Example sentences of "of [pron] [noun sg] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She twinkled with pleasure as I wove a windmill-tilting , dragon-vanquishing saga of my quest for the frothy and elusive grail . |
| 2 | A night of restless tossing , snatchings of brief seasons of sleep , and fitful wakings , preceded the morning of my departure for the West Coast . |
| 3 | He told them , ‘ Everyone had a codename in those days and , because of my admiration for the Irish struggle for Independence , I chose ‘ Michael ’ , a name I called myself after Michael Collins . ’ |
| 4 | It would probably to appropriate for me to er second the motion in Welsh er , but as you 're and neither the English Welsh I would just like to say a few things , one , to express the appreciation of my council for the and secondly , |
| 5 | I do n't have any help in the house , as I prefer to use that part of my budget for the twins ’ child minder , Audrey . |
| 6 | I regard that day as determining the direction of my life for the next two years at least . |
| 7 | I 'd just like to thank the fellow colleagues of my team for the effort and I regard er a very worthwhile and creditable performance . |
| 8 | These short features were independent of my research for the book but they provided us with an opportunity of working together and getting to know each other . |
| 9 | In the morning , I paid my disdainful landlady for the use of my room for the rest of the day . |
| 10 | I 'd been so preoccupied with the physical results of my condition for the last hour that I 'd forgotten its other effects . |
| 11 | SOUTH Africa will today give England manager Geoff Cooke an unexpected gift — a sneak preview of their line-up for the Twickenham Test in a week . |
| 12 | Instead of performing the whole of their improvisation for the others , one child can report back on what has happened — either in or out of role . |
| 13 | Talks are under way to find a home of their choice for the 20 residents . |
| 14 | Monk wrote an account of their experience for the Universe , and has been promoted to write a fuller account of the Church 's teaching on death , of what happens to the soul before , during and after death . |
| 15 | Applications are considered on the basis of their suitability for the post(s) regardless of sex , sexual orientation , religion , racial origin , marital status , disablement or age . |
| 16 | Well , more so , actually , than South African Prime Minister D. F. Malan , who , on being introduced to Dudley Nourse 's 1951 Springboks during their visit to Parliament in Cape Town on the eve of their departure for the 1951 tour of England , had said to the legendary Nourse : ‘ I hope you are enjoying your visit to South Africa . ’ |
| 17 | The trouble with some of those who make much of their support for the health service is that they also oppose any measures taken to make it more effective . |
| 18 | But one should not ignore the fact that there were many Catholics who found themselves opposing Franco because of their support for the independence movements . |
| 19 | Rearmament created bottlenecks in the supply of skilled labour , placing trade unions in a position to press for changes in foreign policy as a condition of their support for the ‘ dilution ’ of labour . |
| 20 | So they did n't have much er of their of their feed for the hens . |
| 21 | This project studies the training of primary school teachers in respect of their preparation for the teaching of science and writing . |
| 22 | Up to one in seven people complaining about the valuation of their home for the council tax think their property is undervalued , early evidence shows . |
| 23 | The Chinese foreign ministry said yesterday that a resumption of Sino-British dialogue depended on Mr Patten abandoning the proposals , which would allow Hong Kong people to elect a majority of their legislature for the first time in 1995. — Reuter |
| 24 | Others might be suspicious of their capacity for the volte-face , but in the Thatcher Downing Street , seeing the light was the key to their fortune . |
| 25 | Here the governors ' role is crucial because of their responsibility for the overall conduct and ethos of the school . |
| 26 | It 's good to see that so many children are becoming literate in the ways of the countryside and gaining knowledge of their responsibility for the planet . |
| 27 | In any case , many royal clerks would see no sharp distinction between royal and church business or between clerical taxation and clerical reform , both of which were relevant to the well-being of the church : for many clergy , as indeed for Winchelsey , the solvency of the crown was part of their responsibility for the Christian commonwealth . |
| 28 | Despite considerable controversy over whether the Hill was truly a sacred site for the 600 Jawoyns and appeals by some of their number for the development to go ahead , Hawke forced his view upon the Cabinet that mining the area would amount to " desecration and sacrilege " of Aboriginal beliefs and should , therefore , be prohibited in perpetuity by incorporating the site into the adjacent national park . |
| 29 | The judges usually used the church of one of their number for the place of hearing and they often chose places that were towns or centres . |
| 30 | Confronted by the vexing problem of needing this sexuality and fertility of women for the furtherance of the family lineage and the equally important need of their chastity for the purity of that lineage the society bestowed on their husbands total authority over them and their sexuality . |