Example sentences of "of [pos pn] [noun sg] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not part of my plan to make a detour via Chastlecombe , but since you wo n't talk to me on the phone I did n't have much choice . |
| 2 | It has meant that I have sampled virtually every type of hotel/guest house accommodation imaginable and this I present as part of my qualification to address the subject in question . |
| 3 | I really did think Lotta had chosen the day of my return to re-enter the fray ! ’ |
| 4 | A month ago my bank informed me that it had been obliged to arrest £250 of my money to satisfy a court order obtained by sheriff officers . |
| 5 | Or did you pretend not to read it because of my invitation to make a real life together ? |
| 6 | After such suffering I have the right to happiness , but my mind is in revolt , and my burning protest is only the cry of my soul to hasten the revelations of truth and justice . |
| 7 | My relief on gaining the stance was matched only by the strength of my desire to finish the route . |
| 8 | As part of my training to become a breastfeeding counsellor I recently attended a Study Day on weaning , organized by NCT Rugby branch . |
| 9 | In view of that highly unsatisfactory and inadequate reply , I give notice of my intention to raise the matter on the Adjournment at the earliest opportunity . |
| 10 | I promised Claudia that my desperate need for a child was a magical , elemental desire , a sunny , smiling commitment to placing myself in time , a responsible appreciation of the ultimate inevitable selflessness of being alive , and acknowledgement of my need to escape a sorry hedonism , a way to face up to the past and accept the future . |
| 11 | Looking hard at the castle , sketchbook in hand , I allowed the corner of my eye to rove the tinker camp . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm proud to say I 'm the first member of my family to join the Labour Party . |
| 13 | Christine takes her appearance very seriously : ‘ It 's part of my job to look a notch up , a bit glam . |
| 14 | Your analogy would be more accurate if you 'd talked of a mechanic saying he was going to the boot of my car to check the battery , having of course meant to say the bonnet . |
| 15 | ‘ I in no way wish you to think that I am suggesting that delays and loss of documents should be treated lightly , but I would like to put forward the view that it was not within the power of my client to remedy the situation they took over from an authority since re-organised under Section 5c of the Reorganisation of Ancillary Services ( Domestic ) Act . |
| 16 | ‘ It is another example of the President 's tendency to kowtow to Beijing in spite of the failure on the part of their government to relax the repression they have imposed , ’ Mr Stephen Solarz , chairman of the House foreign affairs subcommittee on Asian and Pacific affairs , said yesterday . |
| 17 | Sociologists who lend their names or their work to a particular social policy are engaging in a political act ; they can not escape by saying that the use of their work to justify a particular social policy ( even if they did not advocate that policy ) is not their concern . |
| 18 | They have gone out of their way to take the pressure off me . ’ |
| 19 | The authors of Greenpeace 's official history , The Greenpeace Story , go out of their way to refute the slur in their introduction : |
| 20 | In March 1958 , after seven years of marriage , the Shah and Queen Soraya were divorced , largely because of their inability to have a child together . |
| 21 | So if the revenue had refused in the exercise of their discretion to make the repayment they did in the present case I am of opinion that in the absence of any other remedy it would have been open to Woolwich to claim repayment in proceedings for judicial review , and there would appear to be no reason why such proceedings would not have been successful . |
| 22 | They used some of their wealth to build the magnificent trade and town halls of the Belgian cities . |
| 23 | It gives a clear and very welcome signal to all the people in Northern Ireland of their determination to find a political solution . |
| 24 | On what basis does the modern law deprive the parties of their freedom to choose the terms of their bargain ? |
| 25 | BRICKS AND MORTGAGES Homebuyers should make the most of their freedom to tailor a mortgage to suit their needs |
| 26 | Broadcasters were conscious of their obligation to serve the whole country not only by reaching people in all areas but also by playing local music , recording local views , experiences and so on . |
| 27 | It is part of their purpose to open the eyes of their readership to the true conditions of working-class life , and many scenes are set in impoverished interiors . |
| 28 | The box terrapins are so called because of their ability to close the undershell or plastron at both front and back . |
| 29 | The importance of such figures in terms of their ability to carry the message of Marxism to working people is suggested by Neruda 's account of how , travelling the nitrate region of Chile as a senator in 1945 , ‘ at hundreds of meetings , all very far away from each other , I heard a constant plea : that I should read my poems . |
| 30 | So , I 'm sure members of this Committee have heard this on several occasions as we 've introduced the system , but we have had to put in a fairly complex and detailed system of assessing people 's needs , producing care packages to meet those needs , offering choice to those people , and responding to that choice , then doing what the D S S used to do , I E , a financial assessment of their ability to meet the costs of that care , and settling our contribution , and we 're involved therefore in contracting with the independent sector for purchase of that care , and with the collection of contributions from those individuals , with increasing numbers and increasing complexity . |