Example sentences of "of [v-ing] to [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First impressions , and they are formed within a few seconds of listening to these headphones , are of an unveiled immediacy , very extended high-frequency response and seamless midrange . |
| 2 | What is mandatory is nothing more or less than what Parliament requires as a precondition of according to such instruments the force of law . |
| 3 | ‘ Buckley fire station has a proud record of getting to all fires . |
| 4 | He persuaded the dealers at the time a fiercely independent group of businessmen who did n't like the idea of belonging to any organisations that they needed to be heard by the government , museums , and collectors . |
| 5 | The cumulative effect , however , of attending to such questions consistently over a period of time is considerable and , as teachers agree , eventually time-saving . |
| 6 | His deficit arises in a subsequent stage of attending to these figures , at which he neglects the left of figures wherever they appear , and thus can not judge explicitly whether they are symmetrical about the vertical . |
| 7 | I have as a matter of course made a point of attending to those particulars which hereto for have been overlooked not only by collecting the birds in their various changes of plumage but by preserving all the principal forms for dissection as well as preparing skeletons of the same … |
| 8 | We might still have laboured under these difficulties if our author , who has added a considerable stock of reading to many years experience , had not entered upon the task . |
| 9 | She says , ‘ Only after a woman takes in her stride her mother 's failures of understanding , empathy and availability , instead of responding to these shortcomings with childish indignation , is she ready to become her adult friend … |
| 10 | One can cause concern or consternation ( by one 's reckless behaviour ) , but it is inconceivable to apply the concept of making to these notions . |
| 11 | The FMLN also accused the government of ( i ) obstructing the process of transferring to former guerrillas the land abandoned by its former owners ; and ( ii ) failing to issue a decree conferring legal status on the FMLN as a political party [ see below ] . |
| 12 | Mr Kinnock also took the unusual step of appealing to all electors , whatever their political persuasion , to turn out and vote . |
| 13 | He also took the unusual step of appealing to all electors whatever their political persuasion to turn out and vote , a move that reflected unease among the party leadership that , with the polls showing a narrow Labour lead , its supporters might take victory for granted . |
| 14 | It may be expected that the practice of referring to these reports will extend itself in the future , because they often supply the best commentary upon the wording of an Act . |
| 15 | In both cases the analogy between presentation of speech and presentation of object texts is enforced by the convention of referring to those texts metonymically by the name of their authors . |
| 16 | In summary , the use of physical contact in the Victoria Centre , the organization of the daily cycle of activities , the regulation of the pupil 's unit career and the attribution of meaning to these events demonstrate continuities which are also evident in the educational philosophy which Owen articulates . |