Example sentences of "of [pos pn] [noun] [vb -s] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is for me cos of my brain goes a bit |
| 2 | One of my sows has a litter about three days old . |
| 3 | One of my characters owns a cafe but I wo n't be seen peeling any spuds . ’ |
| 4 | A study of their history reveals a wonderfully varied past during which almost every imaginable trade and profession seems to have been carried out within their walls , from shoe-mender to motorcycle dealer . |
| 5 | For villages already deprived of their public house , general store , pharmacy , and the bus service , the loss of their school represents a final blow to the village fabric . |
| 6 | The variety of their occupations gives a sense of the remarkably diverse bases for economic independence still open at the beginning of this century . |
| 7 | If they are placed in secondary roles , or it is assumed that women 's identity is to be found in mothering , then the fact of their presence reinforces a certain understanding of the feminine . |
| 8 | For many Australians the desert which covers much of their country means a vast emptiness solitude and the struggle to survive in hostile surroundings . |
| 9 | He also seems to have donated his belt and hose , as a twelfth-century account of their treasures lists a girdle made from the one and an alb decorated with gold thread from the other . |
| 10 | The time wasted in awaiting recognition of their title puts a substantial block on these young researchers at the most critical point in their career . |
| 11 | But Mr Kohl 's lack of forthrightness in acting against racist attacks and his reluctance to take up the cause of their victims suggests a chancellor , if not a country , who has yet to come fully to terms with the past . |
| 12 | This humanistic attention to the subjective interpretation by prisoners of their situation marks a distinct departure from the orthodox account . |
| 13 | Rather , it is that the active exploitation by trade unions of their monopoly requires a higher rate of unemployment than any acceptable notion of full employment will admit ; and hence , that attempts by the Government to create employment by stimulating the economy will not only be inflationary but will fail . |
| 14 | The upper half of their beak has a hook in it with which they latch on to a flower . |
| 15 | The attempt by the English Crown Prosecution Service to obtain the confiscation of the benefits obtained by Randle and Pottle from the publication of their book raises a number of important questions about the nature , scope and purpose of the legislation which permits such actions . |
| 16 | ALTHOUGH the circumstances have been so sad , the staff of the magazine have been reminded recently how much the rugby community will rally around when one of its members suffers a loss . |
| 17 | The squat cupola has fan-shaped windows , and the all-seeing eye in the centre of its ceiling suggests a certain Masonic influence . |
| 18 | The very extremism of its fears reflects a prevailing naivety , or innocence . |
| 19 | One of its shafts provides a bass drone and the other the melody . |
| 20 | The Gothic decoration of its rooms expresses a variety of moods , but in some instances , as in the library ( Fig. 4 ) , qualifies for the adjectives of the Gothic novel . |
| 21 | With such an effective way of victualling her young , the mother is able to retain them within her until they are so big that their sheer size makes them a burden and the mechanics of getting them out of her body becomes a real problem . |
| 22 | It appears significant that this unraced filly — who has been working well — is the sole survivor of five John Gosden entries in the fillies ' classic and none of her rivals has a similar entry . |
| 23 | Asil Nadir has been reluctant to return to Britain , partly because he says , media coverage of his case makes a fair trial unlikely . |
| 24 | One of his paintings shows a rough wooden gallery on a house thought to be Willy Hill . |
| 25 | so this memento of the artist at the height of his powers makes a welcome return to the catalogue , sounding finer still on CD . |
| 26 | Emphasizing the intellectual approach , Hourcade was the first of the many writers to relate Cubist painting to Kantian aesthetics , and in one of his articles includes a quotation from Schopenhauer : ‘ Kant 's greatest service was to distinguish between the appearance of a thing and the thing in itself , and he showed that our intelligence stands between the thing and us . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ A failure to inform a citizen in writing and at the earliest practicable moment of precisely why he is being deprived of his liberty constitutes a fundamental breach of his rights and , where that failure is never remedied , as was the case here … |
| 28 | In Clarke v. Clarke [ 1990 ] 2 F.L.R. 115 , 119 Lord Donaldson of Lymington M.R. said : ‘ A failure to inform a citizen in writing and at the earliest practicable moment of precisely why he is being deprived of his liberty constitutes a fundamental breach of his rights and , where that failure is never remedied [ the committal order ] can not stand . ’ |
| 29 | McLeish last played for Scotland against Bulgaria in a European Championship qualifying tie , since when he has battled injury to the extent that both player and national coach could yesterday be candid about the reasons why his sudden recapture of the captaincy of his country has a storybook feel . |
| 30 | It might even be Mr Ozal himself ( he has not ruled out the idea of standing ) , but one of his associates seems a likelier choice . |