Example sentences of "[subord] of [pron] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most people have a far better idea of the value of their house than of their annual income tax . |
| 2 | The 5000-word critical analysis , which may or may not be supported by graphical evidence , has also been criticised as being a test more of the candidate 's authorship than of his professional ability , and an exercise more easily tackled by the ex-full-time student than by the part-time candidate . |
| 3 | It is interesting that despite this some writers are still prepared nevertheless to claim Foucault as a Marxist — perhaps less an indication of his Marxism than of his discursive power and the lack of alternatives within Marxism today . |
| 4 | Wölflinn was naturally not ignorant of artists , but the famous phrase indicated an interest in the sequence of art seen as forms which develop as if of their own volition . |
| 5 | In one way he was glad to be interrupted — superstitiously afraid that if of his own volition he decided to leave the miraculous spot then the unique mood would not follow him and he would be like a man without a shadow . |
| 6 | What comes across in both my interests and any skills which is n't really reconcilable with this I do n't think is that erm I 've got sort of , because of , I think it 's cos of my academic experience cos I did an arts degree with a lot of research and stuff , is that I , I like researching , data collecting , processing information . |
| 7 | McIntosh urged Hendley to leave her husband , a 46-year-old catering manager , but because of her Catholic upbringing she would not consider separation or divorce . |
| 8 | But their task was impossible because of her hysterical state . |
| 9 | If they did , then because of her strategic position , because of her great extra-European interests and because of the problem of filling the vacuum left by her withdrawal from the Balkans , the fate of Turkey would once again involve the interests of all the great powers . |
| 10 | Because of her international success and recognition , Meyer is one of the personalities South Africa is using to encourage more and more youngsters from the townships and under-developed areas to take up sport . |
| 11 | Are we to blackmail her because of her lost lover ? |
| 12 | She had established the fact that the real Delia Forbes was in Australia and that for the past few weeks someone else had been using her name and address ; because of her desperate desire to help Barney she had leapt to conclusions which could be hopelessly wide of the mark . |
| 13 | It is n't just that she does n't have the stomach to eat anything because of her morbid dread of flying ; more that she ca n't accept touching anything anti-Green . |
| 14 | She had reminded herself that once or twice recently Miss Poraway had n't been able to come because of her nasal complaint , and Mrs Blackham , who was at least efficient , had taken her place . |
| 15 | It is not that she 's a political animal , just someone who has seen a lot of beautiful places in the world ; feels very fortunate to be in such a privileged position because of her successful TV and recording career , and so wants to put a bit back into a world which has so far been very kind to her . ’ |
| 16 | But unlike her — and the exact shape of her body was difficult to determine because of her roomy salwar kamiz — Changez had a stomach that rode out before him , with a dark-red stringy knitted jumper stretched over it . |
| 17 | Holly-jack — because of her evergreen skin — seemed set to be the one who would persist in winter as the human 's friend ; she would be the oddest of primitive heroines . |
| 18 | Because of her awkward position , she was forced to use the prosthetic arm ( the fake one , she kept thinking ) , and the fingers were dull and leaden . |
| 19 | He said that the woman , who had been diagnosed as a schizophrenic in 1986 after an attempted arson attack , would probably not be fit to stand trial because of her mental condition . |
| 20 | The absence of deals has led to speculation that advertisers , wary of getting caught in a US-Japan economic crossfire , are ‘ frightened ’ of Yamaguchi because of her Japanese name and heritage . |
| 21 | Her endorsement potential is definitely suffering because of her Japanese face and her Japanese name . ’ |
| 22 | A female fruit fly , simply because of her tiny size , can hardly be expected to produce eggs in numbers to rival a cod , but even so , she can lay two thousand in a season in batches of a hundred at a time . |
| 23 | Because of her loving nature Eva would have enjoyed having children and a family but feels it " was one of the things God required me to give up " . |
| 24 | With them was always Maria , a mongol girl who was about nine but looked older because of her stout figure , short , thick neck and large head . |
| 25 | For Merrill the marriage service was a kaleidoscope of images seen at a distance because of her acute consciousness of Luke 's presence . |
| 26 | MY DAUGHTER , who lives at home with my wife and I , is in full employment and because of her low wage she pays a reduced poll tax . |
| 27 | ‘ Anyway , the Queen of the Night , always called your mother that , you know , because of her amazing devotion to sleep , which she seemed to prefer to almost any other activity , in particular to that which I believe today 's lovers refer to so elegantly as ‘ boffing ’ or ‘ shafting ’ … . |
| 28 | Her arms and legs ached , and because of her pending interrogation she was ever conscious of being stripped of her knickers . |
| 29 | She can no longer drive because of her visual handicap , had to give up her job and can not pursue her former hobbies of walking and gardening . |
| 30 | THE VISIT by Mother Teresa to Ireland is going ahead — but is expected to be scaled down because of her recent fall in which she broke three ribs . |