Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] of [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As time went on , however , its curative uses were regarded with more and more suspicion , not assisted by tales such as that of Svengali which helped to convince an already uncertain public that to submit to hypnosis was to give up all free will and to place one 's mind in the power of another . |
| 2 | For much of time he been joined by his wife Joanne , who has worked tirelessly with the country 's zoo to help care for captive chimpanzees and a small collection of other African animals . |
| 3 | Since the density of wood averages about one-fourteenth of that of steel it may be that about thirty times the volume of wood is used , taking the world as a whole . |
| 4 | First of all of course it was all off when he did that . |
| 5 | At whatever level of detail or generality , culture consists of signs which are structured and organized like those of language itself . |
| 6 | With this of course one may agree . |
| 7 | The subject of ideology is given a secondary position in the book , subordinate to that of style which is here treated as being only " incidentally touched " by ideological issues . |
| 8 | And in addition to that of course we cover the safety aspects that are required up at Molyneux . |
| 9 | Secondly , the activation of the renin-angiotensin system ( the physiological consequence of sodium depletion ) may have had opposite intrarenal effects to those of angiotensin I converting enzyme inhibition , and therefore microalbuminuria was not reduced , even though blood pressure was reduced by hydrochlorothiazide treatment . |
| 10 | DAMON HILL , who has progressed from being a hard-up member of a punk rock band to one of Formula One 's most envied drivers , admitted last night that he had never had it so good . |
| 11 | What do you mean not at all of course it does . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's done on the barrel , ’ said the chairman who much more happily confided that at 59 of course he will be batting and bowling again this summer , ‘ and that 's what it worked out a pint . |
| 13 | At Dead of Night we 'll to the Bride-bed come , And sprinkle hallow 'd Dew-drops round the Room . |
| 14 | I regard this as an appropriate position for a man whose cool temperament and disdain for most of humanity I found chilling after two or three years study . |
| 15 | It 's a unique opportunity to do something really strong for the sake of the restoration of my citizenship , while at the same time by that of course I 'm doing something for the human rights of every single citizen in Czechoslovakia . |
| 16 | By the process of displacement one idea may surrender to another the whole volume of its cathexis ; by that of condensation it may appropriate the whole cathexis of several other ideas . |