Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] [pron] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , a representation of a law court could tell us something about the role of judges , lawyers , jury , witnesses : representations of the silent system within prisons may convey something of the nature of that practice . |
| 2 | It is no doubt all to the good that we should rid ourselves of the delusion that our mortal bodies are inhabited by immortal souls , but , in claiming to be human beings , we are asserting our capacity for exercising moral choice and that implies moral responsibility . |
| 3 | First of all we must rid ourselves of the belief that punishment is wrong if it causes pain or inconvenience and does not have the full interest of the criminal at heart . |
| 4 | Pearn and I were very concerned to ensure that the troops who would liberate Burma should know something of the country and its people , for the army that fought the retreat in 1942 had had little time to learn any of the background . |
| 5 | To overcome these problems users must think of all the various names that might have been applied , and must understand something of the geography and administration of the locality concerned . |
| 6 | This is not necessarily a central problem , but the Kingman Report does recommend that pupils should understand something of the systematic nature of languages other than English . |
| 7 | The notes were taken early on in the research when I was chiefly concerned with documenting pollution control work , thus they should suggest something of the nature of the job — routine tasks as well as special problems — which an officer can encounter on a summer 's day . |
| 8 | If you need to obtain shareholder or to other approval prior to completion , you should inform us of the specific clearances that you need to obtain and confirm your ability to exchange contracts by Friday 1st December , 19XX . |
| 9 | Indeed some of us think we now know what bankers in the republic felt like , if you stand up to make a speech the matter has moved on before you sit down again but I must tell you of the next major problem . |
| 10 | The hero must extort something of the demon 's power . |
| 11 | That is , they must convict him of the offence which they think he probably did not commit . |
| 12 | Firstly , the style used should reflect something of the period and quality of the chosen score ; secondly , the dance should reveal something of its technical construction ; thirdly , the movements should parallel the composer 's treatment and development of the various episodes and the orchestration . |
| 13 | At this season of the year we should remind ourselves of the parable that neighbours are not simply the people who live next door , rich friends , or even merely those with whom we agree . |
| 14 | We must remind ourselves of the contexts in which the relevant terms are acquired . |
| 15 | She hopes it 'll rid her of the physical and emotional pain . |
| 16 | I 'll cheat myself of the patterns that a beast can register , with its robot-wired mind alert to supernatural vibrations . |
| 17 | ‘ You 'll do nothing of the sort . |
| 18 | 'I 'll do nothing of the sort , Aunt Nessy , ’ the young parson said now . |
| 19 | ‘ You 'll do nothing of the sort , ’ said her uncle firmly . |
| 20 | Nonetheless the characterization of the fabliau writer in the text is a worthwhile subject of study , for an assessment of the tone of the fabliau beyond anything it might tell us of the usual origins of such texts . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm not your sweetheart and I 'll admit nothing of the kind ! ’ she snapped back , unable to take any more . |
| 22 | And the prophet , Jeremiah he 'll remind us of the compassion of God . |
| 23 | Hustle the Panda along your average back road and you 'll find none of the woolliness that might be expected from a car of this price range . |
| 24 | Swapo remains the overwhelming favourite to win the United Nations-supervised elections next month , but claims that the organisation has detained and tortured many of its members in Angola and Zambia may deprive it of the two-thirds majority needed to form a government in an independent Namibia without holding another election . |
| 25 | Hard though he tried , Floyd could make nothing of the inward half and Couples , having gone to the front with a birdie at the ninth , was never caught again . |
| 26 | His opening 76 in reality had been his practice round because of his late arrival , and he could make nothing of the greens in his outward 36 yesterday , starting at the tenth . |
| 27 | I reasoned like you , my lord , that they 'd rid themselves of the load , it would only slow them down . |
| 28 | ‘ I assumed you 'd do something of the sort . |
| 29 | ‘ Would I ? ’ she asked helplessly , not sure she 'd do anything of the sort . |
| 30 | When the visitor had left an hour later he could remember nothing of the rest — hence the uncompleted lines of verse with which we are left . |