Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] of the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The thief rarely thinks of the consequences for the victim . |
| 2 | We now have a system whereby the park authority not only learns of the farmers ' proposals in advance but also invariably ‘ approves ’ the proposals . |
| 3 | In future all department running costs will be cash limited with the intention of giving ‘ individual civil service managers greater flexibility to make best uses of the resources available to them ’ ( Hansard , H.C. , VI , vol. 110 , cols 933–4 , 18 February 1987 ) . |
| 4 | Goldstein nevertheless warns of the bias in therapeutic transactions towards perceiving refusals as uninformed : ‘ refusals may therefore be used as a justification for challenging the capacity of the citizen to decide what is best for himself . ’ |
| 5 | Although they are cross with themselves for being so soft , in the end they discover that they did the right thing because it is Gollum who shows them the way to Mount Doom , and Gollum who finally disposes of the Ring . |
| 6 | An analysis already exists of the migration patterns of 1974 and it is intended to make direct comparisons between this and the 1983 results . |
| 7 | Of these two pads , the first normally consists of the Prologue , or exposition scenes ; the Entrance of the Chorus ( Parodos ) : and what is now generally called the Agon , a fierce ‘ contest ’ between the representatives of two parties or principles , which are in effect the hero and villain of the whole piece . |
| 8 | The picture that thus emerges of the tensions and jealousies in the Imperial family has a grand , almost Shakespearean feel to it : the Emperor Shah Jehan governs the Mughal Empire through its period of greatest magnificence . |
| 9 | Its reputation was lifted in the sixteenth century , when Marguerite de Navarre came here and ( perhaps ) wrote some of her Heptameron , as a respite from the rigours of the cure , before the atrocious weather — in the prologue she quickly complains of the rainfall in Cauterets — drove her down to Sarrance . |
| 10 | The teaching community is composed of the body of students and lecturers within a subject field ; the research community is the group of staff , post-doctoral , and post-graduate research workers ; and the smallest communicating unit is the seminar group , which usually consists of the group of post-graduate students who regularly give formal presentations and discussion sessions on the state of their current research to their research supervisors , and other interested individuals . |
| 11 | Family tradition still speaks of the pleasure given by the poet 's recitations . |
| 12 | Would any remains of the wretch even reach the bubbling molten magma at the bottom ? |
| 13 | Homophobia is always a handy excuse for not buying records , but it still reeks of the subhuman . |
| 14 | One also thinks of the suicide of the State Premier , Uwe Barschel . |
| 15 | During this restoration work some traces of earlier Norman work were found embedded in the walls of the aisles , also remains of the rood screen . |
| 16 | If the partition is then removed , the molecules will tend to spread out and occupy both halves of the box . |
| 17 | He also knows of the existence of at least half a dozen hypermarkets which have a shoppers ' profile that includes every socioeconomic category , and which sell all three types of bread . |
| 18 | The first group , the odd-toed ungulates , a much bigger group in the distant past , now consists of the tapirs , rhinoceroses , zebras , and wild and of course domestic horses . |
| 19 | The reproach that poststructuralism has neglected history really consists of the complaint that it has questioned History . |
| 20 | ( Rowntree , 1974 ) Ross ( 1987 ) here warns of the dangers of either approach : |
| 21 | Everything here speaks of the owners ' attentive care and good taste . |
| 22 | Even advocates of the doctrine acknowledge that it must be exercised within defined limits , and not be allowed to serve as a facade for the furtherance of the intervening State 's own ends . |
| 23 | Not because he particularly approves of the exploitation of Henderson Island , but because he hopes that this latest development will force the government to come to some decision about the future of Pitcairn . |
| 24 | Only 5O of the Madagascar rain forest presently survives and little remains of the Atlantic coastal forest of Brazil . |
| 25 | But there is no ethical prohibition of any strategy or tactics , save presumably estimates of the likelihood of failure . |
| 26 | The mercantile agent must be in possession of the goods or documents of title ; and he must have that possession at the time he sells , pledges or otherwise disposes of the goods . |
| 27 | Sir Charles Coote in 1804 again and again speaks of the North Armagh countryside as being ‘ in high population and improvement ’ . |
| 28 | That quietly disposes of the argument . |
| 29 | The comparative method in sociology will be discussed in chapter 3 , but essentially consists of the sociologist assembling data about several societies or social contexts and comparing them with each other , with the intention of explaining the causes of any variations . |
| 30 | The basis of his love is imaginative desire : he never speaks of the person that lies beneath ‘ Her eyes , her hair , her cheek , her gait , her voice ’ . |