Example sentences of "of [v-ing] [adv] [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I recognise the dangers of lumping together people with quite different cultures but the problems I am concerned with are experienced by members of all minorities in Britain . |
| 2 | A MAN appeared in court yesterday accused of stealing nearly £4,000 of Christmas Club savings . |
| 3 | A MAN accused of stealing nearly £4,000 from a Christmas fund has been committed for trial at crown court . |
| 4 | The only English team in Scottish football has had a dramatic season , not least because a former chairman best not named for what are darkly known as legal reasons faces charges of stealing over £60,000 from club coffers . |
| 5 | Many reported the impossibility of securing employment because of lack of experience — with the jobless total so high employers are making a priority of taking on people with experience who do not require subsequent training . |
| 6 | If Michael Smurfit was indeed unaware of his own indirect interest in the site ( as he asserts ) then an even more telling charge must be faced by him — i.e. the sheer incompetence of handing out £9.4m on behalf of Telecom to buy this site . |
| 7 | One of the principal authors of the ANLT grammar system has estimated that the system is capable of covering about 25% of English ( Briscoe , 1988 ) . |