Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] [prep] [noun pl] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The criteria for reciprocal altruism seem fulfilled as the interactions seem based upon expectations of reciprocation . |
| 2 | First pieces of the sky fall on my house , then I get attacked by bits of the sea . |
| 3 | Rain and rivers eroded the soft sandstones that had filled the lagoon basin , scouring them away so that today the reefs are exposed once more , high and dry , facing not the sea but desert covered with clumps of spinifex grass and stunted mulga trees . |
| 4 | Pupils could use the computer to prepare for their visit and arrive provided with printouts of data-sheets or lists of questions . |
| 5 | A whole pine forest produces so much pollen that ponds become covered with curds of it — and all of it wasted . |
| 6 | Members of the national Parliament charged with acting as ‘ watchdogs ’ on behalf of the citizens become engaged in acts of total deception as they pass the problems of their constituents up the line to ministers who are no longer in charge . |
| 7 | White working-class and black women 's stories of employment difficulties and success are heard as case histories of psychic tension , and lesbian women 's attempts to redefine relations between women become assimilated to accounts of pre-oedipal intimacy . |
| 8 | Well what have you what have you done in term Have you got some you 've done in terms of differentiating and then integrating back ? |
| 9 | What we 've had in parts of London are so called turf wars between crack crack dealers , crack sellers , fighting for territory . |
| 10 | With this issue on sale just before the ADT London Marathon , we 've packed in pages of practical information about after the race . |
| 11 | papers and things that you 've finished with bits of paper in the bin please . |
| 12 | Can I just confirm with you Mr , that what I 've described in terms of geographical location , is getting somewhere near to meeting his objective . |
| 13 | Photographic memories apart , most people forget about 50% of what they 've read within minutes of putting the book down , and 80% of it within twenty-four hours . |
| 14 | I know I 've listened to hours of school . |
| 15 | Father , we thank you for those you have placed in posts of responsibility in the governments of the world and of our nation . |
| 16 | Other recent developments have pointed to changes of philosophy . |
| 17 | The authorities have responded to complaints of increasing truancy with legislation apparently strict but in practice almost ineffective . |
| 18 | Talks in Whitehall aimed at restoring trade union rights to thousands of workers have collapsed after months of secret negotiations . |
| 19 | Talks in Whitehall aimed at restoring trade union rights to thousands of workers have collapsed after months of secret negotiations . |
| 20 | Traditionally , we have looked for causes of learning difficulty in the child . |
| 21 | As concern over state expenditure mounted , governments have looked for ways of cutting back the volume of support for the railways . |
| 22 | There have been no recent studies which have looked at patterns of exchange between kin as their central focus , but relevant data can be gleaned from a number of studies . |
| 23 | So far , we have looked at ways of getting started , at researching your ideas and at how an argument is structured . |
| 24 | Council officers in Darlington have looked at ways of supporting the campaign . |
| 25 | Council officers in Darlington have looked at ways of supporting the campaign . |
| 26 | The closures at Barts have come amid signs of a growing cash crisis this winter in several London health districts . |
| 27 | Well there 's no question but which therapists and people of medical profession have come across cases of people who have indeed been scarred for their whole lives and and found it very difficult to maintain trust and relationships and and be able to achieve their potential as a result of the sorts of situations that they endured , and perhaps we 're more understanding about those sorts of areas of the human need to be able to express anxiety and to feel that to express fears is is not something that 's going to overwhelm people that are around us , so that adults who are in the care of children , be they teachers , or parents , or child care workers , can allow children to express their feelings so that they do n't need to hold on to them and thereby increase the fears that they have . |
| 28 | DOZENS of new leads have come from members of the public after a reconstruction of the last moments of stabbed businesswoman Jean Bradley , police said yesterday . |
| 29 | Viruses may well , indeed , have originated as collections of breakaway genes . |
| 30 | The Eastern Shawnee and the Miami tribes in Oklahoma , the Northern Arapahoe Economic Development Commission in Wyoming , the Ponca Industrial Corporation in Texas , the Prairie Island Indian Community in Minnesota , and the Ute Mountain Ute tribe in Colorado have applied for grants of $100,000 each . |