Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] of [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In recent weeks Bakatin had come under criticism from senior military and KGB officers for his perceived failure to tackle the current crime wave , and for suggesting decentralization of control of limited contingents of Interior Ministry troops to republican governments . |
| 2 | She expected to see signs of fury in his eyes at that stab but she saw nothing to indicate any such irritation . |
| 3 | Turkish maritime experts are warning of the dangers of an increase in oil and gas traffic through the crowded Bosphorus and are calling for a revision of the 1963 Montreux Convention , which guarantees freedom of navigation through the waterway . |
| 4 | Crowds of celebs are having to have a laugh and raise loads of cash for children . |
| 5 | The paper offers glimmers of hope in the fight against the disease , through the promotion of better understanding . |
| 6 | My eyes became coals of fire in my head , and I believed every moment that I was condemned to perish in the belly of a whale . |
| 7 | Therefore it is understandable that he won a commission at the turn of the century from a recently formed Board of Agriculture for 200 portraits of representative breeds . |
| 8 | Freud refers to this process of strengthening of the superego as the ‘ most precious cultural asset ’ , and observes that it turns enemies of civilization into its vehicles , and greatly enhances the security of culture . |
| 9 | As a result of seeing part of knowledge as the whole , ‘ rationalists ’ , Oakeshott contends , over-estimate their abilities to define and solve problems , whereas reason proper indicates the need for caution in assessing the scope of human capability . |
| 10 | It aims to use scientific method to understand the fundamental processes of biology , agriculture , the environment and economics and to apply this understanding to the sustainable management of the world 's biological resources , including the provision of food , fibre , energy and natural products , for the benefit of man while at the same time developing methods to limit , control or eliminate conflicts of interest between the welfare of mankind and the well-being of animals , plants and the environment . |
| 11 | They are : ( a ) a new attempt to understand the interrelatedness of the current problems that beset conservation policies ; ( b ) to stimulate flows of information between land-users and institutions of government ; and ( c ) linking conservation with wider development efforts . |
| 12 | Gilbert was dragged with him , and twisted to rise as Rohmer wiped streaks of blood from his face . |
| 13 | This had asserted American interest in the Middle East and had given pledges of support to those states which felt threatened by communism . |
| 14 | Some of them had plaited scraps of cloth in their long black hair and all wore beads around their necks . |
| 15 | New points in the revised announcement 47 from the OPB include additional stress on the need for trustees to have considered all the options and the application should demonstrate that this has been done ; that they had sought independent legal advice ‘ from lawyers who do not advise the company on such matters ’ ( the OPB does not regard another partner in the same firm as ‘ independent ’ ) and the OPB would find it ‘ helpful ’ to see copies of correspondence between them ; and specific details of the information sent to members which should be contained in the application . |
| 16 | They 're sure to have the time of their lives at the Pirates Club or Club 16 , enjoying hours of fun with newfound friends and leaving you with new-found freedom . |
| 17 | The girl 's death produced reactions of grief in policemen , strangers , politicians , as well as family friends , some of whom offered advice . |
| 18 | In the summer of 1962 , in Appropinquante Concilio , Pope John promulgated rules of procedure for the Council ( confirmed with some additional points the following year by Paul VI 's Ordo Concilii Oecumenici Vaticani Secundi ) . |
| 19 | The graphics are mean and moody , allowing freedom of exploration with the minimum of mapping , the setting is realistic and gives a real feeling of being there , and the puzzles — you 'll be scratching you head for weeks . |
| 20 | On Oct. 9 , 1989 , the then Economy Minister , Néstor Rapanelli , signed a decree allowing freedom of action for foreign companies to buy into Argentina without prior government approval ; however , areas such as the media were to remain closed to foreign investment . |
| 21 | A report from Israel on June 23 said that the remaining Ethiopian Jews were to emigrate on commercial flights , following the interim government 's decree ( on June 21 ) allowing freedom of movement for all citizens . |
| 22 | In addition , using patterns of variation from the derived standard maturity-depth relationship ( Fig. 2 ) , it is possible to determine the amount of uplift of the Carboniferous section in particular areas . |
| 23 | The UN Security Council met repeatedly during August in response to the Gulf crisis and passed five resolutions [ see box ] , moving on from its first and immediate condemnation of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait ( Resolution 660 on Aug. 2 ) , to impose mandatory sanctions ( Resolution 661 on Aug. 6 ) , and later to allow states to use their naval forces for " measures " to ensure implementation of such sanctions ( Resolution 665 on Aug. 25 ) , while also rejecting the Iraqi annexation of Kuwait ( Resolution 662 on Aug. 9 ) and demanding freedom of departure from , and consular access to , foreign nationals in Kuwait and Iraq ( Resolution 664 of Aug. 18 ) . |
| 24 | Rather , it typically involves acts of aggression towards players and officials , or over-exuberant celebratory activity including the vandalism of property . |
| 25 | Nield , J , was unable so to hold for two reasons — ( 1 ) since the Counter-Inflationary Order made under the powers of the Act preserved the lease as lawful and valid though prohibiting payment of rent above the standard rate , and ( 2 ) since even if it had been otherwise the plaintiffs ' contract for payment for professional services was not an agreement collateral to the lease so as to be tainted by any illegality in the lease if such illegality had existed . |
| 26 | A different approach would be to introduce Caldwell recklessness into the non-fatal offences of causing injury , with a view to labelling cases of endangerment in the same way as ‘ traditional ’ crimes . |
| 27 | Judge Arbuthnot passed sentence of death by hanging , or exile to the penal colonies in the West Indies , on the men of Prosperous . |
| 28 | JM receives award of excellence from National Semiconductor Corporation by David Savage , Spokane |
| 29 | The pupil can relate units of length to each other . |
| 30 | Ms Hyslop added : ‘ There are those who were unhappy with the parliamentary group 's vote but who do not want to see months of infighting within the party . ’ |