Example sentences of "of [pos pn] [noun sg] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was done in response to the invitation from Faber-Castell in conjunction with the Royal College of Art to do a painting of my choice using the Faber-Castell Albrecht Durer crayon watercolour range . |
| 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 | Throughout the following days of my work experience the owner and I had some stimulating conversations , from which I learnt a vast amount of information about music , his job and the popular music industry . |
| 5 | Since the former church hall is leased by the Catholic Church to the Priory for use as a function room , I have been asked to send you a copy of my letter outlining the objections made to this application . |
| 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 | I seemed to spend much of my time assisting the chef and painting but this did nothing to damp my enthusiasm . |
| 9 | Although I was spending most of my time writing the book on Americans abroad , I see from my records of the late 1960s that I was also presenting several television programmes , both in London and in the north . |
| 10 | When I 'm writing a course or even a session within the course , do you know what I spend most of my time writing the objective after a you know , you know but not after . |
| 11 | There was a sort of bird sanctuary on an island in the middle of the lake and I 'd spend a lot of my time watching the comings and goings of the inhabitants . |
| 12 | At the back of my mind lay the knowledge that there were men who enjoyed themselves sexually with other men . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ It has to be the worst year of my career given the expectations I had when it started . |
| 15 | Seeing that my daughter Anna has not availed herself of my advice touching the objectionable practice of going about with her arms bare to the elbows , my will is that , should she continue after my death this violation of the modesty of her sex , all goods , chattels , moneys , land , and other that I have devised to her for the maintenance of her future life shall pass to the oldest of the sons of my sister Caroline . |
| 16 | From the very first day I saw him I began writing poems to him that later grouped themselves into the sequence entitled ‘ Suite Salmantina ’ which , with other poems about Spain , forms the central part of my collection called The Prodigal Son : Poems 1956–1959 . |
| 17 | Looking hard at the castle , sketchbook in hand , I allowed the corner of my eye to rove the tinker camp . |
| 18 | My stomach feels contented and the back of my mouth retains the taste of the wine . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm proud to say I 'm the first member of my family to join the Labour Party . |
| 20 | The officer or warden should describe how he gave the necessary signal , e.g. ‘ I raised my right arm with the palm of my hand facing the defendant . |
| 21 | The final part of my paper concerns the difficulties of successfully translating policies into practice . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ 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 . |
| 24 | ‘ 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 . |
| 25 | The simple-mindedness of their consideration makes the object of it complex in comparison — so complex that it becomes difficult to understand how mere mortal man has ever managed to enjoy anything . |
| 26 | Consider in this light the following example : It is unlikely that Shakespeare or the majority of writers in construction of their work imagined the twentieth-century reader or considered the possibility that the reader would be of another race or colour than his own ( the exception to this assumption can be found in later twentieth-century writers ) . |
| 27 | They have gone out of their way to take the pressure off me . ’ |
| 28 | The authors of Greenpeace 's official history , The Greenpeace Story , go out of their way to refute the slur in their introduction : |
| 29 | Finally , on the proposals in our report about extending freedom , many of us fear that , after the changeover , people 's freedom will be limited under the Government 's proposal , although so much of their rhetoric suggests the opposite . |
| 30 | 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 . |