but is essentially for solo organ , dazzlingly played by Gaston Litaize , who clearly enjoys himself of the magnificent beast which lives in the church of St. Francois-Xavier in Paris . |
| 8 | But it also provides something of the history of graphics , and the visual principles which have gradually evolved to which the technical artist should adhere . |
| 9 | But the reader now knows something of the general setting of Libyan politics ; of the people involved and their problems , and it is possible to approach the topic of ideas and principles in the aftermath of the revolution . |
| 10 | The theme of the pack ‘ Tongues of Fire ’ immediately reminds us of the power of the Holy Spirit coming to the apostles at Pentecost and their going out to spread the gospel message fired up with enthusiasm and courage . |
| 11 | He even persuades himself of the splendour . |
| 12 | The portrait of the leader of the Sicilian slaves , Eunus , irresistibly reminds us of the Posidonian fragment on Athenion . |
| 13 | One then reminds him of the Smith case , and asks whether he still thinks that Smith was wrong . |
| 14 | More often than not , each melodic line stands perfectly well by itself , and hearing it thus at least lends something of the sense of familiarity and recognition that the thirteenth-century literati might have enjoyed if they attempted to disentangle aurally the separate strands of the motet . |
| 15 | The test machine contains a 10-kW turbine and a 4-metre rotor , which is turned by both incoming and outgoing tides ; it will be anchored to the sea bed and therefore needs none of the costly and environmentally damaging civil engineering works associated with other tidal power schemes such as barrages . |
| 16 | It is strongly influenced by Greek and Etruscan artists and happily shows none of the degeneracy evident in some later Roman work ( PLATES 14 and 19 ) . |
| 17 | It needs a special artist to sustain such a programme , and the wonderful thing about Vengerov 's playing is that in , say , the Paganini First Concerto , one can sit back and take the accomplishment for granted , acknowledge that he can overcome any Paganinian hurdle , and simply relish the way he actually makes something of the music . |