Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adv] [verb] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Newton only learnt of the charge on Monday , two days before the county appeared in front of the TCCB . |
| 2 | When the issue of international monetary reform had been seriously debated in 1972 the United States started from the position that ‘ the system should neither bar nor encourage official holdings of foreign exchange ’ , suggesting that ‘ the United States still thought of the SDR as providing a substitute for gold rather than for the dollar ’ ( Williamson , 1977 , p. 176 ) . |
| 3 | St Teresa of Avila also spoke of the obscure type of revelation , which both Julian and Muhammad described as ‘ spiritual visions ’ : |
| 4 | Has n't Mr Brittlebrain ever heard of the subjunctive ? |
| 5 | Hodads from Honolulu still think of the place as the Wild West and venture up the H-2 to stare at surfers as if they were herds of buffalo grazing on the sea . |
| 6 | Maggie immediately thought of the lack of seagulls she 'd noticed when she 'd been down at the sea-front . |
| 7 | Graham Greene sarcastically remarked of the latter that ‘ Both the director and the star seem to labour under the impression that they are producing something important ’ , and the film 's success was enough to assure Wilcox that Hungarian naughtiness should give way to solemn patriotism . |
| 8 | It had n't taken Sid long to dispose of the monster . |
| 9 | Fletcher also spoke of the role Graeme Hick can play after his successful tour . |
| 10 | Swainson also complained of the decline of science in Britain , and the lack of opportunities to study it . |
| 11 | Graham Greene fairly remarked of the amorphous string of sequences that made up Rembrandt that ‘ no amount of money spent on expensive sets , on careful photography , will atone for the lack of a storyline , the continuity and drive of a well-constructed plot . ’ |
| 12 | Harold then heard of the landing of William of Normandy and had to force march a weary army to Hastings where he was defeated and William became King of England . |
| 13 | As Moser revealingly wrote of the Government Social Survey : " the survey exists to collect data required for administration , not for party politics " . |
| 14 | Aunt Lou seldom approved of the people who lived above her , but it worked after a fashion . |
| 15 | Thorne later spoke of the potential of concerted action around such issues : |
| 16 | The developer would be required to keep such disruption to minimum and to keep FPA fully informed of the construction programme and consequent vessel movements . |
| 17 | Molla Fenari and Seyh Bedreddin shared a devotion to the thought of Ibn al-Arabi , and it may well be that even if Molla Fenari thoroughly disapproved of the rebels ' activities he was compromised in the eyes of many by those shared beliefs . |
| 18 | Bernard never knew of the rift between Phil Morris and Laura . |
| 19 | NORTH Yorkshire landowner Lady Bell yesterday spoke of the accident which left her son with serious head injuries . |
| 20 | The Archbishop of Canterbury yesterday warned of the dangers of materialism and of a new ‘ meanness of spirit ’ afflicting the country . |
| 21 | What Federico Cesi once wrote of the members of his Lincean Academy applied to Galileo with a vengeance : ‘ All we claim in common is freedom to philosophize in physical matters . ’ |
| 22 | HTV CHAIRMAN Louis Sherwood yesterday warned of the dire consequences of changes to ITV ownership rules which could put the company under the threat of a take-over . |
| 23 | He acted with his usual promptitude , and a papal legate had arrived in England with the pallium before Anselm even knew of the king 's decision . |
| 24 | But Luke nowhere speaks of the new covenant unless Luke 22:19b and 20 are original ( against the main weight of manuscript attestation ) . |