Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] of a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the first years of the Federal Republic , from 1949 to 1953 , when the Right was staging something of a recovery , attempts had been made to distinguish between ‘ insane Hitlerism ’ and the positive aspects of National Socialism . |
| 2 | They replace familiar Class 101 DMUs , which were introduced across East Anglia as steam locomotives were withdrawn but are themselves now becoming something of a rarity . |
| 3 | Morgan was understandably downcast following Scotland 's pool loss to Canada — rapidly becoming something of a jinx team , given the sevens defeat in Hong Kong two years ago , the Test match loss in New Brunswick also in 1991 , and the draw in Dubai last November . |
| 4 | Where once lifetime employment was said to be the key factor behind high productivity levels , the need to reduce labour costs now means that ‘ Lifetime employment is becoming something of a curse to Japanese industries ’ ( FTW 12/3/83 ) . |
| 5 | I even smartened myself up , becoming something of a dandy . |
| 6 | Reagan was obviously rather good at his job , rapidly becoming something of a celebrity in Des Moines and , ‘ one of the best sportscasters in his region ’ . |
| 7 | Through her relationship with photographer and gallery owner , Alfred Steiglitz , she entered his fashionable artistic circle , becoming something of a celebrity in the New York art scene in the twenties . |
| 8 | However , its sale plan has been halted by a court action over the trusteeship of the collection and has already provoked the National Art Collections into stripping it of a grant . |
| 9 | Erm Eric in , in Manchester from where he comes is extremely well known obviously within the G M B but his record he 's one of the individuals in the trade union movement that I think are becoming somewhat of a rarity these days I know that many of us when we first started in the movement were very easily able , and , and very relaxed about combining trade union and political activities together but of course as time goes on and , you do tend to become more involved in the one and the other , because of course it 's all time-consuming but I can honestly say that in Eric 's case he 's never deviated one iota from his commitment both to the trade union , this union in particular , and to the Party never deviated at all . |
| 10 | ‘ The room you 've got at the Palace Hotel is causing something of a problem , ’ she informed me . |
| 11 | Miami 's new-born Murk label that has been causing something of a stir on these shores of late , enough at least for Network to wet their oars and row straight for a licensing deal that sees three of the label 's best tracks to date brought together for a sampler EP . |
| 12 | What is actually meant is that the world is no longer so clearly divided as it was in the 1950s and 1960s into two armed camps of allies , with China , after 1960 , causing something of a schism in the Russian camp . |
| 13 | He was also charged with threatening to kill Miss Lamplugh , 22 , robbing her of a car and possessing two knives and a scalpel . |
| 14 | Resembling somewhat of a cross between a Texan and a Trojan , this machine is owned by Don Pellegrneo of Story City , Indiana . |
| 15 | Relative peace has given loggers the security to operate , as well as producing something of a construction boom , creating an internal market for timber products . |
| 16 | Tylor 's work which , especially in the field of religion , is currently enjoying something of a revival , displays further and more explicitly recognized examples of this functionalist way of understanding society . |
| 17 | Twin humbucker guitars are enjoying something of a rebirth at present , thanks mainly to the players who are treading that particular path ( I 'm thinking of Nuno , Satriani & co ) and having played Strat derivatives for so long , it 's easy to forget just how good a neck humbucker sounds at full throttle . |
| 18 | ‘ After several decades of decline , cinema-going is enjoying something of a renaissance . |
| 19 | We may now be seeing something of a revival of the reformative approach . |
| 20 | The Yorkshire outfit have been producing some good results in their own division , and have lost only one of their eight league games so far , but we saw the big gulf in scoring power between some of the first and lower division clubs in the county competitions and York look to be facing something of a Mission Impossible . |
| 21 | With the emergence of low-cost presentation graphics packages for both the Macintosh and the PC , and the latter has also been experiencing something of a resurgence , another fundamental change in the market has been occurring . |
| 22 | And for the next three or four months , I was just getting it of a weekend . |
| 23 | Hereford are suffering something of a flu epedemic at the moment . |
| 24 | The final goal of all the Waldens , Dimblebys , and Days is to hit the headlines on the news broadcasts ( or in the next day 's papers ) by tripping up their interviewee or extorting an apology from him , or convicting him of a contradiction . |
| 25 | These things grind exceeding slow , but in Denver , Colorado , charges have finally been brought against Q T Wiles , the former chairman of MiniScribe Corp , accusing him of a scheme to inflate the figures in books of the disk-drive maker : the US District Court indictment alleges that Wiles reaped $1.7m in profits from the sale of MiniScribe stock using inside information about the now-defunct disk company . |
| 26 | Musso replied by abusing Sukarno , reviving the accusation that he had recruited romusha slave labour , accusing him of a sell-out to America . |
| 27 | They were dressed in sober lounge suits and conversed in low voices , reminding him of a flock of rather dowdy sparrows pecking away at their food . |
| 28 | ‘ Yes , miss ? ’ he demanded pugnaciously , reminding her of a sentry at a besieged garrison . |
| 29 | Now fighting for breath , Nell anxiously noticed that Piphros had turned an unusual colour , flushing first red then white , rhythmically , reminding her of a pumping heart and vascular system of some small translucent creature . |
| 30 | ‘ There is nothing I would not do for you , ’ he replied , and all at once frustrated beyond enduring , ‘ For pity 's sake , woman , ’ he implored , and , reminding her of a comment she had made to him that delightful mealtime in Bečov , ‘ give me a straight answer to a straight question — are you going to marry me ? ’ |