Example sentences of "of [verb] [pron] [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.

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1 By means of tapping his foot the horse could perform mathematical calculations , and solve problems of musical harmony .
2 Defeat also robbed Edberg of the chance of regaining his world No 1 ranking — which he would have done if he had won this final major tournament of the year .
3 I sort of give her hair a stroke and say ‘ there , there ’ like I seen people do with babies .
4 Allowing for the differences in stance has far more chance of success : then it is just a question of deciding which way the ball will fly from certain lies .
5 Do n't risk the disappointment of buying your boy a model train that will not go .
6 Recently a number of societies have adopted the practice of sending their solicitor a sealed Form 53 , in the case of registered property , in anticipation of redemption , in which case no undertaking is required , the form being handed over on completion .
7 The lucky winner has the privilege of sending their leader the first congratulatory telegram , announcing the success of the latest project .
8 The corruption and moral crisis revealed in the foreign policy of the United State. , is such that we women raise our voices in protest against the insulting and base behaviour of Mr Christopher Dodd [ Democrat Senator ] , who committed the crass error of calling our country a " nest of rats " …
9 But she had a stroke of good fortune when she inherited Penelope Beaton as her art teacher , a woman who laid aside ‘ the nice tidy little shell paintings ’ favoured by her predecessor in favour of teaching her class the pleasures to be had from working with the wonders of unpredictable watercolour .
10 SPRED has the twofold aim of teaching your child the ways of your own faith , and integrating him/her into the local parish community .
11 I do n't come within an inch of losing my life every day .
12 Have you ever thought of giving your home a health check ?
13 A headboard is an easy and effective way of giving your bed a new sense of style .
14 Volumnia can easily be played as a sexless harridan : Ms Jefford interprets her as a passionate woman who dominates her son physically as well as spiritually , even to the extent of giving his face a resounding slap when he is recalcitrant .
15 There is also no way of knowing what use the authorities will make of the information if and when the VAN team does give them a warning that another Richter-7 earthquake is due in 7 or 11 hours time .
16 Punctuation is a way of showing your reader the structure of your sentences : it separates successive units ( such as sentences by full stops , or items in a list by commas ) and specifies what function words have ( for example when an apostrophe indicates possession ) .
17 Even after the fall of the hated Poitevins in 1234 , ‘ Henry III in no wise gave up the policy of making his household the centre of the administration of the State ’ .
18 Are you saving up , reading about business management , surveying the market , giving yourself a deadline — or are you just wistfully dreaming over the cash register , with no intention of making your dream a reality ?
19 From B 's perspective of obtaining his freedom the unresolved issues were equally fundamental to the point addressed .
20 Just as they were about to give up hope of finding their way a huge while wolf appeared , which instead of attacking them began to guide them skilfully through the dark wood .
21 Leith fought a dreadful battle with her conscience when her friendship with Rosemary vied with the necessity of telling her mother an outright lie .
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