Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The author of Acts identifies himself as a man named Luke , and modern scholars concur that he is identical with the author of Luke 's Gospel . |
| 2 | Now , centuries later , it had decided to invite a number of experts to advise it on cosmology . |
| 3 | The lack of coins deprives us of the evidence to form any assessment of their dynastic histories or tribal boundaries . |
| 4 | Schools of beginners spend lots of time in the water at first , but who cares when it 's warm ? |
| 5 | His son , a bachelor of twenty-five , became King Henry V , and he experienced a couple of attempts to usurp him during the first year , but by August 1415 he was able to sail with an invasion fleet of 1500 vessels to France , where he withstood an attack launched on 25th . |
| 6 | The diversity of crime accounts for the unconvincing nature of attempts to explain it by all-encompassing theories . |
| 7 | Typical of artists to read nothing except what they happen upon and then to pontificate about life and art and the way the world is going . |
| 8 | I endeavoured to paint a picture of this scene , but again and again legions of midges drove me from the spot : I got a phial of essence supposed to keep them away , but alas ! in vain . |
| 9 | I loved it when a whole pile of notes met me in the morning and I did not surface till lunchtime . |
| 10 | ( When he became Chancellor of the Exchequer this practice caused consternation at the Treasury , when he used only a page of notes to assist him in moving complicated resolutions on wartime finance ; he relied successfully on his memory to provide details and figures . ) |
| 11 | From there , a succession of dives fill you with awe . |
| 12 | Mozart 's fine understanding of key-schemes enabled him to build-up large-scale musical structures that were closely linked to the fast-moving action . |
| 13 | I mean it was one thing standing up in front of my own group and giving a lecture , but it was quite another kettle of kippers doing it in front of a strange class . |
| 14 | of times kissed her on the arse |
| 15 | However , the Council of Guardians re-submitted it to the Majlis on Jan. 24 , calling for revisions to be made to it . |
| 16 | The coronet is shown in loving detail as it embodies the moment when this family of merchants made it to the princely ranks . |
| 17 | It was not long before someone threw a lump of broken paving through a window ; a dozen sets of plans followed it in short order . |
| 18 | Could you give guidance on the important matter of confidences given us by constituents ? |
| 19 | Viewing of this train — for those people whose names did not begin with a W — was from the quadrangle , and the startled crowd of spotters wondered what on earth had happened . |
| 20 | Noctuid moths are eaten by bats , and have evolved a special pair of ears to warn them of approaching danger . |
| 21 | In the wild , even modern breeds of hens form themselves into small social groups comprising one cockerel and perhaps four or five hens . |
| 22 | It 's understood Mr Bryan had been thinking of returning to Painswick this weekend to escape the hoarde of newsmen beseigning him in London … |
| 23 | Another couple of lads joined me at Middlesbrough station and off we went to be gentlemen 's gentlemen . |
| 24 | LMS , appraisal systems and governing body involvements compound the demands of heads to remove themselves from the classrooms , and to dictate instructions down the line . |
| 25 | THE ISLE OF Ely , transformed into a notorious offshore tax haven , nevertheless houses an unequalled variety of shops selling everything from local crafts to electronics and consumer goods , all duty free . |
| 26 | Mr Wickins was one of several company directors of the Wimbledon-based Games Ltd firm , which owns a small chain of shops selling everything from board games to computer games . |
| 27 | It reveals the desperation of kids to get something from rock . |
| 28 | In 1974 23% of teenagers described themselves as daily smokers . |
| 29 | You can tell that Arthur Parker , head of IBM UK 's Enterprise Systems division , is getting heartily sick of journalists asking him about downsizing : ‘ If I only read the papers and did n't know my subject I would believe that the vast majority of large corporations are desperate to move applications off the mainframe — and that is rubbish ’ he says . |
| 30 | So wrote Mr Avray Tipping in 1918 , persuading the traveller to take the winding road from Shrivenham ( pronounced ‘ Shrinam ’ by the locals ) and to glimpse down its fine avenue of limes heralding what for all the world could be the Petit Trianon plucked from Versailles and set down here in Berkshire . |