Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [verb] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More than 20 schools have complained of interference in school life and criticism of long established customs . |
| 2 | In the past , the guards have smacked of overkill , since it rarely takes more than a baton charge with their lathi sticks to quell the traditional rotten orange barrage that welcomes most touring teams . |
| 3 | Enough is known from archaeology to realise that in many cases chance finds of flint nodules or fragments provided the raw material for small tools . |
| 4 | Boys are expected to be assertive go-getters , so parents tend to approve of aggression in their male offspring as ‘ manly ’ . |
| 5 | Mr Gandhi may not have been personally involved in the Bofors contract , but his government 's clumsy efforts to keep the case under wraps have smacked of guilt , and the Prime Minister 's ‘ Mr Clean ’ image of five years ago has all but been destroyed by the scandal . |
| 6 | But de it 's been done deliberately that other contracts extend to end of June because , we knew that by round about mid May we would know what our financial situation was , in that what I understand are termed out-turn figures for the , our pre the previous financial year , will have been erm audited as a result of the end of the financial year . |
| 7 | ’ There is indeed an opaque quality to the memories that Palestinians like to tell of Palestine . |
| 8 | In fact , volcanic arcs appear to consist of series of slightly off-set linear elements which have been interpreted as representing the subduction of discrete segments of lithosphere . |
| 9 | Britons go to aid of Czechoslovakia |
| 10 | All these efforts do need of course to be assessed against their compliance or otherwise with national and regional guidance . |
| 11 | Industrialists have complained of delays in getting applications for cash through the governments bureaucracy ( New Scientist , 7 April , p 22 ) . |
| 12 | Patients have complained of impotence , skin rashes , dry eyes , nausea , vomiting , diarrhoea , fatigue or insomnia , and problems with circulation . |
| 13 | If there is little unfettered deconstructive activity operating within Renaissance studies currently , it is largely because the questions critics wish to ask of texts are premised on ideas opposed to accepting that a text can not speak about anything but itself . |
| 14 | If the masks have remained of importance to you , you must certainly fashion it again . ’ |
| 15 | However , the dismal picture which some computer scientists have painted of hackerhood , it should be noted , applies only to extreme cases . |
| 16 | It will be well beyond 30 years before the majority of married women and widowed retirement pensioners come to consist of persons who have paid full contributions throughout their periods of employment . |
| 17 | Freak snowstorms over hillsides have left a trail of carnage in their wake , and many recently sheared ewes have died of cold . |
| 18 | Some of the illustrations require understanding of boxplots , introduced in chapter 6 , and line fitting , introduced in the previous chapter . |
| 19 | But at the close of July Harrogate 's streets begin to empty of carts and gigs , their places taken by coroneted coaches and post-chaises bringing their cargoes of nobler-blooded visitors . |
| 20 | I do n't think I 'll bother to answer the remarks that others need to say of course tremendous resources have gone into the health service over the past few years , but I think whatever government is in power , it will never be enough for all the new developments in the health service , and that is always the trouble , whoever would be there would find it difficult . |
| 21 | And the remaining cash is to be set aside to clear up the old Blacketts brickworks off Alexander Street , Darlington , where residents have complained of fly tipping . |
| 22 | Some Residents have complained of condensation in their windows . |
| 23 | Others have spoken of war crimes and reparations . |
| 24 | They have thought of existence , in the way that others have thought of light , as something that permeates all things without becoming a part of them . |
| 25 | Window boxes need clearing of summer bedding . |