Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] of [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A telephone call to establish whether I had been made redundant or , if not , to inform me of the administrative delay , would have been far more appropriate , and possibly cheaper , than a typed letter announcing the uncleared cheque and the administrative charge . |
| 2 | In addition , it is important to know which of the altered plasma factors in the diabetic state are responsible for enhanced platelet function . |
| 3 | It is difficult to establish which of the two scientific theories could hold sway . |
| 4 | A more open mind was required to discover which of the many possible patterns God had actually chosen to instantiate . |
| 5 | To find which of the five is the most fragrant , we 'll be holding a studio sniff-in on Morning Edition at 8.45am on Saturday August 31 . |
| 6 | I am writing to inform you of the new Government legislation concerning liability cover for medical staff working in the National Health Service . |
| 7 | You marked an appeal to the Court of Session in the above case on and I write to inform you of the necessary steps you should now take . |
| 8 | I would like to take this opportunity to inform you of the high standard achieved by your service engineer , Dick Churcher [ Healthcare Atherstone ] for his attitude and appearance whilst working at our depots . |
| 9 | He will liaise with the medical rehabilitation teams and with the ERCs to know something of the overall picture of the person 's employment problem . |
| 10 | It is vitally important to know something of the individual richness and variety of each religious tradition before becoming subject to the generalisations of those engaged in comparative religion . |
| 11 | In the second case , that where the wife agrees to become surety at the instance of her husband though she does not understand the effect of the document or the nature of the transaction , her failure to do so may be the result of the husband 's actually misleading her , but in any case it could hardly ever occur without some impropriety on his part even if that impropriety consisted only in his neglect to inform her of the exact nature of that to which she is willing blindly , ignorantly or mistakenly to assent . |
| 12 | They decided to write a letter to Angel Clare , to inform him of the dangerous situation his wife was in . |
| 13 | It is difficult to know what of the next few seconds I remember , or have pieced together , or have been told by Nathan . |
| 14 | We have the kitchen middens to inform us about the former and the dolmens and passage graves — both resting places and scenes of ancestor worship — to inform us of the latter . |
| 15 | At this point , we need to test our alternative scientific theories to see which of the above is the ‘ correct process ’ . |
| 16 | He was an ungallant swine for deliberately not coming to her aid , but in truth he really wanted to see which of the likely lads , would dash forward . |
| 17 | In another experiment , subjects were woken either five or fifteen minutes after REM sleep had started , and asked to estimate which of the two intervals had been used . |
| 18 | Try to spot which of the four or five known activities it is . |
| 19 | MARTIN EDWARDS has not been the only man in Manchester trying to sell something of a sporting nature . |
| 20 | If the mixture of live action and 2-D animation achieved surprising commercial success in the late 1980s ( $78m rentals , justifying a cost of over $50m ) , the combination of live action with 3-D animation seemed to reach something of a dead end with Clash of the Titans ( 1981 ) . |
| 21 | Legal advice recommended that , as Mrs. X was unable to remember anything of the alleged incident and that , as it may not be possible to prove beyond reasonable doubt that , not only did she not consent , but also that XYZ knew that she was not consenting , the case should be dealt with summarily by the Commanding Officer . ’ |
| 22 | These powers are to take immediate possession of all the debtor 's property but only to sell anything of a perishable nature or goods which are likely to go down in value if not sold ( s 287(2) ) . |
| 23 | After snarling a few choice remarks at them from the corners of our mouths , such as , ‘ Get lost ! ’ or ‘ Beat it ! ’ , which we understood to be good American for , ‘ Please go away , we do not wish for company , ’ we managed to rid ourselves of a few of them , but two of the most persistent followed us until we were clear of the town , and then we realised that the only way to be left alone was for us to be really rude . |
| 24 | We seek to rid ourselves of the awful thought that we might have some responsibility for what has happened . |
| 25 | It was not long before Tony joined me in an attempt to free himself of the sizzling mushrooms . |
| 26 | In the high grade group , a Cox 's multivariate analysis was performed to identify which of the following variables such as age , extension to adjacent organs or serosal invasion , stage and mode of treatment ( surgery , chemotherapy , or the combination of both ) might be of independent significance in predicting mortality . |
| 27 | Nona looked about her with interest , trying to identify which of the young men in her vicinity could possibly be policemen . |
| 28 | As he pushed the calf 's head towards the udder he spat to rid himself of the polluting sight of birth . |
| 29 | He watched Simon 's trainers padding around to the back door only inches from his face and he wanted to scream , to rid himself of the unbearable tension . |
| 30 | ‘ No , no , ’ the Finnish detective said , shaking his head as if to rid himself of the last remnants of misunderstanding . |