Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] [pron] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | For those wanting to satisfy that itch there is an extensive factual section with each trek giving lots of useful practical information . |
| 2 | For those wanting to satisfy that itch there is an extensive factual section with each trek giving lots of useful practical information . |
| 3 | The first thing that that litany reminds us of is that when it came to success , in the immortal words of Mae West ( put into her mouth by scriptwriter Vincent Lawrence ) , goodness had nothing to do with it . |
| 4 | The use of enamel , the brilliant understanding of colour , yes , that piece reminded him of Giuliano , though-the design was more subtle , less heavy . |
| 5 | Somehow that lithe , muscular figure reminded her of somebody … |
| 6 | In her early childhood , a threepenny piece had seemed like a fortune , whereas Félix Verveine 's rich clients thought nothing of paying 3,000 francs to be dressed by him . |
| 7 | A social studies programme must suggest the use of resources such as the market , the shop , the dispensary or the roadside , even though its makers may be aware that a very large number of deep rural schools have none of these resources at hand . |
| 8 | The swirling shapes remind me of those kitsch 1960s lamps . |
| 9 | Serbian opponents accuse him of blackmail and extortion . |
| 10 | Investigations of this kind reveal something of the structure of poverty by indicating those who were kept going by the poor rate , the only eighteenth-century tax which was redistributive . |
| 11 | ( His introduction of lime juice ( and hence vitamin C ) into the sailors ' daily rations cured them of scurvy and gained for the British tars the nickname of ‘ limeys ’ . ) |
| 12 | This mourning cleanses us of our false expectations and superficialities , where we try to flatten everything into a manageable world in which we are in charge . |
| 13 | I would like to take this opportunity to inform you of the high standard achieved by your service engineer , Dick Churcher [ Healthcare Atherstone ] for his attitude and appearance whilst working at our depots . |
| 14 | This decision represents something of a final throw . |
| 15 | This division set something of a precedent . |
| 16 | Thereafter he quickly became its most renowned liberal member , leading some opponents to accuse him of judicial activism . |
| 17 | Some deputies accused it of giving away too many powers to the regions . |
| 18 | Just when you 're looking forward to pushing the boat out and having a spending spree , your sensible side reminds you of all the practical and prudent things you should be doing with any extra money you have . |
| 19 | This force possessed none of the gentle , coaxing qualities associated with telepathic races . |
| 20 | The tendency to render horrific incidents of this sort into funny tales or ‘ atrocity stories ’ ( Dingwall 1977 ) , told ritualistically within the occupational culture of the station , is a further attempt to strip them of their emotional hold . |
| 21 | The duo 's set seemed lethargic , a muddy mix robbing them of the textured subtleties that make their records so invigorating . |
| 22 | Jane Cristofani of image consultants Public Persona had plenty of style guidelines for Juliana . |
| 23 | Philip Bond gives a wonderful and moving portrayal of jaded professor Frank , who does his tutoring job so well he has to watch the once passionate and sentimental Rita turn into a trendy talker whose empty phrases contain nothing of the real her . |
| 24 | Felipe 's possessive attitude rid her of the attentions of Peter Rainford and when Felipe offered to show them Ana 's skills neither of them looked overjoyed . |
| 25 | Yeah , well there 's gon na be lots of batteries in the little bedroom because this this machine needs lots of batteries . |
| 26 | Frankly , this proposal reminded me of one of the quotations with which Taylor prefaces his chapter on ‘ Value-added Processes in Information Analysis ’ : |
| 27 | The notion of neighbourhood social work received something of a boost from the Barclay report of 1982 which endorsed the patch system and community social work as a possible way forward and recommended the ‘ development of flexible decentralised patterns of organisation ’ . |
| 28 | Given the assertiveness and self-advertisement of modernization in Italian life across all forms of culture , from literature to political and social theory , during the 1960s and early 1970s , this return assumes something of the force of a revenge or , at any rate , a restitution . |
| 29 | But dietary fibre provides nothing of use in this way . |
| 30 | Discovered in 1953 by Hong Kong herpetologist John Romer , the frog 's exceedingly primitive nature makes it of special interest . |